Project Management Best Practices: Project & Schedule Management

This course is designed for professionals with varying levels of construction experience with a desire to learn about project and schedule management

• Project and Schedule Management
  • Understand the entire picture
    • Scope, Contract, Contract Documents, Specifications, etc.

• Know your roles
  • Relationship upstream and downstream
    • Summary schedule activities vs. detailed
    • Predecessor and successor

• Different types of schedules throughout the Project’s life
  • Contract, Baseline, Updates, As-Built
  • Last Planner – a brief look
  • Look Aheads
  • Fragnets

• Importance of Critical Path
  • What really happened
    • When and why did something go wrong
    • Recognizing impacts early
    • Time and cost substantiation
    • Protecting against assessment of damages
• 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