Instructor: Kevin Dougherty

Communication Seminar – Get even the most difficult person to act civilized.   This program will help you get even the most difficult person eating out of your hands. You will walk away from this program with some tricks and tactics which you will put to immediate use, and learn how to keep the tempers from flaring.

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

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: Tim Williams

Participants will develop skills and knowledge of how to manage a construction project. Participants will gain an understanding of the project processes and constraints encountered by project managers (using PMBoK 5th Edition approach) and how to successfully manage a complex project. At the end of the course participants will be able to: Understand the importance of project planning, Understand the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK 5th Ed), Use the appropriate CCDC/CCA contract and/or Purchase Orders for the project, Use risk management tools and mitigate for risk, Understand the estimating process, Understand the importance of scheduling and use appropriate scheduling tools, Understand expectations management and adapt communication accordingly, Understand the components of projects – labour, materials and overheads – and use of techniques to maximize job profitability and minimize costs, Do post-mortem analysis after project completion, Understand the impact and methodology of construction cost control, Use of site and office project cost control methods, Use Construction Industry Codes to analyse costs vs budget, Adapt the project estimate to a project budget, Understand how job costing fits within the overall accounting systems, Understand Return on Investment (ROI) and how this impacts required project profit margins, Understand the contract process from bidding to project close-out, Use of job profit forecasting methods to integrate into company forecasting systems, Understand the importance of cash flow projections for construction companies.

Instructor: Jim Bain

Everyone talks about the importance of good project management. Are you ready to do something about it? This seminar will equip you with the tools you need to maximize your bottom line results. Strategies on meeting schedules and budgets, managing and motivating staff, client maintenance, time management, fee negotiation, dealing with out-of-scope items, and more are included. This program skips the theories and gets right down to the business of teaching proven techniques from the real world. The whole team should attend, because whether you’re an experienced project manager or a novice, you’ll get new ideas and tools you can use every day.

Instructor: Jim Baston

Our Proactive Selling Skills for Project Managers Workshop has been designed to help project managers whose major focus may not be selling but where selling plays an important role in their success. The specific content of this workshop has been be customized specifically for the mechanical contracting industry, making it practical and relevant. We use a case study approach to allow participants to apply and practice selling strategies and skills that can be applied for immediate results. As a result of taking this workshop the project manager will be able to: get in to see more prospects, ask questions that build trust and uncover new business opportunities, present their recommendations in a manner that motivates customers to action, overcome common objections to win more business at higher margins.

Instructor: Jim Bain

Learn the fundamentals of quality management and the simplified approach to quality: say what you do and do what you say; develop a quality policy, provide a vision and demonstrate commitment; establish the responsibility for providing quality work and keep everyone informed; define and measure; clearly understand customer requirements, make sure the requirements can be met, keep the customer informed and track customer satisfaction; examine operations and report results to management; determine the root cause of problems, fix the causes and verify the corrections are permanent.  Learn how to practice, practice, practice, continuous improvement.

Instructor: Jim Bain

Every expert in construction productivity agrees, we have A LOT of room for improvement. But how? After an introduction to the concept of continuous productivity improvement, we will examine tools and techniques to deliver real results on your job sites. Learn how to recover 24 minutes each day and double your bottom line profit. Sections on equipment management, planning and scheduling, managing sub-contractors, and the use of measurements and technology are certain to teach you and your staff how to save valuable time and money.

Instructor: Debbie Hicks and Kees Cusveller

What does it take to be on the winning team? Can you make it through the “Gauntlet”! Whether you are the owner with a project request, the design consultant creating, reviewing or participating in the process, the general contractor responding, or the trade contractor new to the “Party Invitation” activities, this session will provide tips and suggestions for how to make sure each partner is successful in their pursuit. The presenters/judges have all “been there and done that” so they have lots to share.  Training that occurs with all four OAEC partners (Owners, Architects, Engineers, Contractors) together in a hands-on environment is the ultimate opportunity for learning and understanding each other’s perspectives. This is a unique one of a kind experience to go from zero to mach speed in a short period of time!

Instructor: Christine Paquette

Surveys have concluded that delay of payment puts undue pressure on the cash flow of many contracting businesses. As Alberta Construction Association (ACA) Chair, Paul Heyens, communicated to the participants, “Cash flow is the blood through the veins of the construction industry and necessary for its survival”. It is not just an issue that affects the Con- tractors, but also the Architects and Engineers; everyone has to have healthy cash flow, or they can’t work effectively. This Workshop will take participants through: An interactive review of Issues and Solutions surrounding the “flow of money” and the creation of a Subcontractor Start-Up Meeting Checklist (with a focus to those items that affect the “flow of money”.