University of Salford

School of Built Environment

MSc/PgDip/PgCert Construction Management

Performance and Integration Management in the Built Environment 2016 (FT /

PT / DL)

Submission Deadline: Friday 9th December 2016 16:00hrs

This assessment contributes 100% of the marks for the above module

1. BRIEF

BIM REPORT LEAVERAGING BIM FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT

You have been appointed as a strategic analyst to the Highways England (HE) to advise
them on how it could leverage Building Information Modelling (BIM) related technologies
and processes to better manage its assets. The role of Highways England is to operate,
maintain and modernise the UKs road network. Your client is keen to achieve savings of
up to 20% and efficiency gains in life cycle management of its asset data. They would
like to explore the possibility of using BIM and associated IT infrastructure in their drive
to achieve Lean-based efficiency improvements and six sigma based quality
enhancements to support whole life asset management. You will need to consider not
only the strategic technical and process issues of BIM, but also the performance and
collaboration implications for the teams using them.

You are required to produce a 6000 word report that includes the following sections to
address the issues that are raised. The report should link practical considerations
specific to the organisation with ideas drawn from the module material and additional
reading. It should be presented in the form of a report suitable for submission at board
level of Highways England and include an executive summary and detailed references
linking the practical material to theoretical ideas and models. Sections 1 to 3 should be
no longer than 3000 words.

Section 1: Developing a Performance Based Culture

Discuss various efforts in developing a performance based culture within Highways
England (HE), and across its supply chain and stakeholders. Highways sector is
characterized by its slow pace of change, low productivity, waste, fragmentation and

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long established processes. There is a keen desire to accelerate project and programme
delivery from concept to completion. Discuss role BIM and other related technologies
and processes can play in driving innovation in a fast changing external environment
and in addressing aforementioned challenges.

Section 2: Best Practice Review

Review industry best practice and case studies in use of BIM for Infrastructure Asset
management. Benchmark HE existing processes with industry best practice. Discuss
role BIM can play in integration of the workflows and business processes. Your focus
should be on I (i.e. Information) in the BIM, and discuss how processes should be
designed to ensure that information remains accessible to the right person at the time
and cost. How to quantify and document benefits realised through life cycle cost savings.

Section 3: Recommendations
Make SMART recommendations on how your client should leverage BIM to enhance its
productivity and performance management processes. Your key recommendations must
be supported by ideas drawn from the module material, developments in other industry
sectors and additional reading. Recommendations should be presented in the form
suitable for submission at board level, but with detailed references linking the practical
recommendations to theoretical ideas and models.

Section 4: Team collaboration

Describe the structure and culture of the team that will facilitate the most effective and
efficient use of BIM and related technologies by Highways England. Discuss the
benefits for team performance of using BIM and related technologies for information
management. Include examples from your reading to support your arguments.

Section 5: Successful organisational change

Organisational change involving the implementation of information communication
technologies such as BIM can fail if insufficient attention is given to the changes to
working practices and collaboration required by the people expected to use the new
technologies. Provide a short set of recommendations that identify some of the factors
that management will need to consider to enable the successful implementation of BIM,
and discuss their importance. You should provide detailed references that link practical
recommendations to theoretical ideas and models presented during this module and
your wider reading about the subject.

Section 6: Collaborative relationship & managing disputes

Relationships impact every aspect of business operations. Collaboration may occur as
individual one-to-one partnerships or it may involve multiple parties working together
such as external alliance partners, suppliers, internal divisions and customers. An
organization must therefore take a structured approach to partnering and be confident
that the relationship will complement and enhance existing business activities. You
should use your knowledge of collaborative relationship to discuss how Highways
England can resolve conflicts.

2. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

TASK A

FORMAT
The assignment is to be submitted in report format and as such should have a formal
structure and layout. It should be submitted as a single document.

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LENGTH
Should not exceed 6000 words and represent approximately up to 80 hours of research
application and writing.

REFERENCING
All submissions shall have a bibliography of references and sources used in the
preparation of the project. The Harvard style of referencing must be used.

SUBMISSION
This assignment MUST be submitted electronically through Turnitin

Further information and support for students using Turnitin can be found here:
http://www.salford.ac.uk/library/help/blackboard-and-collaborate

3. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Item Marks

Voice of the customer analysis 15%

Best practice review 15%

Recommendations 15%

Team collaboration 15%

Managing the organisational change process 15%

Collaborative relationship and managing disputes 15%

Presentation of report (including presentation, structure, clarity of 10%

expression, inclusion of executive summary and conclusions) and use of
Harvard referencing system and evidence of wider reading of the subject.

MARKING SCALE

At Postgraduate Level 7 the following marking scale shall be used:

Outstanding 90% 100%

Excellent 80% 89%
Very good 70% 79%
Good 60% 69%
Satisfactory 50% 59%
Unsatisfactory 40% 49%
Inadequate 30% 39%
Poor 20% 29%
Very poor 10% 19%
Extremely poor 0% 9%

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LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED

Knowledge and Understanding

Agree objectives, work plans and schedules with teams and individuals ensuring
that these are realistic and achievable within organisational constraints and take
account of the abilities and development needs of the team members
Assess objectively the performance of teams, in a manner most likely to maintain
and improve effective performance, clearly explaining the purpose of the
monitoring and assessment and taking into account the personal circumstances
of team members and the organisational constraints of their work
Effectively provide clear well-balanced feedback to teams and individuals in a
way likely to maintain effective performance
Enhance the trust and support of colleagues and superiors and provide guidance
on values at work
Develop and maintain relationships with people who are affected by the project
by developing, maintaining and encouraging good working relationships.

Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes

Develop Communication and Presentation Skills by

taking part in group discussions
writing reports for senior management
Numeracy
collect, analyse and record data
presentation of the findings of research
IT Skills
use web technology for research
use on-line discussion boards in a synchronous and asynchronous way
Learning skills
use E-learning through the medium of the Internet
personal development planning
Develop Interactive and Group Skills by
holding group meetings via the Internet
Develop Thinking Skills by
critical thinking through argument and peer debate
critical reflection on current practice

5. RETURN & FEEDBACK ARRANGEMENTS

Coursework marks and feedback will be available within 15 working days of your
submission and will be loaded into Blackboard.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

I. OBLIGATION TO KEEP COPIES OF ALL WORK

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Students MUST keep a spare copy of all work which they hand in as well as the receipt
which is issued to them at the time of submission.

II. PROVISIONAL NATURE OF MARKS & GRADES

All marks and grades issued to students are provisional until ratified by examination
boards.

III. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS

Submissions made after 16:00hrs on the fourth working day following submission will be
deemed inadmissible and recorded as a non-submission.

IV. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS

If the submission document file up-loaded to Blackboard is corrupt and cannot be viewed
- This is classed as a NON submission. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure
their submission material can be opened by others.

To ensure your submission can be opened please follow this simple step:

Go back to the submission area and the blue button that was labelled Submit will
now be a button labelled View select this button and what you see upon doing
so will be the file/format that your Lecturer can see. If you can open and view the
document then so can the lecturer.

V. PENALTIES FOR LATE SUBMISSION

Where coursework is submitted late, the following penalties shall be applied to the mark:

(a) if the work is no more than four working days late, then five marks shall be deducted
for each working day (08:30-16:00 Mon-Thursday or part thereof) , but if the work
would otherwise pass then the mark for the work shall be reduced to no lower than the
pass mark for the component

(b) if the work is no more than four working days late and marked and the mark is lower
than the pass mark, then no penalty shall be applied;

(c) if the work is more than four working days late then it cannot be submitted and
shall be recorded as a non-submission (NS).

VI. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT

The University takes a serious view of all acts of academic misconduct. Such acts are
considered dishonest and as attempts to gain unfair advantage. Acts of academic
misconduct can take many forms. They are likely to fall into one or more of the following
categories:

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 a) Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves taking the work of another person or source and using it as if
it were ones own.

b) Self plagiarism
Self plagiarism (or double submission) is resubmitting previously submitted work
on one or more occasions (without proper acknowledgement). This may take the
form of copying either the whole piece of work or part of it. Normally credit will
already have been given for this work.

c) Collusion
Collusion occurs when, unless with official approval (e.g. in the case of group
projects), two or more students consciously collaborate in the preparation and
production of work which is ultimately submitted by each in an identical, or
substantially similar, form and/or is represented by each to be the product of his
or her individual efforts. Collusion also occurs where there is unauthorised co-
operation between a student and another person in the preparation and
production of work which is presented
as the students own.

d) Falsifying experimental or other investigative results

This could involve a range of things that make it appear that information has
been collected by scientific investigation, the compilation of questionnaire
results etc whereas in reality it has been made up or altered to provide a more
favourable result.

e) Taking unauthorised material (including electronic devices) into an examination

f) Contracting another to write a piece of assessed work / Writing a piece of

assessed work for another
This involves any means whereby a person does work on behalf of another. It
includes assessments done for someone else in full or in part by a fellow student,
a friend or family member. It includes sitting an examination for someone else. It
also covers obtaining material from internet cheat sites or other sources of work.
Penalties for this type of unfair means will normally apply both to a student of the
University who does work on behalf of another and a student of the University
who has work done for him/her.

g) Copying from, or communicating with, another examination candidate during an

examination

h) Bribery
This involves giving money, gifts or any other advantage to an academic member
of staff which is intended to give an unfair advantage in an assessment exercise.

VII. Particular care should be taken in respect of the following:

a) Getting help from others / helping others

Students are encouraged to discuss and share ideas and information, however those
who knowingly assist others to commit academic misconduct whether or not for payment
(e.g. by giving another student the opportunity to copy part or all of a piece of work, by
providing copies of assessments or by providing bespoke assignments to another

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student) will be subject to the same penalties as those who use unfair means. Students
must ensure that they protect their own work, submit it themselves and do not allow
other students to use their memory stick and/or print off work on their behalf.

b) Use of Readers/Note Takers

Students with special learning requirements who require the services of readers or note
takers are advised to use appropriately trained individuals. Further advice can be
obtained from the Disability Service Team within Student Life Directorate.
http://www.advice.salford.ac.uk/disability

c) Referencing

Students using work which has been produced by other people within an assignment will
need to ensure that they acknowledge or reference the source of the work. Students
should check with their Schools for particular requirements. Marks may be deducted for
poor referencing. If poor referencing is extensive throughout a piece of work it could
appear that the student is trying to claim credit for the work and he/she may be deemed
to have committed plagiarism. Guidance on good referencing practice is available from
Schools or may be provided through research training programmes, the Study Skills
Programme located in Student Life and on-line guidance provided by Information &
Learning Services. Some useful resources are: http://www.advice.salford.ac.uk/

Penalties

If satisfied that unfair means has occurred, a penalty will be imposed on the student.
Penalties vary depending on whether the matter is referred to the School Academic
Misconduct Panel or the University Disciplinary Committee and on the particular
circumstances. A range of penalties may be imposed including:

- A penalty of 0% for the assessment component attempted using unfair means;

- A penalty of 0% for the module affected by unfair means;
- A penalty of 0% for the module affected by unfair means and the marks of all
other modules at that academic level being capped at the pass mark (40% for
undergraduates, 50% for post graduates).

In the most severe cases, where there are aggravating factors (e.g. that this is a
repeated case of the use of unfair means by a student at an advanced stage in their
studies), a student found guilty of using unfair means may be permanently expelled from
the University.

Further details of the Academic Misconduct procedure are available from:

http://www.governance.salford.ac.uk/page/student_policies