Dr. Emily Parkany, P.E., PTOE Director
Associate Director, Center for Transportation Studies
Director, Transportation Training Academy (VA LTAP)
* Eight day residential program (Tu-F, M-Th)
* Five years and counting!
* Emphasis on project development including
project planning, project scope
management, project development process,
scheduling, estimating, and consultant
procurement process
* Additional sessions include understanding
personality, communication skills,
leadership, ethics, and negotiation
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* Participants were initially all VDOT. Now open to
VDOT, local government and private industry
project managers; [2013 TPMI: 18, 6, 6]
* Instructors: 8 VDOT, 5 academic, 3 industry
leaders
* Additional VDOT, industry, alumni:
speakers,
visitors, case study review panelists
* Managed/developed/logistics from VDOT
PMO, UVA faculty member, LTAP Director
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* Real problem requiring engineering solution
(traffic, water, construction mitigation)
* Liaisons with adjacent military installations and
historic church congregation
* TPMI team presents a handoff of their solution,
challenges, and recommendations for project
development process improvements to the
“construction contractor”
* Five teams of six competed this year for
Jefferson Cups; judged by panel of former Chief
Engineer, District Administrator, consulting firm
VP
* Project Manager was appointed on first day; left
team the fourth day
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* Web page: http://cts.virginia.edu/tpmi/
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