The Channel Tunnel
Project discussion
Order Description
Answer the four questions related to the channel tunnel project using the information provided by the three links added at the end of this paragraph:
The Channel Tunnel was a very significant project, which had a long gestation period, and resulted in one of the largest claims for variations at the end by the
contractors. There are some valuable lessons to be learned from this project to avoid it being repeated.
Discussion Questions:
1. The technical risk and how was it managed
2. The impact of the project organization or structure on the project
3. Was the project successful or not? Why or why not?
4. Four key lessons to be learned from this project
Suggested sources of information
Fairweather, Virginia, 1998 “The Channel Tunnel: Larger than life, and late”, in Cleland, DI Bursic, KM Puerzer, R & Vlasak, AY, (Ed’s) Project Management Casebook,
PMI Sylva, NC, pp289-296 (see library reserve)
Anbari, Frank T Giammalvo, Paul Jaffe, Paul Letavec, Craig Merchant, Rizwan (nd) “The Chunnel Project “, PMI case Studies in Project Management, (downloaded 16/3/2016)
from https://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Academic/case%20studies/Chunnel%20Project.ashx
Pompee, Pierre-Jean, (nd) “Channel Tunnel Overview”,
https://batisseurs-tunnel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1-Le-Projet-Tunnel-sous-La-Manche_C1.pdf (viewed 16/3/2016)
Outline 3 provisional diagnoses.
Discuss your final diagnosis and the pathophysiology behind the diagnosis.
Discuss the implications for paramedic practice.

