Project scope
After the design life of a structure is over it is no longer safe for anyone to live inside it. This safe span is usually 80-100 years depending on building to building. Such structures should be demolished to form new structures in the place and then use as per the requirement. This has many scopes as far as future projects are considered. The old structures that might be taking up spaces in prominent locations across the town often need to be demolished to use up the spaces for building some productive and useful infrastructure. Such structures should be demolished to form new structures in the place and then use as per the requirement. This has many scopes as far as future projects are considered (Ponnada & Kameswari, 2015).
Work breakdown structure
It is the breakdown of the operational plan that needs to be implemented to complete a plan. The operational plan needs to be completed in the required timeline for which the deadline was set to complete the demolition project. The project requires the manpower to be implemented by certain people that are- a) Contractors: This includes the manager who takes responsibility for the demolition process. They are responsible for arranging the manpower for the project. b) Workers: This includes all the employees working on the project. These are the Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician, manual laborers, and waste management team. All of them consist of the worker’s team that has been assigned the demolition project (Ponnada & Kameswari, 2015)
Clients: The client is generally the owner of the structure that needs to be demolished. He may have a certain requirement from the project and the contractor and workers must perform as per his instructions.
d) Waste management team: The waste management team procures the waste generated from the demolition project and recycles it for some productive use. They are present onsite to accumulate the waste produced from the demolition site (Bansal & Singh, 2014).
The WBS is as follows- The WBS system includes several stages that are mentioned as follows:
a) Surveying- Closely observes the building and the neighboring areas for any possible problems in demolition. The blueprint and the roadmap is prepared after surveying the areas of threat and getting knowledge about the hazardous materials in the vicinity or inside the structure.
b) Planning- Plan the demolition drive, materials required, steps to be followed, and the number of persons required to complete the work. Planning requires the cooperation of all the persons involved in the project.
c) Preparation- Preparing the site for demolition. Remove the hazardous materials and take the onsite safety precautions required. Preparation is the initial stage before starting a demolition drive.
d) Demolition- Perform the demolition drive with the help of required materials and manpower.
e) Clean up- Clean up the debris and secure the place. It is the after demolition step that is performed by the manual labors and the waste management team.
The plan starts with preparing the site for breakdown with the explosives initially. Then the explosives and the manual labor should be determined to be able to work for the demolition. After loading the explosives, detonate the building. The detonation will lead to an explosion and might emit many hazardous substances that are lethal for humans. Adequate safety measures should be taken to protect the workers from hazardous substances. After that, the remaining area of the building must be demolished manually. It will require proper planning and coordination among the workers to be able to break down the remaining part of the building. After the completion of the demolition of the building, the debris needs to be removed carefully to secure the area. This will complete the demolition process. It is the breakdown of the operational plan that needs to be implemented to complete a plan. The operational plan needs to be completed in the required timeline for which the deadline was set to complete the demolition project (Bansal & Singh, 2014).
Timelines and schedules
Stages Work done Number of people required Timeline
Surveying Closely observe the building and the neighboring areas for any possible problems in demolition. 2 10 day
Planning Plan the demolition drive, materials required, steps to be followed, and the number of persons required to complete the work. 2 20 days
Preparation Preparing the site for demolition. Remove the hazardous materials and take the onsite safety precautions required. 10 15 day
Demolition Perform the demolition drive with the help of required materials and manpower. 20 10 days
Clean up Clean up the debris and secure the place 10 5 days
Costs and budgets
Stages Work done Number of people required Budget
Surveying Closely observe the building and the neighboring areas for any possible problems in demolition. 2 $2000
Planning Plan the demolition drive, materials required, steps to be followed, and the number of persons required to complete the work. 2 $3000
Preparation Preparing the site for demolition. Remove the hazardous materials and take the onsite safety precautions required. 10 $1800
Demolition Perform the demolition drive with the help of required materials and manpower. 20 $10000
Clean up Clean up the debris and secure the place (Chen, et al., 2014) 10 $3000
Stakeholders
Identifying the stakeholders in the project is also essential for planning and executing the demolition project. The stakeholders can be classified into two categories that are external and internal stakeholders. The external stakeholders include the government, the general public, and experts. The internal stakeholders include the people who are directly associated with the project which are contractors, designers, clients, and the waste management, team. Identifying every stakeholder appropriately is important for a successful demolition project (Wijewickrama, et al., 2021). The directly involved stakeholders’ are-
Contractors: This includes the manager who takes responsibility for the demolition process. They are responsible for arranging the manpower for the project.
Workers: This includes all the employees working on the project. These are the Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician, manual laborers, and waste management team. All of them consist of the worker’s team that has been assigned the demolition project.
Clients: The client is generally the owner of the structure that needs to be demolished. He may have a certain requirement from the project and the contractor and workers must perform as per his instructions.
Waste management team: The waste management team procures the waste generated from the demolition project and recycles it for some productive use. They are present onsite to accumulate the waste produced from the demolition site (Kabirifar, et al.,2020.
Internal stakeholders- Directly involved External stakeholders- Indirectly involved
Contractors Government
Workers General public
Clients Experts
waste management team Environment activists
Identifying the stakeholders is a work that needs to be accomplished at an early stage of the demolition process. It could create problems in the later stage if the stakeholders are not identified at an early stage.
Staffing or HR plan
The manpower required to complete the task also needs to be calculated and planned at an early stage. There are several persons required to complete the demolition process. This need to be identified and the roles and responsibilities need to be allocated at an early stage.
HR manager: The HR manager is responsible to manage the manpower onsite and recruit or fire the workers working onsite. The staffing of the project is mainly managed by the manager in consultation with the chief engineer, keeping in mind the requirement and necessities of the onsite project.
Chief engineer: The chief engineer usually heads a demolition project that needs to b carried out. The chef engineer may also be termed as the project head. He is the guide of the whole process. His role and responsibility include carrying out the survey and making the plan or roadmap of the whole demolition project. The chief engineer is the onsite head of the project and all the procedures and activities need his approval (Zhang & Tan, 2020).
Engineers: The engineers work as a subordinate to the chief engineer and obey the instructions given to them by the chief engineer. The chief engineer is superior to all the engineers working onsite. The engineers are responsible for carrying out a micro project within the demolition projects. These micro-projects are individually headed by each engineer and are assigned to them by the chief engineer. They are assigned a team of laborers who works under them to complete the micro projects. These micro-projects in turn complete the macro demolition project.
Architect: The designers help in carrying out the plan. They help right from the beginning in taking the survey of the building and making the plan. They also remain onsite during the demolition project in case the situation demands their help. They help in estimating possible threats and in the removal of hazardous materials (Gálvez & Istrate, 2020).
Electrician: The electrician is responsible for safely diffusing and removing all the electrical wirings in and around the structure. He is also responsible for detonating the building before the manual demolition of the structure. All the safety instructions provided by him need to be followed by every worker (Baker, et al., 2017).
Manual labors: They work under the engineers and implement the actual instructions passed on to them by their superiors. The manual laborers are required more in numbers as they perform the actual demolition work. They also work after the demolition is completed. They remove the debris and secure the area so that it can be reused.
Waste management team: The waste management team procures the waste generated from the demolition project and recycles it for some productive use. They are present onsite to accumulate the waste produced from the demolition site (Yin & Silverman, 2015).
Communication plan
Stakeholders Communication subject Medium Frequency
Chief engineer Regarding surveying and making the plan or roadmap of the whole demolition project. Email and meeting Weekly
Engineers Regarding the updates of micro projects within the demolition projects Meeting Daily
Architect Regarding the design and carrying out of the plan. Estimating possible threats and removal of hazardous materials. Email and meeting Weekly
Electrician Safely diffuse and remove all the electrical wirings in and around the structure. Detonating the building before the manual demolition of the structure. Other safety procedures. Meeting Daily
Manual labors Regarding performing the actual demolition work. Removal of the debris and secure the area so that it can be reused. Meeting Daily
Waste management team Regarding waste generated from the demolition project and recycling it for some productive use (Özmen, et al., 2021). Email and meeting weekly
Quality plan
Steps Persons involved Role
Surveying Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician Closely observe the building and the neighboring areas for any possible problems in demolition.
Monitoring Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician Closely observe the demolition work of the building and the neighboring areas for any possible problems in the demolition process.
Equipment checking Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician, manual laborers, and waste management team Checking all the equipments before every use and approve them as fit for use as per the safety and quality standards.
Safety measures Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician Providing safety gears and kits to all the workers to avoid any mishap and for performing quality work.
Staff Training Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician, manual laborers, and waste management team Training all the workers and staff members associated with the demolition project at the beginning and in between of the project if required.
Procurement plans
The procurement plan for the project is considered the plan that needs to be fulfilled for the successful completion of the demolition project. The materials required for the successful completion of the project are mentioned as follows.
Materials required Time duration Budget
Survey and planning equipment 1 Week $5000
Detonators 1 Week $2000
Bulldozers and Crane 1 Week $1000
Manual Equipment required for demolition 1 Week $500
Process Providers Work done
Surveying Chief engineer, Engineers, Architect, and Electrician
Closely observe the building and the neighboring areas for any possible problems in demolition.
Planning Chief engineer, Engineers, Architect, and Electrician
Plan the demolition drive, materials required, steps to be followed, and the number of persons required to complete the work.
Preparation Chief engineer, Engineers, Architect, Electrician, Waste management team, and Manual labor
Preparing the site for demolition. Remove the hazardous materials and take the onsite safety precautions required.
Demolition Chief engineer, Engineers, Architect, Electrician, Waste management team, and Manual labor Perform the demolition drive with the help of required materials and manpower.
Clean up The waste management team and Manual labor
Clean up the debris and secure the place(Bansal & Singh, 2015)
The project requires the manpower to be implemented by certain people that are- a) Contractors: This includes the manager who takes responsibility for the demolition process. They are responsible for arranging the manpower for the project. b) Workers: This includes all the employees working on the project. These are the Chief engineer, engineers, architect, electrician, manual laborers, and waste management team. All of them consist of the worker’s team that has been assigned the demolition project. c) Clients: The client is generally the owner of the structure that needs to be demolished. He may have a certain requirement from the project and the contractor and workers must perform as per his instructions. d) Waste management team: The waste management team procures the waste generated from the demolition project and recycles it for some productive use. They are present onsite to accumulate the waste produced from the demolition site.
The procurement plan involves the acquisition of different materials required for implementing the plan. These are mentioned below in detail.
a) Survey and planning equipment: The survey and planning equipment are required for surveying and making the plan or roadmap of the whole demolition project.
b) Detonators: The detonators are required to initially demolish the structure. This is an optional requirement and can be replaced by manual demolition if having adequate manpower.
c) Bulldozers and Crane: The Bulldozers and Crane come under heavy vehicles that can be procured on brought on rent from any local dealer. These are essential for removing debris and waste materials after the demolition project is completed.
d) Manual Equipment required for demolition: The manual equipment that is required for demolition is used by the laborers that will carry out the demolition process. The Manual equipment can be procured or brought on rent from any local dealer. These are essential for removing debris and waste materials during the demolition and after the demolition project is completed (Kleemann, et al., 2016).
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