Education
Nearly 400 classroom-based courses are presented by IRWA annually throughout the United States and Canada. Courses are facilitated by right of way professionals who have extensive practical experience within their discipline and the ability to engage participants in active learning.
If you have credentialing questions or need help with an application, contact your Chapter's Professional Development Committee (PDC) Chair.
To view the educational offerings and all certification programs, please visit the main IRWA Site.
Upcoming Courses
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303 - Project Management (Initiate to Close) and the Consultant Hiring Process - VITUAL CLASS
December 16 - 17, 2025
This course focuses on the consultant and leads you through:
• The Project Phases – when a specific need for a consultant is identified;
• Processes – starting with the hiring process to the closing of the project, which ends the contractual agreement between the consultant and the public agency or private industry; and• Application of Concepts – from the consultant’s and agency’s/industry’s perspectives using case studies.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• define the project steps;
• understand the interests, similarities and differences among the consultant, public agency, and private industry interests;
• apply concepts, identify/avoid common mistakes/misunderstandings;
• describe the consultant hiring process;
• assess the quality of consultants’ deliverables; and
• conduct an audit, a project review, and close the project.
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703 - Real Property/Asset Management - VIRTUAL CLASS
February 26, 2026
This intensive course is designed to teach participants the necessary skills and knowledge to introduce and implement an asset management program within an organization. Asset management is the comprehensively planned management of a diverse portfolio of real estate for the optimum use of available assets. Participants will explore the comprehensively planned management of a diverse portfolio of real estate for the optimum use of available assets.
Topics
• Definition of asset management
• Aspects, considerations and goals of asset management
• Prerequisites of successful asset management
• Identifying need for asset management
• Establishing an asset management program
• Steps and team formation
• Implementation of asset management programs
• Strategies and computer assistance options