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: 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, Murray Guy

This fundamentals course will present why there is a business case for Lean Project Delivery. Delivered through a presentation and hands-on simulations, supplemented with a guide, this Level 1 course will demonstrate how the system improves collaboration and work flow. The fundamentals course is best suited for those who are just embarking on their Lean journey, or those looking to understand more about how Lean is applicable in the construction industry. Participants will learn the fundamentals of the Lean Project Delivery (LPD) process and understand the business case for transforming to a lean culture. The various LPD methodologies and tools will be introduced and, through simulations, you will develop an understanding of how they influence and create better project outcomes and support collaborative, transparent and respectful work behaviours.

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: Morley Selver

Engineer, Procure, Construct (EPC) contracts are the Owner’s contract of choice when building complex facilities. Using lecture, case studies, exercises and discussions the workshop starts out by looking at the project from the Owner’s point of view and then from the EPC Contractor’s (EPCC) team member’s point of view. We look at the early stages of project development, project delivery systems, Request For Proposals, and the Owner’s process to choose the EPC contractor. For the EPCC, we look at the WBS to develop the work packages, safety and quality requirements, management of the engineering effort, cost control, Earned Value Analysis (EVA), project reporting, procurement, tendering, construction management, contract administration, training, commissioning and start up and finally closing out of the contracts. The workshop looks at what is needed in the EPC contract for project success