Project Management: Sydney Metro Northwest

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Project management- Case Study: Sydney Metro Northwest
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Table of Contents
Part A: Project overview..................................................................................................................2
A.1 Overview of the project........................................................................................................2
A.2 Overall budget of the project................................................................................................2
A.3 Social and economic rationale..............................................................................................2
A.4 Key statistics.........................................................................................................................3
A.5 Funding mechanism............................................................................................................11
A.6 Key stakeholders.................................................................................................................11
Part B: Risk analysis......................................................................................................................12
B.1 Potential risks......................................................................................................................12
B.2 Risk matrix..........................................................................................................................13
Part C: Risk mitigation plan..........................................................................................................15
C.1 Risk evaluation and risk mitigation strategy.......................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................26

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Part A: Project overview
A.1 Overview of the project
The main focus of the paper is on the construction of “Sydney Metro Northwest” which
will mainly helpful in delivering eight railway stations and around 4000 commuter car parking
spaces. It is found that the train will mainly run in the gap of four minutes and thus it is identified
that the customers does not need to maintain a timetable but they can easily travel without facing
time related issues and challenges. The Sydney was mainly named as the North West Rail link
and it is considered as the first automated metro rail within Australia (Sydneymetro
2019). Further the construction of Sydney metro will be helpful in delivering around reliable
proper public transport within the region that generally consist of highest ownership of car. It is
found that the construction of Northwest Sydney metro has been re-announced in February 2010
and the work of the metro rail will be expected to get completed by May 2019 within the budget
of around $314 million.
A.2 Overall budget of the project
It is found that for constructing the Sydney Northwest metro rail project, it is identified
that around $314 million budget is mainly needed. The construction work will get successfully
completed within the approved budget. The amount that is allocated for completing the
construction mainly includes the execution of each and every activities of the project which are
needed for constructing the metro rail successfully.
A.3 Social and economic rationale
The population of Sydney was growing at an alarming rate and in order to provide proper
travelling experience, the government took the initiative of constructing the Sydney metro

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northwest. It is found that the construction of Metro is considered to be advantageous as the
project that was constructed mainly involve in constructing new stations like Bella vista,
Kellyville and more. It is found that the trains will generally run at the gap of four minutes and
thus the metro will be able to give redundant time table facility to the customers which generally
helps in reflecting that the train will generally arrive shortly. In addition to this, it is found that
the newly constructed northwest metro will generally be able to have the capacity of moving
around 4600 people per hour and thus it is almost double the load that a public transport in
Sydney caries. Moreover, the metro will be helpful in reducing overcrowding on the trains and
will also keep the ever-growing Sydney moving (Sydneymetro 2019). The addition of the fast as
well as reliable train network will further helpful in encouraging the utilization of public
transport which will further helpful in improving the commute for those who already select
public transport. Furthermore, it will be helpful in reducing congestion on the roads.
On the other hand, it is found that the construction of Sydney Metro Northwest also
creates a number of disadvantages in context to social and economic rationale. It is found that if
more existing lines are generally reclaimed and transferred to metro then there is a chance that
large number of staff of railway can be get out of job that generally reflects negative economic
impact. In addition to this, the construction of Northwest Sydney metro is considered to be
incompatible with the existing network.
A.4 Key statistics
Scope and size
The construction of Sydney northwest metro is one of the large project which will helpful
in constructing eight different stations and around 4000 commuter in context to car parking

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spaces and the facility of train running at the gap of four minutes that further helps in reducing
crowding.
The scope of the project includes:
 Excavating the future area for the construction site
 Undertaking the work of tunnel construction
 Undertaking construction work on the precincts and stations
 Undertaking upgradation of the work that is associated with road and footpath
 Installing high voltage of supply
 Undertaking soil removal as well as general civil works for completing the
construction works
Budget and estimated cost
It is identified that for completing the Northwest Sydney metro construction work, it is
assumed that budget of around $ 314 million is generally required as per the assumption. The
amount of money that is set for constructing the project is considered to be appropriate for
successfully executing the project work. The estimated the project budget that is needed is
reflected below:

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Figure 1: Budget
(Source: Created by Author)