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Civil Engineering Project Planning and Programming

Aug 18, 2025 - Aug 22, 2025

| Tirana, Albania

Overview

This interactive IRF course for Civil Engineering Project Planning and Programming introduces project management principles to civil engineers, project managers, and different construction project stakeholders. This course will focus on project planning principles and provide the course attendees with detailed information regarding different planning components, advantages of project planning, and the impediments to project planning. The course will provide strategies for calculation of project risk and risk mitigation before and during project execution. Quality concepts and human resources best practices are introduced and tied to project planning. Detailed case studies are introduced to reinforce the project planning and programming concepts as pertinent to infrastructure projects applications.

Learning Objectives

  • Principles of Project Management are introduced as pertinent to different project stakeholders including project managers, engineers, and contractors.
  • Participants will study principles of project planning during project different phases, including project initial planning, work breakdown structure, project monitoring, and project delivery
  • Project Risk Management Principles are introduced. This includes risk assessment, risk mitigation, and limiting risk in construction projects
  • Attendees will be provided with principles of project scheduling, detection of critical activities, resource allocation, and schedule updating

Target Audience

  • National /State Road & Transport Engineers
  • Highway Engineers and Managers
  • Private Consultants & Contractors

Agenda

Instructor

Dr. Amin K. Akhnoukh

Dr. Amin Akhnoukh is a professor of construction engineering and management at East Carolina University, North Carolina, USA. Dr. Akhnoukh earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering (1997) from Cairo University, M.S. in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University (2005), Kansas, USA, and Doctorate in Construction Engineering (2008) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Dr. Akhnoukh has worked as an assistant and associate professor of civil and construction engineering at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (2009-2017) and as associate and professor of construction management (2018-todate) at East Carolina University. Dr. Akhnoukh has generated more than $3.0 million in research funding from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and State Departments of Transportation. Dr. Akhnoukh has more than 100 refereed publications in the area of construction materials, infrastructure asset management, and artificial intelligence applications in construction. Dr. Akhnoukh has more than 10 years of construction experience in Egypt, the middle east, and the United States. He is a registered professional engineer in Egypt and the United States, and a NASA and IRF Fellow.

Venue & Hotel

Hilton Garden Inn

Address: Alpas Center, 146 Bulevardi Gjergi
Tirana, Albania

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/tiagigi-hilton-garden-inn-tirana/?msockid=0551da00cde46a3e1fa8cf64ccab6b58

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