The first system to assess the environmental impact was developed by US in 1970, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been used widely over the world and it has become the most crucial tools in implemented any projects or planning process. Until now, almost 55 countries have starting to use formal EIA system measurement, not only that about 100 countries have implement the EIA measures system (Haklay et al., 1998). Compared to other countries in this world, Malaysia has been the top coun...
This report is about the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the evaluation and consideration of building a new airport for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to replace the existing Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Kuala Lumpur. The proposed new Kuala Lumpur International Airport is in Sepang, Selangor. This report is prepared by consultant group from Syaszee & Co. appointed by the government for carrying out studies on the EIA for new airport projects in Malaysia. The report is following the Malays...
2.1 Introduction This chapter will review the literature which has been used for this dissertation. A number of important aspects will be covered, including an overview of Construction Planning as well as determining what challenges are faced on a daily basis by construction planners. This chapter will also review research relating to Planning techniques used and software packages available within the Construction industry. 2.2 Construction Project Planning Project Management can be seen as t...
This study of the Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) examines how innovation, risk and uncertainty were managed within a distinct megaproject depicting joint uncertainties encountered during the life-span of the T5's project. The paper intends to provide an understanding of how organizations react to risk and uncertainty by merging and matching routines and innovation. It demonstrates how approach to risk and uncertainty are formed by the contractual framework in hefty multiâ€party projects. The paper...
The construction of the new Wembley stadium is a project which has been both controversial and fascinating. The aim of theproject was to design and build a state-of-the-art national stadium, unlike any other in the world, to be the home of English football and to host large events such as Cup Finals, music events and athletics. The new stadium is eventually expected to become an icon in the same way as the old stadium with the twin towers replaced by the arch. The new 90,000 all-seat sta...
It was built to be the new 'home of football'; to be one of the largest and magnificent stadiums in the world and designed to be state-of-the-art with a seating capacity of 90,000. Designed by the World Stadium Team led by Mott MacDonald, the Wembley Stadium now stands as the most expensive stadium ever built, the longest single-span roof structure in the world (315m), second largest stadium in Europe and the tallest in the world (133m) with every seat under roof cover. The concept was to bui...
A lot has been documented on the principals and methodologies required to successfully execute a project, that it almost seems a Cliché when the term project management is discussed. However, I shall try to focus on project management in the construction industries as it is a good idea to discuss project management as it applies to a specific industry. In this two part report, I shall attempt to first critically analyse and evaluate the PM challenges as documented in the group presentations, ...
The Emirates Stadium, 2006, is built on a former brownfield industrial estate (figure 1) known as Ashburton Grove in Islington, London; to provide a home ground for Arsenal FC (DB-N 2008b). Figure 1; Arcadis AYH (2004) The capacity of Arsenal FC's former stadium, Highbury; was small in comparison to other "top-flight" status football clubs and therefore expansions were proposed. However, due to surrounding transport and residential amenities, further to local authority planning objections, th...
Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge built at the opening of San Francisco in to Pacific Ocean. It connects the Marin County, California to the city of San Francisco. This project was approved in 1930 and started in January 1933 and finished by May 1937. It is the longest suspension bridge, by the time of its completion. The total length and width of this bridge is 2,737m and 27m respectively. 83,000 tons of steel from New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania and Cables with length of 2,332...
Many problems may arise during construction project implementation. One main concern is delay. Delay time is occupied either after the completion date specified in the contract, or after the date that the parties have agreed to submit project (Assaf and Al-Hejji, 2006). There are many reasons that cause delays. According Ogunlana (2008), although the principle reason for the delay is comparable across developing countries, a number of factors related to the local industry, issues of culture, ...
