STANDARD OPERATING PRACTICES & LIMITATIONS TO ACHIEVE

OBJECTIVES
VOLUME-II

NATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PAKISTAN PVT.LTD

 PREAMBLE TO VOL-II

In addition to Volume-I which profoundly covers the inception stage of the Project
involving the tasks majorly composed of feasibility studies, Project Preparation and
Approval, Volume-II covers some of the tasks from the initiation process group and
emphasizes on the tasks related to the Project Life cycle.
In realistic practice the project life cycle is presumed to start from the project awarding
stage. However, there are certain pre-requisite tasks and objectives that are required to
be achieved at the department’s and Consultant’s end which conforms to the tasks and
objectives of the initiation and Planning Process groups of the standard Project
Management Body of Knowledge Standard.
It is a well-established fact that the standard Project Life Cycle consists of the following
steps i.e. initiation, planning, executing, controlling & closing. However, research has
shown that Professional Services life cycle is somewhat different and complex than that
of standard Project Life cycle, which in this case involves the professional services of
the Consultant. The phases of this cycle involves the stages as, Business Sell Phase,
Plan Phase, Deliver Phase, Account and Bill Phase, Analyze Phase.
In conformity to the above standards the tasks pertaining to the initiation process groups
involves the formation of Technical Sanctioning of the Project, Setting up Contracts
Administration i.e. (Contract Preparation, Tender Preparation, Bid Preparation, and
Evaluation & Award), Preparation of Tender Design, Preparation of Bill of Quantities,
Preparation of Tender Level Construction Plans, Preparing Man-Months Based
Consultancy Plans, Construction Design, Billings and Payments, Change Management
i.e. (Variations etc.), Project Monitoring and Controlling, Claims, Project Closing, DLP
phase tasks etc.
In order to address the exponentially changing criticality of decisions, author was
assigned the task under the promising leadership of Managing Director NESPAK, to
document the key outlines of tasks and limitations that being the Consultant all the
concerned individuals should take into consideration. The narrative of this document is
expected to help the individuals in understanding the chronological sequence of
activities especially the limitations from the inception stage of the project till closing.
The following documents have been majorly referenced while preparation of this
document.
a) Manual for Development Projects, Planning Commission
b) Punjab Planning Manual, Planning and Development Department GoP, May,2015
c) FIDIC Conditions of Contract (1992, 1999)
d) Standard forms of Contracts and Bidding Documents, Pakistan Engineering
Council
e) PPRA Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority Rules, 2014
f) PMBOK Project Management Body of Knowledge Fifth Edition
g) Project Control System For Construction Projects by GoP, Version-02 Directorate
General Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning and Development
h) Design Codes Commentaries, ACI, AISC, AASHTO LRFD.
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