Engineering Report: Sports Ground Development Project Management

This report provides a comprehensive overview of a sports ground development project, focusing on engineering project management principles. It addresses key aspects such as planning permission, environmental management, resource utilization, and ethical considerations within a budget of £250,000. The report details the necessary steps for site development, including obtaining permissions from environmental agencies, adhering to ISO standards, and implementing risk management strategies using the Waterfall model. Recommendations are made for managing noise, dust, and waste, emphasizing the importance of communication and the use of internet tools for efficient project execution. The report also highlights the necessity of engaging ecological departments for plantation and habitat management, ensuring a sustainable and environmentally responsible approach to the project. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of considering various tools and techniques for construction project management to achieve high-quality outcomes and manage waste effectively through reuse.

Report Writing for Engineers
Case of Mr. Megabucks

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1
DISCUSSION............................................................................................................................1
RECOMMENDATION.............................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................4

Summary
Construction project management is a large process that involves many operations and
activities. For improvement in the ground and develop the sports club, the report has provided
the brief information that includes the factors that influence the process, planning permission
and use of best practices for environmental management. The internet tools would be used for
gaining the information and planning of activities that are less harmful and risk-free. The
construction management will involve information about weather, site limit and lay down
space, traffic congestion and variables like pollution and waste management.

INTRODUCTION
Project management is an application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to
meet the requirements of the project. The key elements of project management involve
initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and control and closing. The current report will
offer information about the development of the site as a sports club for public usages. The
report will provide knowledge about the project engineer and development of the site. The
mission of project engineer is to develop the site and minimize the waste as well as protection
of people. The information will involve permission, consideration of environmental
management, utilization of resources and use of ethical and legal approaches to manage and
develop new ground. The budget for development of the site is $250, 000, 00 which is
offered by Mr. Megabucks.
DISCUSSION
According to given case scenario, Mr. Megabucks has decided to improve the
facilities of a sports ground that he owns but leases to local sports clubs that would be used
by the public in future. Moreover, Mr/Ms. Tiptop to assess the land and identified the
development needs to be completed within a budget of £250,000.00. The land is a 10-acre
patch of ground surrounded by a housing estate and a school. By considering these facts, it is
essential to take the prior permission for developing the site as sports club as construction
work will create some issues for nearby population and environmental conditions. Apart from
that, the current ground condition has a wooden fence that is broken down at many places.
The several parts of the ground have been used for illegal tipping of waste and local residents
have also reported seeing rats and strange colours as well smells of the back water.
Agencies involve:
Now to improve the conditions and manage the construction activities, Mr.
Megabucks needs to take permission from environmental agencies like London Borough
Council, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Hackney. These are major authorities that
providing guideline and permission for managing the construction. For maintaining and
implementing the best practices, it is important to follow the code of practices determined by
these authorities. Moreover, for sustainable development and meeting the benchmarking
standards for site consideration of framework provided by agencies would be beneficial
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(Hwang and Ng, 2013). To meet objectives of a construction project, an efficient team is
required. Being a manager I will determine role and responsibilities of individual by
considering their skills and capacity.
Policies and standards:
The construction project management process will look into procurement,
development of contract, design, planning and communication of directions. Additionally, for
health and safety environmental standards requires to be followed for developing the strategy.
The site development project involves use of ISO standards that will help to improve the
quality, incident tracking and boundary checking. In order to manage improvement and
developing building office, bar, showers, toilet, changing room and common room the project
team will conduct meeting with the Environmental Agency and British Waterways. These
agencies will offer technical advice to the project team for identifying the risks and use of
equipment to meet the requirements (Jackson and Bonard, 2011).
Risk management:
The development of these buildings will involve risk for workers. Now to overcome
these risks, the management team will use Waterfall model of project management to define
and test the activities and develop the prior plan for sustainable development. The estimation
of time, cost and safety as well contract management would be done and reviewed by the
project manager. The construction management process will involve information about
weather, site limit and lay down space, traffic congestion and variables like pollution and
waste management (Kerzner, 2013).
Resources:
For improvement of a ground is also involved the use of side lands for developing
boundary wall or repairing of fencing. To improve hard-core areas for tennis, football and
running more budgets will be required as it would be maintained through machines and
human for repairing the grass. In spite of that, for maintaining the balance with environmental
conditions, the plantation of tree is also important for successful completion of improvement
project of ground.
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RECOMMENDATION
For completing the construction and crafting improvement project of ground for
public uses, the management team needs to consider the safety, environmental and waste
management standards which will encourage the feasibility for successful completion of
project.
For managing noise and dust
As ground site surrounded by residential population, so construction team has to
apply the best practices for mitigating noise, dust and waste management. In order to manage
these risks and issues, it is recommended to consider Control of Pollution Act 1974 and
application of regulations that provided by the authority of environmental health (Schwalbe,
2015). The implementation of regulation will overcome issues of illegal tipping of waste and
smells in the backwater. Moreover, for managing noise and dust project team will follow the
advanced drilling techniques and manage the operations according to weather conditions. The
use of spray will also reduce the impact of wind-blown dust that creates health issues for
workers and surrounded people. For managing noise, the utilization of advance pecker and
breaker will be beneficial.
Waste management:
To minimize waste and proper management of it at ground site, a waste management
manager will be appointed. The major responsibilities of manager are to manage all
construction waste and ensure the recycling targets (Sears and et.al. 2015). A barge can be
used for transportation of waste from the ground site. It is also recommended to manage the
waste according to waste hierarchy and implement the centralized on-site services for waste
consolidation center.
Communication:
The internet tools would be used for gaining the information and planning of activities
that less harmful and risk-free. The internet tool increases communication and allows the
project team to share information about material, operations of particular site location and
maximize the potential of waste reuse. In addition to this, for plantation and managing the
species the services of an ecological department will be undertaken (Walker, 2015). This
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approach will help to improve environmental management and provide possible provision of
suitable off-site habits.
CONCLUSION
From the study, it has been carried out that construction project management requires
consideration of different tools and techniques. The report has discussed planning permission,
code of practices, use of ISO standards for managing the operations and functions with high
quality. The project team will develop and implement the plan considering the proposed
budget. The report has also provided recommendations for improvement in the construction
site and managing the waste by reuse.
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REFERENCES
Hwang, B.G. and Ng, W.J., 2013. Project management knowledge and skills for green
construction: Overcoming challenges. International Journal of Project
Management, 31(2), pp.272-284.
Jackson, R and C. Bonard, 2011 ‘Delivery London 2012: environmental management’ Civil
Engineering Special Issue May, Vol. 164:20-26.
Kerzner, H., 2013. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Schwalbe, K., 2015. Information technology project management. Cengage Learning.
Sears, S.K., Sears, G.A., Clough, R.H., Rounds, J.L. and Segner, R.O., 2015. Construction
project management. John Wiley & Sons.
Walker, A., 2015. Project management in construction. John Wiley & Sons.
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