1. A CASE STUDY PRESENTATION
PRESENTED BY :SUPER GROUP, UWA
TUTORIAL : FRIDAY, 1 PM
UNIT: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
FRANCE,
MILLAU VIADUCT
PROJECT MANAGER: CHRISTIAN LEYRITT
CHIEF ARCHITECT: NORMAN FOSTER & MICHEL VIRLOGEUX
PROJECT DURATION : 17 YEARS
(1987-2004)
THE TALLEST
BRIDGE IN THE
WORLD
PROJECT MEMBERS:
SHOBHIT SHEKHAR 21777517
HARSH PATEL 21804443
DEVYN JACKAMARRA 20761794
KHADIJA BEGUM 21822517
XIOFAN WU 21795582
ERIC TANG 21929169
ZIYING ZHANG 20933753

2. AN OVERVIEW!
WHY DO WE NEED THE
MILLAU VIADUCT ?
INTRODUCTION TO FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
PRESENTER: SHOBHIT SHEKHAR, GROUP
COORDINATOR

3.  DUE TO THE MISSING LINK IN BETWEEN PARIS & SPAIN
NEED TO CONSTRUCT THE TALLEST
BRIDGE
Route Image by Architects Satellite image of route before bridge
construction

4. LET’S SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO CONSTRUCT
THE TALLEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ycF4uqXNs

5. Challenges &
Recommendation
CONCEPTUALIZATION
FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
PREPARED BY HARSH PATEL

6.  CHOICE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND THE LOW SOLUTION
 DIS-SUPPORTIVE NATURE OF THE STATE LEVEL AUTHORITY
 LACK OF PUBLIC FUNDING
PROBLEMS FACED DURING
CONCEPTUALIZATION

7.  NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERS
 CO-OPERATION OF STATE AUTHORITY WAS REQUIRED
 COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTIN TERMS OF FINANCIAL ASPECT.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO
CONCEPTUALIZATION

8. Challenges &
Recommendation
PLANNING
FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
PREPARED BY DEVYN JACKAMARRA

9.  Processes to find the solution:
 Use focus groups
 Risks involved in partnership:
 comprehensive risk identification
 Identification tools
 assign accountability
CHALLENGES & RECOMMENDATIONS

10. Challenges &
Recommendation
EXECUTION
FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
Prepared by Khadija Begum

11.  Was it a good idea to push the deck onto the pillars ?
 What if the launching system failed ?
 What could be the back-ups if anything beyond calculation
happened ?
THE GREATEST RISK FACTOR EVER

12.  Risk management for prototype test
 Local supplier over International one
POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES
(Source: Hartley 2008,2014)
Time
Cost
Risk

13. Challenges &
Recommendation
FINALIZATION
FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
PRESENTER: XIAOFAN WU

14. • Landscape Restoration
• Unexpectedly High Traffic Flows
• Safety Issue
FINALISATION
Challenges and Recommendations
• Reforestation
• Extend Toll Barriers of Lanes, Update
Maintenance Plan
• Redisgn Siderail

15. Challenges &
Recommendation
GANTT CHART & SCHEDULE
FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
PRESENTED BY ERIC TANG

16.  What is a Gantt chart?
 Why is a Gantt chart used?
GANTT CHART

17.  Four main parts:
 Feasibility studies and research
 Project design and conception
 Procurement
 Project delivery and construction
MILLAU VIADUCT SCHEDULE

18. MILLAU VIADUCT SCHEDULE

19.  The material the deck of the bridge was to made of was not
specified (steel or concrete) and left to Eiffage to decide.
RECOMMENDATIONS

20. Challenges &
Recommendation
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
ANALYSIS
FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
PRESENTED BY ZIYING ZHANG

21.  Human Resource Management
 Engineers
 Architects
 Lawyers
 Local authorities
 Government
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ANALYSIS

22.  Risk Management
 The financial risk
 Self financing
 The construction risk
 safety
 economic
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
ANALYSIS( CONT. )
Percent
Graph showing the risk factor in stages

23.  Cost Management
 completed within budget
 ‘BOT’ concessionaire procurement
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ANALYSIS
(CONT.)

24. A FINAL
OVERVIEW
CONCLUSION AND PROJECT
LESSONS
FRANCE, MILLAU VIADUCT
PRESENTED BY SHOBHIT SHEKHAR

25. The method of conceiving the impossible ideas and
developing an immaculate design and making a
competitive subject to check for the most promising
designs and challenging the existing ones.
The use of expertise of the management team
to overcome the uncontrollable challenges like
winds and landslides with proper scheduling of
time to execute as per their forecasting.
The delivery of project by analyzing the adversities in
case it happens with maximum testing on “slender”
and heavy loading. The success of it itself testify it’s
creditability to be the tallest bridge in the world.
LESSONS
LEARNT
CONCEPT &
PLANNING
PHASE
EXECUTION
PHASE
FINALIZATION
PHASE

26. UWA
UNIT: PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
(GENG5505)
SUPER GROUP
UNIT COORDINATOR:
DR. COSIMO
FAIELLO
TUTOR:
VERONICA BONNAR
THANK YOU !
QUESTIONS PLEASE ??
A CASE STUDY PRESENTATION MADE BY:
SUPER GROUP