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and the UWME Design for
Environment Laboratory
present
Sustainable Port of Seattle
Project Series
!!NEW!!
REGISTRATION INFORMATION for Spring 2006
The scheduled project meeting
time is Thursdays, 3:00-4:20 in the Mechanical Engineering Building room
237 (MEB
237). You are welcome to register for the course in your
department, or another listed as follows:
2006 Project: Preparing the
Port of Seattle for Strategic Asset Management
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Project Series Background
The University of
Washington Design for Environment Laboratory announces the first project
in an annual Sustainable Port of Seattle Project Series. These
spring-quarter projects will engage undergraduate and graduate students
from the UW College Engineering, School of Business, and other UW units
in an interdisciplinary learning experience. Projects will address
emerging issues with environmental, economic and social implications to
port operations. With the help of project mentors from both the Port of
Seattle and the UW faculty, students will perform business and technical
assessments that will ultimately allow them to make, justify, and
present relevant recommendations to the Port, their contractors, and
others interested in the sustainability of municipal port management.
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2006 Project Description
The Port of Seattle defines
“Strategic Asset Management” as the process by which the Port will
consistently make and execute the highest value decisions regarding its
facilities throughout their useful lives. Their policy is founded in the
use of sustainability metrics (e.g., total cost of ownership,
environmental life cycle, etc.) in planning, designing, constructing,
operating, maintaining, renewing, demolishing and replacing Port
facilities.
For the
2006 scoping project, students will map Port capital investment decision
processes with a focus on (1) how capital and operating costs are
managed among departments and (2) the use and availability of life cycle
cost data (e.g., design, permitting, construction, operating,
maintenance, and waste management costs) among departments within
the context of the Port’s sustainability initiatives. At the
same time, students will assess success stories and challenges
experienced by the Port of Seattle and other ports throughout the globe
related to setting inter-departmental objectives and information
management. The combination of these activities is expected to allow the
students to make recommendations for action, further assessment, and
potential UW-Port partnerships.
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Project Schedule and Reporting (UPDATED)
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March 30,
3:00 in MEB 237 |
Student
kickoff meeting |
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??? at the Port of Seattle |
Port team
kickoff meeting |
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April 13,
3:00 in MEB 237 |
Project
proposal due
Presentation
on Port Operations and Management
by Burr Stewart (Burr Stewart, Port of Seattle Strategic
Planning Manager) |
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April 20 &
27, 3:00 in MEB 237 |
Student and
faculty meetings |
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May 4, 3:00
in MEB 237 |
Interim
project report due
Student and
faculty meeting |
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May 11 &18,
3:00 in MEB 237 |
Student and
faculty meetings |
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May 24
(WEDNESDAY), time TBD at the Port of Seattle |
Airports
Council International Meeting on the use of LEED |
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May 25, 3:00
in MEB 237 |
Student and
faculty meeting |
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Jun 1, time
TBD at the Port of Seattle |
Final
project presentation
Final report
due |
In addition to these milestones,
bi-weekly team meetings with Port mentors will occur by teleconference
(and possibly net-meeting) and in-person at the UW or the Port.
For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at
cooper@me.washington.edu
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