Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa July/August 2014 | Page 24

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PROJECT MANAGERS’ REPORT
The project management team, comprising
SIP Project Managers, Absolute Project
Managers and Metrum Project Management,
was appointed in late 2010.
The roles and responsibilities of the three
firms were identified at the initial stages of
the project and implemented through to
project completion.
The project managers embarked on
developing a Project Initiation Programme
and an Indicative Construction Programme
that were used as the baseline planning
and programming tools for the project. The

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programmes were presented to the joint
developers as well as to the consultants to
obtain their buy-in and commitment to the
plan and programme.
The programmes addressed the different
risk profiles based on various scenarios which
gave due consideration to the development
rights applicable to the project site and the
processes required to have amendment rights
approved in order to allow construction,
procurement of contractors and construction
phase milestones.
The project managers participated proactively and in detail with the Quantity

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