| Fall
2008
TransTech continues
its long-standing service to its clients with additional new assignments!
Metropolitan Government
of Nashville and Davidson County
TransTech Management has been awarded a contract to perform a major management
review of the fleet operations of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville
and Davidson County. This is a comprehensive review, consisting of 4 major
tasks and 23 specific areas targeted for examination.The Nashville Davidson
fleet consisting of over 3,800 units of all types and provides service
to the following departments:
- General Services
Motor Pool
- Fire Department
Garage
- Public Works Equipment
Division
- Parks and Recreation
Garage
- Water Services
Garage
Maryland Transit
Administration
TransTech is leading the "Management and Organizational Development"
consulting services component for the Maryland Transit Administration
procurement entitled, "Policy, Business and Transit Management Services."
This task order type contract is potentially multi-millions in fees and
multi-years in duration. We will examine the agency's administration and
operations with respect to cost efficiencies, goal attainment, and effectiveness.
Considerations may include management layers, resource allocation, organizational
goals and objectives, redundancy of functions, unit effectiveness, uniformity
of approach or methodology, interrelationships of functions, skill matrix
analysis and review of labor contract provisions."
Arizona Department
of Transportation
In association with another firm, TransTech has been awarded a new project
to develop customer-based performance indicators for the Arizona Department
of Transportation. We will examine the following areas:
- Best practices
for measuring customer-focused public agency performance.
- Measures that
can be reported for continuous customer feedback.
- Customers' perception
of the DOT's performance.
- Communications
process for improving customer communications.
- Recommendations
for next steps in developing and adopting performance measures.
Delaware River
Port Authority
TransTech was competitively selected to perform a comprehensive management
review of the Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
("DRPA"). The purpose of the project is to provide an independent,
objective and comprehensive review of the Authority (including PATCO rail
functions) and to help the Authority create a more effective and efficient
organization. This initiative will cover every division, department, office,
unit and function of the Authority, whose components include the maintenance
and operations of the Benjamin Franklin and Walt Whitman toll bridges
between Philadelphia and Camden, two outlying bridges, the Port Authority
Transit Corporation (PATCO), the Ports of Philadelphia and Camden (PPC),
and various activities of the Authority that are linked to local and regional
economic development.
North Carolina
Statewide Freight Logistics Plan
TransTech is leading two of three primary assessment areas in a project
mandated by the General Assembly to develop North Carolina's first Statewide
Freight Logistics Plan. This fast-track project will provide the State
with a policy blueprint for advancing freight logistics through transportation
infrastructure project prioritization over the next quarter century. The
team is led by North Carolina State University, including the Institute
for Transportation Research & Education, and it involves an extensive
outreach effort and the participation of over 30 consultants and academicians
from several states.
American Association
of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
TransTech has been selected on a sole source basis to assist AASHTO in
evaluating all aspects of its meeting structure via analyzing attendance
records, conducting research into how peers are adjusting to the economy,
surveying various AASHTO audiences regarding participation requirements,
and interpreting and reporting results. This project will involve extensive
interaction with AASHTO staff, interviews of member state DOT officials,
and discussions with transportation industry vendors and contractors.
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