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PROJECT MANAGEMENT 4

Sound Transit 3 (ST3) Construction Project

Project Management: Sound Transit 3 (ST3)

Sound Transit 3 (ST3) is a project currently being undertaken in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. Before the project was undertaken, the residents were required to vote in favor of the project or against it. The majority of the voters accepted the commencement of the project and so, the work to deliver on the project began. A project has four elements which include organization, detail, definite time and it must be worked on by individuals with the prerequisite skills (Kloppenborg et al., 2019). This essay discusses the four-element of project management included in the Sound Transit 3 construction project.

Regarding organization, the ST3 construction project is organized into different sections. First, it will involve a 116-mile rail network that will have over eighty stations connecting more than sixteen cities. It is expected that the project will expand the existing transit network by more than five times. Further, the project will encompass the construction of the Bus Rapid Transit and Sound Transit express bus that will cover more than thirty cities after completion. Lastly, the project will include an expanded and more frequent Sounder Commuter rails that will cover more than thirty cities.

Another project element is that it should be detailed. The Sound Transit 3 project has detailed information from the start to the end of the project. Among the details included in the project is the construction budget which stands at 53.8 billion dollars (Ilolo, 2020). Also, the areas which shall be covered by the expansion of the project have been identified within the project and they include Federal Way, Tacoma, Everett and Issaquah, and the neighboring areas in Seattle. Further, in the detail, the stakeholders involved in the construction, which include the private sectors and the local transit providers have been detailed. All the information relating to the factors that will impact the success of the project has also been handled by the project planners.

Furthermore, a project should be done within a particular time, with the start and end date correctly identified. The Sound Transit 3 project is expected to commence in 2024 and be completed by 2041. Therefore, all the project phases and activities shall be conducted within this schedule. Lastly, a project should encompass skilled individuals. Some of the personnel that shall be involved in the implementation of the project are Puget Sound Regional Council. This is a regional transportation planning organization that will facilitate the planning of the ST3 construction project. Secondly, the project will involve the local transit providers in the state of Washington who will provide bus and rail services for the ST3 project. Also, the project will involve civil engineers, procurement officers, electrical engineers, and other professionals who will work on the various aspects of the project to ensure it is completed within the set time. To that point, the ST3 project constitutes all the project elements highlighted by Kloppenborg.

Business Case

The Sound Transit 3 construction project will have numerous benefits in the state of Washington. To begin with, the existing transit system is overcrowded and that hinders the movement of people and goods due to traffic congestion (Ololo, 2020). The completion of the ST3 project will ease the congestion and allow smooth traffic flows in the cities within Washington. Further, it is estimated that ridership in the state will increase by a factor of four after the completion of the project. The ST3 project will involve the expansion of rail stations, Sounder Commuter rails, and Bus Transit infrastructure in the state of Washington.

References

Ilolo, P. (2020, March 2). US $54bn Sound Transit 3 (ST3) construction project. Construction Review Online. https://constructionreviewonline.com/projects/us-54bn-sound-transit-3-st3-construction-project/#:~:text=The%20billion%20dollar%20project%20will,of%20Ballard%20and%20West%20Seattle.

Kloppenborg, T. J., Anantatmula, V. S., & Wells, K. N. (2019). In Contemporary project management. essay, Cengage Learning.