select and investigate a recent ‘iconic’ construction project completed in the last 10 years or currently progressing.
Assessment task details
and instructions
Working individually, you are required to select and investigate a
recent ‘iconic’ construction project completed in the last 10 years or
currently progressing. The project can be located in any part of the
world. Considering your selected iconic project, you should write a
3000-word research oriented report covering the following two
tasks:
TASKS
- Introduce your selected project. The selected project should
be named, and a brief background should be provided to
introduce/describe the chosen project and to justify its iconic
nature. Project key information and start and completion
dates should be clearly specified by including relevant
tables/figures. - Describe and map, by creating two IDEFO diagrams, the main
processes in the pre-construction phase (i.e. all the key
processes preceding the construction phase) of the selected
project. The two IDEF0 diagrams should consist of a single
Level 0 diagram (i.e., Context diagram) and a single Level 1
diagram. You should also select four processes, from your
Level 1 IDEF0 diagram, and describe the flow of activities
within these processes by using four UML Activity diagrams.
The RIBA Plan of Work or CIOB Code of Practice for Project
Management frameworks must be investigated and used to
identify and map the main processes/activities and other
relevant information to be included in your own diagrams.
The selected framework should be clearly named in the
report.
Each diagram should be introduced and discussed in the
report by clearly describing the processes/activities depicted
in the diagram in the context of the selected project and of
the selected project life cycle framework (i.e. RIBA Plan of
Work or CIOB Code of Practice for Project Management). The
description of the illustrated processes and activities is
expected to be effectively supported by references to the
selected project life cycle framework and relevant literature.
You should also make appropriate assumptions as necessary
and state them accordingly. The description of the four UML
