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PRM520 Monitoring, Controlling, and Closing Projects

GROUP PROJECT

Interim inspection to document accepted deliverables

This week, you will begin work on your Group Project for this module. You will work as a group

but will submit the assignments individually. Your Group Project for this course will be

completed in four stages and submitted in Modules 2, 3, 4, and 8. The purpose of the Group

Project is to apply the concepts and techniques of the module employing the following

processes:

1. Validate Scope

2. Control Scope

3. Control Schedule

4. Control Cost

5. Control Procurements and Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Each of these will form a separate section of the Final Project.

The project is the construction of a new house. You are the project manager responsible for

building the house. The contract has been signed, which includes the final floor plan (enclosed

as Figure 1) and options selected at your company’s “Design Center.” One change order has

been processed: the addition of a swimming pool (in Module 1). You don’t need to update the

schedule yet; that will be assigned with other changes and due Module 8. More details are

below the Assignment.

Assignment: Complete the first stage of your Group Project—The Validate Scope Process. To

validate scope, your company requires five interim inspections and one final inspection. The

inspections are:

1. Grading inspection; pre-slab and underground plumbing stake-out (completed)

2. Slab inspection; pre-framing plan (completed)

3. Framing and exterior inspection; pre-drywall inspection (your current assignment)

4. Drywall inspection; pre-cabinets and fixtures

5. Cabinets and fixtures inspection

6. Final (closing) inspection

Group Project, Part I (Module 2)

Work together with your team to prepare a validate scope

document for the framing and exterior inspection, pre-drywall inspection. This inspection

includes the following:

• Completed exterior, including roof, windows, doors (pre-painting)

• Completed internal wall framing

• In-wall plumbing for sinks, tubs, dishwasher, clothes washer, wet bar, etc.

• Completed electrical for wall switches, outlets, ceiling fixtures, etc.

• Low-voltage wiring and conduit for security system, AV equipment, internet and

computer wiring, thermostat, telephones, etc.

• HVAC ducts and returns

All of these items are shown on the construction plans approved by the Browns. If the items are

as shown on the plans, they should be approved. The Browns know that if they want to make

any changes not shown on the plans, they will be charged a lump sum of $250 for making the

change and any additional costs incurred to construct the change. Some changes may require

the review and approval of the local building department, which will add at least two weeks to

the construction schedule. You don’t anticipate any issues; the Browns live in the area and stop

in at the site once or twice each week. You have shown the location of various appliances and

the kitchen island by painting the outline of these on the floor. This allows for the owners to

better visualize the final layout.

The purpose of this week’s submission is for your team to develop a generic procedure that

uses the inputs, tools, and techniques, and produces the outputs in the Validate Scope process.

In addition, your team must develop a quality control procedure for just the electrical switches

and outlets to eliminate rework and demonstrate your knowledge of the core value of

Responsible Stewardship by installing these features correctly the first time. Remember the

carpenter’s adage: “Measure twice, cut once.”

The case study on which the four part assignment is based is as follows:

Project Background: Mr. and Mrs. Brown are buying a new house, the “San Leo” model, in a

local subdivision. The house is a 4-bed, 2-bath with a 2 car garage. The Browns have selected

their options and signed the contract and addendums. Their financing is approved. The house is

now under construction. It is nearing the end of the third month in a seven-month construction

schedule. The Browns have previously approved the two earlier interim inspections, 1)

regarding the lot grading, underground plumbing; and 2) slab and interior wall framing. It is now

time for the third interim inspection described above.

Company Background: Your company, HappiHouses (HH), builds standard houses in several

new subdivisions in your area. HH has been in business for over 40 years and is a licensed

general contractor in your area. HH sells the house and lot as a package. HH’s profit comes

from mark-up on the lot, construction management, a mark-up on subcontractors, as well as the

margin from self-performing the structural, concrete, drywall, painting, and finishing work. HH

self-performs this work to better control the quality and schedule for these items.

HH uses several subcontractors (subs) during construction. These subs are typically those

trades that are separately licensed in your area. For this house, the subs are constructing the

electrical, plumbing, heating, roofing, and ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) items. The

construction of each house is managed by a single project manager who has two assistants.

This project management team typically has 10 to 20 houses in various stages of construction

to manage.

Please make sure that you cite and reference all your outside sources properly. You must have

a minimum of three references, including one peer-reviewed journal article.

Even though you complete this assignment as a group, all students must submit their own paper

to their own individual Assignment box. (This Assignment box basket may be linked to Turnitin.)