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Construct a New Recreational Community Centre 

The Town of Newfane has experienced rapid growth because of several new housing developments that have doubled the population over the last six years. In turn, this has led to a significant increase in year-over-year tax revenue for the Town. This has afforded the Town the opportunity to provide additional services to the community. However, the Town currently lacks the facilities to support such services. The regional council has recently voted to develop a Recreational Community Centre to be built on the municipal lands near the Town Hall.  

Project Rationale

The new Centre will provide residents with facilities that will help bring the community together. It will also provide the opportunity to adequately support competitive sports with other towns and cities. The new complex will be state of the art and could be used to attract top tier athletes that the Town of Newfane was not previously able to recruit. The complex will continue to strengthen the Town's relationship with the local community through interaction programs such as hockey, swimming, and basketball camps, as well as local fundraising events. 

Gantt Chart

• Creating a Gantt chart for your project
• Note: the use of MS Project is not mandatory
• Use the template provided or any software available to assist in building the Gantt (e.g. PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint or MS Word)
• Use the WBS created above to match the breakdown of the Gantt Chart 
• Include key deliverables and milestones 
• Conduct research when necessary and use industry knowledge when appropriate

Budget

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• Develop the budget in an excel spreadsheet or word document (either is fine)

Risks and Mitigation Strategies

• Planning - What risks come with planning a greenfield (undeveloped) project with nearby houses and substantial change?  
• Schedule Delays - What will be the impact of a delay in the project? How can you minimize it? How can you avoid disruption to the local community? What will be your Plan B? 
• Cost Increases - Sometimes the prices of materials increase due to an increase in demand (e.g. raw material such as wood, steel, glass). How can you avoid this problem?
• Environmental - Since this is a greenfield project, what kind of an impact could this have to the environment and, potentially, to endangered species? How can you mitigate that? What about flood risk?