insight into which complexity is and how it relates to project management especially within the construction industry. Project complexity is defined as consisting of many varied interrelated parts and can be operationalized in terms of differentiation and interdependence (Baccarini, 1996). The course established the fact that all projects do have some level of complexity. To be able to effectively identify the extent of complexity and to adequately plane for these complexities, one needs to get a
Mr. Cody Whittle is a project manager at Andres Construction Services, L.L.C. in Dallas, Texas. On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Mr. Whittle spoke to all sections of the Construction Project Planning course to explain the purpose of scheduling in commercial construction. Andres Construction Services is a family-owned construction company which employs about one hundred employees. The company focuses on negotiated work on multi-family apartments, retirement communities, adaptive re-use complexes, private
Factor Analysis of Causes of Delay in the U.S Construction Industry Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, LEED AP University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Delay in completion of construction projects is one of most common issues of the construction industry. Despite the considerable negative consequences of this phenomenon and attempts to control it, due to various complexities, delays are still hard to predict and control. The fundamental step to control the risk of delays, is studying their
were employed over a span of eight years including several teams of foreign engineers and technicians involved in specialized tasks. The main engineering positions includes: Project Manager, Project Chief Engineer, Planning executive, Works Manager (Super-Structure), Chief Design Engineer, Works Manager (Marine Work), Project Mechanical Engineer, Quality Engineer, Cable Stay Manager, Marine Works Manager. The main foreign key experts include: Technical Experts, Design Experts, Survey Experts, Pre-Cast
Most of the project fund was supported by the City, State and Federal. The project was originally funded $ 50 million AUD each from both the State of Victoria and the City Council. It was estimated to cost between $ 100 to $ 150 million AUD. Later at its completion, the total final costs was blown out by $ 300 million AUD on top of $ 150 million AUD, reaching at $ 450 million AUD and it was further projected that the final cost will reach at $ 470 million AUD (Misiak 2003). As a result, The State
Briefing is the preliminary and most critical phase in construction projects which contributes to the success or failure of the project. One of the common characteristics of mega construction projects is that they include multiple stakeholders: Organizations, Clients, Governments sometimes, Consultants and the Recipients. Therefore, variable conflicts might occur between these stakeholders as a result of variations in interests, requirements, perspectives, expectations or methods of communication
Consequently, with the advent of the digital revolution, the techniques used in the implementation process have evolved. Such as manufacturing processes, supervision, follow-up implementation and one of these techniques is the use of automated construction equipment that is remotely controlled. This equipment is remote-controlled both in the drilling equipment, lifting, or even to transfer and install, where the equipment is supplied by software. including site data, speed, weights and wind each
select a suitable procurement strategy for a construction project, there are some issues which need to consider. From all of those issues, there are 3 big issues that mainly affect the selection decision which are time, cost and quality. There is several type of procurement strategy available in market that commonly used for construction project and each of the common method will be analyze and compare to find the most appropriate method for this project. The choice of procurement strategy is very
Progress monitoring in construction projects is used in order to monitor the state of a project at a given time. Various methods have been developed throughout the years and employed in order to make the process more efficient and accurate. It basically consists of measuring the actual state of the project periodically and comparing it with the planned or expected progress [1]. The continuous improvement of progress monitoring method is crucial as the complexity and scale of projects increase through time
select a suitable procurement strategy for a construction project, there are some issues which need to consider. From all of those issues, there are 3 big issues that mainly affect the selection decision which are time, cost and quality. There is several type of procurement strategy available in market that commonly used for construction project and each of the common method will be analyze and compare to find the most appropriate method for this project. The choice of procurement strategy is very