Project Management Best Practices - Accounting Management

This course is designed for professionals with varying levels of construction experience with a desire to learn about accounting management topics such as cost structures, negotiated terms, internal contingencies, forecasting, balanced accounting, historical data and other relevent topics.

• Accounting Management
  • Protecting the bottom line
  • Setting up cost coding structure that reflects bid + negotiated terms + internal contingencies
  • Garbage in / garbage out
    • Tracking cost in real time to their specific codes
    • Internal overruns and savings
    • Protecting historical data

• • Forecasting – cost and manhours
    • Tracking in real time to project future incurred costs and hours
    • Know where to put the medicine by looking ahead rather than seeing what happened in the rear-view mirror

• • Costs for the unknowns
  • Balanced accounting
    • Internal transfers
    • Let the field tell the story

• Communication is KEY
• Open Discussion / Lessons Learned

INSTRUCTORS

Instructor: Chad Van Arnam

Director of Construction Services (Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP)

Chad J. Van Arnam has 20 years of experience working collaboratively to deliver well-coordinated and complex projects in commercial markets.  As Director of Construction Services for Hahn Loeser, Chad works with clients to execute construction project management and risk management procedures and tackle complex project issues and challenges head-on across all construction segments and disciplines. (Read More)

Instructor: David Elsey

Senior Manager of Construction Services (Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP)

David A. Elsey brings 15+ years of construction operational excellence to the Firm. Dave has worked collaboratively over his career to effectively deliver well-coordinated and complex projects in both public and private commercial markets including healthcare, higher education, K-12, institutional, hospitality, retail, commercial office space, multi-family, and more. As Senior Manager of Construction Services for Hahn Loeser, Dave partners with the Firm’s attorneys and clients to execute construction project management and risk management procedures. (Read More)

Session Cost:

CEA Member - $20/per person

Non Member - $35/per person