b'NATIONAL SEMINAR PROGRAM CATALOGUESuccessful Survival of Project CloseoutQualities, Characteristics, and Habits of the Industrys Best Foremen Projects end is often a difficult time for the project foreman and his crews. TheWhy are some mechanical foremen consistently more effective and successful than project looks complete, but often has numerous items that must be completedthe typical foreman in our industry? What are the qualities, methods, and practices to meet contract requirements. The project team has often lost the momentumthat separate a good foreman from a great foreman? While age, experience, and energy it possessed earlier in the project. This session provides basic skills forattitude, and talent are important factors in a foremans success, most of the a successful project closeout. A discussion of innovative methods used by MCAqualities, characteristics, and habits of the industrys best foremen are skills that contractors to help reduce the typical end of project profit/productivity drain iscan be learned over time by any foreman who has the attitude, aptitude, and desire included. (Half Day)to improve and succeed. This session will focus on the following best practice Instructor: Blake Wentztopics: planning, safety, production, material handling, integrity/ethics, leadership, Attendees: Supervisors, Foremen budget awareness and cost control, relationship building,communication skills, fabrication usage, documentation, and teaching/learning. (Half Day) Everyday Negotiating Skills for Jobsite SupervisorsInstructor: Blake Wentz Mechanical foremen spend a significant portion of each day negotiating with theirAttendees: Supervisors, Foremensubordinates, general contractors, construction managers, owners, subcontractors, vendors, and other trades. They regularly negotiate for space, time, access,Creating Highly Effective Foreman/Project Manager Partnerships sequence, hoisting equipment, answers to questions, and the likeall things thatThis class is directed to both project managers and foremen. To be successful, have a significant direct impact on project successyet they often have no formalthis class must be attended by a relatively equal number of project managers training in negotiating. Jobsite supervisors who improve their negotiating abilitiesand foremen. Its never been more difficult to make a profit on construction are more likely to create better results on their projects. To that end, this session willprojects than in todays market. Fewer projects means more bidders and lower profit provide jobsite supervisors with basic skills to improve their negotiating abilitiesmargins; budgets are much tighter but customer expectations remain just as high. and increase their effectiveness and comfort level when negotiating. The sessionTherefore, project managers and foremen have no margin for error and must be will include, but is not limited to, the following negotiating topics: importance ofon the same page from project beginning to end, and operate as one. To do this preparation, negotiating styles, reading the other side, how to concede, strategies forsuccessfully, a highly effective and inseparable partnership must be forged between win-win, building relationships, negotiating price, questioning skills, and listeningthe project manager and the foreman before the project begins and continue to skills. (Half Day)strengthen as the project progresses. In this session, Blake Wentz will identify and Instructor: Blake Wentzexplain the top 10 components that define a great partnership. He will then show Attendees: Supervisors, Foremen how these components specifically apply to critical project management topics such as planning, scheduling, cost control, productivity, fabrication, contract Six Habits of the Highly Productive Foremanmanagement, documentation, change order management, customer management, Our best foremen make a habit of making more money than their peers. What areand servant leadership. John will provide a very interactive session that clearly the habits that make this success possible? These habits will be discussed and thenportrays why all wildly successful projects have two highly effective servant leaders, an action plan developed that each foreman can use to make them habitually verya foreman and a project manager, who understand the importance of working hard profitable. (One Day)to develop a strong project partnership. (Full or Half Day) Instructor: Tom WilliamsInstructor: Blake Wentz Attendees: Middle Management, Project Managers, Supervisors,Attendees: Supervisors, ForemenForemenForeman Training in Jobsite Management of Resources Managing Your SubcontractorsThe foremen are the key to job productivity and profitability. Their technical know-Subcontractors represent a significant portion of most mechanical contracts,how can be enhanced by training that is focused on managerial and supervisory and the performance of your subcontractors is a direct reflection of your owneducation. Shift of the market from industrial to commercial-residential work performance in the eyes of an owner, construction manager, or general contractor.will require more effective resource planning and management on the jobsites. On many projects the on-site foreman becomes so absorbed by his own specificEffective management of the resource on the jobsite can help improve productivity work activities that he loses sight of the fact that the subcontractors work is alsoand reduce waste, which will translate into profitability. The main resources on a part of their companys contract. The project foremans effective daily on-sitethe jobsitessuch as manpower, material, and toolscan be managed using management of subcontractors is required to ensure a successful quality projectbetter planning, tracking and adjustments by the foremen. Companies using these that is completed on time and within budget. This session will include the followingmethods have been able to improve their profitability by better than 30% in a short subcontractor management topics: thoroughly understanding the subcontractorsperiod of time. This seminar gives experienced foremen an opportunity to learn scope of work, managing change orders, proper communication, developing strongresource planning and management as an additional skill to help improve job relationships, managing safety, coordination, documentation. (Half Day)productivity. Throughout the session, each participant will have an opportunity to Instructor: Blake Wentzcollaborate with other experienced foremen to help them better understand their Attendees: Supervisors, Foremen role in job resource management. Owners, Training Personnel, Project Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen and Technicians will benefit from Practical Time Management Skills for Foremenparticipation in this course. Participants will learn: job planning, scheduling, The effective management of time is one of a jobsite supervisors greatest challengesmaterial handling, tool management, material return, labour management, and is often the root cause of their greatest failures. Construction productivityjobsite meeting management and preparation, job productivity tracking and experts have known for many years that journeyman productivity has a directmanagement, time management, critical risk and path management. (One Day) correlation to a foremans effectiveness. A foremans effectiveness is also directlyInstructor: Dr. Perry Daneshgari correlated to how efficiently and wisely they use their own time. This session willAttendees: Middle Management, Project Managers, Supervisors, focus on the practical time management methods and techniques a foremanForemencan easily use to increase management efficiency and effectiveness. The sessionBasic Business Writing for Foremen will include the following time management topics: utilizing quiet time, timeThis course covers basic writing skills in items that a foreman would have to ownership attitude, delegation, managing the telephone, task prioritization, dailyproduce. Covered are written communications such as daily reports and progress and weekly planning, using calendars and lists, managing meetings, organization,reports, the proper way to communicate electronically, and the importance of good and managing drop-in visitors. (Half Day)job documentation. (Half Day) Instructor: Blake WentzInstructor: Kathryn Crosby Attendees: Supervisors, Foremen Attendees: Supervisors, Foremen42 www.mcac.ca'