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PMI-DVC Project of the Year 2007-2008
Project of the Year Goes to Innovative Builder
Putting new meaning to the phrase ‘looking out for number one’, the Bedwell Company garnered top honors at the PMI-DVC chapter meeting held May 16 at the Sheraton Park Ridge in King of Prussia.
Bedwell’s submission for the Chester County New Justice Center won the 2007 Project of the Year Award, as the judges took note of its many groundbreaking steps – among them, placing waterless urinals on unfinished floors without plumbing, so workers could answer nature’s call without having to leave the worksite for a ‘Johnny on the spot’.
“Imagine the money we saved”, said Project Executive Joe Weidle, “when we had 100 guys on the 7th floor that didn’t have to go down to the street.”
Bedwell also saved money and helped the environment by separating leftover materials onsite so they could be recycled instead of trucked to a landfill. The approach eliminated the need for large waste bins in an urban site already cramped for space. Instead, recyclables went into miniature ‘dumpsters on wheels’ that were continuously removed.
“It was fantastic,” said Randy White, Bedwell VP for Business Development. ”It saved us money in landfill costs and provided us laydown space” for ongoing work.
Bedwell also adopted an ‘integrated design and construction’ approach, where teamwork and collaboration were emphasized versus the traditional division of work. The approach paid off when soil in a corner of the site proved weaker than expected, forcing a change in design. “We were able to sit down as a team and come with an answer in three days” said company President Tom Bedwell. ‘We didn’t lose a day of construction”.
Bedwell rose to the top in a field of strong submissions. “All of the projects had something that was significant, and the process was challenging”, according to judge Douglas Wachenfeld.
Second place went to Urban Engineers for the Improved Runway Safety project at Susquehanna Regional Airport, and third place to PPT Consulting for the Center of Excellence Program.
“I am delighted we had so many submissions”, said Chapter President Michael J. Brennan. Speaking to the 65 meeting attendees, Brennan also thanked selection committee presenter Ann Tomalavage, P.E., PMP along with the other judges for their hard work on PMI-DVC’s most prestigious award.
For a full listing of all entrants, including Honorable Mentions, see the roster below:
PMI DVC is proud to announce this year’s winners:
First Place
The Bedwell Company
For
New Justice Center, Chester County, PA
The New Justice Center is a new seven-story facility built to house many departments of Chester County, including: the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, District Court, Orphans Court, Civil Court, Court Reporter, District Attorney, County Sheriff’s Department, Detectives, Forensics Lab, Prothonotary, Domestic Relations, Register of Wills, Adult and Juvenile Probation, Law Library, Bail, Masters, and Passport Office, among others.
Second Place
Urban Engineers, Inc.
For
Improved Runway Safety Area and Install Runway 8 MALSR
Capital City Airport is a general aviation airport serving the Harrisburg area, owned and operated by the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA). The principal runway, Runway 8-26, is equipped with an instrument landing system that allows aircraft to land in less than ideal weather using Runway 8. This project called for the removal, modification, and replacement of eight existing approach light towers and the installation of approximately 10,000 lineal feet of 2” and 4” conduit containing 32,000 lineal feet of power and control wire for the new Medium-Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator (MALSR).
Third Place
PPT Consulting
For
ITIL Center of Excellence Program
PPT Consulting conducted an Operational Assessment in order to evaluate the IM Department’s ability to support the business. As a result of the assessment, it was recognized that there was a need to identify, improve, and define repeatable processes within the department. The department chose to leverage the ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) ‘best practice’ framework for the departmental transformation.
Honorable Mention
Nason Construction
For
Villanova University Davis Center for Athletics and Fitness
The Davis Center for Athletics and Fitness at Villanova University opened in November 2007, and is the new training facility for the University’s varsity basketball teams.
Hill International, Inc.
For
Comcast Center
The Comcast Center is a 58-story, 975 foot high skyscraper designed by Robert A.M. Stern. Comcast Center includes 1.25 million square feet of Class AA office space and 40,000 square feet of retail space.
F. L. PLOTNICK & PRIMAVERA SYSTEMS, INC.
For
Inclusion of RDM “Custom Link Technology” in Primavera's Pertmaster V8.2
RDM (Relationship Diagramming Method) is a new methodology that was developed to improve upon the original ADM (Arrow Diagramming Method) of 1958 and subsequent PDM (Precedence Diagramming Method) of 1964 by better defining the restraints and other relationships between activities. |
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‘Vijay Day’ Offers Keys to Power
How do you manage 300 software developers without meeting them face-to-face? Kiran Thakkar and Ranjani Mahadevan from J & B Software, who work with global teams in electronic payment processing projects, brought that question to Penn State Great Valley on April 3rd.
Kiran’s question was the subject of a one day seminar presented by PMI Delaware Valley Chapter in partnership with Penn State – Great Valley, PA, as part of a continuing educational program designed to bring current and critical issues to PMI members and non-members alike. The program draws on the talent and experiences of nationally known experts in project management and address subjects of current interest to chapter members and the university community in attractive and convenient venues such as the Great Valley facilities.
In a daylong entertaining presentation to a large number of attendees, internationally known speaker Vijay Verma spelled out the answer to Kiran’s question in five letters – ‘WIIFM’ - ‘What’s in it for me?’ Mr. Verma, a group leader at a Canadian national research libratory with over 25 years of project management experience gave an excellent presentation. He holds the 1999 PMI David Cleland Project Management Literature award and the 1999 Distinguished Contribution award. In addition, Mr. Verma has written the three-volume series, “Human Aspects of Project Management,” published by PMI.
“You have power over other people”, he said, “when you have something they want, or access to something they want – or they perceive that you do”.
So how do you learn what other people want? First off, he said: you listen to them, then understand their point of view. “Power comes from putting yourself in the other person’s shoes”.
Once you know what they want, how do you go about getting it? Perhaps through formal power – flowing largely from your place in the org chart – but more likely for project managers, through informal power, flowing from your personal relationships with others. “You don’t have to wait for someone to give you informal power”, he pointed out – “you can work to get it on your own” – by networking, gaining and sharing knowledge, doing and receiving favors.
Don Santiago from Motorola was pleased to discover a new power source under his own control. He plans to use the tools provided in mentoring his team – and working with upper management – in a matrix environment where project managers don’t have direct authority over their teams and informal power could make a key difference.
In a lengthy breakout session, participants spelled out their best ideas for increasing eight different sources of power – then passed these ideas on to everyone in attendance as immediate ‘news you can use’.
For Ranjani, that meant a wealth of information on how to reward staff and how to negotiate with them, whether face-to-face or virtually by teleconference. “Now I see better how to negotiate when I have something someone else needs”, she said.
“I was very happy with the details provided”, said attendee Lori Ruben at the end of the day. “I learned a lot more about how to use power in the work that I do”.
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PECO Energy Company announced that Thomas G Goldschmidt, PMP has been named Operations Coordinator, Construction & Maintenance Operations Support. Tom is scheduled to join C&M Operations Support on July 07, 2008 with a promotion and is coming from PECO’s Support Services Department. Tom will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new position that will further contribute to the success of the C&M organization. Tom will report directly to Peter Singh, Manager- Business Support.
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Events
July 17, 2008
PMI-DVC Dinner Meeting
Drexelbrook
Drexel Hill, PA
The Evolving Standard and Current Implementation in Primavera Pertmaster Software
This session will discuss the evolving standard and current implementation in Primavera Pertmaster software.
The guiding principles of RDM are to record and incorporate into the CPM computer algorithm information relating to restraints and events and better defining activities and durations. Key features of RDM permit the project team to distinguish between physical restraints and resource restraints, highlight restraints where the ball is passed between crews, jobsite locations and other situations requiring greater management supervision, and introduces new attributes such as Just-in-Time Start, Finish and Float.
Our speaker will be Fredric L. Plotnick, Ph.D., Esq., PE, CEO and principal consultant of Engineering & Property Management Consultants, Inc.


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| 2008 PMI-DVC Pocket Planner |
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July |
17 |
Dinner Meeting |
Aug. |
21 |
PMI-DVC Annual Meeting |
Sept. |
18 |
Dinner Meeting |
Sept. |
24 |
Dinner Meeting - DOVER, DE |
Oct. |
2 |
PMP Certification Event |
Oct. |
16 |
Dinner Meeting |
Nov. |
13 |
Dinner Meeting - DOVER, DE |
Nov. |
20 |
Dinner Meeting |
Dec. |
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No Meeting |
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