Take the dam construction as a single project to see how it was organised and planned.

... Content 1. Introduction 2. Project design and planning 3. Recommendation p. 3 p. 5 p. 16 Bibliography Appendix p. 19 p. 20 1. Introduction I came to have deep understanding and thorough contact with a real project in 1999. As an administrator, I assisted the project manager in managing an overseas water supply construction project, Zimbabwe Rural Area Water Supply Schemes. The project mainly consists of dam construction, reservoir construction, water plant construction and pipeline. For simplicity, I'll take the dam construction as a single project to see how it was organised and planned. The dam was designed by local Water Development Ministry, funded and supervised by the Africa Development Bank. Proposed completion duration was two years from July 1999 to July 2001 with one more year for maintenance. The dam construction process can be roughly described as following procedure: survey› construction site layout › clearance (referring to removing surface obstacles such as trees and bushes) › stripping (referring to removing

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