Instructor: Phil Perry

80% of the people managing Construction Contracts do not read, do not understand or are not following the Construction Contract in place between the two organizations! This creates 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) publishes standard contracts and guides for the Construction Industry.

In this workshop the bidding process will be reviewed (Expression of Interest (EOI), Request for Qualifications (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), Contract A, Contract B), the difference between a Letter of Intent and Letter of Award (one of which one is simply an agreement to agree) and the terms and conditions of the CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Construction Contract.

Guides covered on the workshop:

• CCDC-00 – Guide to Use of CCDC Master Specification for Division 00 – Procurement and Contracting Requirements
• CCDC-10 – A Guide to Construction Project Delivery Methods
• CCDC-20 – Guide to the use of CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Contract
• CCDC-23 – Guide to the Call and Awarding of Construction Contracts
• CCDC-21 – Guide to Construction Insurance
• CCDC-22 – Guide to Construction Surety Bonds
• CCDC-24 – Guide to Model Forms
• CCDC-29 – Guide to Prequalification
• CCDC-40 – Rules for Mediation and Arbitration of Construction Industry Disputes
• CCA 53 – A Trade Contractors Guide and Checklist to Construction Contracts

 Who should attend?

Anyone whose work is described in construction contracts: Owners, Consultants, Project Managers, Construction Managers, Superintendents and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop.

Instructor: Phil Perry

When it comes to cost and schedule on your construction projects, do you know where you’re at and where you’re going?

Realizing that you’re aimed at an iceberg when you’re 100 meters away isn’t helpful. It’s so much better if you notice the iceberg when you’re 10 kilometers away, so that you can do something about it! This is part of the “construction management” that owners expect from contractors.

Construction project management is a challenge in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Effective project-planning and -control approaches must often be compliant with owners’ contractual requirements. Successful project managers demand that their projects meet the contracted scope of work, and be completed on schedule and within budget. To ensure success, an effective project control system must be designed, developed, and implemented to provide management with timely and accurate information on deviations of cost and time parameters from the target objectives established during the planning cycle of the project.

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a project planning and control approach which provides cost and schedule performance measurements. It compares actual accomplishment of scheduled work and associated cost against an integrated schedule and budget plan. Its benefits include visibility into the true progress of the project work against the budget, projections of anticipated project schedule, and cost trends, and the ability to take timely corrective actions for undesired variances. EVM is one of the most powerful and productive concepts used in managing today’s complex projects in private, commercial, and government environments.

 The fundamentals of EVM will be presented in a down-to-earth, basic approach, along with hands-on exercises and examples that will allow participants to apply the concepts.

Participants will:

Obtain basic knowledge in understanding and using an effective performance management system in managing construction projects effectively.

Detect both positive and negative trends in a timely manner.

Forecast the Projected Final Cost (Estimate at Completion) using several techniques.

Confidently and quickly make project decisions concerning scope, cost, and schedule

Learn to avoid the project-management pitfalls by quickly identifying and mitigating risks

Who Should Attend:

This course is for owner, designer, contractor, and subcontractor personnel who are involved with cost and schedule management.

Instructor: Phil Perry

“I signed up for this course to learn about my rights and responsibilities under standard contracts. I didn’t expect to learn so much about the risks and rewards. Amazing course!”

The Canadian Construction Documents Committee publishes standard contracts for the construction industry. This two-day course reviews the various CCDC contracts, emphasizing which contracts to use in which situations, and the roles & responsibilities of Owners, Designers, and Constructors.

• CCDC-2 Stipulated Price
• CCDC-2 (MA) Stipulated Price – Master Agreement (for owners with a program of projects)
• CCDC-3 Cost Plus
• CCDC-4 Unit Price
• CCDC-5A  Construction Management for Services
• CCDC-5B  Construction Management for Services & Construction
• CCDC-14 Design-Build Stipulated Price
• CCDC-15 Design Services Contract btw. Design-Builder & Consultant
• CCDC-17 Stipulated price between Owner and Trade Contractor for CM Projects
• CCDC-18 Civil Works
• CCDC-30 Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
• Standard Design Contracts

Instructor: Kevin Dougherty

Time Management Seminar – Do you run your job, or does your job run you?   Does it ever seem like there is just more to do than you can get done?  In today’s world, most of us are asked to get more done in less time.   This program will help you develop the basic personal and organizational skills to enhance your productivity.  More than just time management, this course demonstrates the need to clearly understand leadership priorities and the ways to implement them, offering insights to anyone interested in personal and organizational productivity.

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

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: Kevin Dougherty

Looking for the perfect supervisor?  Maybe you don’t need to look very far… If you want to develop men and women into managers, or perhaps want to work on your own supervisory skills, this seminar can help.  Geared towards anyone who manages people, including foremen, owners, and project managers, this real world presentation has been used to train over 10,000 supervisors in leadership, transition to management, problem solving, and ending communication conflict.

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

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.