Project Planning Game for Foundation Excavation

A computerized game used to simulate the competition among several subcontractors bidding and planning for the foundation of a building construction project subjected to the imposed constraints of the environment is described. The entire process includes three periods representing three different types of decisions, namely: (1) Contract bargaining; (2) preliminary engineering investigations; and (3) planning and scheduling. The game will be played according to computerized procedure composed of a collection of subroutines which has a prescribed sequence of access. The performance of the players is evaluated on the basis of a scoring system reflecting the consequences of the decisions made by the players.