PROJECT MANAGER DEMONSTRATION — FIRST BRIEFING
Prepared 14 October 2026. Illustrative client; real public source summaries.
This is a staged exercise using dated announcements, not a current site recommendation.

CLIENT BRIEF — FICTIONAL
A regional homewares importer brings containers through Savannah. Its operations director is considering a second warehouse near Gainesville, Georgia, and has asked a small consulting firm whether the inland rail terminal deserves a place in the shortlist.
The immediate decision is whether to commission a costed route comparison. The client has supplied no freight quotes, lease terms, warehouse address, shipment volumes or customer delivery commitments. The director needs a short briefing for a meeting, plus questions to take to the logistics provider. A favourable infrastructure announcement alone cannot establish savings for this client.

SOURCE A — LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Publisher: Georgia Ports Authority.
Title: GPA’s Gainesville Inland Port set for May opening.
Published: 24 March 2026. Read: 14 October 2026.
URL: https://gaports.com/press-releases/gpas-gainesville-inland-port-set-for-may-opening/
Summary: GPA announced a planned 4 May 2026 opening and rail service five days weekly between Northeast Georgia and Savannah. It described an alternative to a 600-mile truck roundtrip. The announced annual capacity of 200,000 containers applies at full build-out. GPA also described completed local road improvements. This is the operator’s announcement. It supplies neither a client quote nor evidence of the client’s transit reliability.

SOURCE B — GENERAL RATE-REQUEST GUIDANCE
Publisher: Norfolk Southern.
Title: NS Intermodal.
Publication date: not displayed. Read: 14 October 2026.
URL: https://www.norfolksouthern.com/en/ship-by-rail/industry/intermodal
Summary: The carrier provides separate terminal/schedule and tariff resources. Its public-rate request guidance asks for origin, destination and equipment size. This page supplies a route for obtaining a quote; the summary supplies no actual rate or service commitment for this client.

READER NOTE
These are short original summaries with links to the full sources. They are not full-page captures. Original pages must be checked before client use. Only the supplied evidence belongs in the first-stage briefing; a later announcement arrives in the follow-up.