Instructor: Phil Perry

Payment in the Construction Industry is a problem. This create problems for both the Owner and the Contractor as well as the other participants involved with the project (Consultant, Subcontractors, Sub-Subcontractors and Suppliers)

The Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) and the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) publish standard contracts and guides for the Construction Industry.

In this half-day workshop the Payment Process in Standard Contracts (CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Contract, CCA-1 Stipulated Price Subcontract, CCA-19 Stipulated Price Sub- Subcontract) will be reviewed along with contract language from non-standard contracts which can delay payment.

It is important to recognize when your client is trying to work language into the contract which delays payment (Pay-if-Paid, Pay-when-Paid, “Notwithstanding” clauses).

 Guides covered by the course:

CCA 28 – A Guide to Improving Cash Flow in the Construction Industry

CCA 50 – A Prime Contractors Guide to Project Financing and Payment Security CCA 53 – Trade Contractors Guide and Checklist to Construction Contracts

CCA Banking Guide for the Canadian Construction Association CCDC 12 – Project Financial Information Disclosure Form

 Who should attend?

Anyone who is involved with billings and payment: Managers, Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Project Accountants of all levels will benefit from the workshop

Instructor: Kevin Dougherty

A program designed to keep you from making the “Deadly Sins” and help guide you through the process.   Are you thinking of buying or selling a business? Are you wondering what the business is really worth? Are you wondering what you could do to make your business worth more to a potential buyer? If you answered yes to anyone of these questions then this program will help you to establish some goals and strategies as well as give you some insight to this exasperating and sometimes frightening process.

Instructor: Kevin Dougherty

Customer Service Seminar – Looking to leave even the most difficult customers with smiles on their faces?  To each employee, this dynamic and effective program will communicate the need to be more company-minded and sales-oriented.  Practical, proven, and entertaining, this program’s comprehensive approach to customer service makes this program mandatory for anyone who has contact with customers, including service technicians, drivers, dispatchers, foremen, receptionists, salespeople, accounting personnel, and managers

Instructor: Kevin Dougherty

Want to take your business to the next level? Concentrating on proven cost recovery and pricing systems, this seminar offers the solutions contractors need to avoid bankruptcy.  Owners, bookkeepers, office managers, estimators, department heads, and anyone else responsible for a company’s bottom line will learn how to accurately calculate overhead and operating expenses into their day-to-day pricing and bidding structure.

Instructor: Ron Cruikshank and Murray Guy

LeanCx is a Level 2, full day, interactive workshop on a proactive commissioning approach that utilizes the Last Planner® System (LP®S) to manage commissioning work flow and Target Value Design to help manage the design commissioning process for achieving clearly defined value and system performance targets. The workshop covers lean project delivery fundamentals including eliminating waste, reducing variability and improving work flow. Participants will learn why design commissioning needs to be part of the Target Value Design process and how the Last Planner System can be used to achieve challenging commissioning milestones, what we can “Done is Done”. A hands on pull planning session will demonstrate how to collaboratively plan and deliver on the commitments and promises needed for the reliable work to occur.

Instructor: Ron Cruikshank and Murray Guy

The Big Room is not just a physical space that co-locates owners, designers and contractors to support cross-functional team collaboration. It is about breaking down the ‘silo’ mindset of traditional projects and enabling teams to make more effective, value based decisions. From Transforming Design and Construction, “ The Big Room is more than co-location of people; it is about collaborative behaviour and the work it produces.” This half day, Level 2 presentation will introduce the mindset and purpose of the Big Room present the benefits of using one, and review the operational and physical components necessary for successful implementation of a Big Room. Participants will learn how the Big Room lays the foundation for collaborative team behaviours, eliminating the siloed approach to traditional project delivery. You will learn how the physical set up of the environment contributes to better behaviours, allowing teams to perform at a high level.  This presentation will provide you with the tools and understanding to set up an effective Big Room.

Instructor: Ron Cruikshank and Murray Guy

Target Value Delivery (TVD) is a dynamic, collaborative process that involves establishing a clear target cost and developing a fully integrated design solution that meets that target cost – the budget influences the design as opposed to project cost being the result of the design process. The TVD workshop is a Level 2, hands-on, full day course using presentation material and simulations, supplemented with a guide, which will prepare participants to implement Target Value Delivery on their projects. Participants will learn how Target Value Delivery improves the design process, creating the environment to design to a set target while meeting the Owners requirements. You will understand how working in collaborative cross-functional clusters leverages the full knowledge base of the team resulting in increased value delivered to the client. This course will prepare your team implement TVD on projects.

Instructor: Ron Cruikshank and Murray Guy

The Last Planner® System (LP®S) is a highly collaborative planning process that is based on trust, commitment and respect which enables teams to plan projects to maximize value and minimize waste. In this full day, Level 2 interactive workshop, participants will come to understand the process through the use of hands-on simulations and a presentation, supplemented with a guide, preparing your team to implement LP®S on your projects. Participants will learn how the Last Planner® System improves productivity through the creation of flow and elimination of variability. You will understand how pull planning enables last planners to make the commitments and promises needed for reliable work flow in a collaborative work environment. You will learn that trust and respect are the cornerstones of the LP®S and how the continuous improvement cycle, Plan-Do-Check-ACT (PDCA) is built into the planning methodology.

Instructor: Ron Cruikshank and Murray Guy

The Lean Project Delivery Boot Camp is an interactive workshop that introduces participants to Lean project fundamentals and practices, and covers the process and requirements of the Last Planner® System (LP®S). The LP®S is part of the Lean Project Delivery methodology enabling improved project outcomes. Participants will learn how the Last Planner® System improves productivity through the creation of flow, and elimination of variability. Participants will come to understand how Pull Planning enables last planners to make the commitments and promises needed for reliable work flow in a collaborative work environment in order to improve project results.

Instructor: Kevin Dougherty

Want to get your team more service and sales oriented? This dynamic and effective program will communicate the need to be more company-minded and sales-oriented. Practical, proven, and entertaining, this program’s comprehensive approach to customer service makes this program mandatory for anyone who has contact with customers, including service technicians, drivers, dispatchers, foremen, dispatchers, agents, service managers, salespeople, accounting personnel, and managers.