United States Department of Transportation
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NTL Classification:NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Management Systems;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Transit Planning and Policy;NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES;
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Abstract:The purpose of this Handbook is to provide guidelines for use by public transit agencies (Agencies) undertaking substantial construction
projects, either for the first time or with little prior experience with construction project management. It provides a comprehensive introduction
to construction project management, including the applicability of the principles of project management and of all phases of project
development—from project initiation through planning, environmental clearance, real estate acquisition, design, construction, commissioning,
and closeout.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) maintains oversight of grant projects and assigns grant
administration and management responsibility to the transit Agencies, who then are responsible
for planning, managing, and implementing the federally-funded project. Agency project
managers need handy tools for project management to make certain that projects are effectively
contracted for, completed on time and within budget, and comply with all project specifications.
This Handbook is intended to assist the Agency’s responsible project manager or lead person to
undertake multi-million-dollar construction projects and manage the complexities of specifying,
acquiring, and managing contracts for such projects through utilization of in-house and consultant
resources.
This Handbook complements the many circulars
and publications available on the FTA Web site and through the National Transit Institute, in
particular: FTA Lessons-Learned documents, Construction Project Management Guidelines,
Best Practices Procurement Manual, Quality Assurance and Quality Control Guidelines, and
the Manual for the National Transit Institute course entitled ―Management of Transit
Construction Projects.‖ This Handbook is intended to be used as initial general guidance by
transit Agencies and the FTA regional offices who may be contacted for help.
This Handbook provides guidance similar to that in earlier documents but tailored more to
Agencies that are constructing maintenance and operational facilities, intermodal terminals,
park-and-ride stations, and other similar supporting transit facilities. Throughout the chapters,
project management concepts are illustrated with the use of a hypothetical example, a typical
project to plan, design, and build a new bus maintenance facility.
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