CSE509 Quantitative Techniques in Construction Planning
Group Project
Presentation: 29/11/2019
Submission Deadline*: 1/12/2019
*All group reports must be submitted through Blackboard.
Project Scenario
Your team is working on bidding a project. The background of your organization is a medium
sized general contractor with strong history in heavy civil construction and public housing. The
target project is any public infrastructure work with estimated budget between HK$120~150
million (which is around 50% of the company’s annual turnover) and duration of 12 months. The
possible projects are summarized as follows.
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Partial works of Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express
rail link (for example, foundation and piling, tunnel work, station etc.)
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Partial works of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge (for example, foundation, bridge
structure, tunnel work, artificial island, pavement etc.)
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Partial works of the Three-Runway System (for example, foundation and piling,
artificial island, pavement, station etc.)
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Partial works of the town development projects including North East New Territories
(NENT), New Development Areas (NDAs) and Hung Shui Kiu NDA (for example,
settlement work, drainage channel, road and highway, sewage treatment plant etc.)
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Your team may choose other works if you like.
Group Project Requirement
Your group project should involve two major parts:
1. Please prepare a professional proposal (up to 6,000 words) and “at least” includes work
breakdown structure, detailed schedule, cost estimation (or bill of quantities), project control,
and other supplementary information you think that are important or relate to the bidding
proposal.
2. Please involve the systems/optimization analysis in the professional proposal. In general, three
types of analysis are considered appropriate: (1) development of new models/applications, (2)
design and implementation of solution algorithms, and (3) application and analysis of existing
models. Some sample topics include:
*Optimization of infrastructure project selection
*Optimization of construction equipment selection
Interim Report Discussion (November 8th)
Submit a proposal to me on an approved topic that is relevant to this course. The interim report (about 3~4
pages single space) should include the followings
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Title of your project
Introduction/Motivation
Background/Literature Review
Methodology/Research Tools (draft version)
Preliminary Results (if available)
A list of references (minimum 10 references)
Presentation (November 29th)
The presentation for the project is scheduled on Nov. 29th. Each group gets 12 minutes (10
minutes presentation and 2 minutes Q&A).
Final Report (December 1st)
Your final project report is due on December 1st 2019. You may follow the manuscript format
used by Automation in Construction.
See https://www.elsevier.com/journals/automation-in-construction/0926-5805/guide-for-authors
for information. The length of your final report should be about 4000~6000 words. Try to be
succinct and to the point but be careful not to leave out important information.
Remember it’s the quality that counts, not quantity. At the minimum, your report should include
the followings:
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Title of your project
Introduction/Motivation
Background/Literature Review
Methodology/Research Tools
Results
Conclusions and recommendations
A list of references (minimum 10 references)
References should use appropriate reference style according to the journal requirements.