Publisher's Special Extended to Aug 15 -- Includes Free Subscriptions to Construction Claims Advisor AND Construction Project Controls & BIM Report!
Use the power of scheduling tools and best practices to your advantage!
Industry studies have proven that contractors employing construction schedules enjoy more on-time, on-budget project completions. Put construction scheduling to better use on your projects ─ listen to nationally recognized scheduling experts in this four-part special webinar series. Whether you're just getting started or have been scheduling for several years, this scheduling series covers the basics, best practices, reviews "schedule games" (owners ─ take note) and looks at the two leading Primavera scheduling applications.
The schedule is the key to effective and efficient program and project management. There is no substitute for planning and no more powerful tool in the manager’s planning tool chest than a good schedule. But good scheduling these days cannot be accomplished without a little knowledge. Like almost everything, scheduling has advanced far from its rudimentary, back-of-the-napkin days. Modern scheduling tools are incredibly powerful and useful to the manager who wants to maximize the effectiveness of every dollar invested in a project. But the untrained cannot easily access this power. These informative recorded webinars provide participants with the knowledge needed to unlock the power of CPM scheduling on their projects. Even experienced practitioners will learn things they might not have known.
Location: Anywhere. Office conference room or worksite!
Webinar Series Details:
Project Scheduling in the 21st Century
Recorded Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | Now available on CD!
Listen and come away with a current understanding of modern program and project scheduling. The scheduling world has emerged from its formative years and advanced to middle age. Many of debates that consumed have long since been resolved and lingering questions answered. There is no more powerful or cost effective way to schedule a project than by using Critical Path Method schedules. Bar charts and Gantt charts still have their place, but CPM schedules have proven their value for even the smallest endeavors. With the maturation of scheduling processes, the industry has perfected definitions for the critical path and float and developed successful contract language and administrative procedures of scheduling the project. For experienced professionals, this will be an opportunity to confirm your knowledge of modern scheduling practices and ensure a sound foundation for the subsequent programs in this recorded series.
For those new to CPM scheduling, this webinar will launch the progress of your education and leave you ready to understand and absorb the program that follows.
CPM Scheduling Best Practices
Recorded December 3, 2008 | Now available on CD!
There is an emerging consensus regarding the best ways to use CPM schedules to manage a project. This previously recorded webinar will present these best practices in an efficient and accessible way, allowing participants to emerge from the program with a firm understanding of how to implement CPM scheduling on their projects successfully and economically. Participants will learn how to manage float, how to identify the critical path, how to use the schedule to manage work and avoid delays, and how to handle controversial issues like early completion schedules and the sequestration of float. They will walk away with a comprehensive checklist for reviewing a schedule, and they will learn how to use a schedule to quickly measure a delay.
Scheduling Traps, Pitfalls and Swindles:
The Dark Side of Scheduling
Recorded December 3, 2008 | Now available on CD!
This webinar focused on scheduling abuses, both inadvertent and premeditated. Topics covered:(1) how to avoid traps inherent in using scheduling software, (2) common pitfalls in performing schedule updates and (3) both attempted and successful swindles in pursuing delay claims. The goal of this webinar helped participants to gain a better understanding of the games that schedulers sometimes play and how to avoid them on your projects.
The effort involved in developing and maintaining a reasonable schedule throughout a project is substantial, and it is important to do it right. For many of us, it is equally important to be able to debunk a misleading or, at times, fraudulent schedule in resolving disputes. Obtain the peace of mind of knowing your projected milestone completion dates are reasonable and have a high probability of success. Hone your skills in developing or evaluating time impact analyses in pursuing or defending multi-million dollar delay claims.
Challenges and LessonsLearned with
Primavera’s Project Management Software
Recorded December 10, 2008 | Now available on CD!
Primavera has launched Versions 5.0 (P5), 6.0 (P6) and Contractor versions of its scheduling software in the past couple of years that are drastically different from the popular software Primavera 3.0 (P3) and SureTrak. The compatibility of these new versions with P3 poses unique challenges in project controls and forensic schedule analyses. Primavera's plan to phase out P3 also makes it imperative that the mechanics of the new versions be understood and appreciated by the project controls and construction claims community.
Both project controls practitioners and forensic schedule analysts should hear how to attend this webinar presentation to take advantage of the presenters' lessons-learned when they converted to the newest version of Primavera. Included in this presentation will be some definite “do-nots,” some “need to knows” and some things you “wish you had known” before using the software. The presentation will include a discussion of the import and export functions, how the various schedule options influence your completion date and the necessity of documenting your project schedule history.
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This unique program not only helps you better create and understand construction schedules, it is also accompanied by a FREE subscription (or renewal) to the leading newsletter on construction scheduling and project controls ─ Construction Project Controls & BIM Report.
This online monthly newsletter is loaded with articles on construction scheduling and other project control topics written by scheduling experts like Gordon Aronson, Larry True, John Livengood, Chris Bryant, Doug Findley and others. Keep pace with ongoing developments in 4D Scheduling, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and other construction technology applications. A one‐year paid subscription, normally $327, is yours free when you purchase the complete series!
Who should participate?
All of these programs serve the needs of those involved in the planning and execution of projects. It will be of particular interest to program and project managers, contractors, subcontractors, vendors and suppliers, owners, consultants, engineers and architects and other design professionals, and the attorneys that represent these parties.
Meet Your Instructors:
J. Scott Lowe, P.E., is Principal in Trauner Consulting Services, Inc. His expertise lies in the areas of construction claim preparation and evaluation, dispute resolution, technical document development, Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, contract administration and cost analysis. Mr. Lowe is a registered professional engineer in Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Mark Nagata is currently a Director at Trauner Consulting Services, Inc., in Philadelphia. Mark provides construction scheduling and claim evaluation services to both contractors and owners. He has published several articles on construction-related topics and regularly conducts seminars throughout the country on a wide variety of topics.
Meet Your Instructors:
J. Scott Lowe, P.E.
Principal,
Trauner Consulting
Services, Inc.
Mark Nagata
Director,
Trauner Consulting
Services, Inc.
Meet Your Instructors:
Stuart Ockman is President of Ockman & Borden Associates, project management consultants specializing in project planning and control, claims management and claims avoidance. He has more 25 years experience in engineering and construction management. Mr. Ockman is a registered professional engineer and is the co-founder and Chairman of PMI’s College of Scheduling.
Andrew D. Ness is a managing partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Howry LLP, and is a member of the firm’s Construction Law practice group focusing on dispute resolution and counseling with respect to construction and design‐related matters primarily representing owners and developers, engineers and prime contractors. Mr. Ness is the author of numerous articles and speaks frequently on construction law issues.
Meet Your Instructors:
Anne Marie Tombros has extensive knowledge of the construction process, CPM scheduling, delay and issue analysis, and project management and project controls. With over 25 years in the construction industry, she has utilized her extensive knowledge to analyze construction delays, impacts and inefficiencies and related damages.
Sunu Mohan has more than nine years of comprehensive experience in engineering and construction, including project controls and dispute resolution. Mr. Mohan has been involved in projects in a variety of industries including building construction, transportation, ship building, drilling rig refurbishments and process plants. He is also knowledgeable about marine design and construction regulations, both by classification societies and USCG.
