Planning in Civil Engineering Projects

Planning and management are the basis of a civil engineer while construction of any structure. Project management is the way to apply your knowledge and skills to project activities as per the requirements and need of the stakeholder. The main purpose of planning is to give a path that helps us to predict which resources are needed on time for its completion. After this, policies are made that makes sure proper management of these resources .This ensures that the project will be completed in required budget and delivered on time. In this modern era, technological advancements have lead mankind to design software for the ease of engineers for planning such as primavera, MS Office etc. In developing countries for construction no much heed is paid to the phase of management and planning, therefore, completion of project within time and budget is still a dream.

Planning in civil engineering projects is about planning your manpower, money and machinery. It is for identification of goals and opportunities.

It gives a direction to an engineer. A civil engineer who is an expert in the planning field can also plan stuff related to other engineering fields. This is because when you are planning a building, you also take mechanical and electrical activity in account. This makes a planning civil engineer lead the project and the company. It is the sole duty of a planning civil engineer to make sure smooth run if everything until the project is finished. His duty is to make sure the project is completed in time. . It is said that in terms of success, if someone has 10 years of experience of any technical specialty like structure, then he will be equivalent to a person for management having 5 years of experience.

In planning, you have a strong coordination with the site staff and senior management for you have to take in account that in how many days you want that work to be done. Accordingly, manpower is allotted to site staff and then its responsibility of planning engineer to tackle the technical issues that may be present in drawings as soon as possible. Planning engineers have to work at every tiny detail of the work handed over to them. Alternative plans must be made in advance, if uncertainty sneaks in at any stage.

Factors which cannot be controlled, can lead to the failure of plans so it is a major priority of a planning engineer to provide some cushions that are in their plan to compensate the time loss is and make their plan realistic and consequently successful. Important phase of planning is monitoring while execution of plan. Planning helps us to minimize uncertainties such as unavailability of labor, equipment, work machines etc and through planning we may have backups which can lead us to give solutions to our sudden occurring problems. If the work is done on the basis of planning and without any hindrance, we surely are on the paths of success.

If the pace of work is not according to plan then planning department should point out the reasons to make your plan successful and rectification of that reasons is necessitated.