Task_1 Case Study: Greenfields The University of Greenfields would like to expand their civil engineering department and have been seeking a suitable location to construct an integrated administrative and teaching complex. The buildings will have lecture theatre and tutorial rooms, accommodation and administrative facilities and should ideally be within a 3 mile radius of the main university campus. A major design requirement is that BREEAM environmental standards are met. BREEAM, (Building Research Establishments Ltd Environmental Assessment Method) which helps further education colleges to set environmental targets, is not only important to the University but to Local Government also and will have a major influence in obtaining planning permission. The local council has proposed a disused factory site, the Car Build Industrial Estate. Although the site is now derelict and will require clearing before any construction can take place it is just 2 miles from the University main buildings providing ease of access between departments. The site is close to a recently extended main road connecting Greenfields town centre with a large housing development, Newtown, which has a reliable and frequent public transport service. As part of a national conservation initiative, supported by the University, a cycle path has been built along an old drained canal route which runs from the town centre, along the perimeter of the Industrial Estate and onto Newtown. The expansion of the University has attracted a lot of publicity and strong feeling both for and against the development. The business community sees the increase in student population as very positive whilst residents of Newtown are concerned that the increased traffic will cause excessive congestion. In addition, a local environmental group have raised the problem of site clearance saying that Car Build Industrial Estate had been used for the disposal of hazardous material. The Group say that although the material is safe if undisturbed, removing it will necessitate quarantining the area and closing the cycle way and half of the adjoining main road for some 3 months.

You are the new risk manager for this project and have been asked to implement a realistic management process. With the project being in a very early stage estimates of time and cost are considered unreliable but guidance on obtaining more accurate estimates is needed.

Question:

d) State 10 risks that may occur on this project. Ensure that risks are stated using the format cause risk event effect. e) For 2 (two) of the stated risks explain (again in your opinion) what could be done to respond to the risk state (in your opinion) what would be the most significant secondary risk explain (again in your opinion) what could be done to respond to any potential secondary risk(s)