Creation of a construction management plan for a culvert replacement in North Vancouver, BC

Du, Suzanne (author)
Baumert, Michael (thesis advisor)
British Columbia Institute of Technology Civil Engineering Department (Degree granting institution)

Research paper/project

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British Columbia Institute of Technology

2022

24 pages

A construction management plan was made for the replacement of a culvert and the road area around it in Mission Creek at Evergreen Place, North Vancouver. This plan was recommended by my sponsor ____________, ____________ at the _______________________________. The culvert will be reconstructed from a circular bell & spigot precast concrete pipe to an open bottom multiplate arch culvert. The management plan was created by meeting three main objectives: creation of a stakeholder matrix and traffic detour plan, identification of tasks and resources, and creation of project schedule and cost estimate. The construction occurs within a riparian and salmonid habitat so environmental factors must be considered. The following environmental laws must be followed: DNV Environmental and Preservation Bylaw 6515, Water Sustainability Act (WSA), and Water Sustainability Regulations. The Reduced Risk Window is within the WSA and indicates that construction can only occur between July to September, but through an application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resources, the window got extended to between May and October. A stakeholder analysis matrix focused on community external stakeholders was created. There were three things that were both important to the stakeholders and impacted them during the construction: traffic, utilities, and the environment. The stakeholders were split into directly or indirectly affected and to consult or to inform. The stakeholders who were both directly affect and needed to be consulted were the residents living within the construction zone and Braemar Elementary. A traffic detour plan was made for Braemar Elementary as the student drop off and pick up route would be disturbed by the construction. After the completion of the traffic detour plan, a work breakdown structure was made wherein the project was broken into major project deliverables and then into work packages, a combination of related tasks that could be priced together. The major project deliverables were sequenced into a master schedule, and it showed that it would take the entirety of May to October to finish the project. Following the creation of the schedule, a quantity takeoff (QOT) was done for the materials that were priced with unit rates using Bluebeam and Excel. The materials were first measured in Bluebeam, then calculated individual and added together into work packages in Excel. Some work packages had an associated lump sum value instead of associated unit rate value, so no quantities were needed in that case. After summing all the work packages together, an ending cost estimate of around $1 800 000 was achieved. An Excel file containing the stakeholder analysis matrix, work breakdown structure, quantity takeoff, and cost estimate was completed for the project along with a Gantt chart schedule and a traffic detour plan.

Culverts--Design and construction

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