Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary School Case Study
The project that I visited was the Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary in southwest Houston, which is a music magnet school for over 850 students. The Schools budget was $29,485,000 and the bid came within a few dollars of HISD budget. According to Roland Guidry, Construction Project Superintendent, of Patriot Contracting, LLC, and the original campus of Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary School was constructed in 1959 and the current campus includes five temporary classroom buildings and the new structural steel building that will be over 132,000 sqft. The new building will feature a new two-story facility, complete with green spaces on two sided and musical performance hall, cafeterias, learning spaces, state of the art laboratories for musicians, science,
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The first phase of the project which is around a year along process. The owner is on top and architect/engineer and general (prime) contractor has direct contact with the owner (Houston Independent School District and executive board at Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary School). Then the general (prime) contractor has subcontractors, suppliers, and fabricators below them who they manage. This would be Patriot Contracting, LLC. Then for phase two, which consist of erecting the steel, exterior/ interior work, landscaping, and specialized craft will follow a Design/ construction manager organizational structure of the construction …show more content…
As for in the book the traditional project organization was identical to the chain of command but the owner and construction manger company and their project managers, superintendents and foreman’s were on a horizontal format rather than vertical superiority and responsibilities.
The activities that went well on the project were the seamless the steel erection of the structure frame, concrete flatwork and formwork of the project. In addition, to the site layout and site work which was completed one week before they were scheduled to be finished. Another great activity that went well on the Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary replacement project is EP/SP plans in place around the site perimeter. These are some of the many activities that are currently going well on the
The first phase of the project which is around a year along process. The owner is on top and architect/engineer and general (prime) contractor has direct contact with the owner (Houston Independent School District and executive board at Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary School). Then the general (prime) contractor has subcontractors, suppliers, and fabricators below them who they manage. This would be Patriot Contracting, LLC. Then for phase two, which consist of erecting the steel, exterior/ interior work, landscaping, and specialized craft will follow a Design/ construction manager organizational structure of the construction …show more content…
As for in the book the traditional project organization was identical to the chain of command but the owner and construction manger company and their project managers, superintendents and foreman’s were on a horizontal format rather than vertical superiority and responsibilities.
The activities that went well on the project were the seamless the steel erection of the structure frame, concrete flatwork and formwork of the project. In addition, to the site layout and site work which was completed one week before they were scheduled to be finished. Another great activity that went well on the Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary replacement project is EP/SP plans in place around the site perimeter. These are some of the many activities that are currently going well on the