Construction Project Management - 5 Day Training
Upcoming Sessions
Apr 19, 2021Click to Register
Price
OCA Members: $3500.
Non-Members: $4200.
Requirements
Cancellation Policy: - Thirty (30) calendar days prior to the start of the course 100% refund - Between Twenty-nine (29) and Fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the start of the course 50% refund - Fourteen (14) or fewer calendar days prior to the start of the course No refund - Substitutions can be made up to the day before the course starts
Description
The purpose of this 5-day professional development course is to provide extensive training for Construction Project Managers. This course will give you skills and information that you can apply immediately on the job. Using information and practices that are currently in place in successful firms, you will review case studies and learn application guidelines for success. This course encompasses technical skills, cognitive and interpersonal skills, and dynamic leadership and productivity skills of construction.
These skills are not only helpful but often critical for success as a Construction Project Manager. To participate, attendees need only a basic familiarity with construction methods and procedures. Thus, the course caters to both trainees and experienced PMs. The Instructors will present broad strokes that are applicable to all projects, as well as specific information that applies to specialty contracting. Your Instructors will be world-class construction experts, leaders in the field and experienced teachers and practitioners of construction.
COURSE OUTLINE
Day 1: Duties of the Modern Project Manager (Dr. Awad Hanna)
- Project delivery systems and the changing role of project managers (DBB, DB, CMR, IPD)
- Key discussions at turnover meetings
- Pre-Construction Planning Best Practices
- Team selection and turnover
- Scope review
- Administrative setup
- Buyout process
- Layout and sequencing plan
- Two-weeks look ahead planning, procedure, contents
- Review procedure for change orders
- Project Control and productivity tracking
- Billing procedure and following payments
- Safety policy
- Post-mortem review and evaluation
Day 2: What supervisors need to know about estimating and scheduling (Dr. Awad Hanna)
- To bid or not to bid
- Achieving higher hit rate
- Types of estimates (preliminary, engineering, and detailed estimate)
- Contents of an estimate (labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, mark-up)
- Estimate accuracy (level of accuracy, bidding documents, contingency)
- Sources of estimating data and how to build your library of cost information
- Factors that determine variations in estimate (time, location, size, etc.)
- Work breakdown structure (WBS) and assigning cost codes
- How to save in labor and overhead
- Estimating errors and how to rectify
- Schedule and development
- Scope definition/WBS
- Activity sequencing and logic
- Duration time estimating
- Schedule development
- Schedule calculation/verification
- Critical path and critical activities (CPM)
Day 3: Managing field productivity to improve the bottom line (Awad Hanna)
- What is productivity? And productivity trends
- Seven pillars of productivity
- Management
- Manpower
- Materials
- Methods
- Mechanization
- Measurement
- Earned value fundamentals
- Measuring the output
o Subjective evaluation
o Quantity installed as measured
o Partial percent complete method
- Simplified earned value project tracking
- Advanced earned value tracking
- Hanna control points and S-curves
- Performance factor profiles
- Early warning signs for detecting poor productivity
- Samples of bad projects/good projects
- Miscellaneous
Day 4: : Building High Performance Individuals (Improving Employee Engagement and Productivity) (Dr. Gloria Auchey)
Unit 1 Your Brain, Behavior and Personality
Unit 2: Achilles Factor
Unit 3: Stages of Adult Development
Unit 4: Motivation and Influence
Day 5: Building High Performance Teams (Bringing Emotional Intelligence to the Negotiations) (Dr. Gloria Auchey)
Unit 5: Communication
Unit 6: The Impact of Conflict: The Dark Side Of You
Unit 7: Conflict Management to Build Teams and Influence Individuals
Unit 8: Wrap Up--Action Items “What are you going to take from this workshop to use asap?”
General Information:
- Registration deadline - March 30th, 2021.
- Fee covers all course materials and meals for the week
- Earn 5 Gold Seal credits (SICs) towards your GSC designation
Cancellation Policy:
- Thirty (30) calendar days prior to the start of the course – 100% refund
- Between Twentynine (29) and Fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the start of the course – 50% refund
- Fourteen (14) or fewer calendar days prior to the start of the course – No refund
- Substitutions can be made up to the day before the course starts
Additional Information:
- Use the Canada-Ontario Job Grant to help reduce the cost of this training program: http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/cojg/index.html
- University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the top 50 Universities in the World: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-wisconsin-madison
Speakers - Professor Awad Hanna & Dr. Gloria Auchey
Requirements
Cancellation Policy: - Thirty (30) calendar days prior to the start of the course 100% refund - Between Twenty-nine (29) and Fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the start of the course 50% refund - Fourteen (14) or fewer calendar days prior to the start of the course No refund - Substitutions can be made up to the day before the course starts
Upcoming Sessions
Apr 19, 2021Click to Register