Managing Your Construction Project to Successful Completion

Date:  4/24/2007
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 AM ET
Price: $95.00
Registration Deadline: 4/25/2007 2:00:00 PM

Registration For This Event Is Closed

NOTICE: This session is SOLD OUT. Due to the high level of interest, we will be scheduling a repeat session. If you would like to be notified of the date for the second session, please contact Kirsten Buchanan at kjbuchanan@eheinc.com or at 800-825-5343.

Discounts for IFMA Boston members and group registrations. See details below.

Workshop Description
When initiating a new construction project, it seems reasonable for the owner to expect to occupy a building that works and meets the intended design upon project completion; that is that the building is functionally complete and all components and systems meet the designed performance parameters. But does hiring the design and construction team alone guarantee that this goal will be met? What construction milestones and deliverables should be contractually specified and benchmarked to ensure the owner receives 100% of their first cost investment as expected?

Building construction is a systematic process undertaken in an environment that is extremely difficult to control and that often breeds inadvertent and unapparent flaws, deviations from design, and sub-par system performance. The goal of this workshop is to educate building project stakeholders on the key project management parameters that will ensure delivery of the building they purchased .

As a product of EH&E's experience commissioning new buildings, this workshop will focus on contractual language, construction milestones, and key deliverables to help you identify construction process and schedule deviations before they become major construction completion issues . Work groups will perform tabletop exercises that walk participants through actual examples of key construction deliverables. The exercises will cover:

• Contract specification language
• Schedule analysis
• Plans for start-up, balancing, testing and training
• Balancing report analysis
• Substantial completion
• Project turnover documentation

Workshop Instructor
Michael Della Barba, Director of Commissioning Services, EH&E
MichaelDella Barba manages EH&E’s commissioning team, frequently serving as project manager on key projects. He has extensive construction project management experience with projects ranging in size from low rise office buildings to a 27-story office/hotel complex. Mr. Della Barba’s experience includes private, public, and institutional projects, as well as negotiations with owners, architects, engineers, suppliers, and labor unions. Using his expertise in construction document interpretation and project management, Mr. Della Barba designed, developed, and managed the New England Power Service Company’s building commissioning program, which is nationally recognized as an industry leader. During his tenure at New England Electric System (now National Grid USA), he commissioned more than 150 projects.

Location
EH&E Headquarters, 60 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA

Schedule
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.  Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 11:00 a.m.  Program

Price Discounts
Admission is $95 per attendee.
Group registration for three or more attendees from the same company is $76 per attendee.
IFMA Boston members $55 per attendee.
IFMA Boston members please contact Kirsten Buchanan directly at 800-825-5343 to register.

Continuing Education Units
This program has been assigned .25 CEUs and 2.0 CFM/FMP Maintenance Points by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA).

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