The course will be of particular interest to engineers employed in the field of Construction and Civil Engineering.

 This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Civil Engineers
• Architects
• Practising building construction inspectors
• Project engineers

This course describes tasks and issues that project managers must address at different stages of Geographical Information System (GIS) project development by striking a balance between theory and practice. Topics include strategic planning, work program development, project management techniques, budgeting, staffing, sustaining program support, and managing consultants and vendors.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Gain knowledge in managing a GIS Project in all its phases: User Needs Survey, Needs Assessment, Database Design, System Design, Data Conversion, Application Development, and Training.
• Get hands-on experience in managing a GIS project
• Acquire all skills needed to prepare a GIS project documentation such as a request for proposal, proposal, and various project deliverable documentation.
• Better understand the issues of staffing and budgeting, teamwork, and consultant-client relationship through real-world case studies

This training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, and retention of the information presented. This includes formal lectures and interactive worked examples included in several workshops. Presented also will be several illustrative and instructive videos. The emphasis in the seminar will be on the explanation of all technical points and providing answers to problems that are encountered in everyday industrial practice related to operation and maintenance, as well as repair and alterations of industrial heating equipment.

Day One: Bidding a GIS project

• Introducing GIS Technology Advances
•  Understanding and Formulating a Typical RFP
•  Initiating the Formal Negotiation Process

Day Two: Implementing the Project

• Setting Milestones
• Managing Personnel
• Adopting Technology
• Tackling Problems
•  Setting Expectations

Day Three: Evaluation and Documentation

• Writing Deliverables
  
• Submitting Progress Reports
•  Looking Ahead

Day Four: Introduction to GIS

• What is GIS?
• Roots on GIS
• GIS as a product of well-defined sciences
• What GIS can do?
• Strategies for the introduction of GIS

Day Five: Data sources of GIS

• Nature and sources of spatial data
• Concepts of Digital Mapping (DM)
•  Data capture techniques
• Data structure and restructure
•  DATA RESTRUCTURE
•  Surveying and GIS (GPS, Remote Sensing, Projection, scale)