XXXX Course: Mumbai Housing Project Plan for Griffith University

This report presents a project plan for the construction of a minimum of 500 houses in Mumbai, India, focusing on modular construction techniques to provide housing for the poor. The plan outlines the project's background, purpose, expected outcomes, and adopted methodology, including the Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) method. The project schedule, work breakdown structure, and Gantt chart are detailed, along with project deliverables and completion strategies. A comprehensive risk assessment identifies and evaluates potential technical, logistical, and environmental risks. The report also addresses ethical considerations and provides a bibliography. The project aims to utilize modular construction to offer sustainable housing and improve the quality of life for residents. The project plan includes detailed reviews of construction policies and standards, checklists for project design stages, and training manuals to ensure project success and effective risk management. The project is tracked using a Gantt chart, and the project deliverables include a project planning report, DfMA manual, project report, seminar presentations, risk management checklists, posters, technical presentations, and AutoCAD customizations.

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Project Plan on construction work of 500
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Project Background.............................................................................................................1
1.1 General background.....................................................................................................1
1.2 Significance and justification of project......................................................................1
2 Purpose of the Project.........................................................................................................1
3 Expected Project Outcomes................................................................................................2
4 Methodology to be Adopted and Project Schedule............................................................3
4.1 Methodology................................................................................................................3
4.2 Project schedule...............................................................................................................4
4.3 Work breakdown structure...............................................................................................6
4.4 Gantt chart........................................................................................................................7
4.5 Project tracking................................................................................................................8
4.6 Project deliverables..........................................................................................................8
4.7 Project completion...........................................................................................................8
5 Risk Assessment.................................................................................................................9
5.1 Risk Assessment matrix...................................................................................................9
5.2 Identified Risks..............................................................................................................10
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6 Ethics Issues Related to the Project..................................................................................14
7 Bibliography.....................................................................................................................15
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1 PROJECT BACKGROUND
1.1 General background
The project is based on construction work of minimum of 500 houses in Mumbai, India for
the poor people. The construction work is used to manage modular construction for getting
better result than the normal construction procedures. The main aim of the project plan is to
fulfill needs of the poor people and satisfy by providing possible project outcomes. The
duration of the construction work is 3 years. The construction work uses modular
construction in which the house is constructed off-site by means of same materials and
designing same codes plus standards for built facilities.
1.2 Significance and justification of project
The construction work is included of modular techniques which allow the builders to keep
positive cash flow without risk of the project client takes control of goods on the land.
Modular construction is built to suit the existing architecture style furthermore trends. The
houses are sustainable and supportive housing which are built for homeless and poor people
so that they can get houses to stay.
2 PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT
The purpose of the project plan is to outline the project scope, time, cost and quality for
design and construction work of building. There are also significant risks associated with this
project work which is mitigated on time for project success. The completion of this plan will
allow the project team to finalize the detailed construction project schedule. In this project
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DFMA method is used, which stand for Design for Manufacture and Assembly, which is
combination of two of the construction methods such as Design for Manufacture and Design
for Assembly. Design for manufacture means design for ease of the manufacturing of the
parts that can form the product. Design for assembly means design of the product for ease of
assembly. This method is used for the construction of 500 houses in Mumbai as it provides
guidance to the designing team to simplify the structure of product. It is also used as
benchmarking tool for studying products of competitors and cost tool for assisting in the
supplier negotiations. Following are the objectives of this project:
 To design 500 houses in Mumbai, India for the poor people
 To provide new sources for the revenue by attracting the local residents and members
of the building
 To use DFMA method and modular construction techniques in the construction work
of houses
 To estimate future requirements of the construction techniques
 To meet with specific requirements of the construction work of the building work
 To ensure for providing sustainable building work
3 EXPECTED PROJECT OUTCOMES
In the construction work of 500 building houses for poor people, the main design frameworks
are included such as:
 A detailed review of the construction policies and standards which are included
document specific to the design of the houses.
 There are checklists for the project design stages from planning phase to construction
stage consists of drawings and blueprints to guide the team members.
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 There is also training manual required for the project based on the construction related
work.
 AutoCAD customization is used in the construction project plan specific to the
internal project requirements for the client deliverables.
After the completion of the project work, it is expected that the project manager manages the
project risks and issues and there is proper interaction among the project stakeholders. A risk
management program is created which can mitigate identified risks to make an effectiveness
of the current risk management approaches for the company. There is development of
professional practice skills for the construction work.
4 METHODOLOGY TO BE ADOPTED AND PROJECT SCHEDULE
4.1 Methodology
In this research study, academic research is adopted to evaluate the risk management
strategies to assist in the development and construction work. There is investigation of
current construction standards of India which will focus to make sure that the program is
related to exiting construction industry requirements. Risk management methods will conduct
to determine the project risks, issues and programs which are available in the market. In this
construction work, DfMA is a design approach which is focused on ease of the manufacture
plus efficiency of the assembly. By simplification in design of the product, it is probable to
assemble in addition to manufacture the work in minimum time and lower cost. The main
principles related to DfMA are:
 Minimization of the total number of the components like reduction of assembly cost
and reduction of work-in-progress
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 Design of ease of the fabrication
 Design of ease of assembly
 Elimination and reduction of the designing adjustments into the product
4.2 Project schedule
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 Construction work of 500 houses
in Mumbai 79 days Tue 1/15/19 Fri 5/3/19
1 Preliminary details 17 days Tue 1/15/19 Wed 2/6/19
1.1 Prepare the schedule for the
project 2 days Tue 1/15/19 Wed 1/16/19
1.2 Contract the sub-contractors 2 days Thu 1/17/19 Fri 1/18/19
1.3 Material take off order 3 days Mon 1/21/19 Wed 1/23/19
1.4 Order the construction
materials 5 days Thu 1/24/19 Wed 1/30/19
1.5 Review the materials 2 days Thu 1/31/19 Fri 2/1/19
1.6 Draw a blueprint of the
construction work 3 days Mon 2/4/19 Wed 2/6/19
2 Start the project plan 24 days Thu 2/7/19 Tue 3/12/19
2.1 Site the preparation 3 days Thu 2/7/19 Mon 2/11/19
2.2 Set up the construction job 5 days Tue 2/12/19 Mon 2/18/19
2.3 Receive the building
materials 4 days Tue 2/19/19 Fri 2/22/19
2.3.1 Sub floor plywood 4 days Tue 2/19/19 Fri 2/22/19
2.4 Demolition 10 days Mon 2/25/19 Fri 3/8/19
2.4.1 Interior dooring 5 days Mon 2/25/19 Fri 3/1/19
2.4.2 Exterior floor railing 2 days Mon 3/4/19 Tue 3/5/19
2.4.3 Tile the floor 1 day Wed 3/6/19 Wed 3/6/19
2.4.4 Kitchen cabinets 2 days Thu 3/7/19 Fri 3/8/19
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2.5 Paneling 2 days Mon 3/11/19 Tue 3/12/19
3 Contracts the construction
work 27 days Wed 3/13/19 Thu 4/18/19
3.1 Supply the construction
agreement 2 days Wed 3/13/19 Thu 3/14/19
3.2 Supply the contract
specifications 5 days Fri 3/15/19 Thu 3/21/19
3.3 Secure the project financing 3 days Fri 3/22/19 Tue 3/26/19
3.4 Document review and revision 5 days Wed 3/27/19 Tue 4/2/19
3.5 Review and finalize the plans 2 days Wed 4/3/19 Thu 4/4/19
3.6 Review and finalize the project
specifications 4 days Fri 4/5/19 Wed 4/10/19
3.7 Review and finalize the site
plan 2 days Thu 4/11/19 Fri 4/12/19
3.8 Approve the revised
construction plan 3 days Mon 4/15/19 Wed 4/17/19
3.9 Approve the revised project
specifications 1 day Thu 4/18/19 Thu 4/18/19
4 Design stage 6 days Fri 4/19/19 Fri 4/26/19
4.1 Design the building 2 days Fri 4/19/19 Mon 4/22/19
4.2 Construct the building as per
project requirements 4 days Tue 4/23/19 Fri 4/26/19
5 Closure stage 5 days Mon 4/29/19 Fri 5/3/19
5.1 Final walk-through 2 days Mon 4/29/19 Tue 4/30/19
5.2 Final draft of the project work 3 days Wed 5/1/19 Fri 5/3/19
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4.3 Work breakdown structure
Figure 1: Work breakdown structure
(Source: Created by author using Ms Project)
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4.4 Gantt chart
Figure 2: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by author using Ms Project)
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4.5 Project tracking
The project is tracked using Gantt chart which is shown above so that the project manager
can track the project so that it can be on time and is to be completed by due date.
4.6 Project deliverables
Following are the deliverables of the construction project plan such as:
 Project planning report
 Customization plus tutorial manual on the DfMA method
 Project report and work breakdown structure
 Seminar presentation to the project team members
 Risk management checklists
 Poster and technical presentation
 AutoCAD customization of the construction work
4.7 Project completion
The project management tools are used to complete the construction project work on time and
it will require providing training to the staffs and project team members regarding DfMA. It
provides knowledge to assist current plus future workers. Then, the productivity of the
construction work increases so that it will complete on schedule time and budget.
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5 RISK ASSESSMENT
5.1 Risk Assessment matrix
Likelihood
Consequences
Catastrophic
(Cat)
Major
(Maj)
Moderate
(Mod)
Minor
(Min)
Insignificant
(Ins)
Almost
Certain
(AC)
Extreme
(E)
High
(H)
High
(H)
Medium
(M)
Low
(L)
Likely
(L)
High
(H)
High
(H)
Medium
(M)
Medium
(M)
Low
(L)
Possible
(P)
High
(H)
Medium
(M)-
Financial
risk
Medium
(M)- Socio-
political risk
Low
(L)-
Environmenta
l risk
Low
(L)
Unlikely
(U)
Medium
(M)
Medium
(M)
Low
(L)-
Logistics
risk,
Management
risk
Low
(L)
Low
(L)
Rare
(R)
Medium
(M)-
Technical
risk
Low
(L)
Low
(L)
Low
(L)
Low
(L)
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