Executive Summary
This section will provide a brief overview to the reader of what this paper is about. It will be succinct yet cover all the key points that will be discussed in detail throughout the assignment. This will provide the reader with an idea as to how the paper will flow.
Background
The fixed infrastructure that will be analysed as a complex and open system will be an American 19th-century suspension bridge. It will be observed like a case study following the framework of a specific analysis tool. The structure that is chosen is the Brooklyn Bridge which was completed in 1883 and that took 14 years to be completed. PESTLE Analysis is a useful tool for identifying the relevant external factors which influenced …show more content…
At the same time, the framework of PESTLE analysis will be a feature. The 6 factors were classified as follows: detail on the important political factors of the region (Manhattan and Brooklyn) during the time of the bridge's construction and any form of corruption of that time). Also a look into the society's aspects coupled with the economic factors (the immigration surge, the East River linkage by the bridge of two cities). The technical aspects such as the design, technology deployed and engineering behind the choice of suspension and material chosen during the 14 challenging years of construction. The legislation and other legal matters of that time regarding the labour that was employed coupled with the health and safety of the project. Lastly, the environmental factors that had to be incorporated will be discussed below. This paper will therefore follow the process of finding the issues of that time period, and analysing their level of importance. It will also elaborate on the implications that these issues had on the external environment and the structure which was to be built (PESTLE Analysis, 2013).
Findings and Recommendations
In the process of using the PESTLE analysis framework, the case study was at the same time evaluating the relevance of this analysis tool. There were some pitfalls throughout the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, although the good outweighed the negative aspects of cheap labour, worker casualties, corruption which were prevalent throughout its construction. The structure remains an engineering marvel which is still used 146 years later (D. McCullough,