Jade Stadium Redevelopment (project management)

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Jade Stadium Redevelopment (project management)

Introduction

The redevelopment of Jade Stadium, formally Lancaster Park, has been a

project in development for a number of years. It is interesting to

view the processes and changes in approaches to reach compromises,

that have occurred in the lead up to this project especially with the

stage the redevelopment is at now, (near completion). The emphasis

placed upon planning and funding has had a huge impact to not only the

time frame for completion of project but at a more basic stage of

whether the redevelopment would even go ahead. The information used

for this review dates back only as far as January 99, but even by that

stage several years work had gone into pushing and lobbying for an

improved, upgraded multi purpose stadium in Christchurch. Articles

giving detail to the development process, the stages of development

and the politics involved in the redevelopment of Jade Stadium are

taken from January 20 1999, until the October 13 2000. The majority of

articles are news items taken from Christchurch’s major newspaper,

‘The Christchurch Press’. Not all information present in the articles

was relevant to the review topic of, the redevelopment of jade

stadium, and so this is the reason for the use of several articles, to

gain enough knowledge on the topic area.

Temporary and Unique

The jade stadium project is one of a temporary nature. Although it may

be a long and drawn out process there is definitely a definite start

(realisation of a need for a revamped stadium) and finish (completion

of construction and closure). With respect to the jade stadium

project, those dates have constantly changed. Originally set for an

early 2000-start time, that date was changed several times until

finally settled for October 2000 and estimated to take 18 months to

complete. A deadline that they are currently on track to meet. Like

any other project, Jade Stadiums redevelopment was a unique venture,

not only in its actual design, ownership and the way in which the

revenue to fund the project was produced but also in the actual use of

the stadium. Being a rugby and cricket facility with ground breaking

technology in the form of the new drop in pitches, an invention first

tried by grounds staff two years ago. The stadium revamp unlike the

new Wellington stadium will be done on the existi...

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...point of view or side of the story, and that in general all

articles relating to the redevelopment of jade stadium, held a more

positive slant or position towards the development and the development

team. The key points contained within the review begin with defining

the uniqueness and temporary nature of a project and how jade stadium

is a one off major project. The revenue provided to support such an

expensive project comes from a wide and varying plane, with the use of

a business plan one of the most important tools in the development of

Jade Stadium. It can be noted that a great deal of importance was

placed upon the planning phase in order to do it once and do it right.

And that the project followed the basic project life cycle model.

References

Currie, S. (1999). The Jade Board. The Press, 20 January, 1996, p 34.

McGoldrick, B. (2000). What about a total Jade upgrade? The Press, 26

August, 2000, p 10.

Scanlon, G. (2000). $43m plea for Jade Stadium. The Press, 7 April,

2000, p 1.

Tutty, K. (1999). Progress on stadium plans. The Press, 6 August, 1999,

p 22.

Tutty, K. (2000). Jade Stadium access settled for five years. The

Press. 14 October, 2000.

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