Webinar (Instructor Led)

Description

People enrolling in this course should have the following:

• A general understanding of project management concepts
• Basic skills with MS Project

This one-day workshop covers:

• Default Project Calendars (Standard, Night Shift, 24Hour)
• Modify Project Calendars (6 and 7 day weeks, Statutory Holidays,etc)
• Modify Task Relationships and Lags to allow for buffers and concurrentactivity
• Set and Modify the ProjectBaseline
• Manage resources for a project such as Labour and explore Resource Leveling options in MS Project
• Generate a Cash Flow Projection based on the MS Project Schedule that can be exported into MS Excel
• Sort, Filter and Group the project information
• Format project views and Gantt Charts
• Set up a Master Program with Sub-Projects (for Construction Managers and Project Managers who are managing multiple projects at the sametime)

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Gold Seal Credits: 1

Description

Course Topics

• Recognize the role of the Project Manual in relationship to the bidding documents, construction contract documents, general requirements and the technical specifications
• Recognize the role of Maste Format in Construction Specifications
• Recognize the difference between a Prescriptive Specification and a Performance Specifications

Who should attend?

Description

Course Topics

• Recognize the role of the Project Manual in relationship to the bidding documents, construction contract documents, general requirements and the technicalspecifications
• Recognize the role of Master Format in ConstructionSpecifications
• Recognize the difference between a Prescriptive Specification and a Performance Specifications

Who should attend?

This course is intended for any person who is new or self-taught on MS Project or have never used it would like to learn how to use it as a tool to manage their projects.

People enrolling in this course should have the following:

• A general understanding of project management concepts
• Basic skills in a Windows operating system

This one-day workshop covers:

• Create a new project plan file and enter project information.
• Manage tasks by organizing tasks and setting task relationships.
• Determine Critical Path, Total Float and FreeFloat
• Manage resources for a project such as Labour
• Finalize a project plan by setting a Baseline
• Track progress using the Tracking Gantt Chart

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Gold Seal Credits: 1

The ability to produce cost estimates efficiently and accurately is a critical step in many construction career paths, and a high-demand skill throughout the construction industry. Computer software has become a popular tool for estimating, and Microsoft Excel is the most widely used option. In this one- day course, learn how to produce your estimates more quickly and accurately by harnessing the power of Microsoft Excel.

This one-day workshop covers:

• Use Excel formulas for typical construction estimating tasks
• Create takeoff sheets for use as templates
• Learn handy shortcuts to streamline estimating
• Link information in worksheets and workbooks
• Accurately calculate profit, overhead, markups, andtaxes
• Generate graphs to visually display work product
• Use features such as VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
• Create Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts to quickly analyze and visualiz einformation
• Explore formulas such as COUNTIF and SUMIF

Who should attend?

This course is for anyone who uses (or is considering using) Microsoft Excel for Construction Estimating. Whether you’re a novice or experienced Excel user, you’ll get practice using basic and extended features of Excel for a variety of typical estimating tasks. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Gold Seal Credits: 1

When it comes to cost and schedule on your construction projects, do you know where you’re at and where you’re going? Realizing that you’re aimed at an iceberg when you’re 100 meters away isn’t helpful. It’s so much better if you notice the iceberg when you’re 10 kilometers away, so that you can do something about it! This is part of the “construction management” that owners expect from contractors.

Construction project management is a challenge in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Successful project managers demand that their projects meet the contracted scope of work and be completed on schedule and within budget.

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a project planning and control approach which provides cost and schedule performance measurements. It compares actual accomplishment of scheduled work and associated cost against a baseline schedule and budget plan. Its benefits include projections of anticipated project schedule, and cost trends, and the ability to take timely corrective actions for undesired variances. EVM is one of the most powerful and productive concepts used in managing today's complex projects in private, commercial, and government environments.

The fundamentals of EVM will be presented in a down-to-earth, basic approach, along with hands-on exercises and examples that will allow participants to apply the concepts.

Participants will:

• Obtain basic knowledge in understanding and using an effective performance management system in managing construction projectseffectively
• Detect both positive and negative trends in a timelymanner
• Forecast the Projected Final Cost (Estimate at Completion) using severaltechniques
• Confidently and quickly make project decisions concerning scope, cost, andschedule
• Learn to avoid the project-management pitfalls by identifying and mitigatingrisks

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and progressing the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Owners, Consultants, Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Gold Seal Credits: 1

The aim of this course is to provide tools for scheduling at the Site and Crew Level. Project Management and Site Management (Superintendent, General Foremen and Foremen) influence millions of dollars of construction a year. They must ensure that all resources are being used efficiently with minimal waste. Yet often, they receive very little in the way of training on how to plan and schedule field activities.

This one-day workshop covers:

• Planning Principles
• Network Schedules
• Critical Path
• Gantt (Bar) Charts
• Manpower Curves
• Progressing the Work
• Productivity and PerformanceFactors
• Look-Ahead Schedules
• Daily Work Plans

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Gold Seal Credits: 1