Contractual Arrangements in Commercial Projects: Learnings from Chunnel Project and Australian National Audit Office

This portfolio discusses the contractual arrangements spectrum, including asset and contractual management, and the treaty. It also covers the consequences of project delays, disruptions, and changes to planned activities and the methods for claims variations, liquidated damages, contract entitlements, and arbitration. The portfolio evaluates project management tools that help avoid or provide conflict resolution via negotiated solutions.

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Week 10 Topic:
Contractual
Arrangements in
Commercial Projects.
Case Study for the
Chunnel Project;
Australia National
Audit Office (2012)
Developing and
Managing Contracts -
Getting the right
outcome, achieving
value for money;
HB 140-2000
Administration
manual for AS 4000-
1997 General
conditions of
contract;
Law handbook;
Wikipedia Australian
Contract Law;
1. Describe the
operation of diverse
and complex
government and non-
government project
contractual
arrangements
relevant to a range of
managed services,
ICT, and build
agreements.
1. Build & Transfer (B&T)
2. Build Lease & transfer (BL&T)
3. Build, operate & transfer (BO&T)
4. Build, own & operate (BO&O)
5. Build, transfer and operate (BT&O)
6. Contract, add & operate (CA&O)
7. Develop, operate & transfer (DO&T)
8. Rehabilitate, operate & transfer (RO&T)
9. Rehabilitate, own and operate (RO&O)
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PMBOK (2013)
Chapter 12 Project
Procurement
Management;
Procurement Rules
- Australian;
- Victorian;
- WA;
- NSW;
- QLD;
- USA.
Guardian News
article 7th April 2004
Deep in debt.
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2. Analyse common
arguments using
logic, persuasion and
influence factors as
commonly applied to
conflicting and/or
competing
stakeholder agendas.
Asset and contractual management along with the treaty are some of the most
prominent examples of the contractual arrangements spectrum. It assist in
managing and mitigating the challenges that are associated with the negotiation
with the government entities by offering affordable delivery system, flexibility &
expeditiousness.
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3. Differentiate Another one of the notable techniques that has proved to be efficient & Have you any insights
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methods of project
negotiation, conflict
management, and
stakeholder
engagement across
projects consisting of
differing technology
standards and asset
lifecycles.
effective for the project management team and is part of the project
management is the contract management. It assists the management team to
formulate an adequate tender that can assist them in managing their
negotiation stand. The extend of contract management is not limited to getting
tenders only, but it expands to delivering ideas & strategies that can lead to a
successful completion & delivery of the project.
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4. Explain and apply
methods of
identifying and
reconciling
inconsistent and
conflicting objectives
and drivers that
develop, maintain,
mange relationships
and communication
with key
stakeholders.
Enabling the managers to access through the operational details that are
mandatory for the negotiation and the contractual management would enhance
their capability as an individual and will cite positive impact on the project. The
deemed step will enable the project manager to assist in clearly defining the
aims, mission, scope and vision of the project.
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5. Explain the
consequences of
project delays,
disruptions, and
changes to planned
activities and the
methods for claims
variations, liquidated
The changes, consequences of project delays and disruption are some of the
crucial factors that if not mitigated in the minimum possible time can cite
adverse effect on the successful delivery of the project within budget and time.
The discussed factors mostly are responsible for the budget escalation or other
crucial factors. Though, delay in project can be utilised by the managers to
further enhance their project planning and deliver an enhance quality offering.
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damages, contract
entitlements, and
arbitration.
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6. Evaluate project
management tools
that help avoid or
provide conflict
resolution via
negotiated solutions.
Conflict is the prominent threat that any project faces and hence, it needs
mitigation in shortest possible time. The project management offers conflict
management and tools such as scope definition, single objective,
communication through periodic meetings, discussion and others. Managing
conflicts appropriately enhance the probability of quality offerings of the
project.
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References
Anbari F.T., Giammalvo P., Jaffe P., Letavec C., and Merchant R. (Date Unknown) “The Chunnel Project”. PMI Case Studies in Project Management.
http://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Academic/case%20studies/Chunnel%20Project.ashx Visited …../…/…
Kerzner H. 2013. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”. Journal of
Management in Engineering. Vol:April 2001 pp.105-121
PMI. 2013a. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. USA: Project Management Institute.
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