Construction Project Management Report - Southampton Solent University

This report provides a comprehensive overview of construction project management, specifically focusing on a project at Southampton Solent University. It details project management considerations, emphasizing the application of project management processes and frameworks, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. The report highlights the importance of sustainability in construction projects and the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for design review and issue identification. A detailed timeline and budget, presented in a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Gantt chart, illustrate the project's phases and resource allocation. The report also addresses potential risks and management strategies, offering a practical guide to successful project delivery, considering the needs of stakeholders and the project's overall objectives.

Running head: CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Construction Project Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Project Management Considerations...............................................................................................2
Project Management Process and Framework.............................................................................3
Framework...................................................................................................................................4
Sustainability Considerations in the Project Management..............................................................8
Management structure Review......................................................................................................11
Procurement Route....................................................................................................................11
Type of Contract........................................................................................................................12
nD Visualisation in Construction Project......................................................................................12
Potential Risks Management.........................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................17
References......................................................................................................................................19

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Introduction
This report focuses on the delivery of the aspects related to the construction project being
delivered at the Southampton Solent University that will be a beneficial approach for the
university reputation and for the students. This report has been delivered in the perspective of the
project manager in manner to manage the constraints related to this construction project.
Construction project can be categorized in one of the riskiest section in the field of the
management and this project is big project that will be needing proper and effective managerial
and leadership skills for the accomplishment of the successful project. This report presents the
project management consideration emphasizing on the development of this construction project.
sustainability has been the most trending and concerning topic for every sector in the world right
now that needs to be incorporated within the project management. A section has been described
in this report emphasizing on the integration of the sustainability within the project management.
Identification of the issues and threats in the design should be identified during the planning
phase of the project. nD visualisation is a considerable method for reviewing the design and
eliminating the issues related with the project design and construction of the building.
Project Management Considerations
For the project considerations, it is important to clear the topic ‘project’ that can be
described as a temporary endeavour with the starting and the end. This is what the case study is
related to. Construction of building is the project and there are several aspects related to this
project that needs to be managed in an effective and efficient way (Hardin and McCool 2015).
PMI has launched the simple and easy process of project management processes and represented
that the project management is an application of tools, techniques, skills, and knowledge those

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will be needed for the successful delivery of this building in an efficient and effective manner.
Comparing the American Project Management processes with the ARABI; it can be concluded
that “Arab executives utilised mostly a consultative decision making style. Ali attributed this
finding to cultural forces such as religion and tribal structure in the Arab culture (Hu et al.
2016).” The PMBoK states that the primary objective of the project management is to meet or
exceeds the expectations of the stakeholders through the application of these skills and deliver it
within the expected schedule and budget. The activities associated with the project management
are identification of the requirements, establishment of the achievable and clear objectives,
balancing the demands between the time, scope, and quality of the deliverables, and adaption of
the concerns, plans, and specifications, of the stakeholders.
Project Management Process and Framework
The project management processes have been categorized within the framework of the
Project Management Institute (PMI), that is the U.S based non-profit that has spread their
chapters all over the world. The framework of the project management has been defined in the
project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBoK).
Following are the five processes involved in the PMBoK framework and can be
recommended as the proper methodology for the execution of the construction project as per the
case study: Initiation planning, execution, control, and closing processes in a closed loop
(Harrison and Lock 2017). Following is the explanation of these processes:
Project Planning Process: For the establishment of the so large construction project of
the sports building, it is a crucial factor to implement proper and effective planning and
determination of all the aspects related to the project before executing it. The project planning

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should be emphasizing on the scope statement, team contract, project scheduling, work
breakdown structure, and prioritization of the risks. These objectives could be accomplished
through various tools and techniques that includes the MS project, Gantt chart, WBS and many
more.
Project Execution Process: After the proper and feasible planning, the project need to be
executed in an effective and efficient manner (Mock, Shen and Yang 2015). The key personal
who will be responsible for the effective deployment of this section is the project manager, who
should be utilizing his or her managerial and leadership skills for managing the challenges
occurred during the project deployment. The project manager should prepare a milestone report
emphasizing on the accomplishment of the objectives considering the fulfilment of the
requirements and needs of the stakeholders.
Project Monitoring and Controlling Process: this phase emphasizes on the measurement
of the development and growth of the project and compare it with the project planned in the very
first phase of the project. It is an effective approach towards the introduction of the new changes
in the middle of the project execution for maintaining and managing the schedule and budget of
the project (Sha’ar et al. 2017). This will be helpful in keeping the project constraints in control
and blocking the project from being destroyed. This will be including the updates of the various
plans, requested changes, and performance report.
Project Closing: It is also same crucial valued phase than rest of the phases, which
emphasizes on the proper documentation of all the accomplishment and identified objectives of
the project. This will release all the bounded employees, contractors, and other stakeholders for
the contracts and paper works done before the execution of the project.

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BIM (Building Information Modelling)
BIM can be used for digitally representing the functional and physical characteristics for
the facility including the design, analysis, documentation and virtual assessing. “The virtual BIM
model is not only graphical design but also a virtual database which includes the management
data. So the construction manager (CM) can use BIM as a real simulation of the actual project
(Love et al. 2015).” BIM can be helpful in representing the whole facility life-cycle and will be
helpful in considering every aspects of the building construction at Southampton Solent
University and thus, developing an efficient model and design of the respective building. It can
result in the efficient and effective delivery of the project management approaches and phases
explained above in much effective manner. Within the project Southampton Solent University,
building construction, BIM can be an effective technology for developing the model of the
building and visualizing the construction project in a 3D virtual representation. The project
manager can utilize the rendering, walkthrough, and sequence of the model in manner to lead an
effective communication between the interested contractors.
Framework
Timeline and Budget
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
Pre
dec
esso
rs
Resource Names Cost
0 Southampton Solent
University Sports
Building Construction
690 days Tue 6/13/17 Mon 2/3/20 £20,025,568.00
1 Concept Phase 665 days Tue 6/13/17 Mon 12/30/19 £5,695,120.00
1.1 Construction
Planning 40 days Tue 6/13/17 Mon 8/7/17 Architecture,
Contractor, Project
Manager
£848,000.00
1.2 Managers’
Meetings 15 days Tue 8/8/17 Mon 8/28/17 2
Architecture,
Contractor, Project
Manager
£318,000.00
1.3 Project Proposal 610 days Tue 8/29/17 Mon 12/30/19 £2,257,920.00

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1.3.1
Identification of the
objectives and
Scope
29 days Tue 8/29/17 Fri 10/6/17 3 Engineer, Project
Manager £519,680.00
1.3.2
Identification of
Time, Budget, and
Risks
140 days Wed 3/14/18 Mon 12/30/19 5 Engineer, Project
Manager £1,254,400.00
1.3.3 Proposal
development 27 days Mon 10/9/17 Tue 11/14/17 5 Engineer, Project
Manager £483,840.00
1.4 Proposal approval 30 days Wed
11/15/17 Tue 12/26/17 7 Engineer, Project
Manager £537,600.00
1.5 Business Case 55 days Wed
12/27/17 Tue 3/13/18 £1,733,600.00
1.5.1 Project Estimation
and Risk Register 40 days Wed
12/27/17 Tue 2/20/18 8
Architecture,
Engineer, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£1,260,800.00
1.5.2 Approval by the
Executives 15 days Wed 2/21/18 Tue 3/13/18 10
Architecture,
Engineer, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£472,800.00
2 Milestone 1
Achieved 0 days Tue 3/13/18 Tue 3/13/18 11
Architecture,
Engineer, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£0.00
3 Development Phase 207 days Wed 3/14/18 Thu 12/27/18 £3,367,440.00
3.1 Project Execution
Phase 82 days Wed 3/14/18 Thu 7/5/18 £1,242,240.00
3.1.1 Project Planning 25 days Wed 3/14/18 Tue 4/17/18 12 Project Manager,
Team Leaders £340,000.00
3.1.2 Design Preparation 30 days Wed 4/18/18 Tue 5/29/18 15 Architecture,
Engineer, Materials £569,600.00
3.1.3 Community
Engagement 27 days Wed 5/30/18 Thu 7/5/18 16 Architecture,
Engineer £332,640.00
3.2 Presentation of the
preliminary Design 35 days Fri 7/6/18 Thu 8/23/18 17 Architecture,
Engineer £431,200.00
3.3 Presentation of
Detailed Design 35 days Fri 8/24/18 Thu 10/11/18 18 Architecture,
Engineer £431,200.00
3.4 Approval and
Contracts 10 days Fri 10/12/18 Thu 10/25/18 19 Architecture,
Engineer £123,200.00
3.5 Milestone 2
Achieved 0 days Thu
10/25/18 Thu 10/25/18 20 Architecture,
Engineer £0.00
3.6 Procurement 45 days Fri 10/26/18 Thu 12/27/18 £1,139,600.00
3.6.1
Contract
Administrator
Engagement
10 days Fri 10/26/18 Thu 11/8/18 20
Architecture,
Engineer, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£315,200.00
3.6.2 Procurement
contractor 15 days Fri 11/9/18 Thu 11/29/18 23 Contractor £114,000.00
3.6.3 Final Budget and
Time Approval 20 days Fri 11/30/18 Thu 12/27/18 24 Contractor, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager
£710,400.00

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3.6.4 Milestone 3
Achieved 0 days Thu
12/27/18 Thu 12/27/18 25 Contractor, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager
£0.00
4 Implementation
Phase 287 days Fri 12/28/18 Mon 2/3/20 £10,963,008.00
4.1 Implementation of
the Construction 232 days Fri 12/28/18 Mon 11/18/19 £9,269,008.00
4.1.1 Engagement of the
stakeholders 15 days Fri 12/28/18 Thu 1/17/19 26
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£704,960.00
4.1.2
Communication
with the
stakeholders
25 days Fri 1/18/19 Thu 2/21/19 29
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£1,041,600.00
4.1.3 Constructions 22 days Fri 2/22/19 Mon 3/25/19 30
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£940,608.00
4.1.4 Official work start 5 days Tue 3/26/19 Mon 4/1/19 31
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£368,320.00
4.1.5 Steel Frame
Addition 45 days Tue 4/2/19 Mon 6/3/19 32
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£1,714,880.00
4.1.6 Roof Covering 35 days Tue 6/4/19 Mon 7/22/19 33
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£1,378,240.00
4.1.7 Cladding Brickwork 10 days Tue 7/23/19 Mon 8/5/19 34
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials, Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£536,640.00
4.1.8 Internal Works 35 days Tue 8/6/19 Mon 9/23/19 35
Architecture,
Contractor, Engineer,
Materials[1], Team
Leaders
£1,037,200.00
4.1.9 External works 40 days Tue 9/24/19 Mon 11/18/19 36
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials[1], Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£1,546,560.00

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4.1.10 Milestone 4
Achieved 0 days Mon
11/18/19 Mon 11/18/19 37
Architecture,
Contractor, Electric
company, Engineer,
Materials[0], Project
Manager, Team
Leaders
£0.00
4.2 Project Finalization 55 days Tue
11/19/19 Mon 2/3/20 £1,694,000.00
4.2.1 Building handover
to the University 7 days Tue
11/19/19 Wed 11/27/19 38
Architecture,
Contractor, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£215,600.00
4.2.2 Documentation
Completed 10 days Thu
11/28/19 Wed 12/11/19 40
Architecture,
Contractor, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£308,000.00
4.2.3 Sign Off from
executives 12 days Thu
12/12/19 Fri 12/27/19 41
Architecture,
Contractor, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£369,600.00
4.2.4 Recording
experiences 15 days Mon
12/30/19 Fri 1/17/20 42
Architecture,
Contractor, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£462,000.00
4.2.5
Document
Distributed to
responsible
stakeholders
11 days Mon 1/20/20 Mon 2/3/20 43
Architecture,
Contractor, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£338,800.00
4.2.6 Milestone 5
Achieved 0 days Mon 2/3/20 Mon 2/3/20 44
Architecture,
Contractor, Inspector,
Project Manager,
Team Leaders
£0.00
Gantt Chart

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Figure : Gantt Chart
(Source: Created by Author)
Sustainability Considerations in the Project Management
This is one of the biggest challenge for the industries to implement sustainability
considering the future generation and an obstacle in between the pollution and current world.
Sustainability focuses on the deployment of the methodologies those are capable of securing the
resources for the future generation. The “world commission has reported it on environment and
development that forms of progress that meet the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their needs (Zhou, Goh and Li 2015)”. Other perspective on

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this subject according to institute for sustainable development is that “Adopting business
strategies and activities that meet the needs of the enterprise and its stakeholders today while
protecting, sustaining and enhancing the human and natural resources that will be needed in the
future (Chen and Luo 2014).” A general statement can be provided that sustainability in nothing
but all about harmonizing or balancing the economic, environmental, and social interests.
Considering the sustainability in the project management, it is all about the complete life cycle of
the product, asset, or the project at hand. BIM model can also contribute in the development of a
sustainable environment. For the instance, the BIM model for the Southampton Solent University
building construction is finalized including the performance specification and the drawings
package, the further developed designed can be forwarded to the IES in manner to identify the
compliance of the building regulations and energy analysis. The efficiency for the building
construction including the aspects of the orientation, length, pipe material, and diameter can be
possibly enhanced through the application of the BIM model and the efficiency could reach up to
70%. Following figure describes the constraints of the sustainability:
Figure 2: Triple Bottom line Concept of Sustainability
(Source: Daneshpour 2015)
This concept of sustainability has been incorporated within the project management that
brings many changes in the traditional project management approaches. Traditional approaches
were short term oriented however; integration of sustainability provided flexibility for the

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projects to be executed in the long and short-term oriented approaches (Demian and Walters
2014). Traditional project management approach was to focus on the interest of the stakeholders
and sustainability project management focuses on both the future and current generation. This
integration allowed the project management to be focused on the people, plant, and profit rather
than the traditional approaches of the scope, time and budget and having life cycle oriented,
rather than deliver oriented. However, sustainability integration has been enhanced the
complexities rather than traditional approaches those were less complex.
Figure 3: Areas of the Project Management where Sustainability can be integrated
(Source: Daneshpour, 2015)
BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) can be
introduced within the construction project in manner to enhance the pre-contract design work. It
can enhance the cost of the project however; is capable of promoting the sustainable environment
considering the production and output of the products and services through the organization. It