Client Specific

10.  Inadequacy of the Business Case

•  Number of services were not anticipated

•  Output specifications were not defined clearly

•  Oversight in facilities required

•  All stakeholders were not involved and so their needs were not defined and included in
business case

11.  Large Number of Stakeholders

•  Different public sector parties having differing interests in the project

•  Process of obtaining approval took longer than expected due to number of parties involved

12.  Funding availability

•  Difficulties in obtaining financial backing for project

•  Additional funding was made unexpectedly available later on in the project thus changing
project scope

13.  Project Management Team

•  The project management team was inexperienced in delivering a project of this nature.

•  Inadequate review of drawings by the project manager before construction

14.  Poor Project Intelligence

•  Insufficient ground investigation

•  The detailed design was based on insufficient site information

•  Insufficient surveying of existing conditions e.g. for refurbishment of buildings