Planning for strategic change in the project delivery strategy

For organizations such as state departments of transportation, other public agencies, or private companies, adopting a new approach to procure services for delivery of construction projects requires significant organizational changes; modifications to both their work processes and existing organizational structures may be needed. These adjustments, encompassing many different aspects of the organization's interests, must occur for the change initiative to be successfully put into practice. In this research, the adoption of integrated project delivery methods within the transportation project sector is investigated to better understand the dynamics of this change. In the context of this study, an Owner's project delivery strategy is defined as the set of project delivery methods that are adopted for delivering capital projects. This dissertation presents findings from a study of Public Owner organizations that have implemented the designbuild method for delivering highway projects. Using as a case study the new $1.3 billion SH-130 tolled expressway project in Central Texas, the author analyzed project documentation and conducted many interviews with individuals affiliated with owner, legal, engineering consultants, and contractors. Findings suggest that project representatives institutionalize practices and routines connected to the new approach by adapting to new challenges, rather than "overwriting" previously existing practices. Similarly, the institutionalization of innovative approaches to project delivery happens concurrently with a deinstitutionalization of the previous approaches. Building upon these findings, a conceptual framework is presented for helping Owner organizations implement change in their project delivery strategy. The proposed conceptual framework is based upon both existing published literature and interviews with managers involved in implementing a strategic change in project delivery strategy. This framework was further refined by making a comparative study of four transportation projects in the United States. In addition, a detailed implementation framework was validated and further developed through a Delphi study with representatives from several organizations whose major responsibilities and experiences include the management of change in procurement approach. Findings from these studies, including application to the construction industry and other industries are presented.Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineerin

18th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water

Conference at a Glance Monday, October 21, 2002 Workshops Workshops # 1, 2 & 3 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Workshops # 4 & 5 - 1:00 - 5:00 pm 1: The Indoor Air Exposure Pathway from Chlorinated Solvent Contaminated Groundwater 2: Theory and Use of Field Portable X-ray Fluorescence for Soil Analysis 3: In-Situ Chemical Oxidation Workshop 4: Workshop on Current Spectrochemical Techniques for Determining Heavy Metals in Sediments and Soils 5: Practical Remediation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil and Groundwater Tuesday, October 22, 2002 Platform Presentations 8:30am-Noon Session 1: Advances in In-Situ Remediation Session 2: Phytoremediation Session 3: Heavy Metals 1:30pm-5:30pm Session 1: MTBE Session 2: Sediments I Session 3A: RBCA Session 3B: Regulatory Poster Session, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm , Exhibit Area, First Floor, Campus Center Social: 4:30-6:00 pm Exhibit Area, First Floor Campus Center Workshops (Evening 7:00-10:00 pm) 6: State of the Science in Assessing MTBE Degradation II 7: Recent Improvements in the Practice of Risk Assessment as Illustrated through Case Studies Wednesday, October 23, 2002 Platform Presentations 8:30 am-Noon Session 1: Environmental Forensics I Session 2: MGP Site Closure Session 3: Bioremediation 1:30pm-5:30pm Session 1: Sediments II Session 2: Remediation - Soils Session 3A: Chemical Oxidation Session 3B: Training Range Residues Session 4: Biomarkers for Contamination: Hierarchical Approaches Poster Session, 1:00-3:00 pm, Exhibit Area, First Floor, Campus Center Social: 4:30-6:00 pm Exhibit Area, First Floor Campus Center Workshops (Evening 7:00-10:00pm) 8: Forensic Environmental Geochemistry: Petroleum Fuels 9: MGP Site Closures: Experiences from the Trenches - Point Counter Point Technology Review 10: Environmental Fate of Hydrocarbons in Soils and Groundwater Thursday, October 24, 2002 Platform Presentations 8:30 am-Noon Session 1: Environmental Forensics II Session 2: Remediation - Groundwater Session 3: Arsenic Session 4: Site Assessment/Environmental Fate 1:30pm-5:30pm Session 1: Sediments III Session 2: Risk Assessmen

Course Catalog, Summer 1976

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Course Catalog, Summer 1975

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Course Catalog, 1989-1991

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