Tampere University of Technology

Running head: OPERA HOUSE CASE STUDY REPORT
Assessment 2- Opera House case study report
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1OPERA HOUSE CASE STUDY REPORT
Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
Brief description..........................................................................................................................2
Motivation....................................................................................................................................2
Ultimate goal...............................................................................................................................3
General plan.................................................................................................................................3
2 Problem descriptions....................................................................................................................3
3. Research Methodology................................................................................................................4
4. Data collection.............................................................................................................................4
5. Data analysis................................................................................................................................6
6. Findings.......................................................................................................................................7
7. Recommendations........................................................................................................................9
8. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................12

2OPERA HOUSE CASE STUDY REPORT
Title: Opera House case study report
1. Introduction
Brief description
This report depicts the analysis details and outcomes generated from construction of
Opera House, Australia project. Sydney Opera House is identified as one of the most well known
iconic structures in Australia which face many controversies during its construction and
execution phase. The building is also recognized as Australian global symbol. In the year of
1957 the Danish architect of the project Jorn Utzon won the best architect award from the
government of New South Wales. Before initiation of the project it was measured that the
construction will take approximately 4 years and budget of $7 Million.
However, originally the project took approximately 14 years and a budget of $102
Million to complete. Due to these reasons the project is defined as one of the most disastrous
construction projects in the global history. The project was not a failure from financial aspects
but also from project managerial aspects. For any project the three main factors which needs
maximum attention of the project manager and team associates are cost, time and quality but for
this project three of the aspects were overlooked by the construction team and others.
Motivation
The motivation of the research is to identify the potential risks that the project had faced
during its design and implementation stages. Apart from that, how project management
knowledge area can influence a project are also analyzed.

3OPERA HOUSE CASE STUDY REPORT
Ultimate goal
The ultimate goal of the project was to accomplish the entire construction work followed
by three different stages including podium, outer shell, interior and windows in the budget of $7
Million and time of 4 years.
General plan
For this Opera House construction project the three stages or stages those are initially
considered to be followed include podium construction, outer shell design and interior work
along with windows framing. In order to complete the construction work the construction stages
those are generally should have followed include project initiation and documentation, project
plan, project execution, project changes and project closure (Kerzner, 2017). In order to
complete the project in assigned timeline and budget the other project management factors on
which the team planned to focus on include project scope, cost, risk, quality, communication and
stakeholder management. It has recognized that some of the aspects were not accurately analyzed
and focused. The research was planned to be completed using detail observation and case study
analysis.
2 Problem descriptions
According to the given case scenario of Opera House construction it is recognized that,
the project changed some requirements after initiation. Though, Jorn Utzon presented his “Red
Book” to the government before initiation which was approved on March, 1958 but still
requested for further changes and modifications. The Red Book was comprises of detail plan,
sections and consultant reporting. As per construction detail the project was expected to be
completed in 4 years, i.e. before 1962 with an inauguration event plan on 1963. The project had