The Chunnel is actually the English nickname for The Channel Tunnel.It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent‚ England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world. It took 15‚000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1994. The completed Chunnel cost about $21 billion. There are three complete tunnels in the Chunnel. The two outside ones are the passenger trains
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Running head: Case Study 3: The Chunnel Project Case Study 3: The Chunnel Project University of Maryland University College Project Procurement Management‚ Semester Fall 09‚ Section 9041 Professor Michael C. Hagerman November 08‚ 2009 The Inception Stage Rating Scale: 5—Excellent‚ 4—Very Good‚ 3—Good‚ 2—Poor‚ 1—Very Poor Project Management Area | Development Phase | Scope Management | 2 | Time Management | 4 | Cost Management | 2 | Quality Management | 3 | Human Resource Management | 5
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Project Management Institute Case Studies in Project Management The Chunnel Project By: Frank T. Anbari‚ PhD‚ PMP‚ Paul Giammalvo‚ MSPM‚ CCE‚ PMP‚ Paul Jaffe‚ MSPM‚ PMP‚ Craig Letavec‚ MSPM‚ PMP‚ Rizwan Merchant‚ MSPM Edited by: Frank T. Anbari‚ PhD‚ PMP The George Washington University This case study
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high-priority risks. The Chunnel project could have benefitted from Qualitative Risk analysis to manage the many risks of this large project. Scope Creep The overall scope of the Chunnel project was increased significantly “due to change requests throughout the life of the project” (Anbari‚ et al.‚2005‚ p. 14). There was not an effective change management process in place. Having a change management process would guarantee that any approved changes had corresponding funding. While the Chunnel project was considered
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3004ENG PROJECT MANAThGEMENT PRINCIPLES THE CHUNNEL PROJECT Project Background * Objective is to create an underground tunnel connecting England and France * Create a fixed transportation link between England and France in an attempt to spur economic development‚ improve European trade‚ and provide an alternative high-speed transportation method. * Requires cooperation between two countries‚ numerous banks‚ contractors‚ etc to initiate‚ plan‚ executive and complete the project
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engineering and political feats of the twentieth century‚ The Chunnel project had thousands of identifiable project stake holders that can be separated into two clearly definable categories’‚ Primary and secondary. Primary stake holders Primary stake holders are those that directly influence or are influenced by the project )N.J. Smith‚ 2002). Generally primary stake holders are sponsors‚ equity holders and contractors‚ however in the case of the Chunnel a governing body can also be identified as a primary
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Contents 1. Executive summary 2 2. Project Appraisal 3 Project initiation 3 Stakeholder and communication management 4 Change/Control Management 5 Risk management 6 Contract 7 Others 7 Works Cited 9 1. Executive summary The Chunnel Tunnel project was initiated to connect via a tunnel France and England. It was among the biggest privately funded infrastructure projects ever. Fifty kilometres long‚ the tunnel extended under the English Channel from France to England. It required
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1-Inception-Historical background‚ overall objectives‚ political climate‚ and pre-feasibility studies. 2-Development-Overall planning‚ feasibility studies‚ financing‚ and conceptual design. 3-Implementation-Detail design‚ construction‚ installation‚ testing‚ and commissioning. 4-Closeout-Reflection on overall performance‚ settlement of claims‚ financial status‚ and post-project evaluation. 1974- Initial tunnel ideas gather but abandoned. 1978-British & French discussions resumed. 1983-Frensh
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Analysis of The Chunnel & Guri Dam Projects Name Daniel Lawrie Brock Goobanko Ben Taylor Balazs Varga Anh Khoa Tran Student Number s2680056 s2679572 s2763012 s2100395 s2828862 Contribution 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% Date of Submission: Monday 14th of October‚ 2012 1 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 PROJECT A: THE CHANNEL TUNNEL (CHUNNEL) .......
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Some characteristics of English morphological blends Stefan Th. Gries University of Southern Denmark at Sønderborg 1. Introduction One out of many word-formation processes in English is known as blending. It can be roughly defined as the intentional coinage of a new word by fusing parts of at least two source words of which either one is shortened in the fusion and/or where there is some form of phonemic or graphemic overlap of the source words; 1 some well-known examples are given
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