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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A tree that breaks a construction project into phases, towers, floors and tasks that can each be planned, tracked and costed.
What is Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a hierarchy that breaks a large project, such as building a hospital, into smaller measurable deliverables. A construction WBS typically runs from project to phase, tower, floor, discipline (civil or MEP), activity (slab casting) and task (rebar fixing). Each level can be planned, assigned and tracked on its own.
Practical example
Tracking the budget for Tower A as a whole is too vague. With a WBS, the project manager breaks it down to Tower A > 5th Floor > Civil Works > Masonry > AAC Blockwall. The planner now knows how many cu.m of AAC blocks the 5th floor needs and can assign one supervisor to finish that subset of work in 5 days.
In SuperWise
In SuperWise the schedule holds a WBS tree for each project, with a hierarchical code such as 1.2.3 and a title on every node. The executable tasks sit under the tree, and BOQ items are linked to tasks for task-level cost tracking. The MIS report lets you choose how many WBS levels its task summaries show.
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