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Overview

After participating in this course attendees will:

• Understand current construction industry trends that produce the greatest challenges and risks to successful project completion;
• Learn how projects end up completing late and over budget;
• Be exposed to strategies that can be implemented during the design and planning phases of a project to mitigate cost and schedule risks; and
• Learn how to develop and implement effective management tools and processes that will enhance the probability for project success.

Description
Construction inherently carries many risks.  Few programs or projects complete without changes and few change requests are totally without merit.  Research shows that disputes do not magically appear during construction.  Failure to actively plan for, manage, and mitigate risks can have profound consequences on the successful delivery of a capital project including delays to project delivery, budget overruns, claims and disputes, and wasted resources.

The most cost effective time to manage risks and mitigate disputes is early in the project lifecycle.  This webinar provide owners, contractors, procurement managers, and internal audit managers with leading practices, insights, and strategies for mitigating project risks gained from the presenter's experience analyzing hundreds of complex construction projects around the globe.

Who Should Attend

• Public and private owners and their representatives
• Purchasing and procurement professionals
• General contractors and subcontractors
• Internal Audit professionals

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Syllabus

Course Outline

• Risk Mitigation Strategies: An Overview
• Risk Mitigation Strategies: Program Planning Phase
• Risk Mitigation Strategies: Pre-Construction Phase
• Risk Mitigation Strategies: Construction Phase
• Conclusion
• Questions & Answers

Instructor

Jim is the Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC and 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 53 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).