The Collaborative Process for Developing Project Definition Documents for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

The conventional approach to preparing programming documents for new facilities is a process that tends to favor “stove-piping”. Once a facility is planned and a program definition document has been prepared, often the project is turned over to design, and once designed, the project is turned over to construction. Little input is derived from the designers and constructors during the planning process, and during design, the input from the planners is thought to end. Likewise, when a project that enters construction, there is less input from the designers and the planners. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (Airports Authority) has sought to invest all stakeholders in the success of a project by developing a collaborative planning, design and construction process that involves all three disciplines from the conceptualization of the project through its turnover to users. The intent of the process is to make sure that the completed project meets the goals and objectives first laid out in the planning phase, and to assure that all project costs are accounted for and that goals for schedules and budgets are identified early in the process and adhered to through completion. This collaborative effort has been used with success on some initial smaller projects at both Reagan National and Washington Dulles International Airports, and is now becoming the standard process for execution of larger projects.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/41167(398)22
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2011 ASCE
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Baskir, Geoffrey
  • Lebegern, William
• Conference:
  • First Congress of Transportation and Development Institute (TDI)
  • Location: Chicago IL, United States
  • Date: 2011-3-13 to 2011-3-16
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 213-223
• Monograph Title: Transportation and Development Institute Congress 2011 : Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport planning; Construction projects; Costs; Design practices; Planning methods; Project management; Stakeholders
• Identifier Terms: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; Washington Dulles International Airport
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Construction; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01347185
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784411674
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Aug 8 2011 2:09PM