4840 Topic: Project Management

Filename: 1774840 Date: 2018-05-01 20:00 UTC Results of plagiarism analysis from 2018-05-01 20:02 UTC

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PlagLevel: 40.6%

[0] (12 matches, 40.6%) from https://cmaanet.org/files/boston_harbor_project.pdf [1] (5 matches, 13.8%) from www.mwra.state.ma.us/02org/html/CIP04_06/01_BHP_p1_2.pdf [2] (1 matches, 2.9%) from https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgaryhall

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=====================1/1====================== Project scope, objectives and outcome requirements For a long time wastewater generated by Boston region was discharged into the harbor from two outdated primary and secondary plants.[0] The discharge of this primary effluent and sludge into the shallow waters of the Boston harbor imposed a significant burden on the marine ecology and also serious deterioration of the beauty, commercial and recreation qualities of the harbor.[0] In 1986, a US federal courted ordered the city of Boston to clean the Boston harbor, this led to the formation of Massachusetts water resources authority (MWRA). The Boston harbor project (BHP) is one of the largest wastewater projects ever undertaken in the USA.[0] [1] The project involved planning, design, construction and startup of a vast wastewater treatment system costing $3.[0] [1] 6 billion. Project objectives: • Rehabilitate and improve the existing infrastructure • Remedy the pollution problem caused by the wastewater that was being drained into the harbor. • Manage waste water and recycle it so as to serve the residents and the businesses of the city of Boston. In the project requirement after completion included a primary treatment facilities which would handle 350 million gallon per day but can handle a maximum of 780 million gallons, secondary treatment facilities capable of treating up to 780 gallons a day, a remote headwork’s facility providing pretreatment of up to 400 million gallons, a 9.[0] [1] 5 mile long rock outfall tunnel which discharges treated effluent into the deep sea and an on-island residuals processing facilities.[0] [2] [1] Project stakeholders and reporting needs The Boston harbor project funding would be largely borne by MWRA ratepayers, the households and businesses who were the ultimate consumers of the services it provides.[0] This because of lack of the federal funding. This resulted in MWRA increasing the average household charges from less than $100 by nearly 400%, in response there was public outcry against the costs of the Boston harbor project.[0] This pressure forced the state legislature to create a debt assistance program which helped mitigate the annual increases in sewer bill.[0] The Massachusetts legislative delegation successful secured federal aid of approximately 20%. The design and construction involved the execution of 32 design contractors and 133 construction and support services contracts.[0] [1] MWRA established program, management division (PMD) which was responsible for the executive direction, management and coordination of the program, including oversight of consultants.[0] The team was mainly composed of design engineers, construction managers, finance and budgeting, contract administrators, program managers, environmental planners and community relation experts. The PMD reported to the MWRA, the MWRA after assembling PMD went ahead and selected a construction manager CM and a lead design engineer LDE who reported directly to the program management division. The CMs activities included preparing a checklist

that defined the requirements of the contractor, develop a list of critical equipment expected from the contractor to provide offsite inspection, conducting audits on each contactor, tracking the audit findings and analyzing audit trends to determine if there are any modifications of the program that are required to improve quality.[0]