Construction of a Building for Wesfarmers for Warehouse Facility

This paper discusses the construction of a building for Wesfarmers to provide a warehouse facility for storing materials and goods. It includes project background, stakeholders, objectives, milestones, deliverables, work breakdown structure, network diagram, project organization structure, risks, change management strategies, and status report.

Construction of a building for Wesfarmers in order
to provide Warehouse facility

Purpose of the project
 The paper mainly focuses on the
construction of a building for Wesfarmers in
order to provide the facility of warehouse.
 The warehouse facility is needed by the
company “Wesfarmers” for the purpose of
storing materials and goods.
 It is identified that the design of the
building is done in order to accommodate
need for future loading docks, truck space
as well as car parking space.

Project background
 The organization “Wesfarmers” started its
journey in the year 1914 and now it is
considered as one of the largest companies of
Australia.
 It is identified that with expansion, the
company faces difficulty in storing goods as well
as products.
 For resolving this issue, the company wants to
construct a building in Australia, which would be
helpful for providing the facility of warehouse so
that the products and materials of the
companies can be easily stored.

Project stakeholders
The stakeholders who are involved in the project
are as follows:
• Project manager
• Project planner
• Supervisor
• Architect
• Worker
• Supplier
• Civil engineer
• Machine operator
• Financial manager
• Human resource manager

Project Objectives
The objectives of the project are as
follows:
 To construct a building for
“Wesfarmers”
 To provide the facility of warehouse for
storing goods and materials for the
company
 To resolve the issue that the company
faces due to improper storage facility

Project Milestones
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Milestone 1: Completion of initiation phase 0 days Tue 2/13/18 Tue 2/13/18
Milestone 2: Completion of planning phase 0 days Thu 3/22/18 Thu 3/22/18
Milestone 3: Completion of design process 0 days Fri 3/2/18 Fri 3/2/18
Milestone 4: Completion of construction phase 0 days Fri 4/13/18 Fri 4/13/18
Milestone 5: Completion of closure phase 0 days Tue 4/17/18 Tue 4/17/18

Project Deliverables
The lists of deliverables for the project are as follows:
Design drawings
Technical interpretation
Site investigation report
Design review
Tender document
Manufacturing process improvement
Progress report
Marketing study

Work breakdown Structure

Network diagram

Project organization structure
Project manager
Project planner
Supervisor Architect Contracto
r
Civil engineer Machine
operator
Financial
manager
HR
manager
Team
member
Team
member
Team
member
Team member Team member Team
member
Team
member

Project Risks
The risks that are related with the
project include:
• Improper estimation of budget
• Lack of predictability
• Inexperienced project managers
• Use of improper quality of
materials
• Improper project design
Insignifica
nt
Minor Moderate Major Catastrophi
c
Almost
certain
High High Extreme Extreme Extreme
Likely Moderate High High Extreme Extreme
Moderate Low Moderate High Extreme Extreme
Unlikely Low Low Moderate Extreme
Rare Low Low Moderate

Change management
strategies
The strategies of change management
are as follows:
 Proper prediction
 Arranging meetings on a weekly
basis
 Proper track on the utilization of
resources

Status report
Status report Discussion
Monthly The project manager discusses about the
status of the project.
Weekly The project manager analyzes that
whether the project is progressing
properly or not.
Daily On a daily basis, the operations of the
project are tracked.

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