The Government of Canada $($GC$)$ in consultation with the Govt of Ontario has decided to build a new railway track of $370$ km from Windsor to Toronto to help ease travel between the two major cities and boost up the trade between Canada & USA.

The projects feasibility has been started in early $2020$; it was reviewed both technically and for financial viability, and business case was approved in $2022.$ This project includes setting up the rail tracks along with all the necessary technical requirements to have smooth functioning of trains, building up eight stations$/$platforms for passengers at all major cities such as Milton, Cambridge, Woodstock, London, West Lorne, Chatham$-$Kent, Lakeshore$/$LaSalle$,$ and Windsor with all associated requirements fix up $($such as construction of stations & platforms$)$ before the entire rail project would be functional in Dec $2026.$

The total budget of the project is CAD$$610$ million and the timeline of completion is $36$ months from December $2023,$ i$.$e$.$ Dec. $2026,$ however it is assumed that the entire project would take $6$ more months to get completed.

Your group is assigned as the project manager of the sub$-$project of this mega$-$project, that is$,$ setting up the rail tracks. For this portion of the project, the allocated budget is CAD$$307$ million and anticipated date of completion is $30$th June $2026.$

As a Rule of Thumb, the cost for new rail track construction is approx. CAD$$1$ million per $1\mathrm{.}5$ Km$,$ depending on who is constructing the track.

Requirement:

You group will be focusing on the following items mandatory for this sub$-$project:

$1)$ Purchase of rail track material

$2)$ Purchase of signals$/$electronic equipment

$3)$ Purchasing services of a Construction company for groundwork

$4)$ Hiring the human resources for work $($approx$.9,000$ skilled & labor staff$)$

$5)$ Purchasing professional services of an expert company for setting up the rail tracks

$6)$ Purchasing professional services of an expert company for quality check

$7)$ Purchasing professional services of an expert company for govt relations & coordination

$8)$ Purchasing professional services of a training company to train the staff.

Presentation:

Your group is required to prepare a presentation for senior management stating the cost of this sub$-$project $($Refer Case Study Assignment #$2$ for Costing approach$)$ with an accuracy of $\backslash$pm $5\%$ using the Cost Management Processes mentioned by PMI. Your presentation shall cover following items:

A$.$ Introduction $[1$ slide$]$

B$.$ Background of this subproject $[2$ slides$]$

C$.$ Costing methods$/$techniques used $[3$ slides$]$

D$.$ Procurement Process $/$ Vendors $[1$ slide$]$

E$.$ Cost of above $8$ categories with $4\%$ Contingency & Management reserves each $[5-7$ slides$]$

F$.$ Risks associated with the cost such as material import duty yearly increase, USD$-$CAD$ fluctuation; inflation, & labor minimum wage increase in the year $2025$ in Ontario. $[2$ slides$]$

G$.$ Final Cost figures $[2$ slides$]$

H$.$ Cost Controlling Methodology $[1$ slide$]$

I. Conclusion $[1$ slide$]$

J$.$ References $[$should be in APA$7$ format$]$

Your presentation shall be based on a maximum of $20$ slides excluding Cover Page$/$Slide stating your topic, group member names$/$ID$,$ date etc. and References sheet at the end of the PPT$.$