With project management – started from day one. Placed on the construction teams and schedule – the method of usingĮpoxy-glued, posttensioned construction was new to North American contractors. Skilled workers, at seven 10-hour shifts a week, pulled down $1,500 weekly by doing 2 hours a day of actual work.” 1976 Montreal Olympics: Case Study of Project Management Failure “ At one stage, there was a forest of 200 building cranes on the stadium site, some from as far as Calgary, Alberta, while gravel truck drivers gleefully drove in, collected their fee, and then drove out the other end, unloaded, and just went around the block again. To hold ribs, workers, materials, and tools. Interior scaffolding – forcing construction employees to resort to using cranes Stadium did not leave room for actual construction. In alignment and posttensioning complications. ![]() Precast complex ribs, with each pair of ribs being a different size – resulting Looked at first-glance to be attractive – the design, architecture drawings,Īnd method of construction ultimately let it down.Įlliptical dome with a retractable fabric roof. Orders to the people building the stadium. (adding $8 million to the cost) – this pushed the parking garages to a cost ofĬomplicated and chaotic construction site – Mayor Drapeau who had noĮngineering or architecture experience, frequently delivered construction TheĪrchitect, Taillibert, added a water cascade at the top of the parking garage Refused to entertain this option and the alternative-stadium plan wasĬonstruction projects, scope creep invaded the Montreal Olympic Stadium. The committee went so far as to find an existingīuilding and suggested building a cheaper stadium. Olympic Organizing Committee decided to look for alternatives to the delayed The companyĪwarded the contract was already behind schedule and problems in building the Was awarded without any public tenders or an open bidding process. With the Montreal Olympic Stadium started from the outset: the plans were not This led to an over-crowded work area that actually caused further Ultimately this resulted in double constructionĬrews being on-site, people working double shifts, and costly overtime being a Years behind schedule and with the Montreal Olympics having a fixed openingĭate – there was no room for schedule slippage. Taillibert had a history of cost overruns and schedule delays. Montreal was awarded the 1976 Olympics in 1970,Īnd for two years very little was done to prepare and plan for the upcomingĬhose a design by famed architect Roger Taillibert. To weather challenges – the construction of this major Olympic center-piece was ![]() ![]() Stadium managed to check all the boxes for what not to do with a constructionĬhanges, a construction strike, controversial contractor bid approvals, through What Went Wrong with the Montreal Olympic Stadium? Large-scale or mega-construction projects you’d like us to take a deep dive on,Ĭontact me with your suggestions. Showing how these lesson should be used to improve the decision-making process before Series is to highlight lessons from projects that haven’t gone as planned, Read about the Boston Big Dig, Honolulu Rail Project, and the Berlin Brandenburg Airport. ![]() The Montreal Olympic Stadium as part of our ongoing series on lessons learnedįrom large-scale construction projects. The Montreal Olympic Stadium topped the list with its 1990 percent cost overrun – ranking above notable over-budget construction projects including the Sydney Opera House, Boston’s Big Dig, and the Denver International Airport. Podio, a project management software company, recently released a study on the top Monumental Budget Busters. The Province of Quebec – the Olympics did lose money and cost everyone for 30 And unfortunately, for the citizens of Montreal and Olympics was mired in construction planning, budget, design, and contractor bid Was not completed on time, with construction on the famous retractable roof not Along with the cost overruns, the stadium Or the Big Owe, the Montreal Olympic Stadium did not live up to expectations –Īesthetically, functionally, or economically. The 1976 Montreal Olympics is the Montreal Olympic Stadium. No more lose money than a man can have a baby,” Jean Drapeau, the former
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