Project Management Institute selects British Airports Authority, Colorado State Patrol and Flour Corp. as finalists for its 2009 Project of the Year award.
Project Management Institute has announced that British Airports Authority, the Colorado State Patrol and Fluor Corp. are the finalists for its global Project of the Year award, which recognizes superior project team performance through standardized project management techniques.
British Airports Authority, owner of seven airports in the United Kingdom, was selected for successfully managing the refurbishment of the Terminal 1 arrivals and departures concourse at London Heathrow Airport. The complex terminal renovation project avoided imposing on the travel experience of the millions of passengers who used Terminal 1, which remained operational during the upgrades. Concurrently, the project team met the various requirements of stakeholders, including the aviation industry, customers, employees, government, local communities, non-governmental organizations, regulators and suppliers. Challenges such as increasing project scope and partner delays were successfully managed and the project delivered under the original budget.
The Colorado State Patrol`s (CSP) was chosen for the strategic planning and execution of law enforcement services for the 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC), which
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