Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Engineering management of the Bougainville project
- In
- Civil Engineering Transactions
- Imprint
- vol. CE13, no. 1, Apr 1971, pp. 45-52
- Description
Paper No.2964, presented at The Institution's Annual Engineering Conference held in Adelaide from 22nd to 26th March, 1971.
The author, R. B. Hope, MIEAust, is Engineering Manager, Bougainville Copper Pty. Limited, Melbourne.
[This paper was awarded the Management Prize 1971]
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how the Engineering Management function is being carried out on the Bougainville Copper Project.
A general description of the project is provided and it is shown in a general concept how any large mining project develops from early exploration activities, through what is termed the development phase, to start-up of operations. The sequence of events leading up to the present stage of the Bougainville Project are then presented for comparison to provide an understanding of how the actual situation has affected the engineering management function.
The nature of the project and the particular conditions under which the project is being developed are described to show the situation requiring management control. The main methods of achieving that control are delineated.
Many of the normal problems associated with the development of large projects are magnified on this project. How some of these problems were handled is shown, so that benefits of experience may be shared.
The conclusion provides some suggestions as to what may be considered key factors in the successful development of similar large projects.
Related Published resources
isRelated
- Hope, R. B. (Price, C. J.; Colebatch, G. T.; Brookman, G. G.), 'Engineering management of the Bougainville project (Discussions and communications)', Civil Engineering Transactions, CE13 (2) (1971), 128-129. Details
- 'Management Prize - 1971 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 44 (10-11) (1972), 23. Details