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    Montreal Olympic Stadium Case Study - Group 6

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    The initial estimated cost was $120 million but the final cost exceeded $1.5 billion due to various construction issues. Key issues included design problems, union strikes and slowdowns totaling 100 days, a fixed deadline that rushed construction, and unanticipated weather costs. Better preparation and coordination between engineers and builders could have mitigated some cost overruns.

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    The initial estimated cost was $120 million but the final cost exceeded $1.5 billion due to various construction issues. Key issues included design problems, union strikes and slowdowns totaling 100 days, a fixed deadline that rushed construction, and unanticipated weather costs. Better preparation and coordination between engineers and builders could have mitigated some cost overruns.

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    The initial estimated cost was $120 million but the final cost exceeded $1.5 billion due to various construction issues. Key issues included design problems, union strikes and slowdowns totaling 100 days, a fixed deadline that rushed construction, and unanticipated weather costs. Better preparation and coordination between engineers and builders could have mitigated some cost overruns.

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    Montreal Olympic Stadium Case Study - Group 6

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    The initial estimated cost was $120 million but the final cost exceeded $1.5 billion due to various construction issues. Key issues included design problems, union strikes and slowdowns totaling 100 days, a fixed deadline that rushed construction, and unanticipated weather costs. Better preparation and coordination between engineers and builders could have mitigated some cost overruns.

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    Prepared by: Group 6

    A Study in Estimation and Planning: Hemanth H – CE16B030

    Montreal Olympics Complex Devendran R – CE18M034


    Ankit Gupta – CE18M062
    Sachin Toppo – CE18M111
    Estimated cost: $120
    1970 million Complex design –
    constructability issues, ideas
    abandoned

    Cost and time overruns


    Fixed Deadline –
    rush to the finish

    IN A
    NUTSHELL: Final cost > $1.5 billion 1976
    Complex
    ribs of
    various
    sizes

    Post- Design Scaffolding


    tensioning
    Issues

    Viaduct
    No
    agreements
    to restrict
    activity

    Labour Strikes and


    Sabotage Issues slowdowns
    – 100 days
    (union)

    Scarce
    labour
    Crowded
    Working Unrealistic
    Space – low critical path
    productivity

    Olympic Preparation
    Installation started two
    Planning years after
    Board took
    OUTCOMES over the from Issues and Moscow ISSUES
    City of Outcomes winning bid
    Montreal

    Architect
    Citizens of delivered
    Quebec – years
    plans only in
    of higher
    property taxes the summer
    of 1974
    Inflation – not a major Poor coordination between
    factor (as project not engineer (France) and
    extended) builder (Canada)

    Other factors

    Weather – brutal winters in Stubborn mayor – rejected


    Montreal entailed heating potential savings of $ 146
    costs ($400,000/day) million (steel stadium)
    Design Flaw:
    Ribs of same
    size – savings
    of $ 30 million

    What
    could have
    been
    done?
    Prior
    Anticipation
    preparation
    of strikes for winter
    THANK
    YOU!

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