SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY CSM80005 ENGINEERING PROJECT CONTROL (Class and Distance based students) ASSIGNMENT 2017 Introduction Assessment in this subject is by the satisfactory completion of three (3) Assignments. The marks and submission dates for handing in a hard copy of your Assignments are as follows: Assignment 1- (25 marks) – Due date – Lecture on 24/3/17. Assignment 2 – (25 marks) – Due date – Lecture on 21/4/17. Assignment 3 – (50 marks) – Due date – Lecture on 26/5/17. The Questions contained in this Assignment should be read in conjunction with the relevant sections of the Module notes and Bulletins that will be posted from time to time on the Blackboard for this subject All submissions should be spell checked, and all references should be correctly notated in accordance with SUT requirements. All questions in the Assignment will be discussed in classes prior to commencement of the Assignment If students require clarification on any of the questions please contact: Barry Cargill [email protected] or [email protected] M 0419 660499 ASSIGNMENT 1 Question 1 a) What defines a successful engineering project? (1 mark) b) Why is undertaking Front End Planning (FEP) and/or Front End Loading (FEL) essential for achieving a successful project? (4 marks) c) Refer to the separate attachment to the Assignment and to the Table entitled ‘FEP essential for project success’. What activities/components of the work in the project would likely be undertaken by the:  Client  Engineering Consultants and  Construction Contractors (3 marks) d) From the Table outline what is meant by the following terms: • Accuracy range • Gates (2 marks) e) In each of the columns of the Table under the sub-heading ‘Cost Expenditure’, explain what each of the percentages of cost expenditure in the columns mean. (2 marks) f) Design-Build (Design and Construct), Design-Bid-Build (Design-Tender-Bid), EPCM are engineering project delivery methods (or contracting approaches). For each of these ‘project delivery’ methods above and with reference to the Table, at what stage in the project would potential contractors become involved in the project process? (6 marks) g) Merrow EW on page 253 of his book (see reference below) states that: ‘We tend to exaggerate the importance of the contracting approach to project success or failure. No contracting approach guarantees success, most contracting approaches can succeed. Contracting is a second-order concern’. Discuss the meaning of this statement. Do you agree or disagree with the statement as written. (7 marks) References and useful material: Merrow EW, Industrial Megaprojects, Concepts, Strategies and Practices for Success, Wiley, 2011 Murray M, CII Best Practices, Front End Planning and Alignment, Creating a Foundation for Predictable & Efficient Project Delivery, Friday 26 June 2015 http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.projectmanagement.org.za/resource/resmgr/Knowledge_Series_June_2015/PMSA_Knowledge_Series_-_CII_.pdf CSM80005 Module Notes