Project Presentation

Brief Summary of the Project

            The proposed project involves construction of a 600km mega-highway linking three countries in Africa, that is, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The project is budgeted to cost US $2.5 billion and last for 4 years from 2021 to 2025. The project sponsors include the United States government and African Development Bank each contributing 30% and 40% respectively. The three countries will also give 10%. The selected project contractor will be Kokosing Construction Company Inc, a leading heavy highway construction firm in the United States. The chosen project is planned to commence in Kampala Uganda, run through Mombasa Kenya and end in Tanzania where it will cut cross Pangani and Saadani regions. The mega highway will address immediate transport needs in the three countries and support urban infrastructure development for economic growth. The highway will be useful in spurring economic development, promoting integration between the three states, foster efficiency and enhance safety which is why stakeholders ought to take interest in it.

Project Goals and Objectives

            Construction of Uganda-Kenya and Tanzania mega highway purposes to address several project goals and objectives. One of the goals is to increase transportation safety for all users including motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The project’s safety will focus on averting fatalities and injuries as well as prevention of collisions. As Nicholas and Steyn (2017) explain, safety should be emphasized in all elements of transportation planning through conducting safety audits, for example, on segments of high pedestrian activity. The project will foster safety by initiating vigorous safe routes to school and other institutions, enacting recommendations that address safety concerns and endorsing a policy which assures all users maximum safety. The second goal is to promote system efficiency. The mega-highway construction will work towards ensuring efficient movement of people and transportation of goods. The project will integrate multiple modes to create a seamless system that supports multimodal transportation. The project contractor will utilize recommendations from assessment studies on multimodal convergence efficiency and identify opportunities for establishing multimodal system of transportation in the region. The third goal is to enhance economic development among the three states. The mega highway intends to spur economic growth particularly on the three countries’ downtown regions. An efficient system of transportation will be created that is aesthetically pleasing to support growth of urban areas and industrial parks leading to economic development. The fourth project goal is to promote equity by assuring that all residents have access to adequate mobility options. The mega highway will place focus on individuals who are unable to access automobiles due to cognitive economic and physical limitations. A bus service will be advocated to expand mobility options.

            One of the project objectives is to establish a transportation system that aligns to the surrounding land issues. The objective will be actualized by factoring the context of land uses and degree of human activity. The second objective purposes to implement an intelligent transportation system by establishing a regular electronic traffic count and a reporting system shared by the three nations. Third, the project intends to monitor and analyze congested areas. The objective purposes to relieve congestion in the surrounding environment and neighborhoods. The project contractor will therefore undertake periodic and regular time travel analysis on congested routes for application of decongestion management process. The fourth objective include expanding service to areas in need. The densely populated areas will be mapped which will target schools, large employment regions where people lack automobile access. The project also targets to expand service span by establishing a 24 hours transport system than lasts seven days a week. Last, the mega highway intends to provide safe and convenient facilities through inclusion of bicycle and lockers, creating bicycle lanes, reducing roadside debris as well as educating the public on cycling responsibilities.

Key Customer and Stakeholders

            The key project customers include the three states Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Each will have ownership of the mega highway once completed. The three states will be responsible of defining project requirements, formulating parameters such as deadline, approving project plan and requesting any changes to the project. The three states are the clients who will be the beneficiaries of the project results that will be defined by the ultimate deliverables.

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Stakeholders

Contractor (Kokosing Construction Company, Inc)

            The firm will be one of the key project stakeholders mandated to offer the expertise on highway design, road surveying and engineering as well as overseeing construction and communication of information to the project client. The contractor will be responsible of soliciting materials, equipment and labor necessary for the construction and completion of the mega-highway.

Project Sponsors (United States Government and African Development Bank)

            The two players are critical stakeholders whose main role is to ensure available of resources, primarily finances for implementation of the mega-highway. The stakeholders are responsible of funding the project and making decisions relating to cash flow and project finances (Klakegg & Lichtenberg, 2016). The sponsors facilitate development of project charter, scope, ensuring efficient utilization of finances for projects success and evaluating extent to which initial project objectives are realized.

Project Team Members

            The stakeholder group comprise of skilled or semiskilled individuals who are assigned different activities to ensure realization of objectives. As Nicholas and Steyn (2017) explain, the team works on multiple stages of the project and contributes in the decision-making process. They share knowledge and skills to support project goals and objectives.

Key Milestones and /or Deliverables

Design Drawings

            It is an intangible deliverable for the mega-highway representing the customer’s ideas and wants. The drawing will provide layout plans and construction details for each part of the highway. The project contractor (Kokosing Construction Company) will be responsible of coming up with engineering drawings that indicate precise measurements of the mega-highway. The design drawing contains features such as horizontal tangents, curves and positioning of the roadway physical elements, constraints, and standards.  

Project Proposal Document

            The deliverable is a document that will inform and convince the project sponsor that there is a need for implementation of the project in question to solve a particular problem. The proposal will show the financiers that construction of the mega highway will spur economic development and bring integration of the three nations. The deliverable will be presented by the project customers to the sponsor as a request for financial assistance. The document outlines the implementation plan and enumerates extensive information on how the project will be managed (Mir & Pinnington, 2014).

Progress Report

            The deliverable will explain how far the contractor has gone towards realization of the project objectives. The report indicates activities or phases that have been completed and the milestones reached in relation to the project’s plan (Rose, 2013). The document will detail resources spent and estimated completion time to enable the customer to evaluate performance or request necessary changes.

High-level Timeline, Key Tasks and Deadlines

Project’s overall Costs, Staffing and Non-Staffing Resources

            The Mobilization and Setup will cost $3000, obtaining construction approvals $1200, submitting materials for approval $2500, procuring materials $500 million, clearing, and grubbing $300 million, earthworks $400 million, fine grading $200 million, rigid paving $250 million while finishing will cost $350 million. Staffing resources include personnel who will be hired to perform various activities such as operation of machines. Non-staffing resources include machinery equipment as well as maintenance repair and operations items.

References

Klakegg, O. J., & Lichtenberg, S. (2016). Successive cost estimation–successful budgeting of major projects. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 226, 176-183.

Mir, F. A., & Pinnington, A. H. (2014). Exploring the value of project management: linking project management performance and project success. International journal of project management, 32(2), 202-217.

Nicholas, J. M., & Steyn, H. (2017). Project management for engineering, business and technology. Routledge.

Rose, K. H. (2013). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fifth Edition. Project management journal, 44(3), e1-e1.