Construction Project Management - NDQS- UNIVOTEC Case Study (07/07/2013)

Case 1: Flood Damage #1

All work proceeded as planned through Friday, July 9, 20XX except for a delay in the move in until the morning of June 25. At 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, one of the employees of the owner (State of New Mexico) erroneously opened a gate in the diversion upstream, allowing water to flow downstream and into the excavation of the bridge project. The problem was noticed immediately but because of a mechanical defect, the gate could not be closed and water flowed for more than 12 hours. Nick, the project manager for the bridge contractor, was notified about midnight and an emergency crew under the direction of Neal, the superintendent, was sent to the site about 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning to minimize the damage. When the regular crew arrived Monday morning, the job site was a disaster. The emergency crew had pulled the crane from the streambed, but the compressor was on its side and half covered with mud. The contractors crew set to work analyzing the damage. The next seven points are taken from their report.

1. The damage to the compressor is estimated at $10,200. A replacement compressor will be brought in and the old one taken to the shop. The on/off costs will be $240 for both compressors.

2. The cost for the emergency work on Sunday was $2,400. This includes labor, equipment, and payroll taxes. 3. The streambed is two feet deep in mud. It will take a dozer and four laborers three days to remove the mud and replace it with dry material from a borrow pit adjacent to the site. This operation will start tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13. 4. The pile-driving rig will not be able to go back to work until the earthwork above is complete.

5. Twelve piles had been driven at abutment #2 before the flood. Twelve more piles were stored on high ground and are undamaged. The remaining piles were damaged and must be replaced. The earliest they will be available will be late in the day of July 21.

6. The engineers from the Highway Department were at the job today and said that although the forms and steel in footing #1 were undamaged, they must be removed, washed, and replaced. Additionally, the bottom of the footing will be two feet deeper, making the forms four feet deep rather than two feet. It will take three laborers the rest of today to remove and clean the forms and rebar. New forms can be placed tomorrow, and the additional rebar can be taken from footing #2.

Footing #2 will receive similar treatment, and another 3,000 lb of rebar must be purchased. This extra rebar will take one week for delivery. The new forms and steel can be installed for the unit prices in the original estimate.

Senarath Bandara Bsc. Ceng- AMIESL, MBA (Project. Management) Diploma in Arbitration

Construction Project Management - NDQS- UNIVOTEC Case Study (07/07/2013)

7. The cost of labor and payroll taxes for analyzing the damage today is $1,160. Furthermore, the crew today was inefficient and underutilized. This loss of productivity today is estimated at $1,600. Crews have been adjusted and only necessary people will be brought in tomorrow.
Revised Quantities for Footing #1

Footings forms 720 sf Concrete 120 cy Reinforcing steel 3,000 lb

Revised Quantities for Footing #2

Footings forms (revised from ftg #1) 720 sf Concrete 120 cy Reinforcing steel 3,000 lb (extra)

Revised Activity Durations

Forms and steel footing #1 3 days Forms and steel footing #2 3 days Driving piles abutment #2 2 days

Nick has all of this information, and on his way back to the home office he begins to figure what he has to do. Update the schedule to show the status of the job as of the end of the day on Friday, July 9, 20XX. What was the anticipated completion date? Based on the damage report information, prepare an estimate of the cost of the damage for a claim to the owner, being sure to include all costs involved, and present them in a logical manner for auditing. Will this accident cause the contractor any additional or consequential problems in completing the project other than the direct cost items listed in the damage report and associated overhead costs?Give Nick a hand with his evaluation of the consequences to his project in terms of time, resources, schedule, and budget.

Senarath Bandara Bsc. Ceng- AMIESL, MBA (Project. Management) Diploma in Arbitration