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   Rutgers University

Risk Assessments for Transit Capital Projects

Length: 2.0 Days

Audience:
This course is intended for government managers, contract managers, designers, and builders who are undertaking a transit capital project larger than $300 million. However, please keep in mind the content of this course is scalable for small and medium projects.

This is a comprehensive course. The following prerequisites are recommended:
• General knowledge of transit systems and common design and construction issues;
• Basic understanding of how New Starts transit development occurs within the context of the FTA funding assistance; and
• Experience with standard project metrics, such as estimating and scheduling.

Description:
Participants will learn the purpose of a risk review, necessary preparations required to undertake a risk assessment, principles of the methods used for risk assessment, and how such assessments are applied to the project management process. Topics include:
• FTA’s risk review requirements
• Stages of project development when a risk assessment should be performed
• Types of expertise necessary to conduct a risk assessment
• Evaluating a project’s status
• Identifying risks and mapping them to project components
• Factoring risks
• Risk assessment process, including Beta range factor concepts
• Risk response
• Risk protection, contingency analysis, and primary and secondary risk mitigation
• Implementing and monitoring a Risk Management Plan

Goals:
The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the risk review process, as described by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Oversight Procedure (OP) documents, including particularly OP-40.

Fee:
Tuition shall be waived for federal, state and local government employees who work in transportation or related areas.

Fee for contractors and consultants: $300.00

CEU's: 1.4

Telephone:  (732) 932-1700
Email:  msirleaf@nti.rutgers.edu
 

Available Course Sections: 

View DetailsStart Date:End Date:Location:Register Online:Download Registration Form:
Details9/9/20109/10/2010Fort Worth, TXLogin to Add Classclick here
Details11/9/201011/10/2010Portland, ORWaiting List Only *click here
 
Seats frequently become available. We encourage you to download the Waiting List form and fax it in.
* To download the waiting list form, click here

If, for whatever reason (other than 'Waiting List Only'), you are unable to register for this course online, download the Registration Form as indicated above.


All training is held in accessible facilities.  Please advise NTI a minimum of three weeks in advance if you require any special arrangements or materials.

NTI reserves the right to limit participation from any one agency



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