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PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM
To increase the effectiveness of transit capital expenditures through a sharing of experience and associated lessons learned on major capital transit projects.
BACKGROUND
The lessons learned program was developed with the assistance of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Project Management Oversight Program (PMOP) contractors, transit properties and FTA regional engineers. The objective of Project Management Oversight is to assist FTA in the monitoring of a grantee's project development and implementation. The focus of PMO services is determine if a project is on time, within budget, in conformance with the grantee's approved plans and specifications, and is efficiently and effectively implemented. The lessons learned program is an integral part of the PMOP.
All parties involved in the implementation of major capital transit projects learn some lessons from the experience. The contractors, the construction management team, the PMO contractor and the transit property all benefit from the unique experience of building either a heavy rail, light rail or similar transit project. Thus, the lessons learned program was developed for the benefit of others who may embark on building transit projects in the future.
DISSEMINATION
The lessons learned program is dynamic in that it is continuously growing. Lessons are developed by a PMO contractor and coordinated with the transit property to insure that the lesson is portrayed with the proper perspective. Once coordinated through FTA, the lesson is distributed to participants of FTA's Transit Construction Roundtable, PMOP contractors, FTA headquarters and regional staff. Existing lessons are shown and as new lessons are developed they will appear here on FTA's web site.
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