Prof. Chritian Brockmann, CIB Helsinki Awardee, will give Lecture at Professional Masters in Project Management Program in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Prof. Dr. Christian Brockmann, who is an awardee, academician and researcher, will give a 3-day lecture (in practical aspect) in “Applied Project Management in Highway Project” from 26-28 June 2009 at Ho Chi Minh City.

Prof. Dr. Brockmann at present is a Professor in the University of Applied Sciences - Bremen, Germany and Stanford University. He teaches following courses:
- Introduction to Project Management
- Estimating / Accounting in Construction
- Organization in Construction
- Project Planning
- Construction Technology
- Construction Economics
- Introduction to Ecological Economics; and
- Research Methodology

Before he joined the universities, he was one of the top highway project managers. He is involved in many highway project including the Bangna Trad Expressway.

Christian will teach Professional Masters in Project Management (MPM) students in HCM. He will share his years of experience with MPM students.

Benchmarking for Track Mechanized Maintenance System

Due to high fuel costs, commuters now a days prefer the railway mode of transit - in bringing them to work place and back to their homes.

But how these railway systems, which are usually owned and operated by the government, manage and maintain to provide the society and industry a dependable form of transportation?

Mr. Werayutdh Chuenchan prepared a case study which is entitled “Benchmarking for Track Mechanized Maintenance System: A case study of the State Railway of Thailand”.

This study is focused on the on-track mechanized maintenance in the SRT; identifying the advantages and disadvantages of general characteristics of railway contexts; the factors that affecting to time, cost, quality, and safety management of the on-track mechanized maintenance in the SRT; and applying the benchmarking concept to SRT track mechanized maintenance management.

He concluded that, in order to achieve the stated objectives, the understanding of general characteristics of railway contexts, on-track mechanized maintenance system and maintenance management concept are required. Then the principal of benchmarking is applied in finding the best practice of on-track maintenance management among the sections.

This is his abstract.

ABSTRACT

Presently, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) faces a vast competition from the other transportation mode. If it is to survive as a viable mode it must considerably improve service quality and economic efficiency. The effectiveness and efficiency of railway maintenance system directly affects to railway service and its economy. To maintain a good performance of railway maintenance, the good management of track mechanized maintenance is required.

To apply the benchmarking methodology in order to find out the best practice of track mechanized maintenance, is a very effective tool that can assist the management in their pursuits of continuous improvement of their operations. Planning and executing consideration of track mechanized maintenance chief is one of measurement. Besides, working process management and working performance are also considered.

The results from the study show that quality consideration is the most significant for planning. Then safety, time, and cost are considered respectively. Once it executes the plan, the safety of their work is the most important. During working process, the supporting and cooperation from outside colleagues are required. The factors that affect to the cost performance of track mechanized maintenance section are labors cost, fuel cost, materials cost, and parts cost. The most affected factor is labor cost. The one, who has good performance in cost and time management, also gives high significant to time and cost planning. In other word, it is difficult to compare the working performance in term of quality if who is the best. Because of there are external factors that need to be considered such as the general characteristics of the railway contexts and collaboration of external colleagues.


Keywords; best practice, benchmarking, railway maintenance, track mechanized maintenance, working process, working performance

List of New Graduates (May 2009)

Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management

No. * Name * Country * Degree

1 . Kedsuda Limsila , Thailand - D. Eng'g
2 . Raman Awale , Nepal - M. Eng'g
3 . Pichaya Bhanubhak , Thailand - M. Eng'g
4 . Dam Thanh Binh , Vietnam - M. Eng'g
5 . Kantanat Chaipermsak , Thailand - M. Eng'g
6 . Werayutdh Chuenchana , Thailand - M. Eng'g
7 . Tran Viet Dung , Vietnam - M. Eng'g
8 . Aung Myo Hein , Myanmar - M. Eng'g
9 . Panwimon Jornjaran , Thailand - M. Eng'g
10 . Kriangsak Kiatkittikorn , Thailand - M. Eng'g
11 . Ahsen Maqsoom , Pakistan - M. Eng'g
12 . Swe Zin Myint , Myanmar - M. Eng'g
13 . Nguyen Viet Nhan , Vietnam - M. Eng'g
14 . Tran Duc Nhat , Vietnam - M. Eng'g
15 . Surapong Panja , Thailand - M. Eng'g
16 . Rahongsree Prayongrut , Thailand - M. Eng'g
17 . Thotsaphol Rattananapalai, Thailand - M. Eng'g
18 . Htet Htet Shein , Myanmar - M. Eng'g
19 . Korakade Thamphongsri , Thailand - M. Eng'g
20 . Piyada Thanarojsakul , Thailand - M. Eng'g
21 . Piyachat Thaveelert , Thailand - M. Eng'g
22 . Pham Vuong Trung , Vietnam - M. Eng'g
23 . Le Quang Tuan , Vietnam - M. Eng'g

Project Management in Construction

1 . Ngo Duc Binh , Vietnam - Professional Master

Professional Master in Project Management Specialized in Construction Graduates (December 2008)

Thirty-one students received their Diploma for the Professional Master in Project Management last December 2008. Nine of them are from Ho Chi Minh city and the other twenty-one are from Vung Tau city. Their complete names are listed below.


No. : ID Number : Name : Field

1 . 106549 : Mr. Bui Van Bao , MPM-HCM
2 . 106550 : Mr. Lu Dinh Vu , MPM-HCM
3 . 106551 : Mr. Nguyen Dang Thong Nhat , MPM-HCM
4 . 106552 : Mr. Chu Bien Cuong , MPM-HCM
5 . 106553 : Mr. Nguyen Le Hoai Tam , MPM-HCM
6 . 106554 : Ms. Mai Do Thuy Dung , MPM-HCM
7 . 106709 : Mr. Mai Phong Phu , MPM-HCM
8 . 106970 : Mr. Vo Hoang Phuong , MPM-HCM
9 . 106634 : Mr. Bui Quang Luong , MPM-HCM
10 . 106584 : Mr. Ngo Duc Binh , MPM-VT
11 . 106585 : Mr. Nguyen Khoa , MPM-VT
12 . 106586 : Mr. Nguyen Anh Dao , MPM-VT
13 . 106587 : Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh , MPM-VT
14 . 106588 : Mr. Nguyen Tan Hoang , MPM-VT
15 . 106589 : Mr. Nguyen Van Thang , MPM-VT
16 . 106590 : Mr. Tran Duc Hanh , MPM-VT
17 . 106593 : Mr. Dao Manh Tuong , MPM-VT
18 . 106594 : Mr. Le Viet Hoai , MPM-VT
19 . 106595 : Mr. Dang Huu Trinh , MPM-VT
20 . 106596 : Mr. Nguyen Quang Hung , MPM-VT
21 . 106597 : Mr. Do Hong Hai , MPM-VT
22 . 106598 : Mr. Phan Minh Nhut , MPM-VT
23 . 106599 : Mr. Dang The Phuong , MPM-VT
24 . 106600 : Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung , MPM-VT
25 . 106601 : Mr. Vu Van Dao , MPM-VT
26 . 106559 : Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hanh , MPM-VT
27 . 106583 : Mr. Dang Dinh Lam , MPM-VT
28 . 106591 : Mr. Nguyen Hoang Loc , MPM-VT
29 . 106625 : Mr. Khuong Minh Dat , MPM-VT
30 . 106592 : Mr. Nguyen Van Diep , MPM-VT
31 . 106582 : Mr. Pham Van Tuan , MPM-VT

Riza Yosia Join Jones LangSalle Indonesia

Good news from PETRAIT program.

Mr. Riza Yosia who studied PETRAIT program is now working in Indonesia as Project Manager of Jones Lang Salle (an International and Global Property Consultant and development). Before he takes this new position, he was the Sustainable Construction Manager of Bovis LendLease Thailand. During his study at AIT, Mr. Riza and his supervisor (Dr. Hadikusumo) published one journal article "Emotional Intelligence in Project Management" (see attached file) in Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE).

Good Luck Riza!

Professional Master in Project Management Students from Vietnam came to AIT for one month Intership

30 students from Professional Master in Project Management came to AIT Thailand for one month internship and field trip. They stayed at AIT Thailand from 1 to 31 May 2008.

During the internship, the professional master students took three courses on applied project managements, preparing their project report. The three courses are
(i) applied project management in industrial complex which was taught by Mr. Burin K (Country Manager of Bovis Lendlease Thailand)
(ii) Applied Project Management in Oil and Gas Pipeline which was taught by Mr. Michael Sypsomos (Project Director of Chevron Thailand)
(iii) Applied Project Management in Oil Refinery Project which was taught by Mr. Chalermchai U. (Project Director of Bangchak Oil Refinery).

Regards
Hadikusumo

Project Director of Chevron lectured at AIT CEIM

Mr Mike Sypsomos, Project Director of Chevron Thailand gave a 15 hours lecture at AIT CEIM on "Applied Project Management in Oil and Gas Projects" on May 2008.


Day 1-
9:00 to 11:30am – Project description, definition, WBS, PEP, exercise and discussion
11:30am to 12:15pm – extended break for lunch
12:15pm to 4:00pm – Project Controls (Schedule & cost management, resources, estimate, progress, EV), exercise and discussion of Lessons Learned

Day 2-
9:00 to 11:30am – Risk Management (plan and implementation), Contract/ Procurement management and exercise
11:30am to 12:15pm – extended break for lunch
12:15pm to 4:00pm – PMI Project of the Year – Lessons Learned from a “world class” project & exercise. FEL, Project Audit and PM Maturity Model, Team Building, Coaching and other VIPs and best practices