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Return to Service and Post-Pandemic Planning for Capital Programs PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS Partnering with clients to safely deliver capital programs and projects in a pandemic environment, with a safe return to operations and solutions for the new normal. Americas SECTIONADDRESSING TITLE THE CHALLENGES OF OUR NEW NORMAL ◀ RETURN TO SERVICE: PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT As program management operations begin or resume in the new normal, and construction sites become active once again, owners are ADDRESSING THE facing unprecedented return-to-operations challenges. New safety procedures often indicate a possible need for renewed program planning and program reassessment to avoid cost and schedule impacts. These activities may include project re-prioritization, reassessment of CHALLENGES OF the program risk analysis and risk mitigation strategies, and schedule adjustments associated with revised construction durations and sequencing. OUR NEW NORMAL: Managing capital programs during a pandemic also comes with a new measure of success: safely guiding the delivery of projects in a pandemic environment. Employees and contractors must adhere to PROGRAM PLANNING program-specific, local, state and federal COVID-19-related safety guidelines. AECOM program managers keep pace with these ever- evolving guidelines, and facilitate the establishment and implementation of procedures for various program participants, to assist in overseeing AND REASSESSMENT safety compliance. We have the expertise and technologies to rapidly provide a program assessment to help our clients achieve program goals. From a reassessment of the initial risk analysis and mitigation strategies, to safety planning and remote inspections, our professionals can help you navigate this new normal. AECOM CONFIDENTIAL ©AECOM 2020 2 DIGITIZE IS THE NEW SANITIZE ◀ RETURN TO SERVICE: PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT “DIGITIZE” IS THE NEW “SANITIZE” WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING CAPITAL PROGRAMS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND FOR THE FUTURE NEW NORMAL During the pandemic, we suggest that in some cases, “digitize is the new “sanitize” when it comes to managing capital programs. Our innovative digital program management technologies can help you implement the strategies needed for safely returning to operations, and for long-term optimization of your objectives in the new normal. Capital project management software, and shifting data to the Cloud is part of the new normal. Revenue streams may be more uncertain as a result of economic impacts from the coronavirus pandemic; our digital tools inform critical strategies to help clients accurately manage project funding and financing planning. As construction operations fully resume, our team can also provide ongoing financial monitoring. One example of our innovative digital services is AECOM’s Revenue Optimization and Delivery Solutions, which provides a visualization of revenue optimization planning, and can incorporate projected COVID-19 impacts. Our revenue modeling also incorporates demand forecasting planning for post- pandemic mitigations. AECOM CONFIDENTIAL ©AECOM 2020 3 CAPABILITIES AND SERVICE OFFERINGS ◀ RETURN TO SERVICE: PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES AND SERVICE OFFERINGS: EXAMPLES Capital Improvement Program Schedule and Budget Analysis Risk Analysis Hosting of Virtual Public Review and Reprioritization Time impacts associated with pandemic- Risk analyses created pre-pandemic may Meetings for AECOM Clients Program planning review and related safety measure requirements need to be re-assessed and updated AECOM has launched an interactive reprioritization of projects may be and potential supply chain delays with an analysis done through the lens of web-based tool that allows clients to needed from the lens of pandemic- are significant considerations in the program management in the new normal. hold virtual public meetings such as impact considerations and long-term scheduling process. We provide time- AECOM risk management experts are town halls. The platform allows our optimization for the post-pandemic impact analysis of schedules created familiar with various potential impacts teams and clients to safety engage a future. With the assistance of our financial pre-pandemic and for new programs, related to the pandemic, and can provide large number of meeting participants for modeling experts, we can provide value- with recommendations for strategies to mitigation strategies to keep your communication pertaining to the impact creating data to plan for the new reality mitigate potential delays. projects on-track. and benefits of proposed projects, or of a post-COVID-19 world. As your other types of community outreach such Safety Training Grant Fund Management program manager, we serve your partner as engagement of the workforce. AECOM employs a full range of Safety, We can help clients find, apply for and in continually revisiting assumptions and oversee grant funding and financing to Construction Site Safety Plan scenarios as more information unfolds. Health & Environment professionals, including certified industrial hygienists help mitigate the impacts of lost revenue A comprehensive COVID-19 exposure incurred as a result of the pandemic. Drone Construction and public health and pandemic control plan may be useful in helping to Our services include grant research Inspections and Monitoring specialists. We offer project site maintain the safety of participants in a and application development, creating program. Our assistance can pertain to Limiting person-to-person interaction on personnel safety training for a wide the project definition, collecting data, recommendations including delivery of a construction site may serve to reduce range of issues including personal compiling the benefit-cost analysis, materials, worker density restrictions, the potential for virus transmission. Our protective equipment, health screenings, post-award grant management and safety training, COVID-19 digital record- licensed drone pilots can provide remote safety reporting, general coronavirus administration, and project positioning keeping, and virtual procurement construction inspection in partnership awareness, and project-specific jobsite safety procedures. targeting outcomes aligned with the strategies. with our construction management assessment criteria. professionals. The inspection videos become integrated into the digital daily inspection report. AECOM CONFIDENTIAL ©AECOM 2020 4 CAPABILITIES AND SERVICE OFFERINGS ◀ RETURN TO SERVICE: PROGRAM◀ RETURN AND PROJECT TO SERVICE: MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE CAPABILITIES AND SERVICE OFFERINGS: EXAMPLES Personnel Digital Monitoring/Tracking Whether providing project design-phase Proximity interaction of construction jobsite recommendations, design services, or personnel and program management team assisting your facilities department staff in members can be monitored and digitally their return to service as your project ramps tracked while on-site or in the program back up, we can assess building systems management office. AECOM can help our for adjustments and augmentations. We clients or general contractors in facilitating provide rapid assessments for potential the implementation of a system that modifications to existing HVAC systems, involves tracking tags on a wearable device. which may result in enhanced filtration, Digitized interaction/contact data can be pressure zones and outdoor air delivery. collected and displayed on individual worker Disinfection Contractor Oversight profile dashboards, to produce contact We provide cleaning contractor oversight tracing reports. In addition to providing data and reporting for the process of for contacts in the event a worker tests disinfection of facilities by a contractor, positive for the coronavirus, the information on behalf of our clients. Our teams can can also be used for development of also prepare cleaning and disinfection specific safety protocols and adjustments specifications for use by contractors. to staff training. These specifications typically address HVAC System Assessment various issues associated with disinfection Our teams can identify strategies for of surfaces for the coronavirus, and modifications to potentially enhance a also include employee training, personal facility’s air quality and possibly reduce protective equipment, approved biocides, the risk of airborne virus transfer. sequencing of work, waste disposal, and emergency disinfection procedures. AECOM CONFIDENTIAL ©AECOM 2020 5 PROJECT EXPERIENCE EXAMPLES ◀ RETURN TO SERVICE: PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Miami Dade College Medical Campus Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory COVID-19 Facilities Disinfection Oversight/ Schedule Analysis and Recovery, Creation of Disinfection Specification and Remote Inspections In March 2020, a visitor to the Miami Dade College Medical Campus subsequently AECOM is currently providing construction management-as-advisor services tested positive for the coronavirus, resulting in the need for cleaning and disinfection for the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in support of the of portions of the campus. As part of our program management support services University’s $550-million capital construction portfolio. As a result of the coronavirus already ongoing at Miami Dade College, AECOM provided technical guidance for and pandemic, our team provided pandemic-related schedule analysis and recovery oversight of the cleaning and disinfection work performed by Miami Dade College’s recommendations,