Executive Summary

The objective of this report is to outline the processes and research needed to perform analysis of the Central Pennsylvania Hospital.  This hospital is located in Central Pennsylvania and has a total construction cost of approximately $46.3 million.  The project has a total project duration of nineteen months, but is currently running about a month behind schedule.  The first construction depth looks at the building façade assembly.  The current façade was installed to meet owner requirements, but analysis to determine if there could be a more cost-effective assembly was performed, and it was determined that changing the assembly to EIFS panels would benefit the project.  The second construction depth focused on the overall construction schedule.  A matrix schedule analysis was performed to show that using Linear Scheduling shortened the schedule.  It was also found that resequencing the interior fitout of the new addition saved nearly three months on the overall project schedule.  The third construction depth performed an analysis of the installation and constructability of prefabricated electrical rooms.  Reviewing costs and schedule sequences determined if prefabrication was feasible for these rooms.  Based on overall cost and logistical concerns, it is not encouraged to move to prefabricated electrical rooms.  My final depth is about researching Prevention Through Design on projects.  Literature reviews and interviews with industry professionals helped to gather data to create and design a process that can be used to implement PTD on various construction projects.  Along with my four depths, I conducted a structural and a mechanical breadth within the analysis of the façade assembly.  The structural breadth focused on determining if changing the façade would affect the structural frame of the addition.  The mechanical breadth looked at the insulation requirements that each assembly required and how they meet the mechanical requirements for the addition.