SBM3302 Group Assignment: Deliverables, Scope, Work Requirements, And Schedule

This Brief sets out what is required to be done by each team and should be read in conjunction with the instructions given through lectures and the unit of study guide.
The SBM3302 group assignment has two major deliverables:

1) Delivery of Tender Documentation
2) Presentation (Bid opening session)

In your tutorial groups, generate complete set of documentation for the request for proposal (RFP) that is allocated to your group by your lecturer.The required documents to submit for the tender do not vary for each group; but the detail of the required service or work differs on case by case basis. You need to also take into account all the constraints and deadline imposed on your project and address them accordingly.

The paper mainly reflects on the SBM3302 Ltd that generally invites number of eligible bidders in order to complete the “Darling Harbour Swing Bridge Replacement”. It is identified that in this project number of works are generally done including replacement of bridge superstructure, swing span and changes in the substructure as well as completion of various types of mechanical as well as electrical renovation.  Additionally the project also engages in replacing the operator house as well as fender system. It is identified that for reducing the impact of bridge construction on the public, it is ordered to complete the entire swing span of the bridge within the time period of 10 days in which the entire bridge remains closed. The project construction will be initiated on 11^th September 2018 and it will be successfully completed within 5^th of December 2018 by utilizing budget of around AUD 31,474,000.

 The scope of work is provided below:

• Replacement of the entire Bridge  “Darling Harbour Swing”
• To replace swing span, superstructure, federal system as well as operator house
• To finish both electrical as well as mechanical overhaul
• To finish the bridge construction project within 10 days in which the bridge remains closed for minimizing the impact of project construction on the public.

 It is identified that the project “Darling Harbour Swing Bridge” replacement will be generally completed within the timeframe of 62 days. It is identified that the construction of the project will be initiated on 11^th September 2018 and it will be successfully gets completed within 5^th December 2018. It is found that the replacement of swing harbour will be done within 10 days in which the entire bridge remains closed so that the people does not have to face any type of negative impact due to the construction of the bridge. It is found that the planning phase of the project will be finished within 16 days whereas the initiation phase of the project will be executed within 10 days. In addition to this, execution phase of the project will be finished within 32 days where the closure of the project gets finished within 4 days. The entire project of Darling Harbour Swing Bridge replacement will be successfully completed within 62 days by utilizing budget of around AUD 31,464,000. In addition to this, it is identified that if any type of changes is required within the project then the project manager must takes approval from the higher authority of the organization before proceeding within the changes in the project.

The project “Darling Harbour Swing Bridge replacement must be finished within 62 days. It is found that for finishing the project of bridge construction within the expected budget and time, the project manager plays an important role in dealing with the various phases project appropriately. It is found that the project manager is mainly responsible of finishing the various project stages that are mainly illustrated below:

Period of performance

Planning phase: In the planning phase of the project, the project manager is responsible of developing the project plan, project resource plan, quality management plan, risk management plan, procurement plan as well as financial plan. This phase of the project is quite useful in creating proper set of plans for controlling the team through the execution as well as closure phase of the project. The plans which are made during this phase generally assists in managing the cost, time, quality, change as well as risks and issues of the project. This is also helpful in managing both the staffs as well as external suppliers for ensuring that the entire project will be delivered on proper budget as well as time.

Initiation phase of the project:  It is found that in the initiation phase, the project manager is mainly responsible of developing the business case, undertaking feasibility analysis as well as helps in establishing project charter. It is identified that in this phase, the project team members are also appointed within the project for finishing the work of the project. It is identified that in this phase, the objectives, scope, purpose as well as deliverables of the project are properly produced for finishing the project within the expected time and budget without compromising the quality of the project.

Execution phase: It is identified that in the project execution phase, the entire work of the construction is completed. The work that are done in the execution phase of the project include replacing superstructure, swing span, operator house, federal system as well as changes within modification of substructure. Additionally, the mechanical and electrical overhaul of the entire project must be completed. It is analyzed that the replacement of the swing must be done within 10 days in which the bridge is closed so that the people does not have suffer due to the problems as well as challenges that generally occur due to the construction of the bridge. The execution phase of the project should be successfully finished within the expected budget and time without making any compromise within the quality of the project.

Closure phase: In the project closure phase, the work that are generally undertaken include post project review, stakeholder sign off as well as documentation of the project. It is identified that post project review is mainly done in order to make sure that the entire project is done properly and each of the project objectives are successfully met. After this the stakeholders of the project approves project closure by un-assigning the resources that are mainly associated with this project. After then a documentation process is done for documenting the processes as well as stages of the project successfully. Documentation is considered as legal procedure that is done for keeping record of the things that are generally done within the project.

Work requirements

The schedule for the project “Darling Harbour Swing Bridge” replacement is provided below. It is found that the bridge construction project will be finished within 62 days and the time that is essential for executing each of the project activities are generally provided in the table below:

 The project acceptance criteria are provided below:

• Darling harbour Swing bridge replacement
• Superstructure replacement
• Swing span replacement
• Substructure modification
• Mechanical overhaul completion
• Electrical overhaul completion
• Operator house replacement

  The work breakdown structure that is provided below is for the project “Darling harbour Swing bridge replacement. It is identified that work breakdown structure is one of the deliverable of the project that generally organizes the entire work of the team into number of manageable sections. It is identified that the project management body of knowledge generally defines WBS as one of the deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the entire work for executing it with the help of various team members of the project. It generally defines the entire scope into number of manageable chunks so that the project team can easily understand about the various phases of the project and can be able to complete them successfully within the expected time and budget.

The milestone of the entire schedule of the project is mainly provided in the below table:-

The project “Darling harbour Swing” bridge replacement must be finished within the budget of AUD 31,474,000. It is identified that the cost that is needed for executing each of the activities as well as phases of the project “Darling Harbour Swing Bridge replacement” is generally provided in the table below:

Contract type

It is found that this project mainly follows management contracting method for executing the entire project successfully. It is found that in this type of contract, the project contractors are generally paid amount so that they can execute all the activities of the project successfully within the expected budget and time. This, it is found that in this type of contract that some of the project work are completed by the project contractor before entering into the design phase of the project. There are numerous advantages of this type of contract and the advantages of the contract mainly include shorter time requirement for construction, getting appropriate advice during the design phase. Additionally it is found that in this type of contract, the entire budget that is needed can be estimated however the budget cannot be accurately identified until the entire work o9f the project is completed successfully.

Delivery mode

The deliver mode that is used in the project “Darling Harbour Swing Bridge” replacement is design build delivery model. This delivery mode is considered most suitable for this project. This is because in this type of delivery mode both the contractor as well as designers are generally hired in order to finish the entire project work successfully within the expected budget and time. It is found that this mode of delivery is used as it mainly helps in minimizing the entire time for the delivery of the project schedule. The idea of design build generally helps in brining improved communication among the team members as well as with the higher level authority. However as this is considered as complex technique for delivery as the packed timetable and entire esteem methodology of designing generally results in investment of funds for the project owner. The DB approach is considered to be suitable for less confounded undertaking where the owner of the project has proper reasonable task idea as well as definition before requesting offers and generally needs firm costs that is affirmed ahead of schedule all the time.

Schedule

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