Project Management (Project 1) Defining and Documenting a Project

This project involves the application of the principles, issues and theories discussed thus far in the Project Management module, and their application into a simple construction project.

In this project, we as a ground will be act like a construction consultant team with project manager to manage a two-storey project and documenting every procedure up until planning phase. We are to design a sustainable recreation center with shipping container as material, the project involve are our choice and it needs to be able to fit 50 people at least. During the process, each of us will choose a role in consultancy and we will be documenting everything we did, meetings and decision along.


The objectives of this project are as follows:

• To understand the application of management techniques in the control and direction of project resources 
• To appreciate the need for Project Management in a real project environment
• To understand the basic stages of project management in the construction industry 
• To understand the basic roles of the different consultants in the construction industry 
• To understand the use of "Success Criteria" in evaluating a project

My role is MnE consultant, and mainly I will be documenting everything about mechanical, which include sewage, drainage, water supply, electrical and sustainable features such as rain water collection and solar energy supply panels. My job in this team are to ensure MnE to be flow freely without obstruction.