Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project: Methodology for Delivery System

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of project delivery systems, focusing on the Melbourne Metro Tunnel as a case project. It begins with a literature review of project management techniques and project delivery methods, highlighting the importance of resources, tools, and techniques in project success. The report then introduces the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project, detailing its objectives and current status. A methodology for the project delivery system is proposed, including requirements, a SWOT analysis, and implementation strategies. The evaluation of the proposed system, expected outcomes, and a conclusion summarizing the findings are also presented. The report concludes by emphasizing the need for tailored project management approaches based on specific project requirements.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Literature review........................................................................................................................3
Case Project:...........................................................................................................................3
Project Deliverable System:...................................................................................................3
Performance comparison of PDMs........................................................................................8
Project Delivery Method Selection......................................................................................10
Development of methodology..................................................................................................11
Requirements........................................................................................................................11
Methodology........................................................................................................................13
SWOT Analysis...................................................................................................................14
Implementation of the methodology........................................................................................15
Evaluation of PDS................................................................................................................18
Results and expected outcome.................................................................................................19
Conclusion................................................................................................................................19
References................................................................................................................................21
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................24

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Introduction
Project management is one of the crucial aspects that defines the success of the
project. The subject of the paper is project management, that defines the measures that should
be adopted to ensure that the all the operations are done with utmost attention. The attention
is also cited to the components that ensures the success of the operations. The components in
discussion are the resources, techniques, tools and others. However, the project management
techniques differ in nature according to the need for the project. Several project management
approaches have been made available by the scholars who have devoted their time to the
project management. Another one of the crucial aspects of a project management tools and
techniques is a project delivery system which is a collection of decision making, service
providing and operations for the delivery of the project.
The discussed paper aims at presenting a methodology for case project delivery
system. The case that had been selected for the project delivery system is the Melbourne
Metro Tunnel. A brief introduction of the project, current status of the project and the needs
of the project has been defined to pursue with the paper. Literature review of the past
scholarly work has been done to identify the current status of knowledge that is available in
context to the project management in construction industry. Following the review, the paper
has offered a methodology that will assist in successful delivery of the project. Furthermore,
attention has also been cited on the implementation of the proposed methodology along with
the results and the outcome that is expected of the system before summarising the paper to
conclude on the findings.

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Literature review
Case Project:
The Victorian Government along with the Metro Tunnel Project is aimed at initiating
the project “Turn up and Go” train service. This is generally considered to be one of the
prominent feature that most of the major cities all across the globe are having. This is
generally considered to be one of the largest rail infrastructure that Melbourne is having since
it was introduced in the CBD’s rail capacity which was a part of the city loop almost 30 years
ago (Metrotunnel.vic.gov.au, 2018). This tunnel was aimed at providing a 9KM rail tunnel
which connected the Kensington and the South Yarra which would be the part of the
Sunshine-Dnadenong line (Metrotunnel.vic.gov.au, 2018). This was also aimed at
establishing a new underground metro station at North Melbourne Arden, Parkville, State
library, Toen hall and Anzac. Besides this the stations situated underground would also be
associated with connecting the pedestrian with the major stations that includes the Town hall
with the Finders Street Station and the State Library with the Melbourne Central Station.
Project Deliverable System:
Till date no general definition has been provided for the project delivery system.
According to some researchers the project delivery system is generally defined as the
sequence of the project phases, parties that are involved in the project and the implicit
responsibilities that are provided to the project parties. Besides this the associated general
contractors are associated with defining the various project deliverable methods as the
comprehensive process associated with assigning of the contractual responsibilities so as to
design methods as the “the comprehensive process of assigning the contractual
responsibilities for designing and constructing a project. A delivery method identifies the
primary parties taking contractual responsibility for the performance of the work” (Zhou &
Ke, 2013). All this documented definition is not associated with complying one with another

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and besides this the minor as well as the major differences can be identified as well. The
situation becomes more complex whenever the authors are associated with combining the
various kind of payment modes, procurement methods and the management methods with the
project development methods (Sullivan et al., 2017). In this the concept of procurement
method is also sometimes equal to the method of delivery which is often referred to as the
method of selecting the contractor or the architect. According to some of the recent
references a comparison has been depicted in the table provided below:
Concept Definition Types
Project delivery method Associated with defining
the sequencing of the
project phases, along with
the parties who are
involved in the project as
well as the implicitly
assigned roles, and
responsibilities that the
parties associated with the
project are having
Management method This is considered to be
mechanics which is used
for administrating and
supervising the process of
construction
Either retained by the
owner agency or is
outsourced including
CMA and PMDBB, DB,
CMR, IPD, and so on
Procurement This generally refers to Most of the practiced

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method/selection method the procedures which is
used for the purpose of
selecting the designer or a
constructor for the project
procurement methods
includes the lowest bid,
best value, and
qualifications-based
selection
Payment
method/contracting
method
This generally refers to
the way that the owner
prefers so as to pay for the
services provided
Unit price, GMP, cost plus
fee, lump sum, and so on
According to the table provided above there exists different type of project delivery
methods which are available in today’s world. According to the PDMs which are closely
related with each other makes the process of classifying the PDM very difficult. According to
the CII or the Construction Industry Institution there exists three major fundamental PDMs
and this mainly includes the DBB or design-bid-build, DB or design-build and CMR or the
construction-manager-at-risk. Rwelamila and Edries, (2017), was associated with proposing
an amalgam of the different classifications from the perspective that different countries are
having. Besides this they were also associated with classifying the PDM into three categories
and this mainly includes the following:
 Separate and cooperative system which also included the conventional systems and
the variants as well
 Integrated systems which includes the DB and their variants
 Lastly, the management oriented systems which also includes management
contracting and the construction management as well.

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According to Wang et al., (2017), the depth of the design is to be maintained along
with the implementation stage of the various delivery systems which are entirely different
from one another. So it is essential to structure the delivery system spectrum by depending
upon the depth of the design and the stages involved during construction. This has been
depicted in the figure provided below:
Figure 1: PDM spectrum. The scope of each PDM is from the left point of the
coordinate PDM.
In a similar way the figure 2 provided below also depicts the various kind of project
delivery approach, which are generally combined with the different phases of the PLC or the
Project Life Cycle. It is often seen that most of the project delivery approaches generally
extend far beyond the scope of the DB contracting by placing of the increasing functional
responsibilities.

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Figure 2: Alternative PDMs.
Despite of the categorization of the PDM that are found in the various literature, this
paper has been associated with supporting the opinion regarding the relationship that exists
between the design and the construction is perceived. This is perceived in order to have the
most bearing regarding the evolution of the various consequent choices related to the project
delivery system. For this reason, the figure depicted below is associated with classifying the
PDM in a simple way (Pakkala, 2012). This is generally proposed by depending upon the fact
that if the design and the construction are integrated and achieved by making a single contract
without taking into account the financing, operations and many more. Along with this the
paper is also associated with distinguishing the concept of the delivery system and the
method which has been provided in table 1. For this reason, the method like the CM agency
or the CMA are in essence management methods and are not included in the project delivery
system. All this reason leads to the essential need of two fundamental project delivery
method that is DBB and DB. There exist various names for the PDMs throughout the
construction industry amongst which most of them are hybrids or are the modified versions of
these two methods.

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Figure 3: Classification of PDMs. EPC may predate DB, but DB is always taken as
one fundamental project, so here we take EPC as one variant of DB
Performance comparison of PDMs
Amongst the studies which are existing right now regarding the performance
comparisons of the various PDMs, DBB, DB and construction management at risk or
the CRM acts as most important ones which are studied mostly. PDMs are having
advantages as well as disadvantages which has been demonstrated by the various
researchers. Konchar and Sanvido, (2013) has been associated with empirically
comparing the costs, schedule and the performance quality of the three major project

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delivery methods that is the DDB, DB and the CMR. This has been done by making
use of the project-specific data that is collected from the 351 U.S building projects.
According to the study of Cheng et al., (2011), was associated with employing
the random effects that the meta-analysis model is having so as to statistically
integrate the results in previous studies. Besides this the meta-analysis results also
verified by the robust test which showed that the DB project is associated with
achieving the significant lower cost growth on an average rate. Along with this the
meta-analysis on different groups of studies also reflected the fact that the DB system
is associated with performing worse in the public projects. The DBB is seen to be
more conducive towards the control of cost growth under complex project conditions
(Rwelamila & Edries, 2017). The cost growth that is induced by the DB system is
associated with experiencing an initial growth which is followed by the shrinkage
because of the changes occurring in the policies. This is turn is associated with
reminding the owners about the fact that the PDM is to be selected in accordance to
the specific conditions of the project. Due to the reason that each of the projects are
unique in which the performance of the projects are influences by various factors
except the PDM. This in turn helps in understanding the fact that the results obtained
from the performance comparison is difficult to rely upon.
The study conducted by Rojas and Kell (2018), was associated with comparing
the cost growth performance that the CMR and the DBB methods are having in an
empirical way by the Pacific Northwest public school project. According to the results
there is significant difference between the CMR and the DBB in construction change
order costs.

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Project Delivery Method Selection
The performance of the project is greatly impacted by the project delivery method
along with having a huge impact upon the construction as well. There exists no such project
delivery option which is perfect as one of the option might be better than another which is
dependent upon the unique requirements of projects. There exists number of objectives of the
owners in terms of cost, schedule, quality and he level of control while deciding the project
delivery method (Park et al., 2015). PDM is generally considered to be problem with multiple
objectives which is generally not an easy task. Most of the researchers have been associated
with exploring the problems related to PDM selection by determination of the selection
factors first without the usage of the results from the study related to the performance of the
comparison that has been stated above. After this various kind of decision analysis
technology has been adopted that includes the AHP, Fuzzy and the weighted matrix as well
so as to select the PDM that is most appropriate.
Article by Ghavamifar (2015), has been associated with providing a comprehensive
solution for the common challenges faced by the selection process of delivery method. The
DSS or the decision support system that has been developed in this research is associated
with providing a useful information along with the introduction of the advantages and the
limitations that each of the PDM is having for the decision makers (Liu et al., 2015). Besides
this the requisite well-structures decision making process is embedded with the proposed
framework of this decision aid tool which is reliable and sufficient in order to solve the
problem related to the appropriate selection process of the PDM. Four type of PDMs are
discussed in this and this includes the DBB, PPP, CMR and lastly DB.
Xia et al. (2011), was associated with establishing a fuzzy multi criteria decision-
making (FMCDM) model so as to select the DB operation variation that is most suitable.
Besides this a three-round Delphi questionnaire survey was conducted for the purpose of