This intensive four-and-a-half day program, ideal for new or prospective project leaders, provides both substantive theory and practical application of project management principles for road and bridge building construction project managers.  Among the topics covered are project planning, scheduling and management, effective client relations, job-site teamwork, safety and risk management, team building and ethics.

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The opportunity to discuss our common problems with a group of people from all over the country and hear how they are handling them gave me many ideas to try when I get back to my company,” said Mike Morgan, a project manager with Ajax Paving Industries, Inc., in Florida. Said another: “I have attended many seminars and training classes during my professional career. This academy was the one I benefited from the most.”

These are testimonials from two past “graduates” about the value of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s “Project Management Academy” (PMA), which is returning to the Nation’s Capital for the 2010 session this January 11-15. Operated by the ARTBA Foundation’s “Transportation Builder Institute,” the intensive PMA provides both substantive theory and practical application of project management principles for road and bridge building construction project managers.

The program is built around an acknowledged, highly successful adult learning model—teaching by leading experts in the field—supported by peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. It covers eight management areas:

Safety

• Brad Sant, Vice President of Safety & Education at ARTBA
• Sant’s presentation will discuss overall safety for project managers. Topics covered will include safety duties and responsibilities for managers, accident costs and impact, experience modification rate, insurance, compliance with healthy and safety regulations, hazard control and pre-planning, evaluating sub-contractors safety performance, behavior safety process and safety case studies.

Ethics

• The ethics segment of the program deals with ethical dilemmas faced by project managers. Should you do the job right or just get the job done?

Client Relations

• Mark Compton, Manager, Business Development Government Affair for American Infastructure
• Barrett Tucker, Business Development Manager for American Infrastructure
• The client relations portion of the program will include discuss tactics for working with both public officials and private sector clients.

Team Building Exercise

• Eriq Powers, Go-NEXTeams
• Go-NEXTeams will lead the group through a series of exercises to discover the value of teambuilding and cooperation.

Construction Documentation

• Chris Anzidei, Partner at Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP
• Mark Sgarlata, Esq., Senior Partner at Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP
• Chris Brasco , Esq., Partner at Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP
• This segment of the program addresses the importance of construction documentation to several aspects of contract administration. These include notice requirements for change orders, scheduling and delay provisions, bonds and liens, design claims, differing site conditions, acceleration claims, impact claims, etc.

Management and Leadership

• Jim Gelatt, Director of Interdisciplinary Studies in Management Track, University of Maryland University College
• Dr. Jim Gelatt, a professor at UMUC and author of three books on management will discuss several Leadership/Management Styles including building consensus, conflict resolution, negotiation techniques on the jobsite, conducting effective meetings, interviewing and hiring, effective interviewing techniques, assessing job applicants, making good hires, managing subcontractors, employee discipline, employee appraisal, principles of resource control and jobsite pitfalls of resource control.

Planning and Scheduling

• Jay Newitt, Professor at Brigham Young University
• Jay Newitt, contractor, professor at Brigham Young and author of Construction Scheduling, Principles and Practices will lead the class through a series of important lessons on the importance of planning, scheduling systems, preparation and analysis, case study on scheduling and will discuss Critical Path Method (CPM scheduling).

*All course material is at the discretion of the instructor. Material may change slightly based on the needs of the class, time constraints or other factors. ARTBA is not liable for any information provided by instructors and attorneys at the ARTBA Transportation Builder Institute Project Management Academy. These programs are intended for general informational purposes only, and not as a substitute for particular advice from a qualified professional. No warranty is made regarding the ARTBA Transportation Builder Institute Project Management Academy program.