b'Essential Management Skills for the Project ManagerSuccessful Survival of Project Closeout Learn the unique, basic management skills of the mechanical project The end of a project is usually a challenging and difficult time for the mechanical manager. Gain an understanding of the essential traits, skills, and behavioursproject manager and the foreman. Unfortunately there is no magic formula, that allow effective management. Topics include: leadership and managementwand, or pill for eliminating the difficulty of project closeout. There are, however, skills; management ability vs. technical savvy; the importance of organization andseveral tactics and strategies the project manager and foreman can implement to standardization; motivating others to perform; managing the boss; improve end-of-job performance and mitigate the difficulties of project closeout. In delegation skills; communication skills; and working with difficult people. addition to a review of innovative methods used by MCAA contractors to help reduce (All Day or Half Day)the typical end of project profit/productivity drain, this session will include Instructor: Blake Wentzthe following project closeout topics: Punch list, warranties, as-built drawings, Attendees: Operation Managers, Project Managers, Superintendents,O & M manuals, customer satisfaction, closeout productivity improvement, Foremen demobilization, change order finalization, final payment, andfeedback meeting. (Half Day) Change Order Management: Best Practices for SuccessInstructor: Blake Wentz Successfully managing change orders on a complex and constantly changingAttendees: Operation Managers, Project Managers, Superintendents, project is a seasoned project managers greatest challenge and a new orForemeninexperienced project managers greatest nightmare. If not well managed by a proactive and knowledgeable project manager, change orders can causeBasic Construction Law Concepts for Mechanical Project Managers unnecessary additional risk, destroy base contract labour productivity, ruinProject managers must have a rudimentary understanding of fundamental legal customer and contractor relationships, choke cash flow, reduce or eliminateconcepts to effectively and profitably manage their projects and their customers. profitability, and create nearly irreversible negative jobsite morale. In this session,With this information, they are more likely to be proactive in avoiding potential Blake Wentz will provide all attendees, regardless of age or experience level, withlegal problems on their projects and more confident and effective in successfully numerous strategies and proven best practices for successfully navigating thisdocumenting, debating, negotiating, and resolving difficult project issues and multi-faceted and complicated project management challenge. John will conductdisagreements while maintaining positive customer relationships. This session will a very informative and interactive discussion with attendees regarding changeinclude an overview of the most significant construction law concepts, issues, and management and will emphasize and explain the critical importance of: beingprinciples that are commonly encountered by the mechanical project manager, proactive in your approach to change; planning and identifying changes early;including: Interpreting the contract, the Uniform Commercial Code and the knowing and following your contract; cost identification and explanation; believingconstruction industry, the authority and responsibility of the architect/engineer, and knowing what you are selling; working hard to have great communicationdiffering site conditions, unforeseen site conditions, basic premises of tort law, and documentation; knowing your numbers; maintaining solid trust-basedbasic premises of contract law, what constitutes a contract, maxims of law, design relationships; your partnership with your foreman; proceeding under protest wisely;specifications vs. performance specifications, defective construction caused by pricing before proceeding whenever possible; understanding the difference betweenfaulty construction practices, defective construction caused by defective plans or CCDs and change orders; developing a standardized approach to changes; beingspecifications, and patent vs. latent defects in plans or specifications. (One Day) able to identify, explain, and negotiate change order impact costs; and negotiatingInstructor: Blake Wentz price confidently and wisely. (Half Day)Attendees: Operation Managers, Principals, Project Managers, Instructor: Blake WentzSuperintendentsAttendees: Operation Managers, Project Managers, Superintendents, Foremen Best Practices of Blue Chip Mechanical Project Managers Why are some project managers consistently more successful than the typical Managing the Risk of Owner Furnished Equipmentproject manager in our industry? What separates good project managers from great In todays marketplace, mechanical contractors are likely to find themselvesproject managers? While age, experience, attitude, and talent are important factors with a customer who has pre-purchased most of the major equipment items onin a project managers success, the instructor has identified and will share the best a project and tailored their contract documents to place all of the equipment riskpractices skills that can be learned by any project manager who has the attitude, on the mechanical contractor. Projects that include owner furnished equipmentaptitude, and desire to improve and succeed. This session includes an overview andNATIONAL SEMINAR PROGRAM CATALOGUE(OFE) must be managed differently to help mitigate this risk. This session willin-depth discussion of the many best practices used by the industrys best project have special emphasis on planning, documentation, communication, and claimmanagers. It also provides a review of the traits and qualities that are the common avoidance. It will include the following topics: Identifying and understanding OFEdenominators among excellent project managers. This session will serve as an risk, managing and controlling OFE risk, bidding issues and OFE, contract issuesoverview and refresher for many of the topics found in the Fundamentals of Project and OFE, OFE documentation issues, OFE and project scheduling issues, OFE shortManagement educational program. (Half Day) interval scheduling requirements, understanding the owners position regardingInstructor: Blake Wentz OFE, and managing customer relationships on OFE projects. (Half Day)Attendees: Operation Managers, Principals, Project Managers, Instructor: Blake WentzSuperintendents, ForemenAttendees: Operation Managers, Principals, Project Managers, Superintendents, Foremen Advanced Project Management Workshop Series:Risk Identification and Mitigation Profitably Managing Your SubcontractorsThe principal role of any project manager is to recognize, predict and prevent Subcontractors represent a significant portion of most mechanical contracts,project risk in order to achieve the anticipated outcome, profit, of any project. and the performance of your subcontractors is a direct reflection of your ownLeveraging the risk reduction capabilities of project managers will enable them performance in the eyes of an owner, construction manager, or general contractor.to achieve higher system productivity. This seminar gives experienced project The project managers effective management of subcontractors ensures a successfulmanagers an opportunity to explore the types of risk they confront each day. project that is profitable, completed on time, and completed within budget. WhenThroughout the session, each participant will have an opportunity to collaborate mechanical subcontractors are properly managed by the project manager andwith other experienced project managers and better understand the role of project foreman, mechanical contractor risk is low, customer satisfaction is high, andmanagement in the business process. strong long-term relationships are developed between the mechanical contractorParticipants will: Understand and recognize the different types of risk they and their subcontractors. The session will include the following subcontractorencounter and manage, as well as how these risks impact the business; perform a management topics: Writing good subcontracts; thorough review and analysis ofself-assessment of their own project management style and technique as it fits into subcontractor scope of work; managing change orders; proper communication;their companys structure and operations; become acquainted with the industry developing strong relationships; managing safety, billing, and payment procedures;practices relating to division of roles and interactions between the field supervision, and documentation. (Half Day)project managers, and corporate executives; and recommend to their company Instructor: Blake Wentzleaders practical policies and procedures for project management which support Attendees: Operation Managers, Principals, Project Managers,reduced variation in labour, material and cash utilization. (One Day) Superintendents, Foremen Instructor: Dr. Perry Daneshgari Attendees: Operation Managers, Principals, Project Managers, Superintendents, Foremen2019 INFORMATION GUIDE 61'