CIVL1810 Lecture 3: Copy of Lecture 2_ Decision-Making and Appraisal

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Civil Engineering
• Course: CIVL1810
• Professor: Ali Akbar Nezhad

Document Summary

There are multiple options for each decision that is made during the project. To decide which one is better, we need to have a selection criteria. Further examples of the type of decisions made. Consider the impacts of the project: environmental, economical and social implications of the project implementation. The suitability of the location for the respective function of the structure, the site. The accessibility to other facilities and infrastructures. Consider the specifications and the design of the project. You cannot start the construction without making the decisions, and you need to reference the construction planning/methodology. Choice of contractor and type of contract. It"s a brainstorming method, which provides a list of ideas that encourages creative and critical thinking methods without boundaries. Assessing the strengths, threats, weaknesses and opportunities. First think about the objectives of the project and yourself; ie the main intentions of the project that attain to a need.