Project Description
- Take control of the performance of the project on and off-site and take all necessary actions to bring it to completion.
- Establish Client confidence
- Lay the groundwork for commercial recovery for the Contractor
Project Details
Client: BHP Billiton
Location: Olympic Dam Tails
The Challenge
- The Contractor was struggling to complete the multidisciplined construction contract
- The Contractor’s program was incomplete and wrongly developed
- The Client was agitated at the Contractor’s inability to make meaningful progress towards contract completion
- The Contractor’s staff were demoralised and struggling to hit any milestones. Double shift operation was hitting quality issues
- The disruptions always encountered in such projects were styming and stalling progress instead of work-arounds being developed and implemented in a controlled way
- The Contractor was facing significant contractual penalties and cost blow-outs
- Subcontracts administration was flawed
The Outcome
- Project program was re-developed, and then used in the proper way as the tool for daily progress updates
- After some re-organisation and supplementary appointments, construction progress accelerated
- Staff morale was refreshed and staff refocused on their individual responsibilities
- Shift by shift, daily and weekly milestones were met
- Disruptions were worked around
- Notices were lodged in accordance with contractual requirements
- Client reporting in meetings and by documentation was revitalised
- Client confidence in Contractor meeting its completion targets was re-established
- Cost/Time/Quality became the team focus
- The Contractor reclaimed the contractual high ground, and ultimately reached a satisfactory settlement