Best Practices for Construction Project Scheduling
Fee: $115 / Online / Aug 20, 2027 / Course Code: 0802-WEB27
OVERVIEW
After participating in this course, you will be able to:
- Identify schedule requirements that are typically delineated in standard contracts.
- Understand why an owner would want to include a detailed scheduling specification in a construction contract.
- Identify key elements that should be considered for incorporation in a detailed scheduling specification.
- Identify common challenges and realities that need to be considered in developing a detailed scheduling specification.
- Understand the role the owner should expect to play in the development and execution of project schedules.
Description
The intended purpose of scheduling a construction project is to help ensure that all activities necessary to complete the work in accordance with the contract documents are properly planned, staffed, coordinated, and executed in an orderly and expeditious manner. Without a clearly articulated scheduling specification, proper scheduling may be dispensed with as a way of saving costs.
Experienced owners recognize that the risk of not requiring comprehensive project schedules far outweighs the risk of requiring and reviewing project schedules and the potential increased costs carried in the project’s budget. This presentation demonstrates the importance of a detailed schedule specification and identifies the key components that can be used by both parties for better project control, decision-making and, if necessary, claims resolution.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for:
- Owners and owner representatives managing capital improvement projects.
- Construction management/contractor executives, project managers and project control personnel.
- Design professionals providing services to owners during pre-construction and construction.
SYLLABUS
Course Outline
Participants will learn about the:
- Purposes and importance of project scheduling.
- Elements often missing from standard scheduling specifications.
- Schedule specification key activities & considerations.
- Project realities and effective solutions.
INSTRUCTOR
Executive Director — James Zack Consulting, LLC
Johnstown, CO
Jim is the Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC. Previously, he was Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. The Forum strives to be the construction industry’s resource for thought leadership and best practices on avoidance and resolution of construction project disputes globally.
Formerly he was the Executive Director of the Navigant Construction Forum™ and earlier, the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation, one of the world’s largest EPCM contractors. Mr. Zack was previously Vice President of PinnacleOne and the Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute and a Senior Construction Claims Consultant for CH2M HILL, Inc.
Mr. Zack has, for more than 54 years, worked on both private and public projects throughout the U.S. and in 39 countries abroad. Mr. Zack is a Fellow of AACE, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Guild of Project Controls and Society of Construction Claims Specialists International.
In the construction claims field, he is a recognized and published expert in mitigation, analysis and resolution or defense of construction claims and disputes.
Mr. Zack is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC), an Expert Certified Construction Claims Specialist (ECCCS), an Expert Certified Construction Delay Analyst (ECCDA) and a Project Management Professional (PMP).
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