Scenario
A client organisation, Hi-Rize Development, plans to extend their property portfolio by
constructing their first major office development.
HRD has identified, but not yet acquired, a possible site upon which they plan to construct a
prestigious office development. It is located in a major Midlands city, and they have
commissioned an architect, WNP Partners, to produce an outline proposal; that proposal has
been submitted for outline planning permission on the basis of the enclosed drawings.
The site drops approximately 6m along its length in Main Street down to Ascot road, which is
relatively level. No vehicle access is possible except from Ascot Road.
A borehole from a neighbouring site investigation indicated a sloping profile of approximately
10m of sandy soil, overlaying 8m of clay, which is on top of carboniferous limestone bedrock.
The water table is relatively deep in the sandy soil.
The initial design is for a multi-storey block providing under-building parking and approximately
10,000 square metres of lettable office space in accordance with the drawings.
No final decisions have been made on the structural frame type, envelope design or the
service level, other than that they should be compatible with a prestigious office development.
HRD have prepared a set of their ‘client’s requirements’ which should be taken into account
when preparing the below report.
Assignment
HRD have now realised that they need some additional specialist advice in order to continue
with this scheme.
You have been commissioned to provide that advice, and you are required to prepare a
referenced report in which you provide HRD with the following:
(1) Part 1. A reasoned discussion about the approach to risk management. You should
recommend the process and approach to risk management for your client.
(2) Part 2. Your proposals on how the project should be organised & managed from
hereon in, discussing the major tasks/activities that should be undertaken. These
proposals should include an evaluation of the most appropriate form of procurement
route for this particular project.
(NB – You should consider the three most common forms of procurement in coming to
your decision, but you do not need to provide a detailed explanation of each one.)
(3) Part 3. A linked bar chart project plan, prepared using MS Project, Primavera or similar,
showing the main activities/tasks that will have to be undertaken in order to execute your
above-mentioned proposals for designing and constructing this development. (You should
focus on the pre-construction period rather than the construction period.) This programme
should show critical activities and free float. You will need to ensure that the project plan
can be easily read in electronic format and that it is usable for the client