PM 595: Project Risk Management - Catastrophic Failure - Construction of Empire State Building – Project Part 2 Instructor: James Erickson Prepared by: Venkata Kumaran (Kumaran.venkata@gmail.com) Date: 10-Jun-2011 [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Executive Summary 3 3.0 Sources of construction Project Risk 4 3.1 Timeline 4 3.2 Costs 4 3.3 Design issues 5 3.4 Force majeure 5 4.0 Systems
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Discussion of Fault Tree Two VI. Conclusions VII. Works cited I. Introduction I will be the lead Project Manager in building one of the largest buildings in the world. This 1‚453-foot building will have a 103-story structure and should be built in just over 13 months. It’s important to know some key facts about risks associated with construction of the Empire State Building. I will discuss two decision tree analyses and discuss options to prevent or oversee them. I will then provide
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of Building Performance ISSN: 2180-2106 Volume 1 Issue 1 2010 http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/~jsb/jbp/index.html COST PERFORMANCE FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN KLANG VALLEY A.S. Ali*‚ S.N. Kamaruzzaman University of Malaya‚ Faculty of Built Environment Building Performance and Diagnostic Group 50603 Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Tel: +603-7967 4494 Fax: 603-7967 5713 Corresponding Author: asafab@um.edu.my Abstract Since seventies‚ the economic of Malaysia has undergone rapid growth. Construction industry
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Identifying Key Risks in Construction Projects: Life Cycle and Stakeholder Perspectives Dr Patrick. X.W. Zou1 ‚ Dr Guomin Zhang2 and Professor Jia-Yuan Wang3 1 and 2: Faculty of Built Environment‚ University of New South Wales‚ Sydney 2052‚ Australia; 3: College of Architecture and Civil Engineering‚ Shenzhen University‚ Shenzhen‚ P.R. China E-mail addresses: 1 p.zou@unsw.edu.au‚ 2 guominz@fbe.unsw.edu.au‚ 3 wangjy@szu.edu.cn Abstract Managing risks in construction projects has been recognised
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(4) Building construction is a complex‚ significant‚ and rewarding process. It begins with an idea and culminates in a structure that may serve its occupants for several decades‚ even centuries. Like the manufacturing of products‚ building construction requires an ordered and planned assembly of materials. It is‚ however‚ far more complicated than product manufacturing. Buildings are assembled outdoors on all types of sites and are subject to all kinds of weather. Additionally‚ even a modest-sized
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Building Construction Related to the Fire Service Chapter 1: Building Construction & Fire Service The building variables that FF must consider: • Age of building – age in itself is not a hazard but an indication of potential hazards • Fire protection systems – first line of defense in a building • Occupancy of the building – often affects fire behavior…each occupancy has different hazards & fuels‚ and the structural components are subjected to different temperatures‚ heat release
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In building construction and in fire prevention there are organizations that have created a useful system on how to determine what type of building falls under which category. The ICC (International Code Council) and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) create these building codes for the safety of firefighters. The two most commonly known standards for building classifications are the NFPA 5000 and also the International Building Code (IBC). The two are very similar‚ however‚ they different
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Identifying Construction Resource Factors Affecting Construction Cost: Case of Johor Aftab Hameed Memon*‚ Ismail Abdul Rahman‚ Ade Asmi Abdul Aziz‚ Kumarason V. Ravish‚ and Noor Ikmalah Mohammad Hanas Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering‚ Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia‚ 86400 Parit Raja‚ Batu Pahat‚ Johor‚ Malaysia *Corresponding e-mail: aftabm78@hotmail.com Abstract The success of any construction project highly depends on proper and effective management of construction resources
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Finally‚ the structure of the dissertation is outlined. 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Definition of risk Definition of risk is a state of uncertainty where some possible outcomes have an undesired effect or significant loss. Uncertainly is meaning that the lack of certainly due to limited knowledge that it is impossible to state the outcome exactly‚ perhaps‚ more than one possible outcome happens. Risk concerns the deviation of one or more results of one or more future events from their expected
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FIRT 1327 Building and Construction Volunteer Lieutenant Killed and Two Fire Fighters Injured Following Bowstring Roof Collapse at Theatre Fire – Wisconsin 10/15/13 Mr. Conklin Christian Rodarte In Wisconsin on March 4th ‚ 2012 a 34 year old lieutenant volunteer firefighter was killed. This man was on top of the roof on a theatre when he suddenly fell through the roof and was trapped isinde the burning theater. I choose this topic because I wfound it interesting
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