b'NATIONAL SEMINAR PROGRAM CATALOGUEPROJECT PLANNING AND SCHEDULINGProject Scheduling & Time Management Made Easy Scheduling and Planning have an enormous impact on project productivity and ONE DAY SEMINARS profitability. When used correctly, Planning, Scheduling and Time Management skills will help the project managers and supervisor to foresee and react to Construction Scheduling for Managing Projects: the constant changes on the jobsite. A construction jobsite is a very fluid work Basic and Advanced Principles and Practicesenvironment, in a state of constant change. Schedules are made to change. Modern construction projects both large and small are complex endeavours,However, in spite of schedule changes, the plan needs to proceed. No job will finish involving many products, systems and often disparate players. The coordinationwithout at least 70% change in its schedule, some planned, some unplanned. This and assembly of all the necessary elements at a site is almost impossible to achievecourse will teach the principles of Project Scheduling and Time Management. It without extensive up-front planning and scheduling. The primary objective ofwill focus on: Owner & GCs schedule breakdown, creating the Work Breakdown this course is to provide an introduction to principles of network scheduling andSchedule (WBS), Total Job scheduling and planning: integrating short- and its potential impact on project success and delay. The second objective of thislong-term schedules with a plan, three weeks look ahead for: Labour, Material & seminar is to provide a hands-on workshop environment where attendees willEquipment, Tools, and Schedule of Value, Scheduling feedback and optimization have an opportunity to work in pairs to create a simple CPM schedule based uponof tasks. The participants will learn how to establish a useful schedule and manage predetermined criteria and to discuss the issues involved. Ample time is givenproject-related time. They will experience simple methods and tools for scheduling for discussion of problems encountered in using or preparing a CPM schedule.and tracking that can improve visibility and knowledge of their jobs. They will Although computer applications will be discussed, the workshop program involves alearn how to identify the obstacles and correct the schedule and feedback to the basic hand-drawn logic diagram and schedule activities. Additional topics coveredGCs milestones. The usage of correct scheduling skills will improve profits and in this seminar include resource levelling (labour), achieving optimum levelcash flow. (One Day) of workers, building a manpower loading from the CPM schedule, determiningInstructor: Dr. Perry Daneshgari optimum project duration and building s-curve. (One Day)Attendees: Principals, Middle Management, Project Managers,Instructor: Dr. Awad HannaField SupervisorsAttendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management, Project Managers, Estimators Microsoft Project Essentials This two-day course provides participants with hands-on skills to plan and manage Achieving Greater Project Success and Profitability project activities using Microsoft Project. This course is unique in that the emphasis through Pre-Construction Planningis on good scheduling techniques, not simply how to use. The scheduling A recent study led by Dr. Awad Hanna showed increased profit margins and projecttechniques are learned through a series of progressive exercises that simulate a success by following a comprehensive formal pre-construction planning process.real project. At the beginning of each exercise, participants load a new project file The study presented a successful model for pre-construction planning. Thosethat contains all the information correctly entered from the previous exercise. projects that used a planning process similar to the model planning processAs a result, those with slower typing skills are not left behind. By completion, tended to perform more successfullythey achieved an average profit margin ofparticipants will have fully defined a project from beginning to end, and will have 23% as compared to projects that were poorly planned and achieved an averageperformed project updates and reporting. (Two Days) profit margin of only -3%. The goal of this seminar is to assist mechanicalInstructor: Darya Duma contractors in developing a formal pre-construction planning process that extendsAttendees: Principals, Middle Management, Project Managers, through the three project stages: bidding, pre-construction and project execution.Supervisors, ForemenThe seminar will also include major principles for successful implementation of pre-construction planning. (One Day)Project Scheduling Essentials Instructor: Dr. Awad HannaThis course is for project managers, planners or project control staff who need to Attendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management,learn how to create and use one of the most valuable project management tools: a Project Managers, Estimators project schedule. The two-day course is part one of a five-day program on project scheduling and controls. It prepares participants to create realistic schedules, Managing Construction Delay Claimsand understand the baseline, critical path and float. Participants will use a live In this course you will learn about the many effective tools and techniques forproject to create a realistic and achievable schedule. The course links theory analyzing project schedule and time related claims. Topics covered include: delays,with practice, so the context of scheduling in software will be discussed but not schedule compression and acceleration, delay impact excusable/compensable,specifically used. (One to Two Days) concurrent and pacing delays, bar chart analysis, as planned versus built,Instructor: Darya Duma scheduled or collapsed CMP schedule, overhead, loss of labour productivity, labourAttendees: Principals, Middle Management, Project Managers, and material escalation and the impact of schedule compression. (One Day)Supervisors, ForemenInstructor: Dr. Awad Hanna Attendees: Principals, Senior Management, Middle Management,Project Schedule Control Project Managers, Estimators This course is for project managers, planners, schedulers or project controls staff who want to implement more effective methods for monitoring and controlling Short Interval Schedulingtheir project performance. Although scheduling software will be discussed and used, The students will learn hands-on, the simple methods and tools that can be usedwe do not teach to any specific scheduling software package. (One Day) to schedule their jobs and how to identify the obstacles and reduce labour waste,Instructor: Darya Duma which can improve job productivity by better than 30%. Items introduced, explainedAttendees: Middle Management, Project Managers, Supervisors, and applied within the course will include the impact of scheduling on their jobForemenproductivity, tracking forms for a 3-day schedule, charting the data, and analysis and interpretation of the charts. (One Day)Time Management Skills and Managing Multiple Projects Instructor: Dr. Perry Daneshgari & Heather MooreEffective managers of time who can manage multiple projects are invaluableAttendees: Principals, Middle Management, Project Managers,to their firms. This session identifies the greatest time wasters and provides Supervisors, Foremen strategies for improving time management skills. Students will also identifyand discuss the best practices required for becoming a better manager ofmultiple projects. (Half Day) Instructor: Blake Wentz Attendees: Operation Managers, Principals, Project Managers, Superintendents46 www.mcac.ca'