TPD joined forces again this year with a variety of organizations to collaborate on the second annual Shared Interns program. The program is an initiative developed through the transportation industry’s Total Quality Initiative (TQI) Workforce Development Program. Partners in the Eastern PA Region include PennDOT Districts 5-0 & 6-0, PA Turnpike’s Eastern Regional Office, ACEC/PA members (TPD, Urban, JMT & STV), and APC members (The H&K Group). The purpose of this program is to provide the 27 participating interns from agencies, consultants and contractors exposure to each aspect of the business of building and maintaining the commonwealth’s infrastructure, from leaders across various organizations. Before the summer ends, the group will visit each participating firm’s office for one day each week for interactive educational sessions and collaborative learning.
The group visited our Pottstown, PA HQ on Wednesday, June 18th, for TPD’s program, which included well-rounded sessions on not only engineering, CM/CI, and other technical topics, but were also provided with insights on how a consultant business functions operationally.
The efforts on TPD’s behalf would not have been possible without Tony Dougherty, PE, due to his work on the Statewide Committee, Eastern Region Committee and for all his work preparing the TPD Team for the program day.
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