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King County WTD – East Section WTF
Description This project provides multidisciplinary engineering services for the East Section Wastewater Treatment Division facilities, related to modifications, upgrades, repairs, and other improvements to influent pumping, primary and secondary treatment, disinfection, solids handling, auxiliary systems, effluent pumping and discharge, onsite laboratory services, chemical handling, odor control, and biogas management systems. The B&C team was re-awarded…
Read MoreSound Transit – Project Management Training
Description Project Management Training for Sound Transit Staff. Responsibilities P&M with The Versatile Compan as prime was awarded this contract to support Sound Transit’s (ST) with Project Management Training. P&M provided training in Project Estimating including Budgeting and Measuring Project Performance and Earned Value to Sound Transit supervisors, managers, project managers, team members and staff…
Read MoreSound Transit – Construction Management Services for Northgate Extension
Description Northgate Link Extension adds three new stations to the growing light rail network, providing access to the system for riders living and working north of Seattle. Stations in the Northgate, Roosevelt and U District neighborhoods will be served with frequent bus connections, a park and ride and pedestrian and bike paths. Responsibilities P&M was…
Read MoreMitigate & Take Action
At P&M, we believe in a proactive approach to Mitigate and Take Action throughout the project lifecycle. Our methodology is an iterative and collaborative approach to project controls that has been proven to: Deliver Project On-Time and On-Budget Avoid Surprises & Crises Create Visibility & Credibility Facilitate Proactive Decision Making Minimize Cost and Time Impacts
Read MoreReporting Summary
The management of project information and the manner in which that information is analyzed and reported can both establish and maintain credibility with internal and external stakeholders. Our reporting experience will increase project management decision making, increase Project Manager accountability, improve credibility and visibility, and provide consistent accurate cost forecasts. Routine and ad hoc presentations…
Read MoreForecasting & Contingency Monitoring
Forecasting is used to assemble the “estimated cost at completion” and is updated as often as necessary to reflect projected final costs. Forecasts include actual costs; commitments or contracted costs; trends that are and deemed appropriate to forecast, contingencies, and other “soft” cost elements. Forecasts are primarily derived from the Cost Trend Logs. Forecast analyses may also…
Read MoreCost & Schedule Variances
COST VARIANCESAs estimates and cost forecasts change, the variances are sometimes difficult to spot and the cause for the changes are lost. Because of this, we have developed Myriad™ to allow users to quickly create variances between any two sets of cost data. The variances allow you to see at-a-glance the fine detail of how the…
Read MoreUpdate Risk and Opportunities
P&M provides trained risk workshop facilitators and technical consultants in support of updating the risk registers for the Capital Construction projects. Monitoring and tracking risks should be be facilitated with additional risk workshops and updates throughout the project life cycle. Additionally, the Risk Register is regularly reviewed and updated via input from project meetings and…
Read MoreEarned Value Management
We track such things as Earned Value to see if the project is staying true to the budget and planned burn rate. Project controls become even more important when changes occur as a result of unforeseen conditions, scope change etc. Any time there are unforeseen expenditures, we document the cause of the changes and who…
Read MoreCost Controls
The most basic purpose of Cost Controls is to establish and control budgets, identify and evaluate cost trends and actual expenditures, and provide information needed to maintain an accurate forecast of cost at completion. Cost Controls consist of the tools and methodologies, and management best practices that enable projects to be delivered in a cost-efficient manner and…
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