Project Management Construction Assignment

Project
Management
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT: ESSENDON & BUCKLEY STREET
LEVEL CROSSING REMOVAL

Introduction
Project Management can be considered
as the application of the methods,
processes, skills and knowledge which
is aimed at achieving the objectives of
the project
Project management usually consist of
following points:
•Time
•Cost
•Scope
•Quality

About the Project
Essendon & Buckley Street level
crossing removal
Problem Encountered
 The main problem which is faced is
that the Boom gate of Buckley Street
is down for almost 78 minutes.
 Creates Frustration and congestion
for the vehicles.

About the Project (Cont.)
The main focus of the project was to
reduce the overall congestion which
was is very much hectic for the point of
view of the travellers. The main focus
was the reduction of the traffic which is
created in the point.
Victorian government took an important
step of removing the traffic congestion
by means of removing the level
crossing.

Implementation Overview
The main aim of the implementation
is to remove the level crossing at
Buckley Street.
The main Focus point of the removal
would be helping to remove
congestion and improve the safety.

Requirement of the Project
The requirement of the project mainly
involve the following points:
 Ability to enter the information of the
project.
 Tracking of the project.
 Reporting the project as defined by the
level crossing authority.

Project Objective
The main objective of the project are
the following:
 Removal of the level crossing at
Buckley Street, Essendon
 Reduction of traffic at boom Gate
 By means of minimizing
disruption improvement of the
traffic flow.

Project Objective (Cond)
Main advantage Achievement
 Reduce transport time
 Reduction of human
intervention
 Improvement of facility.

Scope of the Project
Definition
The scope of the project mainly consist of the documentation and
the determining a list of project deliverables, goals, task, features,
deadline and most majorly the cost of the project.
In simple words it can be stated as the things which has to be done
in a project to order to reach the factor of success.

Scope of the Project (Cont.)
In scope of the Project includes:
 Building a road underpass which would be helping to remove the
level crossing.
 Boom gate removal in order to reduce the overall congestion.
 To complete the entire project within the budget and time.

Scope of the Project (Cont.)
The out scope project mainly consist:
 The type of congestion removal after the underpass is created is
not taken into consideration.
 No information in detail is provided for the up gradation of the
exiting underpass is provided.

Work breakdown Structure

Stakeholders
Definition
According to the Project Management Institute (PMI) the term
project stakeholders mainly explains a organisation, group of people
who are directly affect or are affected by the outcome of a project.

Internal Stakeholders
The internal Stakeholders of the Project are:
 Project Planner
 Project manager
 Construction engineer.
 Architect
 Construction technician

External Stakeholders
The External Stakeholders of the Project are:
 Contractor
 Sub contractor
 Creditor
 Supplier

Risk Management
There can be different risks which can be associated with the
planning and the final approval of the project. Different risk factors
which are taken into consideration are stated below:
 Risk related to government approval
 Risk of budget
 Risk of approval
 Risk of resources violation
 Risk of planning and achieving the goal

Risk Management (Cont.)
 Design issue
 Technical risk
 Integration
 communication

Risk Management (Cont.)

Project Team
The team which is involved in the project are:
 Project manager
 Financial manager
 Contractor
 Site supervisor

Project Approval
It is very much important to get the approval from the ministry for the
implementation of the planning. On the other hand the occupiers
should also be taken into consideration about the affect they would be
having in the planning and the construction phase.

Conclusion
The Buckley Street,
Essondon level crossing
removal will be very
much advantageous for
the normal citizen
which would be directly
decreasing the travel
time.

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