Description:
This course will explore best practices to Manage Transit Construction Project successfully. FTA capital construction projects ranging in cost from a few million dollar to billion dollar major capital projects, which all use certain fundamental practices covered during the course. Federal laws require transit major capital investment projects (>$100 million) to have a Project Management Plan (PMP) approved by the FTA. The course will explain how the PMP tool can be beneficial on all size capital projects. The course covers the basics of good project management and encourages discussion of real world every day transit construction problems among participants. Depending on the projects of interest to the class, emphasis will be on either the requirements in the FTA-Project and Construction Management Guidelines or the FTA Construction Project Management Handbook. Upon completion participants will have a better understanding of what is required to effectively manage a transit construction project.
Topics:
- Purpose of Project Management Planning
- Organization
- Project Management and Control
- Procurement
- Public Involvement
- Managing Risk
- Managing Design
- Managing Construction
- Quality Assurance & Quality Control
- Managing Testing and Start-up
- System Operational & Construction Safety