Engineering Management for a Sustainable Future: Metro Tunnel Project Case Study

QUESTION

Assignment 3

ENG93000-2020-2: Engineering Management for a Sustainable Future Assessment 3

Assessment 3 Requirements: Description	Evaluating Report
Due Date	4th October 2020, 11 PM
Length	i i. 2500 words total including an introduction and conclusion ii ii. Power point presentation
Aim	Critically review your case studies against the concepts and tools learned in this Unit.
Format	i i. Word document as per SCU Reporting standards ii ii. Power point presentation – no more than 200 words iii iii. Verbal 3-minute presentation of the PowerPoint
Weighting	45% of total unit marks
Submission	Through Turnitin in the “Assessment Details” section of the unit Black Board site for the report and PowerPoint presentation 3-minute presentation of the PowerPoint (Recorded)
Referencing	Harvard_SCU
Number of references as per the rubric
Guiding Question	You are the sustainability manager for your case study and have been asked to prepare a status report for your supervisor. You will also need to present your report to the board meeting

Assignment 3

Case study report and Presentation

Assessment #3

FROM THE BRIEF:

You are the sustainability manager for your case study and have been asked to prepare a status report for your supervisor. You will also need to present your report to the board meeting. Your boss and the board is likely to want to know the following:
What is the project? (short description of 1 or 2 paragraph)
What is the current project phase? (clearly tell the reader which phase you are evaluating.. very different evaluation in each phase of the project – 1 paragraph)
What frameworks, methodologies or standards have been applied to ensure sustainable outcomes? (this is a summary of your Assessment #1, again 1 or 2 paragraphs. Clearly describe the framework and how it is applicable)
YOUR PAPER SHOULD BE maximum 600 WORDS for these 3 points.

FROM THE BRIEF:

What are the key stakeholders’ sustainability requirements? (it is important to recognise stakeholders’ requirements and what are the KEY requirements. What will make the project successful in terms of sustainability? 1 or 2 paragraphs. List of stakeholders and their sustainability requirements)
How are the requirements embedded / integrated into the project? (THIS IS IMPORTANT SECTION OF THE PAPER…HOW will your case study achieve and demonstrate sustainability. Pick ~ 3 key requirements and demonstrate how they are incorporated in the project)
How are the outcomes measured? (what tools are being used, what will be reported? – again focus on key requirements)
What potential improvements are possible? ( from the material in Unit Theory or your research in papers, what improvement would you suggest to your boss? what can be done better? – here is your chance to clearly demonstrate you undertand the theory – pick 1 or 2, be specific)
Is the case study best practice? What is the latest technology or approach in similar and recent projects? (similar to point above, this is your chance to demonstrate critical judgement, DO YOU THINK your project s following best practices?)
Your boss requires your status report to be supported by adequate references.

Power Point presentation

Presentation Max 200 words
Presentation MUST ONLY contain bullet points and diagrams, charts, tables or photographs to maximize communication effectiveness.
The presentation must focus on key findings, issues, facts and key points of your conclusion and recommendations.
The presentation must contain a title page with the title of your paper, your name and student ID, and date of submission.
Introduce your case study in summary format including an illustrative photograph or representation.
Use tag words and illustrations to take the audience through all the parts of your report. Insert relevant photos, tables, graphs, and charts.

Audio Recording

Remember the presentation is not a repeat of the content of the written report but is a spoken reinforcement of what you have on your slides.
The presentation is to bring focus on key aspects of your slides and report and should be designed to influence the listener to accept your conclusions/recommendations.
Imagine you are giving your BOSS an update – what would you say? How would you say it?
3 to 5 minutes

Subject	Report Writing	Pages	6	Style	APA

Answer

1. Engineering Management for a Sustainable Future: Metro Tunnel Project Case Study
  
  Project Description
  - Melbourne Metro Tunnel is a 9 KM twin rail project.
  - The project cost is estimated at $11 billion
  - The project is set to be completed in 2026 and will include several stations, tunnels, and portals at various locations in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
  Current Project Phase
  - The project is in its implementation stage.
  - Key activities include:
  - Construction site preparation and acquisition or utility service works
  - Excavation and construction of underground stations and tunnels
  - Mechanical and electrical installations and
  - Maintenance and upgrade of existing rail, signaling, and stations
  Sustainability Framework
  - Triple Bottom Line (TBL) framework outlined in figure (2) was the selected sustainability assessment framework for the project.
  - Planet value: sustainable material use, sustainable processes, and energy efficiency.
  - Economic: employment opportunities, regional interconnectivity, cheap, reliable, and safe transportation
  - Social value: upholding community welfare.
  Key Stakeholder and Sustainability Requirements
  - Key stakeholders’ sustainability requirements include:
  1. Government departments, authorities, and agencies require apt policy enactment and regulation of the project design, implementation, and operation.
  2. The community requires welfare protection
  - Technical reference group requirements are the ability to provide professional design, construction, maintenance, and monitoring services
  1. Utility service providers’ requirement is to ensure the services offered to align with the sustainability framework.
  2. Interested parties require consideration of the project’s effect on their normal operations.
  Measuring Sustainability Outcomes
  - The tools include:
  - Sustainability criteria and indicators
  - Life cycle assessment tool
  - Cost-benefit analysis
  Potential Improvements
  - Possible improvements can be done through:
  - Increased knowledge sharing
  - Embedding sustainability into project approval plans
  Best Practices
  - Best practices observed during the implementation include:
  - Biodiversity preservation and protection
  - Community well being
  - Sustainable supply chain
  - Vibration and noise control
  - Security and safety
  - Incorporation of Internet of Things
  48.QUESTION
  
  Exam task
  
  Please know I have opted to make this exam has no time limit
  
  That said, please remember that this is a graduate level “essay” exam and I will be looking for well supported views, and critical thought.
  
  As always, opinion alone is not enough.
  
  Responses should be at least 500 words each (not counting sources and references) and each should have at least 2 different sources properly cited in accordance with APA.
  
  Again, content and critical thought are key here, but graduate level writing ability and meeting minimum requirements for length and sources are also included in the overall grade.
  
  Each of the 4 questions is worth 25 points (exam is worth 20% of your final grade in this course). Points will be given based on the exam essay rubric in the syllabus
  
  ANSWER
  
  Ethics refers to the moral principles that govern the behavior of an individual or a group of people in society. Ethic distinguishes what is considered morally right from wrong by an individual or a society. For both an individual and the society, their values and beliefs plays an integral role in what they consider to be ethical or not. For instance, in some societies, it is unethical to maintain eye contact while speaking to adults. On the other hand, other societies approve of and require their speakers to maintain eye contact during communication regardless of the age of the person one is peaking to. Therefore, ethics is not an absolute concept but a relative one. The relative nature of ethics has resulted in the several schools of ethical thought which all try to explain how actions can be judged as ethical or unethical. The different schools of ethical thought offer compelling and at time conflicting reasons for the basis of judging the ethics of an action. The first school of ethical though is deontological ethics. It is a normative ethical theory that asserts that the morality of an action should be judged based on the action itself and not the outcome of the action (Österberg,2019). Deontological ethics therefore revolves around the rules. Proponents of deontological ethics argue that people should strobe to know the rules of what is right in their society and live by the rules. They have a virtue and duty to abide by the rules. For instance, in most societies, murder is frowned upon and considered unethical., however, in the modern world, there are several caveats placed that have given some people the justification to take life such as leveraging the argument of self-defense. Proponents of deontological ethics assess the morality of an action by looking at the action its self. In the case of murder, they will look at the murder and establish that it is wrong. Therefore, regardless of the excuse given for conducting the murder, the act will be unethical. Apart from deontological ethics, there are consequentialist school of ethical thought such as utilitarian ethics. Proponents of utilitarian ethics assert that the morality of an action is judged based on the consequence of the action. Actions whose consequences maximizes the happiness of the highest number of people are considered ethical. However, those whose actions result in pain to the highest number of people are considered unethical. For instance, in act utilitarianism, a person who shares videos and music through online platforms to avail the same content to large population of people who needed the services and are too poor to afford is considered ethical. Even though the action of such a person is illegal since it has breached both domestic and international intellectual property laws, proponents of act utilitarianism view such an action as moral since it has created happiness to several people who can now access the services they required but could not afford. Therefore, ethics is a relative concept and what is ethical and unethical differs depending on one’s school of ethical thought.