Construction Industry Webinars

Change Management Strategies - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
During this webcast, Guillermo Ramos, Director of Capital Improvements at UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses how a simple but methodical approach to change and risk management has generated quantifiable benefits.		View webinar

Practical Applications of 3D/4D Modeling
This 1-hour webinar is focused on the uses of 3D and 4D modeling in various construction applications. This session, led by W. Michael Birmingham and Laura B. Arrigo of The Duggan Rhodes Group, will provide construction executives, project managers, program managers, and other construction professionals with a thorough understanding of 3D/4D Modeling technology basics and its various applications, who is using the technology and its benefits.		View webinar
Project Risks, Changes, and Claims
Construction projects temporarily bind together parties with competing objectives and a common goal. The result is a situation characterized by high potential for conflict, changes and claims. The skills of the quantity surveyor, auditor, and project controls professional are invaluable in status reporting, change management, and claims resolution. Learn practical strategies to deal with project risks, changes, and claims.		View webinar


Project CPM Scheduling Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
The 1-hour webinar discusses the use of CPM schedules as a project management tool and provides construction executives, project managers, program managers, and other construction professionals with practical CPM scheduling techniques to identify troubled projects early, avoid construction claims and ensure timely and profitable projects. Participants will leave with a thorough understanding of: 1. CPM Scheduling Overview and Basics 2. Common CPM Scheduling Pitfalls from the Owner’s Perspective 3. Common CPM Scheduling Pitfalls from the Contractor’s Perspective 4. Tools Available to Keep the Schedule Realistic 5. Benefits of 4D Scheduling		View webinar

Achieve Breakthrough Performance with Lean Construction
Lean has recently been gaining momentum as owners, engineers and contractors look to reduce the friction that is inherent in their shared business processes. The speakers demystify the concept of Lean as it relates to individual firms as well as the complete engineering and construction supply chain. They will explain that while adopting Lean practices can improve the performance of a single entity, large-scale benefits are derived from the collaboration between owner, engineer and contractor.		View webinar

McGraw-Hill Industry Outlook 2010
The McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook 2010 Report is perfect for owner organizations with ongoing building programs, as well as design, construction and professional services firms planning to compete in 2010 and beyond.		View webinar

Defining the Future of the Worldwide Construction Market
Mark Bridgers of FMI will discuss the trends, drivers, and themes used to develop these four scenarios and how as senior managers running organizations in the construction industry you can use this knowledge to position your firm to benefit rather than suffer during this period of change.		View webinar

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - Theory and Practice
This session discusses Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) theory and, on the practical side, reviews the challenges, hurdles, and benefits of applying IPD to a $2 billion healthcare program.		View webinar

Accountability and Visibility : Challenges in Reporting Project Costs and Risks to Owner Stakeholders
Facility owner/operators rely on project reports to make decisions during capital project planning, design, and delivery. However, reporting is often inadequate. There may be too much or too little information, which confuses the Board or executives. Data may be misrepresented, incomplete, unreconciled, not validated, or simply inaccurate. The resulting decisions often end up generating risks that can become CLMs (career limiting moves) and perhaps more importantly, spell disaster for the owner's capital plan.		View Webinar

Recession Survival Strategy: Decreasing Project Costs with Effective Contingency/ Cost Management Proactive organizations are finding efficient methods that lower project costs by reducing inefficiency and mitigating risks that lead to unnecessary project cost increases. Containing costs is on everyone's agenda - and you don't have to look far to find cost reduction opportunities?		View Webinar

A Report on Managing Capital Project Risk
"Beyond the Bell Curve: A Report on Managing Capital Project Risk" will present the research and findings of this year’s FMI/CMAA Annual Survey of Owners and highlight how companies of all sizes are dealing with risk.		View webinar

Construction Cost Control: Turning Troubled Projects into Profitable Projects
This 1-hour webinar is a continuation of the successful July 17, 2008 session titled The Teflon Project Manager: Construction Claims Avoidance and Winning Strategies and is focused on the use of construction cost control as a project management tool. This session, presented by industry cost control expert William M. Kerns of The Duggan Rhodes Group, will provide construction executives, project managers, program managers, and other construction professionals with practical construction cost control techniques to identify troubled projects early, avoid construction claims and ensure profitable projects.		View webinar

The Teflon Project Manager: Construction Claims Avoidance and Winning Strategies This 1-hour webinar was led by industry claims expert Peter Duggan, co-founder and Principal with The Duggan Rhodes Group, and Jonathan Antevy, e-Builder co-founder and CEO. The session provides construction executives, project managers, program managers, and other construction professionals involved in facility planning, design, and construction with practical approaches to claims avoidance/mitigation, plus winning strategies when faced with litigation. Request recording and slides		View webinar

The U.S. Construction Industry: Myths, Realities, and Implications - May 2008 Hank Harris, Managing Director of FMI Management discusses his views of the industry, including drivers behind the industry’s fragmented structure, issues affecting economic performance, low technology adoption, and low productivity and more		View webinar