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SOUTH AFRICA

R$22$ million paid for no work

$30$ September $2010-11$:$30$BY SOWETAN

TimesLIVE

The departments of public works, roads, and transport, along with the provincial health department and treasury, announced yesterday that it was willing to pay Tsogo Developers R$22$ million despite the

company's failure to complete construction on the R$456,5$m Brits Hospital. Tsogo and llima Projects were awarded the R$456,5$ million contract in $2005$ and construction began on November $25,2008.$

But work stopped in May this year after llima was liquidated. At the time llima had a portfolio of construction projects worth more than R$1-$billion and employed about $700$ people. Public works spokesperson Roberta Makhambeni told Sowetan yesterday that the department had good reason to pay. $"$In order to fast$-$track the re$-$appointment of the new contractor, the department opted for a settlement

instead of the final account, which would have delayed the process," Makhambeni said.

Now a new contractor $-$ JR Stock and Stocks, who lost out in the initial bidding for the contract $-$ has been hired to complete the project. The hospital is scheduled to open in July $2012.$ Makhambeni said

"they were second$-$best $($in the initial bidding process$)$ and had the right grading". Tsogo and llima were paid R$57$ million before construction was stopped in May. Ilima's financial problems affected other projects, among them:

$-$the R$137$ million for a government office complex in Vryburg, Northwest.

$-$About R$35$ million for the construction of a psychiatric hospital in Sterkfontein, Krugersdorp, Gauteng.

$-$R$16$ million for the construction of a taxi rank in Mabopane, north of Pretoria.

$-$More than R$60$ million for the construction of $1500$ houses for Mogale City municipality; and

$-$R$450$ million worth of construction work in Eastern Cape.

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Question $2$: Evaluation of Schedule Management Techniques$(25$ Marks$)$

Considering the timeline from the awarding of the contract to the cessation of work and subsequent re$-$appointment of a new contractor:

a$.$ Evaluate the effectiveness of the schedule management techniques initially employed. Utilise concepts from GanttCharts, Project Network Diagrams, and Schedule Compression to critically analyse the scheduling decisions made.

b$.$ Propose a comprehensive schedule management plan, including how critical path analysis could have been used to predict and possibly mitigate the delay in project completion.