Task type: Individual Report
Word count: 2,500 words
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Task: Case Study Background
Coventry rail station is one of the fastest growing stations outside of London. To meet travellers’ needs for capacity and accessibility, an £82 million redevelopment was initiated by Coventry City Council in partnership with Network Rail, Virgin Trains, Transport for West Midlands, Friargate Coventry, and other stakeholders. This project commenced in 2015 and was to be completed in time for Coventry being the UK City of Culture in 2021.
The upgrades include the following:
- A second footbridge for all platforms and extended platform canopies.
- A second station entrance building, providing step free access to platforms.
- A 633 capacity multi-story car park.
- A bus interchange in connection to the station building.
- Road improvements, including a new road connecting Central Six directly to the Ring Road and improvements to create additional capacity on Warwick Road.
- A new bay platform (this means set in off the main line so it does not impede direct London trains) to enable two trains per hour between Coventry and Nueaton.
Work has commenced on the footbridge and canopies. An extension is a new platform at Coventry Station, allowing the rail service to increase frequency from one train per hour to two. Nevertheless, the project has faced some setbacks, which has prompted for a scope reduction to keep costs under control. Risk register is partly completed. See the appendix for the risk register.
References
- Big changes as cost of Coventry station masterplan spirals – CoventryLive (coventrytelegraph.net)
- Coventry Station Masterplan
Individual work (do not collaborate with other students)
Question 1 (10 points)
Prepare a power-interest grid for relevant stakeholders and discuss different types of stakeholders in this project.
Question 2 (20 points)
Prepare a Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) for this project, and discuss possible categories of risks.
Discuss a project risk management plan for this project.
Question 3 (20 points)
Prepare a detailed likelihood-impact risk matrix using risk register in the Appendix, identify the five most important risks to the project. Discuss your selection based on likelihood, impact, the risk category in your RBS, and more generally which of the three success factors (time, cost, and quality) are affected.
Question 4 (20 points)
For each of these five risks you identified, present one mitigation and one contingency plan, based on your judgment. Identify trigger events (when to act) for both mitigation and contingencies. Discuss whether your mitigations will transfer, avoid or reduce risk.
Question 5 (20 points)
What is the mean for Probability, Impact and Composite Risk Index (CRI) in the risk register in Appendix? What is the coefficient of variation for CRI in the risk register in the Appendix? Discuss the implications of values of the mean and coefficient of variation value for CRI in this project. For the given risk register, draw an interval histogram for CRI and comment about obtained histogram.
Question 6 (10 points)
Select two of the risk IDs in the risk register and recommend a risk monitoring and control method for that particular risk. Discuss how you would implement your selected method on the selected risk. Discuss the risk management in the lifetime of this project.
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Appendix Risk Register:
Schema Generic
| Risk ID | Status | Risk title | Risk Description | Impact / Modelling Note | Risk Measure | Probability | Impact | Risk | Mitigation | Risk Owner |
| REF005 | Open | New Equipment fails | New equipment (e.g. cable joints) fails when commissioning the new system | Repair time will impact on commissioning | Programme delay cost | 2 | 3 | |||
| REF006 | Open | Specialist staff | Specialist staff required to undertake the works may be unavailable | Specialist staff may be required and they are booked in advance | Programme delay cost | 3 | 4 | |||
| REF018 | Open | Freight Operations | Unable to rationalise current freight/passenger operations to achieve business case capacity | Scheme not viable | Programme objectives | 2 | 4 | |||
| REF002 | Open | Late possessions | Possessions granted late by NWR authority, works cannot be completed during possession | Additional shift costs if possessions lost | Cost | 4 | 2 | |||
| REF004 | Open | Estimating uncertainty | There is uncertainty in the rates/quantities included in the base cost | -10% to +40% on construction/labour costs | Cost | 3 | 4 | |||
| REF010 | Open | Infrastructure damage | Existing infrastructure may be damaged during construction | Cost of repairing/ replacing damaged equipment | Cost | 1 | 3 | |||
| REF013 | Open | Polluted ground | Uncertain extent/ activity of ground contamination (e.g. PCBs) | Cost of treatment/ disposal different from expected | Cost | 5 | 2 | |||
| REF015 | Open | Signalling Records | Availability of signalling records and resource to undertake any modifications | Cost of regenerating signalling records & parallel design | Cost | 5 | 1 | |||
| REF016 | Open | Retail Telecoms | Lack of capacity of existing retail telecoms control centre to accommodate additional requirements at proposed new and altered stations | Increased scheme costs for upgrading existing control centres. Moderate demand requirements | Cost | 2 | 2 | |||
| REF017 | Open | Cable Divsersions | Requirement to relocate/ divert general line side signalling and telecommunication assets | Increased cost of diversion/protection and timescales for Signalling Maintenance Testing Handbook (SMTH) procedures. Cables routes evident at all locations | Cost | 3 | 3 | |||
| REF019 | Open | Theft and vandalism | Theft and vandalism disrupts works | Cost of replacing damaged/ stolen assets (Max equipment stolen prior to a major possession) | Cost | 3 | 2 | |||
| REF023 | Open | Site clearance | Additional site clearance costs (vegetation) | May be necessary to pay for removal of vegetation | Cost | 2 | 1 | |||
| REF024 | Open | Fly tipping | May be necessary to remove fly tipping materials | Additional cost of removal and disposal | 2 | 1 | ||||
| REF025 | Open | Japanese knotweed | May be necessary to remove Japanese Knotweed | Additional costs of specialist removal | Cost | 2 | 1 | |||
| REF026 | Open | SSSI | Working in close proximity to a site of special scientific interest (e.g. Sand eels must not be disturbed) | Cost of specialist consultants | Cost | 1 | 1 | |||
| REF028 | Open | Safety case | Issues associated with safety case approvals | Cost of design changes to satisfy Department of Transport | Cost | 3 | 2 | |||
| REF029 | Open | Interfacing Projects | Planned interfacing enhancement/ renewal schemes | Modification to NUCKLE design to accommodate interfacing designs | 2 | 1 | ||||
| REF001 | Open | Weather | Exceptionally adverse weather occurs (while constructing) | Failure to achieve productivity, inability to get materials or labour to site | Schedule | 2 | 3 |
