Project Planning And Analysis Assignment
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PROJECT ANALYSIS
Executive SummaryThe report examines the issues faced by the project manager in Fletcher Building, New Zealand.The Fletcher Construction Company limited is incorporating in New Zealand which specialisesin undertaking big construction projects across the country. Fletcher Building was formed withthe split of Fletcher Challenge. Since than, the organisation undertaken various small to bigprojects. In the report it was found that time and cost were the core issues that affects theconstruction project undertaken by the organisation. In this context, proposed solution has beenprovided which includes transformation in organisational structure, articulation of roles andresponsibilities of team members and providing financial expertise to project manager so that thediscrepancies between construction division can be eradicated. Through observation, projectmanager can ensure that issues and problems has been resolved ultimately.
Table of Contents1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................11.1 Company Overview..............................................................................................................11.2 Business case for restructuring..............................................................................................22. Literature Review.........................................................................................................................42.1 Overview of Construction industry.......................................................................................42.2 Issues faces by Construction Industries. ..............................................................................52.3 Strategies developed by Construction Company to overcome the issues. ...........................63. Analysis and Restructure.............................................................................................................73.1 Design Restructure................................................................................................................73.2 Monitoring.............................................................................................................................94. Conclusion...................................................................................................................................9BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ANNOTATION.....................................................................................11APPENDICES...............................................................................................................................14
1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Company OverviewThe Fletcher Construction Company limited is incorporating in New Zealand whichspecialises in undertaking big construction projects across the country. James Fletcher seniorwho was the founder of Fletcher Groups, commenced building business in 1908 along with hisbrother William John Fletcher and Englishman Albert Morris. The name of firm was Fletcherand Morris which later changed to Fletcher Bros. The company first constructed a house in 1909still existed and present for local public in Dunedin (Chang-Richards and et.al., 2017). In 1919,the firm eventually registered as limited liability company and started taking small to mediumsize construction projects. In 1925, management shifts its headquarter to Auckland and Fletcherconstruction became the first subsidiary of Fletcher Holding group in 1940. In 1942, JamesFletcher Junior became the managing director of the company as his father resigned to assistsNew Zealand war efforts. By being new managing director, Fletcher Junior emphasis ondeveloping organisational building products manufacturing divisions with Fletcher Constructionretaining the core construction business. In 1981, Fletcher Challenge a new firm was born outfrom merger of Fletcher Holdings with Challenge Corporation Limited and Tasman Pulp PaperLimited. In 2001, Fletcher Building was formed with the split of Fletcher Challenge. Since than,the organisation undertaken various small to big projects which includes Sky Tower (finished in1997), Westpac Stadium (finished in 1999), Northern Busway, Auckland (finished in 2002), etc. There are various issues and contingency factors which affects the overall effectivenessof the construction project or building. As a construction project manager, one has to determineevery aspect which could potentially affects on the quality of construction work. Project managerat Fletcher Building supervises project engineers, safety, project superintendents and teammembers. The issue faced in the construction and designing department was of time and costwhich eventually affects both the organisation and construction project. The issue identified inthe communication hierarchy of procurement or suppliers and project manager. Time increasesdue as suppliers have to communicate to project superintendents and then they furthercommunicate to project manager. The delay in project affects the reputation of company and alsoquestions skills and abilities of project manager. As Fletcher Building is one of the reputedconstruction company of New Zealand, project manager must consider these contingency factorsand construct precise strategies in order to overcome and resolve these issues. In this context, the1
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