PROJECT 1 – UNITEC ROAD PROJECT

This assessment comprises 20%ofthe total course mark.

Background

Unitec has decided to construct a new road from Entry 3 to connect into the existing road adjacent to Building 115. Figure 1 shows the general alignment ofthe newroad. Detailed drawings ofthe project are on Moodle.

Figure 1 – Unitec Road Alignment

The contract includes the following:

• Site setup and establishment (including establishing a sediment control system);
• Site clearance;
• Earthworks;
• Lime stabilisation of the subgrade;
• Drainage (stormwater system) including road catchpits;
• Road construction,excludingthe roundabout on the existing Entry 3 road. Note that the road must stay in operation during the construction process.
• Reinstatementincluding top-soiling and grassing cleared areas.

Resourcing

Your company has the following plant available for the project –

• 1 No. 20t excavator – $220/hour.
• 2 No. D6 Bulldozers – $190/hour.
• 2 No. 20m3 Towed Scrapers that are towed by the Bulldozer – $290/hour
• 1 No. Grader – $250/hour.
• 1 No. Sheepsfoot Roller (self-powered)- $120/hour
• 1 No Vibrating Roller – $130/hour
• 2 No.24m3 Road Truck and Trailer Units – $200/hour
• 1 No. Drainage Tradesperson/Supervisor – $55/hour
• 6 No. Labourers – $35/hour.

Additional Notes:

• Labourers are competent to undertake all kinds of project related work.
• All plant costs include cost of operators.
• Material and any other plant costs are to be sourced from online resources and referenced in your report.
• Remember to add transport costs to the material prices.
• There is a four-week delay between placing an order and getting delivery for the aggregates and pipes.
• You do not have the resources to seal the road. You will need to procure subcontractors for this estimate the costs using online resources or Rawlinsons NZ Construction Handbook.
• All other costs will be calculated by MS Project based on the quantities or time and rates entered into MS Project.
• You will need to add 10% to the cost estimates for Preliminaries such as site supervision, site facilities and other overheads that would be prorated over the whole project time

The construction drawings of the works are on Moodle.

Submission

You need to present your Project Plan in the form of a professionally presented report describing the plan including assumptions, constraints, risks and control measures that you have incorporated into your plan.

The report should be 2,000 to 3,000 words plus appendices, tables, figures and drawings. You can produce a longer report if you like but you may be penalized if there is excess irrelevant information. The report should include material produced on MS Project to set out the program, budget, cash flow, resource usage and any other documentation that show the timing, resourcing
and budgeting of your plan. You also need to include a procurement and communications plans. The calculations used to determine the durations of each work package should be appended to your report.

Students are expected to use their own words for the whole report. Students should not copy text from other writers even if they acknowledge it as a quote. Copied sections will not be marked.

Reports are to be PDF documents with all figures and other attachments properly embedded in the document. It is suggested that you use a suitable PDF application to compile the document that allows you to combine files of varying page sizes and orientations into one document. The reports are to be submitted electronically to the course Moodle site.

For this assessment, you are not allowed to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, Grammarly Go etc for any purpose, including summarizing texts on the subject.  You may continue to use:

• spelling/grammar checkers, e.g., Microsoft spell-check, and Grammarly.
• referencing software, e.g., Endnote and Mendeley
• MS Project, CAD and all MS Office suite applications okay to use.

Engaging with Gen AI for this assessment constitutes, and will be treated as, a breach of academic integrity.

Students claiming APCs should submit what they have done at the submission time and consideration will be made during marking. Late submissions will not be accepted, and extensions of time is not granted as these delay the return of marked assessment to the rest of the class.