Project Management For Repair Works At Vopak Tank Farm, Houston Ship Channel

Budget Planning

This assignment is aimed at providing essential scheduling, cost, and resource management options based on building and construction operations. It is a major important aspect that suitable project management concepts and techniques are relevant for formulating effective operational decisions. The project management principles are efficient for implementing more advanced yet innovative list of operations (Brown et al. 2016). This particular assignment is useful for providing appropriate business decision-making and proper situation analysis with budget and resource management (Everett et al. 2017). Milestones and scheduling is added in the assignment for providing overview of the activities and how those should be completed to reach towards the business objectives.

Furthermore, the assignment is prepared to study a particular case scenario for Vopak tank farm, Houston Ship Channel. Main deliverable is to re-construct and repair existing three tanks in Vopak tank farm, Houston Ship Channel. Moreover, the critical evaluation is conducted in the assignment for better insights of project management application and achievement of deliverables.

Stakeholder Name	Estimated Cost
Project Manager Save Time On Research and Writing Hire a Pro to Write You a 100% Plagiarism-Free Paper. Get My Paper	$2,208.00
Planning Manager	$2,040.00
Construction Engineers	$560.00
Construction Architects	$240.00
Technicians	$448.00
Supervisors	$648.00
Contractor	$1,064.00
Workers	$1,760.00
Government	$0.00

Table 1: Budget planning

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Budget planning is prepared as per some assumptions in practice for projects. The assumptions are mentioned as following:

1. The cost is estimated as per individual cost of steel anchors, patches, as well as cleaning cost in the project.
2. Stakeholder wages are not included in this budget planning as repairing cost is primary concern for the project completion.

Name	Start	Finish	Remaining Work
Project Manager	Thu 01-06-17	Tue 14-11-17	184 hrs
Planning Manager	Mon 05-06-17	Tue 11-07-17	136 hrs
Construction Engineers	Mon 19-06-17	Tue 27-06-17	56 hrs
Construction Architects	Thu 10-08-17	Mon 14-08-17	24 hrs
Technicians	Fri 29-09-17	Fri 10-11-17	56 hrs
Supervisors	Tue 19-09-17	Mon 13-11-17	72 hrs
Contractor	Fri 21-07-17	Mon 30-10-17	152 hrs
Workers	Tue 15-08-17	Wed 08-11-17	352 hrs
Government	Wed 15-11-17	Wed 15-11-17	8 hrs

Table 2: List of resources and their work hours as per Scheduling

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The work assumptions for the project are taken as:

1. The workers work for 5 days in a week taking Saturday and Sunday as fixed off.
2. The standard rate for the project manager should be higher than other as they provide more effort in the project.
3. Planning engineer should consist of higher rate of $15.00 hr.
4. Three of the workers should consist of $10 or more than $10/hr as standard rate.
5. Each of the resources are working for 8 hours/day.

The schedule planning is prepared along with following timeline setup (Love et al. 2014). The timeline shows major activities along with setting suitable time with sub-activities.

Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish
Tankers Construction	121 days	Thu 01-06-17	Thu 16-11-17
Project Initialization	12 days	Thu 01-06-17	Fri 16-06-17
Idea of Construction proposal	2 days	Thu 01-06-17	Fri 02-06-17
Project Charter preparation	5 days	Mon 05-06-17	Fri 09-06-17
Charter submission to government and sponsors	2 days	Mon 12-06-17	Tue 13-06-17
Operation Approval	3 days	Wed 14-06-17	Fri 16-06-17
Project Planning	24 days	Mon 19-06-17	Thu 20-07-17
Construction requirement analysis	7 days	Mon 19-06-17	Tue 27-06-17
Resource collection	15 days	Wed 28-06-17	Tue 18-07-17
Project plan preparation	10 days	Wed 28-06-17	Tue 11-07-17
Plan review activity	2 days	Wed 19-07-17	Thu 20-07-17
Construction of Site	42 days	Fri 21-07-17	Mon 18-09-17
Site leveling	6 days	Fri 21-07-17	Fri 28-07-17
Site cementing	8 days	Mon 31-07-17	Wed 09-08-17
Infrastructure implementation plan	3 days	Thu 10-08-17	Mon 14-08-17
Boundary construction	10 days	Tue 15-08-17	Mon 28-08-17
Wall and roof construction	15 days	Tue 29-08-17	Mon 18-09-17
Construction of Tankers	39 days	Tue 19-09-17	Fri 10-11-17
Tanker specification analysis	3 days	Tue 19-09-17	Thu 21-09-17
Tank base construction	5 days	Fri 22-09-17	Thu 28-09-17
Assembling base parts	2 days	Fri 29-09-17	Mon 02-10-17
Installation of shell plates	3 days	Tue 03-10-17	Thu 05-10-17
Piping of drainage	7 days	Fri 06-10-17	Mon 16-10-17
Wall coating	3 days	Tue 17-10-17	Thu 19-10-17
Accessories Installation	2 days	Fri 20-10-17	Mon 23-10-17
Platform and rail building	5 days	Tue 24-10-17	Mon 30-10-17
Connection piping for three tanks	4 days	Tue 31-10-17	Fri 03-11-17
Preparation of Passages	3 days	Mon 06-11-17	Wed 08-11-17
Environmental Safety Implementation	2 days	Thu 09-11-17	Fri 10-11-17
Project Closure	4 days	Mon 13-11-17	Thu 16-11-17
Tanker testing	1 day	Mon 13-11-17	Mon 13-11-17
Approval of deliverables	1 day	Tue 14-11-17	Tue 14-11-17
Government approval	1 day	Wed 15-11-17	Wed 15-11-17
Functionality confirmation	1 day	Thu 16-11-17	Thu 16-11-17
Stakeholder sign-off	0 days	Thu 16-11-17	Thu 16-11-17

Table 3: Schedule Planning

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Figure 4: Gantt chart

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The model provides a framework for the project activities in order to deliver quality system to meet with business expectations and manage of decisions. The life cycle consists of five phrases such as planning, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance. This particular project work is also developed with use of this life cycle model (Sippel et al., 2015). The benefits of this model are that formal review is done at end of each of the phrases. It creates system documentation. The documentation makes sure that the system requirements are traced with the business requirements. Schedule development becomes easier as it helps to manage the activities of the project (Brown et al. 2016). Therefore, use of Ms Project becomes easier with use of SDLC functions. Disadvantage is that documentation is expensive and it is time consuming. The users are not able to evaluate the products as well as assess of the particular product if they meet with business requirements. The project objectives should meet with the client’s requirements.

Ms Project is used for this particular project work for developing the plan, assigning of the resources to their respective tasks, tracking the project progress, managing the project budget and analyzing the workloads. It creates of budget for each of the project activities as well as rate of resources (Everett et al. 2017). As well as the resources are assigned to the tasks, then there is a calculation of cost based on their work rates. In order to calculate the total time taken to complete the project, Gantt chart is used for evaluation of the project activities. Project timeline helps to estimate the total duration and track the project progress. As compared to other tool, Ms Project usage is very efficient to meet with project objectives. With use of this particular Ms-Project software, time phase budget, WBS, Gantt chart as well as critical path are analyzed easily.

Resource planning is prepared while considering each activity along with durations (Loh and Loh 2016). The primary resources are included in the project as Project Manager, Planning Manager, Construction Engineers, Construction Architects, Technicians, Supervisors, Contractor, Workers, and Government.

Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish	Resource Names
Tankers Construction	121 days	Thu 01-06-17	Thu 16-11-17
Project Initialization	12 days	Thu 01-06-17	Fri 16-06-17
Idea of Construction proposal	2 days	Thu 01-06-17	Fri 02-06-17	Project Manager
Project Charter preparation	5 days	Mon 05-06-17	Fri 09-06-17	Planning Manager
Charter submission to government and sponsors	2 days	Mon 12-06-17	Tue 13-06-17	Planning Manager
Operation Approval	3 days	Wed 14-06-17	Fri 16-06-17	Project Manager
Project Planning	24 days	Mon 19-06-17	Thu 20-07-17
Construction requirement analysis	7 days	Mon 19-06-17	Tue 27-06-17	Construction Engineers
Resource collection	15 days	Wed 28-06-17	Tue 18-07-17	Project Manager
Project plan preparation	10 days	Wed 28-06-17	Tue 11-07-17	Planning Manager
Plan review activity	2 days	Wed 19-07-17	Thu 20-07-17	Project Manager
Construction of Site	42 days	Fri 21-07-17	Mon 18-09-17
Site leveling	6 days	Fri 21-07-17	Fri 28-07-17	Contractor
Site cementing	8 days	Mon 31-07-17	Wed 09-08-17	Contractor
Infrastructure implementation plan	3 days	Thu 10-08-17	Mon 14-08-17	Construction Architects
Boundary construction	10 days	Tue 15-08-17	Mon 28-08-17	Workers
Wall and roof construction	15 days	Tue 29-08-17	Mon 18-09-17	Workers
Construction of Tankers	39 days	Tue 19-09-17	Fri 10-11-17
Tanker specification analysis	3 days	Tue 19-09-17	Thu 21-09-17	Supervisors
Tank base construction	5 days	Fri 22-09-17	Thu 28-09-17	Workers
Assembling base parts	2 days	Fri 29-09-17	Mon 02-10-17	Technicians
Installation of shell plates	3 days	Tue 03-10-17	Thu 05-10-17	Technicians
Piping of drainage	7 days	Fri 06-10-17	Mon 16-10-17	Workers
Wall coating	3 days	Tue 17-10-17	Thu 19-10-17	Supervisors
Accessories Installation	2 days	Fri 20-10-17	Mon 23-10-17	Supervisors
Platform and rail building	5 days	Tue 24-10-17	Mon 30-10-17	Contractor
Connection piping for three tanks	4 days	Tue 31-10-17	Fri 03-11-17	Workers
Preparation of Passages	3 days	Mon 06-11-17	Wed 08-11-17	Workers
Environmental Safety Implementation	2 days	Thu 09-11-17	Fri 10-11-17	Technicians
Project Closure	4 days	Mon 13-11-17	Thu 16-11-17
Tanker testing	1 day	Mon 13-11-17	Mon 13-11-17	Supervisors
Approval of deliverables	1 day	Tue 14-11-17	Tue 14-11-17	Project Manager
Government approval	1 day	Wed 15-11-17	Wed 15-11-17	Government
Functionality confirmation	1 day	Thu 16-11-17	Thu 16-11-17
Stakeholder sign-off	0 days	Thu 16-11-17	Thu 16-11-17

Table 5: Resource Planning and allocation

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Conclusion 

From this assignment, the conclusion can be drawn that use of project management techniques and tools can increase development with faster outcomes. The assignment stated that major outcomes can be operational with project once, the approval is confirmed. Principles of construction industry are supplemented with suitable operations and activities.

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