Reference no: EM133597563
Project Quality Management
BURJ KHALIFA: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS
In the centre of Dubai stands the Burj Khalifa tower, the world's tallest manmade structure. This impressive skyscraper, which reaches up to a record height of 828 m, is the focal point of the 500-acre mega-project 'Downtown Dubai' by Emaar Properties. This project redefined what is possible in the design and engineering of supertall buildings. The tower has won numerous awards, notably in the fields of innovation, engineering excellence and architectural design.
Project Name: Burj Khalifa
Client: Emaar Properties
Category: High Rise Building
Period: 2004-2009
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Project Website: Burj Khalifa
Stakeholders: Six Construct
Total Value: US$930 million
External: Samsung C&T- Arabtec
Height: 828 m
1.1 As the lead Project Manager for the Burj Khalifa, develop a detailed project charter that you will share with all project stakeholders. Ensure that you conduct in-depth research when responding to the question.
1.2 Managing a construction project, the size of Burj Khalifa requires a series of processes and systems to be adopted to ensure that the project objectives are attained. You have been requested to submit a report to the project managers evaluating the tools and techniques that they need to consider to be aware of the potential quality issues affecting the project.
1.3 One of the objectives that was key in the construction of the Burj Khalifa project involved ensuring that the project scope, specifications, and the actual outcomes match the stakeholders and the end customer requirements without any deviations. Considering this recommend the appropriate tool and or management approach that should be utilised towards ensuring that this is achieved. Your recommendation should detail the assumptions of the model and how it should be adopted.
1.4 During the planning stage the project manager is expected to oversee the creation of a project quality plan which will be used to coordinate all project quality documents and assist to guide the projects execution and control. Provide a critical analysis of the main attributes that the project managers will need to be consider in putting together a project quality management plan.
1.5 In light of the Burj Khalifa project examine what fact-based management would entail as a core quality concept of quality.