BILD 361 Project Management Essay Assessment 1, 2026 | VUW New Zealand

BILD361 Assessment 1

Requirement: 3000 Word Project management Essay
Grade Percentage: 50%
Due Date: 01 September 2026
Category: Individual

Introduction

This paper seeks to draw on the theories and discussion covered throughout this course to critically analyse the concepts of project management and their implications for effective professional practice. The course learning outcomes this assessment task is related to are:

CLO 1 – Understand basic project management systems and their impact on a company and/or project.

CLO 2 – Understand the principles of managing time, cost and quality aspects of a project.

CLO 3 – Take a leadership role in team situations and negotiations by implementing the company’s goal.

CLO 5 – Understand the basic relationship between market and construction companies.

Project management decisions continually shape the outcome of projects. This individual work comprises a task with a total weight of 50%.

BILD361 Assessment Task

The construction sector is expected to contribute an estimated 13.5% of global GDP by 2030. This growth projection is estimate to account for a 35% forecasted rise from 2020 to 2030. Growth rate in infrastructure construction from 2020-2030 for

Australia is estimated to be 3.4% with 3.7 in United Kingdom and highest in India at 9.8% and lowest in Japan at 0.8%. The global pandemic saw a large contraction in global economic activities since the Great Depression which impacted global construction projects with small to large construction companies going into liquidation. Inability to spend on contact sensitive activities such as dinning out, traveling and leisure led to high household savings with an anticipated increase in investment power including government recovery plans to rebound to pre-pandemic construction activities.

The global pandemic saw a 6.7% decline in non-residential building works and potential job cuts. Other issues plaguing the construction sector before the pandemic were low labour supply, faulty procurement systems, low productivity, delays in consenting process, cost overruns, lack of technological training, poor Treaty relations, low quality etc. While recovery is ongoing, natural disasters remain a constant challenge for projects with rapid growth building for climate change concepts.

 Robustness, disaster related damages and support for recovery forms a major part of research and discussion towards a more resilient construction sector. Varying levels of challenges exists in delivering post-disaster construction ranging from stakeholder coordination, deficiency in legislature, resource scarcity, chaotic environment, shortage of skilled labour and other issues. In small island states, project management principles were found to be loosely enforced and in developing nations, build back scheme’s reconstruction guidelines were not followed which could lead to loss of livelihood during a disaster.

To enable a turnaround in this trend and improve project management contribution to building for climate change, various projects have been approved with an estimated budget of two-hundred million dollars each across four nations prone to natural disaster. To tap into this revenue stream VIC Construct (VICC) a dedicated project management company was formed by VUW. Given your unique knowledge and skills from VUW, you have been assigned as the Project Manager to develop a Project Management Plan for any of the twelve (12) key projects (see Table 1 for your assigned project). Your project management plan (PMP) for the first part of assessment is not limited to the following components:

1. Project overview, business case and charter
2. Structure, scope and resource management
3. Communication and stakeholder management
4. Procurement and supply chain management
5. Quality and professional project management practice
6. Risk and safety management

The projects are earmarked for construction in 12 sites (Table 1). Please pay particular attention to project team formation, cost, terrain, climate, labour supply and other construction challenges faced in managing such projects and incorporate this into your PMP.

VICC relies on your innovations to boost confidence in delivering a hitch-free project. VICC would also be focusing on rich data content from past case studies to enable more informed decision making moving forward with these projects. Remember, you are NOT been assessed for your knowledge in building design but project management. There is little details provided during the feasibility phase of these projects so, state clearly the assumptions applied in your report.

Table1: Assessment Allocations

 Submission Requirement

• Assessments must be submitted via Nuku on the 01 September, 2026.
• Do not email the assessment to either the Coordinator or Tutor.
• Keep a backup of your submission. Please retain a copy of your submission in case it gets mislaid.
• The assessment should be in one single PDF file for the report. Pages of the assessment should have footers which include your name and student ID. Name file BILD361_AS1_SurnameFirstname.pdf
• It is expected that all work submitted would have been edited for spelling, grammar and clarity.
• The standard procedure is that assessments will be marked up to the specified 3000-word count. The word count does not include references or appendices.
• Referencing style should follow APA 6th.