S M Construction has been awarded a contract to build a new manufacturing plant just outside Cardiff. The activity on arrow table below gives data on the activities involved in the plant's construction.

The total cost in completing the project in normal time is £2 million, excluding site overheads which are £8000 per week.

Table of Activities

The board of directors of the company have asked you to produce a precedence (activity on node) diagram and to determine the following:

1. The critical path using normal times, the project's total duration and the total cost of completing the project.

2. The shortest time in which the project can be completed and the associated costs.

3. The lowest cost for which the project can be completed and the corresponding time.