Parametric Estimating for Transportation Projects: *

Planning for Project Management 
Work Breakdown Structure 
Feasibility Estimates 
Developing Parametric Estimating Factors 
Developing a Parametric Estimating Database 
Conceptual Level Parametric Estimates 
Estimating Contingencies 

Project Planning and Control: *

Planning for Project Management 
Work Breakdown Structure 
Estimating Effective Resource Capacity and Identifying Resource Shortfalls 
Developing Project Execution Plan 
Linking the Budget to the Schedule 
Allocating Resources 
Earned Value Theory 
Creating Project Metrics 
Project Controls 
Time vs. Budget Scaling 

Construction Cost Engineering: *

Introduction to Cost Engineering 
Cost Scoping the Project & Using Estimating Manuals 
Conceptual Estimating 
Work Break-down Structure (WBS) 
Earned Value-Schedule Coordination 
Quantity Surveying/Take-off 
Detailed Estimating 
Special Estimates 
Design-Build Fast-Track Issues 

“Federal Architect-Engineer (A/E) Contracting for Architects and Engineers”*

Introduction to Federal A/E Contracting 
A/E Selection Procedures 
A/E Cost Principles 
Negotiating A/E Contracts 
A/E Contract Administration 
A/E Contracts for Design-build Solicitation Documents 
The Brooks Act 
 

Construction Contract Administration:

Organization for contract administration; Roles of the owner; Roles of the contractor 
Contracts for Common Project Delivery Methods: Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Construction Management 
Construction Contract Types: Lump Sum/Firm Fixed Price; Unit Price; Cost Plus 
Contract Surety Bonds and Construction insurance 
Contract components 
Invitation for Bids/Requests for Proposals 
General Conditions 
Special Conditions 
Technical Specifications 
Plans and Drawings 
Contract Correspondence: Transmittals, Submittals, Quality Control and Quality Assurance documentation. 
The Schedule as a Contract Document 
Change Orders 
Progress Payments 
Contract Close-out 

Project Management:

· Introduction to Project Life Cycle 
· Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) Scheduling 
· PDM-Float & Crashing 
· PDM-Output/Interpretation 
· Resource Loading - WBS & Responsibility 
· Resource Leveling 
· Life Cycle Cost - Engineering Economics 
· Life Cycle Cost- Capital/ Periodic 
· Total Quality Management 
· Cost Control- Cost loading 
· Schedule of Values, Budgets 
· Cost Control - Cash Flow Optimizing 
· Sensitivity Analysis 
· Change Orders 

Developing and Writing Performance Requirements and Specifications:

Changing the Technical Attitude 
Performance versus Method Specifying 
Functional Analysis Systems Technique 
Using Abductive Reasoning to Develop Design-Build Performance Criteria 
Establishing Operational Constraints 
Establishing Design Constraints 
Life Cycle Cost and Performance Factors 
Interpreting Performance Criteria 
Responding to Performance-based Requests for Proposal 

* Courses shown with and asterisk are offered under the auspices of the American Society of Civil Engineers Continuing Education