MSc Engineering Management with Advanced Practice

CASE STUDY ON SOLAR BUS STATION

Abstract:

The aim of the project is to develop the bus stations which are powered by the solar energy, due to the weather condition and other geographical area of the Abu Dhabi, the sun light is enough to run things on it. This can be adopted full year as a source of energy. The aim of the project is to empower the bus stations with the solar energy which help them to move ahead in the project. PESTLE shows the number of opportunities in Oman which is needed for the success of the business. It helps in the management of the opportunities which helps the solar energy buses to enhance their success. The use of renewable energy helps in the management of the energy and enhance the success factor.

Introduction:

Solar energy is considered as one of the most important point of the energy generation now a days which is user friendly as well as eco friendly. The aim of the project is to develop the bus stations which are powered by the solar energy, due to the weather condition and other geographical area of the Abu Dhabi, the sun light is enough to run things on it. This can be adopted full year as a source of energy. The aim of the project is to empower the bus stations with the solar energy which help them to move ahead in the project. There are number of the phases has been involved in the process which helps in the use of bus station to be more efficient. The project leads towards the renewable energy resources and motivate others to use of solar energy. The project emphasis over the use of renewable energy over the bus stations and use of conservative, processing techniques which helps the residents to provide energy (Fernandez, 2008).

This project will provide solar energy, especially in the bus stations within the Abu Dhabi areas. The project facilities are designated to match with the planned outcome without any delay. For that reason, the plan will conduct a comparative market research analysis to evaluate the timeline, resources, and cost required for the successful execution of the system. However, the project considers other competitors, particularly the oil and petroleum distributors, and appraise the best way to win their competition in a nutshell. Therefore, the project will prove why the solar system, mainly when installed in the bus stations, provides an alternative to fossil fuel energy at the expense of distributing a cleaner, safe, and secure energy resource to the humanity and the overall environment. Thus, the project will depict the significance of shifting to solar energy, especially at the bus station in Abu Dhabi, traveling, and booking joints (Fernandez, 2008).

Project Planning:

Scope

The scope of the work is the installation of the solar energy in the Abu Dhabi police station, management of the solar elements, the project should enhance the Dubai vision of 2030 as well as at the same time use of the environment friendly products as well as per the standards and state laws (Robert M. Gray, 2008).

The evaluation of the project is based on:

1. The project will utilize quality solar panels.
2. The project guarantees both user friendly and eco friendly systems.
3. The project will be completed according to the scheduled timeline.
4. The project will strictly adhere to budget costs.
5. Delay in the project implementation will be approved only if 80% of the work is fulfilled.
6. All the project requirements are fulfilled accordingly.
7. All the users requirements will be accounted for and completed in a stipulated timeframe. At the same time, the top management will conduct test verifications to ascertain the systems reliability, safety, and credibility.
8. Satisfy both the shareholders and the client’s requirements

Quality

The management of the quality and standard focuses the major part in the project, the quality of the deliverables will help to evaluate the project as whole. The project should accomplish with the Abu Dhabi vision of 2030 i.e. Green City (BREAM, LEED, ESTIDAMA), use of hazardous material with the proper signage, follow The Environment Department Abu Dhabi state rules, use of minimum energy consumption with the help of Solar energy, use of urban planning zone with the rules of Abu Dhabi Municipality to ensure that the project will be completed within the time and quality (Karlos A.Artto, 2005).

PESTLE Analysis:

Political:

Political factors imparts a very important role in the development and success of an organization. These factors also change the productivity as well as profitability of an organization. The economy of Oman is stable and all political parties imparts an active involvement and attraction in all the actions and reactions of multiple activities. The decisions and laws passed by government and all political parties also involved in this for these laws so that all organization worked according to these laws. All these laws are helpful in the development and growth of organization and also beneficial for the international business.

2.2. Economical:

Economy is very important in the development of an organization and business. Oman is one of the stable and emerging state regarding the economy and this organization has a high potential for the development, success, and growth of organization. This strong economy infrastructure of Oman facilitate all the organizations and industries to conduct the business efficiently and gain, more profit. The workforce of Oman is known as second largest workforce that attract multiple foreign investors to invest their money in this state.

2.3. Social:

Social factors imparts an important role in the development of an organization. Oman is very attractive and according to the report of National Family Survey 2015 2016 Oman become one of the stable nation in world regarding its politics.  The dependency of Oman on youth is very high that is about 43.9% of business owners are youth.

2.4. Technological:

It is the era of technology and technology imparts a very important role in the development and the growth of an organization. Most of the organizations transformed their business into digital form from their traditional form. There are multiple good resources of IT and It sector of Oman also improved at a great level. There are multiple technologies institutes for the progress of IT sector in various ways such as progress of telecom, and various services in technological infrastructure of Oman. Thus in this way Oman is advanced in the IT sector due to which the business of various organizations within the Oman also increased at a great level.

2.5. Legal:

Laws of the state imparts a very important role in the development, success, and growth of the organization. Oman has imparted some important laws, rules, and regulations regarding the conduction of business for local business owners and for the foreign business owners. The laws and regulations of Oman is very supportive for the foreign investors that’s why multiple foreign investors invest their money and conduct the business. Government of Oman has also developed the systematic taxation system so that they protect from any kind of corruption and other multiple illegal activities such as sales tax, income tax, and services tax. The laws of Oman regarding business are very specific and these laws [protect the child labor (Euromonitor International, 2016).

2.6. Environmental:

Environmental factors also imparts a very important role in the development and success of an organization. There are multiple strategies and policies developed for the protection of environment from pollution. There is a specific climate action plan is executed in the state that is the major strength of the environment of Oman. The environment of Oman for the conduction of business is very attractive and positive so that the business developed and succeeded in this environment. There are some initiatives taken by the government of Oman for recycling as well as minimization of waste so that the natural resources managed.

Network:

The network diagram has been made to enhance how the project has been executed and close, what are the major steps and how the steps has been interconnected. It also focuses over the data structures and flow of the information with the pre requisites to enhance them. The network diagram helps to illustrate the number of the activities, along with their pre requisites and also emphasis over the work break down structure. It is the graphical representation of the portrayal towards the major activities of the project, sequence of activities helps to perform the number of the tasks which are interconnected. It helps to provide the facilities to the determination, impact over the project related to the early start and finish, some of the activities also fall under the tab of critical path analysis. It helps to plan, analyze and evaluate the alternatives accordingly. It represents the work break down structure along with the logical relationship in the settings, expressions of the chronology, number of the tasks and events accordingly. There are number of the activities which helps to manipulate the work structure and intended towards the structure. The structure helps to provide the number of the activities which tends to increase the success factor of the project.

Project Schedule:

Mile Stone Wise Schedule:

Cost Calculation

The total project budget is 800,000 Dirhams. As a team, we calculated this cost by applying the consultants data within the department in the Construction Company. Additionally, we researched other facilities costs based on previous successful projects in other countries. The installation activities mainly focused more on labor costs and materials costs. Therefore, the total cost is obtained through the summation of all the activities, which gives the estimated project cost (Crawford, 2005).

Labor Cost Calculation

The table below shows the entire cost estimation of labor

The above table shows how the project cost is estimated. The activities are placed on the left side of the table. Then the duration, experience, labor cost per day, the total cost is identified, and the estimated cost is calculated.

The entire project budget given to complete the project is 820,000 DHS, while the estimated budget cost to complete the project is approximately 750,000 DHS. The remaining 70,000 DHS is aside to cater to any risk or damage incurred during the project installation in the bus stations.

Notably, each activitys cost was calculated based on the information collected from the construction company, which deals with solar panels and other materials. Using this data, our team will able to estimate the average cost of each activity. The project was grouped into four categories: labor, materials, equipment, and indirect cost incurred, such as stationery, concrete, transportation, digging pole holes, et cetera. The table also depicts that some activities have no indirect cost. For that reason, these activities will not incur any cost during the completion of the project (D. Cleland, 1983). The execution of the project is the most important phase of the project to consider, the predict success rate depends upon how the execution of the project is carried out, how the execution plan has been made to enhance the project. The project manager is responsible for carrying out the all the activities and enhance them with the execution of project, the communication plan has been made accordingly to enhance within the team communication as well as with the in the stakeholders to manage the project and execution process to be carried out (Robert M. Gray, 2008).

Risk Matrix:

The major identified risks are:

1. Solar system compatibility challenges at the bus station.
2. Different solar systems may fail, which in turn may cause some extra expenses.
3. Weather Change as a part of the world environment fact.
4. Inability to complete the project as per the stipulated budget.
5. The installation process was taking more time than expected

The technical risks are:

1. Incompatibility among the solar panels
2. Defective solar panels to produce required power.
3. Wrong direction of solar Plates Wrong Hotspot identification)

Execution of Project:

The execution of the project is one of the most important task to consider, it has number of the duties to be performed by the different members as well as with the contractors to ensure that the project has been moved towards the achievable goals.

The execution of the project is the most important phase of the project to consider, the predict success rate depends upon how the execution of the project is carried out, how the execution plan has been made to enhance the project. The project manager is responsible for carrying out the all the activities and enhance them with the execution of project, the communication plan has been made accordingly to enhance within the team communication as well as with the in the stakeholders to manage the project and execution process to be carried out (Robert M. Gray, 2008).

Conclusion:

The development of the project plays an important role in the eco friendly environment as well as helpful in energy efface of the project. The project helps to keep the project cost low and enhances the eco friendly environment impact over the public, the bus station to be converted onto the solar energy will helps to manage the impression and motivate the other public as well to adopt the eco friendly measures of the energy generation. The successful execution will help to implement the solar energy on all over the bus station located in Abu Dhabi and other gulf countries, helps to ensure the minimize the cost. The expected life cycle of the project is 7 15 years so it is the long term solution towards the energy consumption problem. It helps to make the country eco friendly.

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