Critically evaluate the risk management process and develop a risk register and associated matrices to both identify and perform a risk analysis for dealing with the project and environmental impact of the proposed project including the demolition of the existing school.

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Project Management Practice

 

Tasks
You have been appointed as the Project Manager for the project and your CEO has asked for a strategic report that satisfies the following:

1. Critically evaluate the risk management process and develop a risk register and associated matrices to both identify and perform a risk analysis for dealing with the project and environmental impact of the proposed project including the demolition of the existing school. A minimum number of 12 (6 each) risk issues should be identified and justified.

2. The need to ensure quality throughout the project is essential. Critically analyse quality management systems and processes and develop a Quality Management Strategy (QMS) for the project.

3. Based on existing literature critically analysis Value Management in relation to the project and make recommendation to the client on feasible solutions which may be adopted to give the best Value for Money. (VfM)

4. To improve the performance, innovation is essential (Ernstsen et al., 2021). Critically discuss any two technologies of your choice, showing how they can be used on this project at any point in the asset life cycle, to improve sustainability,

What are you creating? What is the main innovation? How are you going to design you model? How are you going to test your model? Who are the intended users/market? Explain the working order of your product you may consider block diagrams / flow charts.

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New innovative product

You have to create a new innovative product using the knowledge from the design labs from both the terms and the knowledge you gained from other modules throughout your studies. Provide a high-level problem statement and description of your product.

What are you creating? What is the main innovation?

The innovation model structure. How are you going to design you model? How are you going to test your model? Who are the intended users/market?  Explain the working order of your product you may consider block diagrams / flow charts.

 

Describe and map, by creating two IDEFO diagrams, the main processes in the pre-construction phase of the selected project. The two IDEF0 diagrams should consist of a single Level 0 diagram and a single Level 1 diagram. You should also select four processes, from your Level 1 IDEF0 diagram, and describe the flow of activities within these processes by using four UML Activity diagrams.

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Process Management in Construction

Working individually, you are required to select and investigate a recent ‘iconic’ construction project completed in the last 10 years or currently progressing. The project can be located in any part of the world. Considering your selected iconic project, you should write a 3000-word research oriented report covering the following two tasks:

TASKS

1. Introduce your selected project. The selected project should be named, and a brief background should be provided to introduce/describe the chosen project and to justify its iconic nature. Project key information and start and completion dates should be clearly specified by including relevant tables/figures.

2. Describe and map, by creating two IDEFO diagrams, the main processes in the pre-construction phase (i.e. all the key processes preceding the construction phase) of the selected project. The two IDEF0 diagrams should consist of a single Level 0 diagram (i.e., Context diagram) and a single Level 1 diagram. You should also select four processes, from your Level 1 IDEF0 diagram, and describe the flow of activities within these processes by using four UML Activity diagrams. The RIBA Plan of Work or CIOB Code of Practice for Project Management frameworks must be investigated and used to identify and map the main processes/activities and other relevant information to be included in your own diagrams. The selected framework should be clearly named in the report.

Each diagram should be introduced and discussed in the report by clearly describing the processes/activities depicted in the diagram in the context of the selected project and of the selected project life cycle framework (i.e. RIBA Plan of Work or CIOB Code of Practice for Project Management). The description of the illustrated processes and activities is expected to be effectively supported by references to the selected project life cycle framework and relevant literature. You should also make appropriate assumptions as necessary and state them accordingly. The description of the four UML

Activity diagrams is expected to be more detailed than the description of the IDEF0 diagrams.

Identify the introduction to the report. Identify the literature review. Identify the methods section in the report. Identify the results section. Identify the discussion section.

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Ways to Control Erosion at Construction Sites

Task 1
Read Text 93, a research report about friendship between black children and white children in Zimbabwe in the 1980s, and answer the following questions:
1 Identify the introduction to the report.
111 Which sentence(s) identify the general background to the report?
111 Which sentence(s) indicate why the research is important?
111 Which sentence(s) indicate a gap in our knowledge?
111 Which sentence(s) present the research questions?
111 How many research questions are there?
111 Whose voice is dominant in each stage of the introduction?
111 What are other voices used for?

2 Identify the literature review.
11 What type of voices are used in the literature review?

3 Identify the methods section in the report.
11 In your own words, describe the methods used.
111 Is the methods section descriptive or analytical?
– How do you know?
– Why do you think this is?
111 Whose voice dominates the section?
111 Look at the verbs used to describe the method.
– What is the most common tense?
– Are most of the verbs active or passive? Why?

4 Identify the results section.
111 Summarise the main findings of the study in your own words.
111 How are the results analysed?
111 How many voices do you hear in the results section?

5 Identify the discussion section.
111 Summarise the writers’ conclusions in your own words.
111 Which of the following does the section do:
– identify the findings?
– compare the findings with the findings of others?
– discuss the significance of the findings?

critically evaluate the term Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the context of local, national, and global developments. Analyse the drivers/enablers and challenges/barriers of using BIM for SMEs. Evaluate the roles required to successfully deliver a BIM project and discuss the BIM managers role during various phases of the project lifecycle.

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BIM for the built enviroment

A. As part of your role, you have been asked to critically evaluate the term Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the context of local, national, and global developments.

B. You should discuss the available UK standards, protocols, documentation, etc. and explain their purpose, contents, and requirements specifically to the delivery of a BIM project. Analyse the decisions necessary to be made during different stages of project lifecycle with a flow chart.

C. Analyse the drivers/enablers and challenges/barriers of using BIM for SMEs.

D. Evaluate the roles required to successfully deliver a BIM project and discuss the BIM managers role during various phases of the project lifecycle.

E. Identify the possible future developments within the BIM job role.

Compare and contrast the relative merits of both of these options with respect to functionality and sustainability, select a suitable ventilation system for the building and clearly explain why you feel the system is the most appropriate.

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Building Engineering Systems

Assessment task details and instructions

This assessment has been designed to introduce some realistic practical activities into your study of Building Services.  It is hoped that by examining various aspects and issues raised by seeking to incorporate building engineering systems into a structure you will gain an increased familiarity with the role of the Building Services Engineer and the day-to-day problems he/she may encounter.

 

By focusing on a pseudo client brief this assignment will focus on the following major aspects of a Services project:

·         Heating Systems;

·         Ventilation Systems and

·         Domestic Hot Water Services.

Over the course of the last few years the university has experienced a significant increase in the number of students wishing to study health subjects.  The development in these courses initially saw the development of the Mary Seacole building which provided the required teaching and practice space to support learning activities alongside some limited medical research.  Senior management have recently acknowledged that the development of a dedicated medical research facility is required in order to further develop this area of the business and seek to become a centre of excellence in this subject.

Young and Simpson have been working with the university to develop initial design ideas for the building and the point has been reached where they can be used to begin to examine the possible building services systems that might be included in the completed design.  The outline plan for this building along with other useful information is included in appendix 2 of this brief.

You work for the building engineering services consultant George Smith and Co. who have been appointed to carry out initial services designs for the project.  As part of the services development team you have been charged with producing a professional report that must be formatted to include.

·         A front cover in the form of a title page.

·         A contents page listing the title and page number of all sections, subsections, appendices and reference listings.

·         Body text with use made of appendices if appropriate.

·         References deployed appropriately throughout the document in the Harvard format.

·         Appropriately numbered sections and subsections.

·         A choice of format and font that is accessible to the reader.

The final report is to address the following activities.

 Activities

1.      Provide an introduction that clearly explains the relationship between building engineering systems and the needs of occupants and users.

2.      Heating Systems

Carry out the following.

·         The office space within this building is to be maintained at a room temperature of 21°C critically analyse what combination of heating system and type of heat emitters might the most suitable to achieve this condition.  The discussion provided must be justified.

·         Based on a design building heat loss of 50 W/m2 calculate all room heat losses, determine the building heat loss and select an appropriately sized gas fired boiler, or boilers, for the whole building.  Present your calculations as a tabulated schedule.

3.      Ventilation Systems

When considering the means of providing ventilation within a building there are essentially two options:

·         Mechanical air handling and

·         Natural ventilation.

Compare and contrast the relative merits of both of these options with respect to functionality and sustainability, select a suitable ventilation system for the building and clearly explain why you feel the system is the most appropriate.

4.      Domestic Hot Water System

Explain what is meant by centralised and de-centralised domestic hot water systems and subsequently select an appropriate method of providing domestic hot water to the Catering and WC provisions.

 

N.B. All calculations are to be carried out to two decimal places.

 

Guidance regarding how your submission will be assessed is given in the Assessment Criteria section below.  This should be read in conjunction with the Assessment Rubric included as Appendix 1.

 

Pre-submission checklist

Use the checklist below to ensure that you have met the assessment requirements.

·         Have I proof-read my work using the grammar and spell check facilities of the word processor to find / correct any errors and ensure readability?

·         Does the report meet the requirement of the permitted word count?

·         Have I referenced all of the sources used correctly to satisfy the Harvard referencing system?

·         Have I made use of the Draft Submission facility on Turnitin to check for the percentage match with other published work?

Analyse durability of cement produced by alkali concrete binders and to compare its chemical properties to portland cement, and how alternative methods than portland cement can have a positive effect on the environment

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Sustainability of concrete made with portland cement and alkali activated binders

Analyse durability of cement produced by alkali concrete binders and to compare its chemical properties to portland cement, and how alternative methods than portland cement can have a positive effect on the environment.

Demonstrate competence in programming fundamentals including structure and best practice. Apply numerical methods in a programming context to solve common civil engineering problems. Write programs to generate data for, or solve civil engineering problems.

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MATLAB Code for Engineering Problems

Structure of assessments

This module is assessed by component B, weighted as 100 % of the final mark. To pass the module you must achieve a final mark of at least 40 %. This assessment brief is for component B (2000 words, excluding appendices and references). You will receive formative feedback for this assessment during lectures and group work sessions. The intended learning outcomes are

• Demonstrate competence in programming fundamentals including structure and best practice.
• Apply numerical methods in a programming context to solve common civil engineering problems.
• Write programs to generate data for, or solve civil engineering problems.
• Critically compare numerical methods and programmes, considering computational ef-ficiency and accuracy of the results.

The following section describes the problems you are expected to solve using MATLAB or other general programming language and specific details of the tasks and outputs to feed in to your report. The coursework portfolio described here asks you to consider two problems entitled:
1. Probabilistic-based seismic vulnerability assessment
2. Sustainable design of truss bridges

Results must also be evidenced by source programming code file(s)/spreadsheet(s). These code routines developed for both elements must be in a text selectable form (no images or
screenshots will be accepted).

Choose an organisation, real or imagined, and provide a short background section providing details about the organisation and what that of projects they specialise in.

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PRINCE 2

You are required to write a short briefing document to the Board of Directors of an organisation that works within the construction industry that is considering whether to adopt PRINCE2®.

In writing the briefing document you need to choose an organisation, real or imagined, and provide a short background section providing details about the organisation and what that of projects they specialise in. Your Background section needs to include the company size, employees, types of projects they specialise in. If you are using a real organisation you must state your source of information about the organisation in the Background section. The only criterion that you must adhere to in describing your organisation is that they currently do not have a formal project management method in place and need advice on the best way forward.

Your briefing document needs to include the pros and cons of adopting PRINCE2®, alternatives and your recommendations (you need to include at least 3 other alternatives). You must also include how PRINCE2 will look like from an operational basis for the company. Your briefing document must also contain references to the project management literature, with the emphasis being on peer-reviewed papers in academic journals.

You will also need to demonstrate skill in structuring your briefing document appropriately. As a minimum you will be expected to write a clear introduction and concluding section and in addition you will be expected to structure the rest of your briefing document in a coherent and logical fashion. Further, you will be expected to write in a style that is readable and presents your arguments in a clearly understandable fashion.

Find the net volume of cut or fill in BCY for the site using the Cross Section method. Find the net volume of cut or fill in BCY for the site using the Grid method. Find the net volume of cut or fill in BCY for the site using the Quick-and-Dirty method. Compare the results of the three methods and indicate which method you think is optimal for this site (you must explain you logic in order to receive credit).

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Estimating and Bidding

The objective of this assignment is to help you learn the methods for quantifying earthwork in construction estimating. For the attached site plan, calculate the volume of cut or fill needed to bring the entire site to an elevation of 90 ft. Assume any cut material can be used for fill.

Your assignment is to:

  1. Find the net volume of cut or fill in BCY for the site using the Cross Section method.
  2. Find the net volume of cut or fill in BCY for the site using the Grid method.
  3. Find the net volume of cut or fill in BCY for the site using the Quick-and-Dirty method.
  4. Compare the results of the three methods and indicate which method you think is optimal for this site (you must explain you logic in order to receive credit)
  5. Find the number of haul loads needed to either bring in fill or remove excess soil from the site if one truck has a capacity of 12 cubic yards.

 

Assume the soil is common earth for your volume adjustments.