University of Salford: IECC Project Management Practice Report 2020

This report provides a detailed analysis of the "Innovative Engineering and Construction Centre" (IECC) project, focusing on risk management, value management, and quality management strategies. It begins with an evaluation of the risk management process, including the identification, analysis, and mitigation of potential risks, such as quality issues, communication gaps, environmental concerns (air, water, and noise pollution, and waste management), and labor shortages. A risk register is presented to document these risks and their potential impact, especially concerning achieving an excellent BREEAM environmental rating. The report then delves into value management, exploring its application in the IECC project to balance stakeholder needs and project costs, including recommendations for offsite construction techniques. Finally, it outlines a quality management strategy based on Juran's Trilogy to ensure project success. The report highlights the importance of proactive risk assessment and management in the context of a construction project.

Running head: IECC
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
1. Evaluation of Risk Management Process........................................................................2
2. Value management in Relation to project.....................................................................18
3. Quality Management Strategy to be used in the Proposed Project................................20
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................21
References..........................................................................................................................23

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Introduction
Risk management in project management can be indicated as process that ensure that the
potential problems and issues in the project are minimized or eliminated. In project management
there are certain planned phases of risk management. The key processes involves identification
of risk, analysis of the risk, evaluation of the risk, risk treatment, monitoring and review of the
risk.
As a project management consultant it is integral to recognise and manage the key risks
in the project so that certain viable solution to mitigate and manage those risks can be identified.
The undertaken project deals with development of an “Innovative Engineering and Construction
Centre” (IECC), to be located along side M61 corridor in Greater Manchester. It is considered to
be an integral construction project and involves critical construction process. Hence it is of
foremost necessity to address the risks that can affect this undertaken construction project. Along
with that, the project owner, NWSA requires the project to achieve an excellent BREEAM
environmental rating and therefore, management of the environmental risks related to the project
becomes a necessity. In the following paragraphs, the environmental influence of the undertaken
project is evaluated to identify the critical risks and issues that can hamper the normal execution
of the project. The report focuses on the risk management procedure along with critical analysis
of value management. The report further provides a clear reference of “Juran Trilogy” of quality
management to develop and effective quality management strategy for the proposed project.
1. Evaluation of Risk Management Process
According to Serpella et al. (2014), evaluation of the risk management plan in every
stage of project execution is needed at an early stage to help the project team to discover the

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project flaws efficiently. It is integral to recognise the key risk and conduct the risk management
at an initial stage of project management to ascertain that the no issues arise in the execution
stage (Zou, Kiviniemi and Jones 2017). Risk is a amalgamation of the frequency of occurrence
of a particular hazard and its magnitude of occurrence in an undertaken project. One of the key
causes of project failure is inadequate risk management along with improper team and
stakeholder management. It is essential to manage a project risk to support decision making and
minimize the uncertainties in the project (Vidivelli and Surjith 2014). To analyse the potential
threats linked with the Innovative Engineering and Construction Centre project, a risk register is
prepared that documents the major risks that can hamper the normal execution of the undertaken
project.
The undertaken IECC project aims in achievement of excellent BREEAM environmental
rating and therefore, the project needs to follow a planned risk mismanagement process to
identify the impact of the project on environment.

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Problem Identification Initial Assessment Prevention Resultant Assessment
Item Number Potential Risk Description of
the Potential
Problem
Probability
Severity
Initial Score Preventive
Action
Who
When
Probability
Severity
Risk Score
1 Quality Risk There is no
clear plan for
quality
management
for the IECC
project that
give rise to this
threat
4 5 20 A clear
strategy of
quality
management is
to be
established
with reference
to Juran
Trilogy to
reduce this risk
The quality
management
plan is
established by
the Quality
control
manager and is
accepted by the
project team.
Pre
contract
1 2 3

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2 Communication
Issue
There is no
clear
communication
plan set among
the client,
project owner,
contractors and
sub-contractors
that will create
a
communication
gap among the
team members.
4 4 16 A realistic
communication
plan is to be
developed that
will be used by
all the project
team members,
contractors and
suppliers to
carry on the
necessary
communication
A formal
communication
plan is
developed by
the project
manager and is
accepted by the
team members
Planning
Phase
2 2 4

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3 Environmental
Risk – Air
pollution
There are high
chances of
pollution risk
arising from
this
constructional
activity. It is an
environmental
risk that can
hamper the
normal
execution
process of the
project.
5 5 25 The use of
modern
machineries is
recommended
for the project
reduce the air
pollution to a
considerable
extent (Reddy
2015)
The use of
modern
machines that
reduces
negative
environmental
impact is to be
procured
Pre
contract
phase
1 2 2
4 Procurement
Risk
The IECC
project is
linked with
3 4 12 The
procurement
process is to be
The
procurement
process is
Planning
phase
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procuring the
labor and
materials
needed. There
is no clear
strategy of
procurement set
for this project
as of now.
Along with
that, the
contract
management
process in this
particular
project is quite
inefficient that
carried out in a
planned
manner to
develop a
formal
procurement
report that will
be followed for
project
execution
(Renault and
Agumba
2016).
carried out in a
planned
manner to
reduce this risk

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increases the
risk of
ineffective
contract
management.

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5 Incomplete and
Ineffective
Design/Drawing
The project
involves certain
critical
construction
process
including a 6
storey main
building.
However, there
is no detailed
drawing of the
work to be
done which is a
major risk
3 5 15 An experience
architect is
hired to look
after the design
needs of the
project and
will be
responsible for
developing an
effective
design (Serpell
et al. 2015)
The project
involves the
use of an
experienced
architect that
reduces the
design issues
associated with
the project
Planning
phase
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6. Unexpected
Labor Shortage
The scheduling
of the project is
still not done.
Proper
scheduling will
be followed by
resource
allocation.
Since the
resource
management is
not done
effectively,
there is a risk
of unexpected
labor shortage.
3 5 15 The labor
management
process will be
carried out at
the start of the
project to
allocate
resources to
the specific
tasks (Sousa
et al. 2014).
A resource
manager is
hired who is in
charge of
managing the
key resource
needs of the
undertaken
project.
Planning
Phase
1 1 1

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7. Poor Scope
Definition
The out scope
of the project is
not clearly
defined for this
project. This
can later affect
the plan for
execution for
the project.
3 3 9 The scope
management
plan is to be
developed
prior to
development
of project plan.
This will help
in better
management of
the risk
(Kalkhoran,
Liravi and
Rezagholi
2014).
The project
manager is in
charge of
defining the
project scope
for developing
a realistic
project plan
Planning
Phase
1 2 2