Triad Training for Practitioners is based on best management practices (BMP) implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), partnership organizations, federal and state partners, and consultants. Participants will learn how the Triad Approach can be used to streamline projects in a legal, technically sound, and cost-effective manner. By taking the course, participants achieve the following objectives:

• Integrate Triad BMPs into traditional project activities. This course illustrates how to use Triad sampling plan design, data collection, analysis, and management strategies at various entry points in a typical project timeline. The course highlights emerging quality assurance and quality control methods for evaluating data sufficiency and optimizing project sequencing. Case studies highlight benefits of using Triad concepts at hazardous waste sites within a variety of programmatic and regulatory frameworks.
• Effectively collect and communicate critical project information. The Triad Approach uses a systematic planning process to involve key stakeholders and develop the conceptual site model (CSM). The course provides examples of CSMs and describes how they are used as the basis for project and sampling plan design, and as a tool for maintaining stakeholder consensus throughout the project life cycle. The course stresses the importance of educating both technical and non-technical team members on the monetary and risk related benefits of using Triad to manage project-related uncertainties. Participants will be shown how comprehensive systematic planning in a Triad framework extends beyond normal data quality models. The course examines tools for managing the uncertainties associated with sampling, social, economic, and political factors that significantly impact hazardous waste cleanup and reuse projects.
• Design dynamic work strategies. Systematic planning provides the foundation for designing effective dynamic work strategies (DWS). The course describes the components of a DWS, including (1) methods for verifying performance, (2) using collaborative data sets, (3) methods for real-time decision making, (4) managing sample and small scale variability, (5) designing project and field decision logic, (6) implementing contingencies, and (7) creating streamlined work plans.
• Recognize and overcome the challenges presented while implementing a dynamic work strategy. Controlling a project during a DWS is challenging and involves communication and planning. Participants will learn how to manage and adjust programs in the field while maintaining the project’s integrity. The course describes methods for controlling and directing work during dynamic work efforts, which include using unitized costing, setting project ceilings, and lowering project costs. Participants will examine how more focused characterization efforts can extend project funds and maximize the data collected.
• Use Triad BMPs to support all phases of the environmental cleanup life cycle. In addition to supporting site characterization, Triad BMPs can directly support risk assessment, technology selection, remedial design, remedy implementation, long-term operations, and optimization efforts. The course describes specific ways practitioners can apply the BMPs to support these major project phases.

Current Offerings   Dallas, TX Details and Registration   June 25, 2013 - June 27, 2013

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Denver, CO Offering Details   August 14, 2012 - August 16, 2012   New York, NY Offering Details   November 16, 2011 - November 18, 2011   New Orleans, LA Offering Details   August 30, 2011 - September 01, 2011   Kansas City, KS Offering Details   October 26, 2010 - October 28, 2010   Boston, MA Offering Details   July 27, 2010 - July 29, 2010   Kansas City, KS Offering Details   March 16, 2010 - March 18, 2010   Cypress, CA Offering Details   August 25, 2009 - August 27, 2009   Philadelphia, PA Offering Details   June 16, 2009 - June 17, 2009   Kansas City, KS Offering Details   July 14, 2008 - July 15, 2008