Detection of Teamwork Behavior as Meaningful Exploration of Tradespace During Project Design

Virtually all public works projects require a substantial planning effort to identify impacts, costs, and alternatives. Federal and state laws and regulations call for certain levels of public involvement during planning, but meaningful, collaborative public involvement entails doing more than the minimum requirements. This is particularly true when there appears to be an imbalance in public input, where one viewpoint is heard above others. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) has undertaken efforts on two corridor projects to expand its public involvement in ways that maximize the range of community views, enhance project design, and build support for the project. In addition to the traditional public meetings, newsletters, and open houses, MTDB has used public relations firms, neutral facilitators, and staff outreach to achieve expanded public involvement goals. MTDB has found that, while there are risks and costs associated with these approaches, they ultimately result in better projects that receive more widespread public and political acceptance.

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Project, Design and Management

10.35992/pdm ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Project Design

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Optimization of the project design of the reconstructed building roof installation on the basis of the building constructions bearing capability assessment

Proceedings of the Kuban State Agrarian University ◽

10.21515/1999-1703-64-234-240 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (64) ◽

pp. 234-240

Author(s):

Yakov Ilchenko ◽

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Alexander Buzulukin ◽

Alexey Miroshnikov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Project Design ◽

Building Roof

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TRACKING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF UNDERGRADUATE GEOSCIENTISTS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH TO ASSESS THE SUCCESS OF INCLUSIVE PROJECT DESIGN

10.1130/abs/2020am-356214 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ariel Russell ◽

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Anjali Fernandes ◽

Antoinette Abeyta ◽

Hosna Sheikholeslami ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lived Experiences ◽

Project Design

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Facilitating Sustainable Outcomes for the Organization of Youth Sports through Youth Engagement

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13042101 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 2101

Author(s):

Anna-Maria Strittmatter ◽

Dag Vidar Hanstad ◽

Berit Skirstad

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Youth Sports ◽

Change Agents ◽

Project Design ◽

Organizational Sustainability ◽

Sport Organizations ◽

Youth Engagement ◽

Organized Sports ◽

Sport Events

The aim of this study was to explore how a youth sport development programme in connection with a major event may facilitate sustainable outcomes for the organization of youth sports in Norway. The context of the study involved the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports’ initiative to increase young people’s engagement within Norwegian organized sports. The result of the initiative was the Young Leaders Programme (YLP) in connection with the 2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games. Young people’s perceptions of the YLP, as well as how these perceptions relate to its implementation, are evaluated to determine the extent to which the programme may make a difference to sustainable youth engagement in organized sports. Qualitative data were generated through interviews with 16 YLP participants, aged 16–20, and five implementing agents. Applying the framework of processes affecting sustainability, the study shows how certain forms of sustainability can be enhanced while constraining other forms at the same time. The findings highlight that project design and implementation play a more crucial role in creating organizational sustainability than in creating individual sustainability. Furthermore, we were able to reveal that the engagement of young people in sport events as volunteers fosters individual sustainability, of which sport organizations and sporting communities should take advantage by providing arenas where young people can re-engage in sport organizations and thus contribute as change agents to a sustainable organization for youth sports.

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