Delivering Public Infrastructure: Civil Engineering Project Management Training Course
1Summary
Few projects carry as much public scrutiny as infrastructure work — a delayed bridge or a road over budget doesn't just cost the contractor, it becomes a story the whole city follows. Managing that pressure well takes more than technical know-how; it takes structured project management that can hold cost, schedule, quality and stakeholder expectations together at the same time, across projects that often span years and multiple government bodies.
This training course builds that capability around real infrastructure contexts — bridges, highways, utilities and public works — rather than generic project management theory. Participants work through planning and scheduling a public infrastructure project, controlling cost and risk as the project moves, managing procurement and contracts with multiple stakeholders, and carrying a project through to closeout and handover without losing control along the way.
Delivered by Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, this Delivering Public Infrastructure: Civil Engineering Project Management Training Course falls under Engineering Maintenance and Operation and specializes in Construction and Civil Engineering Training Courses.
2Objectives and target group
- Apply Civil Engineering Project Management principles to define scope, objectives and deliverables
- Develop realistic construction schedules, resource plans and cost budgets
- Identify, assess and control project risks — construction, financial, environmental and regulatory
- Manage procurement, tendering, contracts and contractor performance
- Coordinate contractors, consultants, government authorities and public stakeholders
- Apply quality, health, safety and environmental management across infrastructure projects
- Manage bridges, highways, utilities and public works projects, including their specific coordination challenges
- Monitor progress, manage changes and variations, and control cost and schedule variance
- Manage project closeout, handover and the transition to operations
Target Audience
- Civil engineers and civil engineering project managers
- Construction project managers and infrastructure development managers
- Public works engineers/managers, and highway and transportation engineers
- Utilities project professionals
- Construction supervisors, site managers, project planners and quantity surveyors
- Contract and procurement professionals
- Government infrastructure professionals and consultants
3Course Content
Module 1: Why Public Infrastructure Projects Are Different
- Public infrastructure project characteristics and lifecycle stages
- Project objectives, scope, deliverables, governance and team roles
- Feasibility, work breakdown structures and execution planning
Module 2: Scheduling and Cost Control
- Construction scheduling, critical path analysis and progress measurement
- Cost estimation, budgeting and cost-loaded schedules
- Earned value and managing cost overruns
Module 3: Managing Infrastructure Project Risk
- Risk identification, assessment and prioritisation
- Construction, financial, environmental and regulatory risks
- Risk response planning, monitoring and mitigation
Module 4: Bridges, Highways, Utilities and Public Works in Practice
- Project management requirements specific to bridges and highway infrastructure
- Water, drainage, power and other utilities; municipal and government public works
- Site coordination, interface management and infrastructure-specific challenges
Module 5: Procurement, Contracts and Stakeholders
- Public infrastructure procurement, tendering and contract types
- Variations, claims and dispute management
- Coordinating government authorities, contractors, consultants and public stakeholders
Module 6: Quality, Safety and Environmental Management
- Construction quality management systems, inspection and testing
- Site safety and environmental management requirements
- Non-conformance and corrective/preventive actions
Module 7: Monitoring, Control and Closeout
- Progress reporting, dashboards and variance analysis
- Change and configuration control, and project documentation management
- Completion inspections, handover, commissioning and lessons learned