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Course Descriptions
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Construction Manager at Risk
Design Build
Job Order Contracting
Project Delivery Methods for Public Works
Avoiding Inappropriate Risk Transfer
Value Engineering/Conceptual Estimating
Improving the Places Where Children Learn: Managing a Capital Construction Program
Preparing the Interview Team for Success
Space Planning for Institutions of Higher Education
Construction Management Certificate Program
Project management Certificate Program
Construction Manager at Risk:
Using the CMAR method, the construction firm is chosen as soon as the A/E is contracted and performs pre-construction services, such as constructability reviews, during the design phase. In some instances, subcontractors are also consulted in the design phase and may participate in prequalification. Successful use of the CMAR method depends on establishing an excellent project team that identifies common goals and works together to solve problems quickly as they arise. The project team, including the A/E, the CMAR, the public works agency, and sometimes key subcontractors and regulatory staff, is established at the start of the project. This approach combines the knowledge and skills of all parties to ensure that the design meets the needs of the client in terms of function, schedule, and budget, and that the project is constructible as designed. This minimizes the risk to all parties. In addition, the CMAR is chosen based on qualifications and is motivated to build the highest quality project possible in order to establish a reputation for excellence, leading to good recommendations and future business.
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Design Build:
Unlike the traditional Design Bid Build and the alternate CMAR methods, using the Design Build method entails hiring one firm to handle both the design and construction of the project. The DB firm is hired by a qualifications based selection process and may include a design competition as a second phase of this process. One firm is responsible for all aspects of the project, which eliminates the adversarial relationship that sometimes develops between the A/E and the contractor. With one point of control, projects can often be accomplished much faster, with construction beginning prior to design completion. However, the DB process is more complex than CMAR or the traditional method and requires a new way of thinking, emphasizing positive working relationships. The adversarial way of thinking that is prevalent in the Design Bid Build process will result in unsuccessful projects when using the DB method. Because there are such worthwhile advantages to using the DB method, it pays to learn how to use it correctly.
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Job Order Contracting:
Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a way of getting small, simple, and commonly encountered construction projects done easily and quickly. A JOC contract usually applies to a specific site or sites and can be used for any number of jobs that arise during the term of the contract. The JOC delivery method is particularly well suited to repetitive jobs and situations in which public works entities know that many small tasks will arise, but the timing, type of tasks, and quantity of work are unknown when the contract is established. Many diverse tasks such as routine maintenance, upgrades, renovations, alterations, and minor construction are efficiently handled using a single JOC contract. JOC jobs usually have minimal design requirements. The greatest advantage of the JOC method is that there is no need to bid each job because price is calculated using a standard procedure defined in the contract. This allows rapid completion of work. As home of the Center for Job Order Contracting Excellence, ACE is a great place to learn how to use the JOC method.
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Project Delivery Methods for Public Works:
This course is an overview of the three Project Delivery Methods; Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), Design Build (DB) and Job Order Contracting (JOC).
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Avoiding Inappropriate Risk Transfer:
This half day course will provide the participant with a better understanding of the risk transfer challenges that a company may face, learn about alternate contract clauses and insurance policy terms than can reduce risk, learn to avoid the mistakes people make when approving insurance policies and construction contracts, gather tips to overcome frequently heard objections to contract modifications and network with others and get the “inside scoop” on changes in the insurance market.
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Value Engineering/Conceptual Estimating:
The development of project delivery methods such as Design Build, Construction Manager at Risk and Job Order Contracting have increased the need for improving our methods for developing proposals, developing accurate and useful conceptual estimates and final Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) estimates and generating opportunities for added value. Value Engineering and Conceptual Cost Estimating for Project Delivery Methods is a course that will help to educate Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors and Design Professionals in applying value engineering methodology and give an understanding of conceptual cost estimating and its impact on the life of project delivery methods; DB, CMAR and JOC.
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Improving the Places Where Children Learn: Managing a Capital Construction Program
This 40-hour course will lead the user from the planning/pre-design phase through post-occupancy assessment of school facilities projects. Each module is independent in format, but all are interrelated and necessary to ensure school facilities that are able to meet the academic goals and p4rograms of the district, while serving multiple needs of the community. Course conten6t is based on Creating Connections: The CEFPI Guide for Educational Facility Planning (23004). Nationally recognized educational facility practitioners whose expertise range from planning and design to maintenance and operations will serve as instructors. Course work will focus on the various aspects of progressive school planning and the importance of creating connections among all constituents that are necessary to the whole process of designing, building and maintaining healthy, high-performing school facilities. Topics include: School improvement planning, The Master Planning Process; Techniques for gathering data; Developing educational standards and specifications; Community planning; Finance; Occupancy and post occupancy considerations; and maintaining healthy high-performing facilities.
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Preparing the Interview Team for Success
This two day course will present highly effective marketing/presentation strategy techniques that will give general contractors, architects, project managers, superintendents, estimators and subcontractor consultants a thorough understanding of what works and what does not work when interviewing for public sector projects. The course will broaden the interview team’s knowledge of the entire marketing process to effectively attract new public-sector client relationships and interview more effectively. Participants will be provided with direct public sector feedback from interviews and the best/worst practices. Participants will be learn to develop marketing techniques, be coached on interviewing skills and critique individual presentation practices to improve the win rate in the public sector. Participants will be able to ask owners “what they are really looking for in the interview with the project team”.
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Space Planning for Institutions of Higher Education
This 1.5 day workshop will focus on planning considerations and space allocations for higher education campuses. The course will focus on determining adequate and appropriate academic and non-academic spaces for departments of higher education institutions. The content of the program will be sourced from the Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI) publication, Space Planning for Institutions of Higher Education and supplemented with relevant materials and case studies. Practitioners actively engaged in the planning and design of higher education facilities will serve as instructors.
Topics to be covered: Master Planning, Space Planning, Programming, Calculations and Applications
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Construction Management Certificate Program
The Construction Management Certificate Program enhances knowledge of the business of construction and helps students gain a broader understanding of the construction process. The program focuses on the construction phase of the project and provides tools to understand all of the components of this phase. Click here to see the program description.
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Project Management Certificate Program
The Project Management Certificate Program provides students with the skills to manage an entire construction project from beginning to end. The course content is intended to assure a balanced understanding of project management principles and practices including professional and philosophical standards that distinguish the modern-day construction practitioner. Click here to see the program description
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Any of these programs can be delivered at your location or tailored to your company’s objectives. ACE can also develop customized programs to meet your training needs. Click here for more information.
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