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Engineering Management - Case Study Of HDR Company

   

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ContentsCase study:............................................................................................................................................2Introduction:..........................................................................................................................................2Purpose:.................................................................................................................................................2Importance of Leadership:.....................................................................................................................3Significance of Engineering practices:..................................................................................................3Objective of the project:........................................................................................................................3Construction Planning:..........................................................................................................................4Methodology:........................................................................................................................................4Challenges:............................................................................................................................................5Work Breakdown structure:...................................................................................................................7Risks associated in the construction program:.......................................................................................9Consequence level of the risks:...........................................................................................................12Risk Management Methods:................................................................................................................12Impact of Risks Strategies:..................................................................................................................13Approaches for material management:................................................................................................13Design parameters:..............................................................................................................................14Impact of Project Management:...........................................................................................................15Gantt chart:..........................................................................................................................................15Pert chart:............................................................................................................................................16Learning Outcome:..............................................................................................................................17Conclusion:..........................................................................................................................................17References:..........................................................................................................................................18

Case study:HDR Company is worked as an architectural engineering firm in United States. The infrastructure of the nation depends on the effective working of the construction industry. Theindustries faces many problems in completing the project on time such as overrunning of the costs and time, inadequacy in the formulation of the project, availability of resources, and others. The planning, scheduling, and monitoring are the pillars of the construction industry. The HDR engineering organization provides the good planning of the project, proper utilization of the organization resources, achieving desired outcome, estimating accurate budget, cost, and time, and many more. As a consultant, the officials of the organization works by identifying the sequence of activities, duration of the activities, scheduling of activities, analysis for the cause of delay, and analyses the risks associated with the project for achieving the sustainability of the project.Introduction:The completion of the construction project can be optimised by indulging good planning tools, efficiency in the flow of information, monitoring of the project, optimum utilization of the resources, and others. “The project monitoring process focuses on the recording of data, collection of data, and reporting of information” (Nikumbh, 2015). It helps in eliminating the causes which result into the delay of the project. In the given case study, the organization is facing the problem in overrunning of the project due to inadequacy in the planning method for estimating the cost and time of the project. The HDR Company focuses on eliminating theproblem of poor planning techniques. Purpose:The purpose of this project is to define the sequence of construction activities for developing residential activities. The duration of the activities should be determining which is required tocomplete the project. The scheduling technique is required for the development of planning and scheduling. The analysis of the project activities helps in estimating the budget of the project. The focus should be given on predicting the reasons which are responsible for examining the delay in the project, overrunning of the budget and time, availability of resources, and others. The purpose is to find out the factors which are responsible for making the sustainable improvement in the project.

Importance of Leadership:The leadership skills are important in the deployment of engineering practices in the management of construction of the residential building. “The smooth running of the project can be achieved by implementing the effective leadership skills” (Patel, 2012). The leadership is affected by the positive outcome of the direction. The leadership helps in enhancing the initiatives taken for promoting the decision with respect to the uncertainty, availability of resources, completion of the project, and the scheduling of activities. The effective leader is capable of performing assessment of risks, decision related to the initiatives taken, delivering the project on time, determining the obstacles and constraints, flexibility in the engineering leadership to achieve adaptability by making use of resources to its full extent. “The success of the project depends on the leadership traits which are used to determine the sequence of activities” (Yang, 2007). Significance of Engineering practices:The engineering practices play an important role in performing the process of collecting, recording, and reporting of project performance. Monitoring helps in keeping the watch of the progress in relation with the associated time. The resources scheduling help in enhancing the project activities.” The activities of the project completed in allocated time and actions” (Younis, 2017). The objective of the project to complete the activities within allocated time and budget can be achieved. “The planning and scheduling of activities helps in keeping trackof flow of activities” (Kang, 2010). The execution of the construction project is the challenging activities which can efficiently handle by the engineering practices. Objective of the project:The objective of the project is to develop a design for developing a residential building. The sequence of activities helps in monitoring the execution of the activities. “The activities should be carried out in the allocated time and budget” (Mahamid, 2016). The scheduling techniques should be used for optimizing the sequence of activities. The analysis should be done of the factors responsible for the delay of the project. The investigation of the scheduling procedure helps in improving the planning activities of the project.

Construction Planning:The construction plan should analyse the budget and time of the project. The good construction plan helps in improving the performance of the company. The scheduling of activities focuses on planning parameters such as who, why, how, what, and when. It helps inmaintaining communication links between associated stakeholders of the project. The tracking of the activities helps in analysing the performance of the actual project and estimating the actual duration required to complete the project. Methodology:The methodology involves different stages for collecting data which are categorised as pre-data collection, data collection, and post data collection. Pre-data collection phase: The pre-data collection phase consist of stages which are categorised as focusing on the literature review, development of objectives, and focuses on the problem statement. The focus should be given on predicting the reasons which are responsible for examining the delay in the project, overrunning of the budget and time, availability of resources, and others.Data collection: The observation of the frequent site helps in identifying the sequence of construction activities. It helps in collecting report associated with the execution of activities. The activities should be completed with the allocated time and budget. The data collection phase is comprised of daily progress report, labour work output, and planned duration of activities. “The daily progress report focuses on the information related to the work done, resources, and labour” (Osipova, 2011). It helps in managing the record of the inventory. Thework output labour helps in calculating the duration of activities with respect to the availability and capability of the manpower. The planning of activities helps in developing the schedule for estimation the time and duration required to build the residential building. Post data collection: “The scheduling software is used to analyse and keep tracking of the activities. The planning procedures are used for developing the activity schedule of the project” (Hall, 2012). Data analysis:“The analysis of the data involves focusing on the activity schedule to develop a residential building” (Cabral, 2014). The activities should be associated with the availability of resources

with the deployment of the succeeding activities. The following table shows the analysing of the data required to develop the building:Activities DescriptionEarth workThe earthwork cost get increased with the excavation of the proclaimRCC workThe reduction in the RCC work is responsible for the delay in the project.Brick Work“The decrement in the masonry work is responsible for the delay of the project” (Joshi, 2013. The rate of the project can be increased with the plastering cost of the project.Water ProofingThe cost of water proofing does not bring any drastic change in the projectFlooringThe estimation of the project cost result in the decrement of project cost. Wooden WorkThe cost incurred on the wooden work can affect the changein the specification of doors and windows. Aluminium workThe use of sliding window raises the cost of the projectPainting workThe increasing working rate of the painting contractor can affect the cost of the project. Plumbing and electrical fabrication workNo extra cost incurred on the projectChallenges:ChallengesDescriptionAvailability of Material“Material shortage can affect the completion of the project on time” (Banaitis, 2013)The material is not provided on timeAvailability of Man PowerThe labour is unskilledThere is a limited number of the skilled labourEquipmentFailure and breakdown occurred in the equipmentThe operators are unable to handle the equipmentFinancial factorThe payment is not done on time

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