Question 1 a) What defines a successful engineering project? b) Why is undertaking Front End Planning (FEP) and/or Front End Loading (FEL) essential for achieving a successful project? c) Refer to the...

Question 1
a)    What defines a successful engineering project?



b)    Why is undertaking Front End Planning (FEP) and/or Front End Loading (FEL) essential for achieving a successful project?



c)    Refer to the separate attachment to the Assignment and to the Table entitled ‘FEP essential for project success’.



What activities/components of the work in the project would likely be undertaken by the:
    Client
    Engineering Consultants and
    Construction Contractors


d) From the Table outline what is meant by the following terms:
•    Accuracy range
•    Gates



e)    In each of the columns of the Table under the sub-heading ‘Cost   Expenditure’, explain what each of the percentages of cost expenditure in the columns mean.



f) Design-Build (Design and Construct), Design-Bid-Build (Design-Tender-Bid), EPCM are engineering project delivery methods (or contracting approaches).  For each of these ‘project delivery’ methods above and with reference to the Table, at what stage in the project would potential contractors become involved in the project process?                (6 marks)


g)     Merrow EW on page 253 of his book (see reference below) states that: