Engineering Project Management : The IPQMS Method and Case Histories

Engineering Project Management presents IPQMS (Integrated Planning and Quality Management System) as a powerful management methodology. This system ensures accountability, cost-effectiveness, and quality in the construction project, environmental cleanups, and other sectors - providing an integrative force for essential teamwork in industry and government. This resource contains IPQMS case histories or postmortems as distinguished from engineering and business case studies. Each case history analyzes the entire spectrum of a particular project, demonstrating the interrelationships among policy makers, planners, designers, implementers, and managers in creating a project. Lessons learned from over 35 cases in nine countries clearly show the need to establish accountability for quality execution of programs, projects, and policies. An outline for a two-week training program on the IPQMS for planners, designers, and managers is included. ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT: The IPQMS Method and Case Histories......Page 1 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 3 FOREWORD......Page 6 AUTHORS......Page 8 Dedication......Page 9 CONTENTS......Page 10 1.2 OUR DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 14 Table of Contents......Page 0 1.3 STATUS OF THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 16 1.4 NUCLEAR WASTE CONTAMINATION......Page 19 1.5 CONTAMINATION OF MILITARY BASES......Page 21 1.6 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ISSUES......Page 22 1.7.1 The Construction Industry Institute (CII)......Page 24 1.7.2 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)......Page 25 1.8 THE NEED TO TEACH TEAMWORK......Page 28 REFERENCES......Page 31 2.1 BRIEF OVERVIEW......Page 33 2.2 PHASE 1: PLANNING, APPRAISAL, AND DESIGN......Page 36 2.3 PHASE 2: SELECTION, APPROVAL, AND ACTIVATION......Page 39 2.4 PHASE 3: OPERATION, CONTROL, AND HANDOVER......Page 40 2.5 PHASE 4: EVAUATION AND REFINEMENT......Page 43 2.6 FEASIBILITY STUDIES......Page 45 ADDITIONAL REFERENCES......Page 51 3.1 IPQMS PROTOTYPE CURRICULUM......Page 52 3.2 USE OF CASES IN EDUCATION......Page 54 3.2.1 Business Case Studies......Page 55 3.2.3 Ipqms Case Histories......Page 56 3.4 THE NEED FOR CASES BASED ON POSTMORTEMS......Page 57 3.5 THE NEED TO TEACH TEAMWORK......Page 59 3.5.1 Using the Team Method......Page 60 3.5.2 Exercises for Students/Participants......Page 61 3.5.3 In Practice......Page 64 REFERENCES......Page 65 4.1 GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE CASES......Page 67 4.2 GUIDELINES FOR CHECKLIST OF QUESTIONS IN THE IPQMS......Page 68 4.3.1.1 Identification and Formulation......Page 69 4.3.1.2 Feasibility Analysis and Appraisal......Page 70 4.3.1.3 Design......Page 72 4.3.2.1 Selection and Approval......Page 74 4.3.2.2 Activation......Page 75 4.3.3.1 Implementation......Page 76 4.3.3.2 Supervision and Control......Page 77 4.3.3.3 Completion and Handover......Page 78 4.3.4.1 Evaluation and Follow-Up......Page 79 4.3.4.2 Refinement of Policy and Planning......Page 81 4.4 Sample PROPOSAL FOR CASE HISTORY......Page 82 5.1 BACKGROUND......Page 84 5.2.1 Physical Environment......Page 86 5.2.2 Wildlife......Page 88 5.3.1 Identification and Formulation......Page 89 5.3.2 Preliminary Design: Feasibility Studies......Page 90 5.3.3 Pipeline System Design......Page 92 5.4.1 Selection......Page 94 5.4.2 Environmental Concerns......Page 97 5.4.3 Approval......Page 98 5.4.4 Activation......Page 99 5.5.1.1 Brief Overview......Page 101 5.5.1.2 Construction of Haul Road......Page 102 5.5.1.3 Pipeline Construction......Page 104 5.5.2 Supervision and Control......Page 106 5.5.3 Completion and Handover......Page 108 5.6.1 Evaluation of Phases 1 to 3......Page 110 5.6.1.2 IPQMS Phase 2......Page 111 5.6.1.3 IPQMS Phase 3......Page 112 5.7 LESSONS LEARNED......Page 113 REFERENCES......Page 115 6.1 BRIEF OVERVIEW......Page 116 6.2 MONITORING TAPS......Page 117 6.3 THE WHISTLEBLOWERS......Page 119 6.4 THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL......Page 123 6.5 THE ALASKA FORUM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 124 6.6 EVALUATION OF QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAMS......Page 126 6.8 EPILOGUE......Page 128 REFERENCES......Page 130 7.1 BRIEF OVERVIEW......Page 132 7.2.1 The Initial WPPSS Experience......Page 133 7.2.2 The Hydrothermal Power Program......Page 134 7.3.1 Costs and Schedules, WNP-1, -2, -3......Page 135 7.3.2 The Decision to Build WNP-4 and -5......Page 136 7.3.3 Attempts at Management Reforms Which Came Too Late......Page 137 7.4 WHAT WENT WRONG?......Page 139 7.5 EVALUATION......Page 141 7.6 LESSONS LEARNED......Page 144 7.7 EPILOGUE......Page 147 REFERENCES......Page 148 8.1 BACKGROUND......Page 149 8.2 FEDERAL LAWS GOVERNING CLEANUP OF THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 150 8.3 PROCEDURES FOR NPL SITE CLEANUPS......Page 153 8.5 RESULTS AND PROBLEMS......Page 154 8.5.1 Use of Contractors......Page 156 8.6 EVALUATION......Page 158 8.7 LESSONS LEARNED......Page 159 8.8 EPILOGUE......Page 160 REFERENCES......Page 162 10.1 A $35 BILLION PROGRAM TO REPAIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 164 10.2 THE IPQMS ERA HAS ARRIVED......Page 166 10.4.1 For Departments of Transportation......Page 167 10.5 CONCLUSIONS......Page 169 ABSTRACTS OF BUSINESS CASE STUDIES ......Page 173 ABSTRACTS OF ENGINEERING CASE STUDIES......Page 175 ABSTRACTS OF IPQMS CASE HISTORIES......Page 176 Public Works Projects......Page 179 Appendix C: Members of International, Multidisciplinary Project Team, 1975-1983; Contributors, 1984-1997......Page 184 CHAPTER 3......Page 186 CHAPTER 5......Page 187 CHAPTER 7......Page 190 CHAPTER 8......Page 191 This book presents IPQMS (Integrated Planning and Quality Management System) as a powerful management methodology. This system ensures cost-effectiveness as well as quality in the constructed project, environmental cleanups, and other sectors -- providing an integrative force for essential teamwork in industry and government. This book contains business and engineering case studies, illustrating a principle, issue, or approach in making a decision. Each case study examines the spectrum of a particular project, demonstrating the interrelationships among policy makers, planners, designers, implementers, and managers in creating a project.-- Represents the first study of a series of cases based on the integrated project cycle from inception to completion-- Provides a scientific basis for preparing guidelines and checklists for programs and projects in both government and industry-- Shows how to complete projects on time and within budget-- Examines adequate feasibility studies, covering technical, economic, administrative/managerial, environmental, and social/political factors