ASAMW PM Workshop Series
January-March, 2023
Cost: $795 members/nonmembers
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Jan. 5, 2023
Fundamentals 1 Ameen Khouri, Shapiro & Duncan & Lou Wicklein, Kogok
LOCATION: Capital Electric, 8511 Pepco Place, Upper Marlboro, MD

Jan. 19, 2023 PM Fundamentals 2 Steve Groth, Chiaramonte Bruce Spengler
LOCATION: Capital Electric, 8511 Pepco Place, Upper Marlboro, MD

Feb. 2, 2023 PM Fundamentals 3 Tracey Kaleo, DPR (Safety) Chad Prinkey, Well Built (Soft Skills)
LOCATION: Capital Electric, 8511 Pepco Place, Upper Marlboro, MD

Feb. 16, 2023 Contracts Brian Wood, Smith Currie Bill Rothrock, Kogok
LOCATION: HITT CoLab, 2757 Hartland Road, Falls Church, VA

March 2, 2023 Scheduling John Ficca, Aegis, Steve Groth, Chiaramonte
LOCATION: HITT CoLab, 2757 Hartland Road, Falls Church, VA

March 16, 2023 Change Orders and Final Exam Ryan Gallagher, LF Jennings Bruce Spengler, Calvert Masonry
LOCATION: HITT CoLab, 2757 Hartland Road, Falls Church, VA

PROJECT MANAGERS FUNDAMENTALS I

• Team Building Exercise
• Building relationships in the industry
• Ok to ask silly questions
• Construction process and the big picture of a construction project
• The project manager’s role
• Why do general contractors think differently than subcontractors
• Leadership and team building
• Communications and documentation including sample logs for RFIs, Change Orders, and Work in Progress reports.
• Time and stress management
• Decision making

PROJECT MANAGERS FUNDAMENTALS II

• Project start-up and planning
• Reading and understanding specifications
• Submittals and purchasing: the getting of the right materials on time
• RFI’s, and the tracking of issues
• Work in Progress reporting including sample logs
• Completing and closeout of a project
• Elements of bad project management
• Problem prevention
• Foundational Skills in communication, networking, and management
• Networking and construction associations
• Building relationships for repeat work
• Intergenerational communications
• Adapting to COVID-19.

PROJECT MANAGERS FUNDAMENTALS IIl
Safety

• How working together with your Safety Managers, Superintendents, and foreman will save you time and money when it comes to safety.
• What are the time delays and hidden costs involved in not considering the safety requirements?
• What are the equipment requirements to complete work on-site?
• Basic OSHA cost considerations for noncompliance.

Soft Skills

• Selecting the right mode of communication to match the situation
• Developing empathy in communication
• Resolving conflict
• Preventing conflict

CONTRACTS

• Flow down provisions of the prime contract
• Subcontract clauses and what they mean
• Government contract clauses
• General and Special provisions of the specifications
• Second-tier subcontracting
• Purchase orders
• Read and understand the schedule before signing the contract
• Scope inclusions and exclusions

THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE

• Elements of a logical schedule
• How to contribute to a schedule prepared by others
• Coordination with other trades – understanding, cooperating and being sensitive to other trades
• Resource management
• The Schedule and No Damages for Delay clauses of your subcontract
• Management of a project that has no schedule
• Actions to take if a project is behind schedule
• Using a SIPS/4 week look ahead
• Work breakdown structure
• Cost loading for proper cash flow
• Pushing a job
• Dealing with changes

CHANGE ORDERS

• Notice and other requirements of the prime contract and your subcontract
• Preparation of a typical proposal for direct costs
• Allowable overhead and profit, and mark-ups on lower-tier subcontractors
• Simple time extension cost proposal
• Settlement techniques
• Establishing credibility and avoiding fraud – false information can be fraud.
• Protecting yourself while performing work without a change order
• What is FAIR in back charges and what is abuse
• Following up techniques for settlements
• The change order process from the general contractor’s perspective

*Course information is subject to change slightly.