BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF COMPUTING ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
BNV6120 Project Management

Coursework Assignment Brief

Assessment - Undergraduate

Academic Year 2023-2024

Module Title: Project Management

Module Code: BNV6120

Assessment 01: Professional business report of a
Assessment Title:
specific project

Written assignment This written assignment marks

Assessment Type:
is 50% of total marks.
School: School of Engineering and the Built Environment

Module Coordinator: Yashodha Adikari

Hand in deadline date: Assignment 01

Return of Feedback date 20 working days from date of submission

and format

Re-assessment hand in Note: the reassessment work may be different.

deadline date:

Support available for

Timetabled support sessions will be arranged for the period
students required to
immediately preceding the hand-in date
submit a re-assessment:

At the first assessment attempt, the full range of marks is

NOTE: available. At the re-assessment attempt the mark is capped
and the maximum mark that can be achieved is 40%.
Assessment Summary .Assignment 01
The aim of this assessment is a professional business report to
assess project scope, time, and cost elements of a specific project.
Use the data given to do the necessary construction programming
and scheduling and project management techniques to use for
your report.
IMPORTANT STATEMENTS

Undergraduate Regulations

Your studies will be governed by the BCU Academic Regulations on Assessment, Progression and
Awards. Copies of regulations can be found at https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-
contract

For courses accredited by professional bodies such as the IET (Institution of Engineering and
Technology) there are some derogations from the standard regulations and these are detailed in
your Programme Handbook

Cheating and Plagiarism

Both cheating and plagiarism are totally unacceptable and the University maintains a strict policy
against them. It is YOUR responsibility to be aware of this policy and to act accordingly. Please
refer to the Academic Registry Guidance at https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/Academic-
Services/Information-for-Students/Assessment/Avoiding-Allegations-of-Cheating

The basic principles are:

 Don’t pass off anyone else’s work as your own, including work from “essay banks”. This is
plagiarism and is viewed extremely seriously by the University.
 Don’t submit a piece of work in whole or in part that has already been submitted for
assessment elsewhere. This is called duplication and, like plagiarism, is viewed extremely
seriously by the University.
 Always acknowledge all of the sources that you have used in your coursework assignment
or project.
 If you are using the exact words of another person, always put them in quotation marks.
 Check that you know whether the coursework is to be produced individually or whether you
can work with others.
 If you are doing group work, be sure about what you are supposed to do on your own.
 Never make up or falsify data to prove your point.
 Never allow others to copy your work.
 Never lend disks, memory sticks or copies of your coursework to any other student in the
University; this may lead you being accused of collusion.

By submitting coursework, either physically or electronically, you are confirming that it is your own
work (or, in the case of a group submission, that it is the result of joint work undertaken by
members of the group that you represent) and that you have read and understand the University’s
guidance on plagiarism and cheating.

You should be aware that coursework may be submitted to an electronic detection system in order
to help ascertain if any plagiarised material is present. You may check your own work prior to
submission using Turnitin at the Formative Moodle Site. If you have queries about what
constitutes plagiarism, please speak to your module tutor or the Centre for Academic Success.

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Electronic Submission of Work

It is your responsibility to ensure that work submitted in electronic format can be opened on a
faculty computer and to check that any electronic submissions have been successfully uploaded. If
it cannot be opened it will not be marked. Any required file formats will be specified in the
assignment brief and failure to comply with these submission requirements will result in work not
being marked. You must retain a copy of all electronic work you have submitted and re-submit if
requested.

Learning Outcomes to be Assessed:

1. Evaluate and manage a construction project through the application of project

planning, programming, control tools and techniques.
2. Evaluate strategies for measuring and managing performance on Construction
Projects with complex operational and financial uncertainties.

Assessment Details:

Title: 1.0 Professional business report of a specific project

Style: Written assignment with 1500 words

Rationale:

The aim of this assessment is for you to understand fully regarding project
management tools and how they will be used efficiently and effectively in requirements
of projects.

The tools need to be : logic diagrams, Network diagrams, precedence diagrams,

Gantt charts using Excel or MS Project,

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Comfort Homes Limited (CHL) is a property development company who is engaged in the industry for more than 10
years. They have bought a land with 2 hectares within the city limits of Colombo. Now they need to divide the land
into .08 hectare blocks (20 perch) and sell them to buyers. CHL is planning to develop the land before selling by
proving all infrastructure facilities such as roads, electricity water etc. They are planning to construct a separate
sewerage disposal system to this land and from the sewerage disposal plant sewer disposal piping will be laid up to
each block of land. Water supply will be from the government water supply board and a separate transformer will
be erected to supply electricity to the scheme.

CHL has decided to get a Project Management services to the said project and Invited Value & Cost Management
(VCM) where you are working as a senior Project Manager. VCM wants to appoint you as the project manager for
this project and assigned you to do a presentation regarding the capability of VCM on the success of project. In the
presentation you have to demonstrate your plan towards the success of the new project. In your presentation you
must pay special attention on the following areas

Comfort Homes Limited (CHL) has decided to lay the sewer lines from each land plot to the treatment plant
and then to construct the treatment plant. Activity list was completed by a quantity surveyor as follows
(Work comprises with two equal sections )

ID Activity Duration(Days Predecessor Successor

)
Start 0
A Excavation in trenches 4 Per section None B
B Sand filling on bottom of trenches 2 Per section A C
C Laying piping 3 Per section B D,E
D Concrete benching for piping 5 Per section C F
E Fixing end caps for edge of piping 2 C F
F Construction of manholes 5 D,E G
G Back filling all trenches 3 F H
H Compacting the filling 1 G I
I Excavation for treatment plant 5 H J
J Laying of mass concrete below tank 1 I K
K Laying of reinforcement to base slab 8 J L
L Concreting base slab 1 K M
M Reinforcement to walls of tank 8 L N
N Formwork to sides of walls 6 M O
O Concreting of walls 1 N P
P Water proofing 3 O Q
Q Fixing of treatment machinery 5 P R
R Testing & Commissioning 2 Q None
Finish
Additional information:

For advice on writing style, referencing and academic skills, please make use of the Centre
for Academic Success: https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/celt/centre-for-academic-success

Workload:

Assignment 02
This assessment is equivalent to 1500 words and a typical student would be expected to take
20 hours on developing this assessment.

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Transferable skills:

1. Self-evaluation
2. Professional business skills
3. Industry relevant and standard communication skills
4. Professional communication skills
5. Time Management
6. Critical Analysis and reflection

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 Assessment 1. Ability to apply 2. Evaluating 3. Knowledge 4.0 Proper
Criteria Project Construction of different presentation of
management tools, programs with Project
 techniques and different criteria and management
assignment with all
expected criteria
network analysis analysis of critical applications in
paths construction
phases
Weighting: 30% 30% 30% 10%
Grading Fail to Fail to demonstrate Fail to demonstrate Fail to demonstrate
Criteria demonstrate different criteria of ability of project proper presentation
basic construction management of the assignment
programs and applications in
0 – 29% understanding of
analysis different
the task
F construction
30 – 39% A very weak A very weak Very weak Very weak
E Demonstrate an explanation Demonstration and Demonstrate and
understanding of the of understanding of understanding of
task construction project proper presentation
program management of assignment
and analysis application in
construction
phases
40 – 49% Demonstrate an Demonstrate an Demonstrates an Demonstrate an
D Understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of
work scenario of construction programs project management proper presentation
the task. and analysis application in of an assignment
different construction
phases

50 – 59% Demonstrate a clear Demonstrate a clear Demonstrate a clear Demonstrate a clear

understanding of the understanding of understanding of understanding of
C
work scenario and construction programs project management proper presentation
the task and analysis application in of an assignment
different construction
phases
60 – 69% Demonstrate a clear Demonstrate a clear Demonstrates a Demonstrate a clear
understanding of the understanding of clear understanding understanding of
B
work scenario and construction programs of project proper presentation
the task and more and more details were management of an assignment
details were provided provided application in and more details
different were provided
construction phases
and more details
were provided
70 – 79% Demonstrate a clear Demonstrate a very Demonstrate a very Demonstrate a clear
understanding of clear understanding of clear understanding understanding of
A
work scenario and construction programs of project proper presentation
tasks and more and more details were management of an assignment
details were provided provided with very applications in and more details
with past experience good writing skill different construction were provided with
and very good phases and all a very good writing
writing skill details were provided
skill
with very good
writing skill

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80 - 100% Excellently articulated Excellent articulated An excellent and An excellent and
understanding of the understanding of clearly articulated articulated
A* work scenario and construction programs understanding of understanding of
task and excellent and more details were project proper presentation of
details were provided provided with management an assignment and
and excellent writing excellent writing skill applications in more details were
skill different construction provided with an
phases and more
excellent writing skill
details were
provided with
excellent writing skill
Submission Details:

Format: upload on to Moodle

Regulations:

 The minimum pass mark for a module is 40%

 Re-sit marks are capped at 40%

Full academic regulations are available for download using the link provided above in the IMPORTANT
STATEMENTS section

Late Penalties
If you submit an assessment late at the first attempt then you will be subject to one of the
following penalties:

 if the submission is made between 1 and 24 hours after the published deadline the
original mark awarded will be reduced by 5%. For example, a mark of 60% will be
reduced by 3% so that the mark that the student will receive is 57%. ;
 if the submission is made between 24 hours and one week (5 working days) after
the published deadline the original mark awarded will be reduced by 10%. For
example, a mark of 60% will be reduced by 6% so that the mark the student will
receive is 54%.

 if the submission is made after 5 days following the deadline, your work will be
deemed as a fail and returned to you unmarked.
The reduction in the mark will not be applied in the following two cases:
 the mark is below the pass mark for the assessment. In this case the mark achieved
by the student will stand
 where a deduction will reduce the mark from a pass to a fail. In this case the mark
awarded will be the threshold (i.e.40%)
Please note:

 If you submit a re-assessment late then it will be deemed as a fail and returnedto
you unmarked.

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Feedback:

Marks and Feedback on your work will normally be provided within 20 working days of its
submission deadline via Moodle.

Where to get help:

Students can get additional support from the library for searching for information and
finding academic sources. See their iCity page for more information:
http://libanswers.bcu.ac.uk/

The Centre for Academic Success offers 1:1 advice and feedback on academic writing,
referencing, study skills and maths/statistics/computing. See their iCity page for more
information: https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/celt/centre-for-academic-success

Additional assignment advice can be found here: https://libguides.bcu.ac.uk/MA

Fit to Submit:

Are you ready to submit your assignment – review this assignment brief and consider
whether you have met the criteria. Use any checklists provided to ensure that you have
done everything needed.

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 Assignment Tip Sheet

Assignment Checklist
Run through this simple tick list before submitting your work!

Report
Well prepared materials make your work look more professional and easy to understand.
Item Action Done?
1 I have checked the terminology I’m using is the correct wording and in the correct context.
2 I have checked that all material is directly related to the assignment tasks and brief.
3 I have checked that all the required information has been included in the video?
4 The video is professionally presented in terms of location, sound, presenters attire?
5 I have explained the purpose of the presentation
6 I have used a logical structure for the presentation.
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Referencing and Originality

Your work will be subjected to checks to ensure it is not derivative of other works. Works found to be
derivative may leave you subject to penalties, including in extreme cases, expulsion from the University.

Item Action Done?

1 All images, charts are fully referenced
I have not copied any material from anywhere else unless quoted and stated. All sentences
2 have been paraphrased into my own words.
3 All references appear in the references section at the end of the presentation.
4 All references are cited in the text in the form of (author, year). See
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/library/services-and-
support/referencing for more details.

5 If I have used quotes, these are fully referenced, appear in quotation marks and form only
a small part of my report.

Content
Is your work complete? Have you included all the required elements?
Item Action Done?

1 I have you address all parts of the brief and tasks.

2 I have explained why I chose the strategic tools that I have used and justified or give
reasoning to support my decisions.

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