Engineering project management: the IPQMS method and case histories

ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT: The IPQMS Method and Case Histories......Page 2
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 4
FOREWORD......Page 7
AUTHORS......Page 9
Dedication......Page 10
CONTENTS......Page 11
1.2 OUR DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 15
Table of Contents......Page 0
1.3 STATUS OF THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 17
1.4 NUCLEAR WASTE CONTAMINATION......Page 20
1.5 CONTAMINATION OF MILITARY BASES......Page 22
1.6 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ISSUES......Page 23
1.7.1 The Construction Industry Institute (CII)......Page 25
1.7.2 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)......Page 26
1.8 THE NEED TO TEACH TEAMWORK......Page 29
REFERENCES......Page 32
2.1 BRIEF OVERVIEW......Page 34
2.2 PHASE 1: PLANNING, APPRAISAL, AND DESIGN......Page 37
2.3 PHASE 2: SELECTION, APPROVAL, AND ACTIVATION......Page 40
2.4 PHASE 3: OPERATION, CONTROL, AND HANDOVER......Page 41
2.5 PHASE 4: EVAUATION AND REFINEMENT......Page 44
2.6 FEASIBILITY STUDIES......Page 46
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES......Page 52
3.1 IPQMS PROTOTYPE CURRICULUM......Page 53
3.2 USE OF CASES IN EDUCATION......Page 55
3.2.1 Business Case Studies......Page 56
3.2.3 Ipqms Case Histories......Page 57
3.4 THE NEED FOR CASES BASED ON POSTMORTEMS......Page 58
3.5 THE NEED TO TEACH TEAMWORK......Page 60
3.5.1 Using the Team Method......Page 61
3.5.2 Exercises for Students/Participants......Page 62
3.5.3 In Practice......Page 65
REFERENCES......Page 66
4.1 GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE CASES......Page 68
4.2 GUIDELINES FOR CHECKLIST OF QUESTIONS IN THE IPQMS......Page 69
4.3.1.1 Identification and Formulation......Page 70
4.3.1.2 Feasibility Analysis and Appraisal......Page 71
4.3.1.3 Design......Page 73
4.3.2.1 Selection and Approval......Page 75
4.3.2.2 Activation......Page 76
4.3.3.1 Implementation......Page 77
4.3.3.2 Supervision and Control......Page 78
4.3.3.3 Completion and Handover......Page 79
4.3.4.1 Evaluation and Follow-Up......Page 80
4.3.4.2 Refinement of Policy and Planning......Page 82
4.4 Sample PROPOSAL FOR CASE HISTORY......Page 83
5.1 BACKGROUND......Page 85
5.2.1 Physical Environment......Page 87
5.2.2 Wildlife......Page 89
5.3.1 Identification and Formulation......Page 90
5.3.2 Preliminary Design: Feasibility Studies......Page 91
5.3.3 Pipeline System Design......Page 93
5.4.1 Selection......Page 95
5.4.2 Environmental Concerns......Page 98
5.4.3 Approval......Page 99
5.4.4 Activation......Page 100
5.5.1.1 Brief Overview......Page 102
5.5.1.2 Construction of Haul Road......Page 103
5.5.1.3 Pipeline Construction......Page 105
5.5.2 Supervision and Control......Page 107
5.5.3 Completion and Handover......Page 109
5.6.1 Evaluation of Phases 1 to 3......Page 111
5.6.1.2 IPQMS Phase 2......Page 112
5.6.1.3 IPQMS Phase 3......Page 113
5.7 LESSONS LEARNED......Page 114
REFERENCES......Page 116
6.1 BRIEF OVERVIEW......Page 117
6.2 MONITORING TAPS......Page 118
6.3 THE WHISTLEBLOWERS......Page 120
6.4 THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL......Page 124
6.5 THE ALASKA FORUM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 125
6.6 EVALUATION OF QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAMS......Page 127
6.8 EPILOGUE......Page 129
REFERENCES......Page 131
7.1 BRIEF OVERVIEW......Page 133
7.2.1 The Initial WPPSS Experience......Page 134
7.2.2 The Hydrothermal Power Program......Page 135
7.3.1 Costs and Schedules, WNP-1, -2, -3......Page 136
7.3.2 The Decision to Build WNP-4 and -5......Page 137
7.3.3 Attempts at Management Reforms Which Came Too Late......Page 138
7.4 WHAT WENT WRONG?......Page 140
7.5 EVALUATION......Page 142
7.6 LESSONS LEARNED......Page 145
7.7 EPILOGUE......Page 148
REFERENCES......Page 149
8.1 BACKGROUND......Page 150
8.2 FEDERAL LAWS GOVERNING CLEANUP OF THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 151
8.3 PROCEDURES FOR NPL SITE CLEANUPS......Page 154
8.5 RESULTS AND PROBLEMS......Page 155
8.5.1 Use of Contractors......Page 157
8.6 EVALUATION......Page 159
8.7 LESSONS LEARNED......Page 160
8.8 EPILOGUE......Page 161
REFERENCES......Page 163
10.1 A $35 BILLION PROGRAM TO REPAIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 165
10.2 THE IPQMS ERA HAS ARRIVED......Page 167
10.4.1 For Departments of Transportation......Page 168
10.5 CONCLUSIONS......Page 170
ABSTRACTS OF BUSINESS CASE STUDIES ......Page 174
ABSTRACTS OF ENGINEERING CASE STUDIES......Page 176
ABSTRACTS OF IPQMS CASE HISTORIES......Page 177
Public Works Projects......Page 180
Appendix C: Members of International, Multidisciplinary Project Team, 1975-1983; Contributors, 1984-1997......Page 185
CHAPTER 3......Page 187
CHAPTER 5......Page 188
CHAPTER 7......Page 191
CHAPTER 8......Page 192