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 supports 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.

Cost Estimates

Newfane Town Council initiated the project with funds secured from the new tax revenue generated because of the housing development and developer levies collected to support infrastructure projects. However, initial funding of $40M budgeted for the project were found to be insufficient to achieve the requirements and further funding was required. Town Recreation and Infrastructure Project Committees constructed a business plan that secured an additional $25M from Provincial grant for a total project budget of $65M.

Below is an estimated cost per square-foot (SF) to construct the Centre. Use it to determine what the cost is for each resource along with the % of total budget dedicated to each resource.

Item	Cost/SF per item	Total cost per Item	% of Total Budget per Item
Contractor Fees	$40
Architectural Fees	$12
Community Consultation Costs	$1
Cost of Materials	$300
Permit/Fees	$2
Cost of equipment Rentals	$50

Risks and Mitigation Strategies

Risks are inherent on every project. Building a large-scale Recreational Community Centre comes with own set of risks. When completing your report, you will need to think about different types of risks and how you will mitigate them.

Constraints

Below are some constraints for building the new Recreational Community Centre:

• Project is slated to start on September of current year and expected to last 12 months
• Work must be completed prior to the Grand Opening in September of the following year
• Key decision makers may be difficult to contact during project (e.g. vacations, sick days)

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING BY THE INFORMATION

Gantt Chart

• Make 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

• Use the information provided in the "cost table" above to make a budget for this project
• 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 material 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?

Conclusion

• What were your Key Findings?
• Will the project finish on time and within budget? Why or why not?