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Transforming Project Controls For Organizations, If Not Now, When?
March 4, 2019
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Transforming Project Controls For Organizations, If Not Now, When? Today’s Owner and EPC companies are frequently dealing with significant budget overruns and schedule delays, placing increased pressure to adopt project controls strategies, which better fit their company and the projects they execute. In this post, Fred Wellman discusses strategies for rapidly transforming project controls for organizations in today’s construction industry. “Another word for control is
Reducing Risk with Design-Build – Water Finance & Management
February 25, 2019
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Reducing Risk with Design-Build Water Finance & Management
Know the Ins and Outs of a Construction Career from David Senko
January 29, 2019
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Since he was a little child he was curious to know how things were built. His dad being in construction sparked his interest in the construction career from an early age. When he was 5 years old, he was building cabinets with his dad, drilling the holes, and putting on the hinges and door pulls.
Career Visioning; Build Your Career By Design Not by Chance
January 7, 2019
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Do you have a clear career vision? Do you know where you want to be in your career 10 years from now? Check this video to learn how you can build your career by design, not by chance and why you should seriously think about redefining, redesigning, and rebuilding a career that cultivates the best
Benefits and Barriers to the Adoption of 4D Modeling for Site Health and Safety Management – Frontiers
December 19, 2018
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Benefits and Barriers to the Adoption of 4D Modeling for Site Health and Safety Management Frontiers
Share Your Knowledge in Project Controls
November 26, 2018
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I believe your knowledge and expertise is your most precious gift that deserves to be shared. In this video, I share with you the importance of sharing your knowledge in Project Controls no matter how much experience you have or how young or seasoned professional you are. Check out my journey in sharing my knowledge and how you can do the same. Download
The 5 Tips in Developing A Project Schedule that Engineers Will Admire
November 12, 2018
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Developing a project schedule with a group of engineers can be a challenging process. There is a parable about eight blind men, who are trying to describe an elephant by touching the part of the elephant that is nearest them. One man touches the trunk and says, “a snake!”. Another man touches an ear and
The Impacts Of Megatrends On Future Project Planning & Scheduling Workforce
November 4, 2018
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Regardless of which industry you work in, you should always be forward-looking. Trends that are appearing in your industry today will likely have a drastic impact on the future of your career. I had the opportunity to host a webcast with Laurie Bowman, talking about “How to Future-Proof Your Career in Project Planning & Scheduling.”
Q&As on Project Risk Quantification Methods That Work
October 23, 2018
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The legend John K. Hollmann, a well-recognized industry thought leader and Honorary Life Member of AACE® International, conducted a live webcast in collaboration with Project Control Academy on “How to Conduct Practical and Realistic Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis.” John Hollmann shared his research on cost growth, schedule slip, and accuracy and presented an integrated set of project risk quantification methods “that
The 5 Keys To Successful Career Of Your Dreams (An Interview with Tom Moroney)
October 22, 2018
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I had the privilege and honor of interviewing Tom Moroney, the former Vice President of Deepwater & Wells Technology at Shell. Shell is the fifth-largest company in the world measured by 2018 revenues. Tom had a quite successful career in the company for 33 years and handled numerous projects and departments, most notably the BG Group acquisition and being at the helm of Deepwater &