When Hurricane Andrew blew away much of mainland Florida's southern tip and every dollar record for U.S. disasters, it also set the stage for a recovery effort of global proportions. Modem project management (MPM) has been an important tool in helping a 700-member team organize and execute this massive, six-month recovery program in devastated Homestead, which was hit hard by the hurricane.
MPM is guiding recovery efforts to support this immense task of achieving 14 different missions including:
- A $225 million plan to ensure rapid,
- effective removal and disposal of hurricane debris.
- A $60 million plan to repair and reopen storm-damaged schools as quickly as possible.
- A $20 million plan to design and develop temporary housing via mobile home parks.
- A $26 million mission that ensures availability of material and labor for temporary, plastic roofing.
Project management software has been essential for managing the mission assignments, construction schedules and contracts that have kept the recovery moving, “says Dennis Duke, project management chief for the Jacksonville District of the Army Corps of Engineers team.
Rescue and recovery efforts for this location are scheduled for completion in late February.
Boiled water. Toilets. Showers. Ice. Whatever services or supplies the people of Homestead need, the Corps is providing it with the help of modem project management.
From: Christian Jensen,
We/corn Software Technology
Product used: Open Plan