The Engineering Is Easy: Memoir of a Project Manager

Project managers will learn how to overcome pitfalls in this self-help guide for managing projects. Written in memoir format, this book also is useful for those considering project management as a career and anyone supervising project managers. Real-world case studies are used to present good practices and lessons learned for numerous project circumstances, including:

• Varying project sizes from small and simple to multi-disciplinary, mega and complex
• Public and private sector clients
• Different delivery methods, including design-build and public-private partnerships
• Domestic and international venues

Even when engineering is easy for someone, their technical competence does not guarantee they will be a successful project manager. This book provides a unique opportunity to observe good and bad decisions the author made as he progressed from engineering student to effective, world-class project manager.

Author: Bruce E. Podwal
Publisher: Bruce Podwal
Published: 03/22/2019
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780578429441

About the Author
Podwal, Bruce E.: - Bruce Podwal received a B.C.E. from City College of New York (CCNY) and an M.S.C.E. from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. A licensed Professional Engineer in eight states. he managed major engineering projects including the $10 billion Westway project in NYC, $200 million Guam Island-Wide Program, $2 billion Ankara-Gerede Motorway in Turkey, Hong Kong's $400 million Central Kowloon Route, and Houston's $3 billion Katy Freeway. He provided technical expertise on the Panama Canal Expansion, the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and Dubai's Palm Island. Podwal served on the board of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a 12,000-person engineering firm, where he was manager for the region from New York to Virginia and CEO of several of its subsidiaries. He served on the South Bay Expressway LLC board as the representative of the U.S. DOT, a partial owner of this privatized San Diego toll road. A Fellow of ASCE, Podwal was elected a Director to ASCE's National Board. He served on ASCE's Committee on Advancing the Profession and the editorial board of its Leadership and Management in Engineering journal and chaired its International Activities Committee and Task Committee to Study Professional Liability & Risks/Claims Management. He was President of ASCE's NYC-based Metropolitan Section and received its Thomas C. Kavanagh Service Award. Podwal co-authored Highway Engineering, in McGraw-Hill's Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers, 2nd and 3rd editions. He authored and presented numerous papers including Consortium Teams: How to Make Them Work Multinational, at ASCE's Annual Conference and chaired the California Engineering Foundation's Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation conference. Podwal presented a two-week seminar on the design of highways, toll roads, tunnels and bridges at the Beijing Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute and guest lectured at the University of Houston and Turkey's Middle East Technical University. Podwal chaired the CCNY Dept. of Civil Engineering Advisory Board and presented Project Management Challenges of Major International Engineering Projects, at the CCNY seminar series named in his honor. He was elected a CCNY Chapter Honor Member of Chi Epsilon (the civil engineering honor society) and received the CCNY Engineering School Alumni's Career Achievement Award.

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