When
Friday April 28, 2017 from 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
7:30 - 8:00am Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:00am - 12:00pm Panels, Discussions, & Snack Break
Where
April 28 - Museum of Science
1 Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
Program Cost
$175
Discounted Program Costs Available for Members of Participating Trade Organizations: $125
Participating Trade Organizations include:
- AGC
- ASM
- NAIOP
Contact
Cesira Newcomb
Business Development & Events Specialist
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
508-926-3341
cnewcomb@bowditch.com
Owner/Clients/Design & Construction Professionals
Sharing Insights and Lessons Learned
Friday, April 28 - Museum of Science, Boston, MA
The Client Institute delivers crucial strategies and fresh insights you need most to improve your own design and construction projects.
Program includes:
- Two sets of presentations by industry experts
- Frank, unbiased discussions of what works and what doesn't
- In-depth dialog with your peers through small-group "de-briefing"
Improving Project Costs and Profit
Topics include:
- The Runaway Project: Why they happen, and how to take effective, constructive action
- Estimate Reconciliation Meetings: What they really do; How to the most from them
- Why and how we should use Life-Cycle project costing more often
- Understanding the links between project cost processes and project quality
- Understanding and getting the most from your construction companies' estimators
- What "conceptual estimating" is and what it can and cannot deliver
- How to connect sustainability to high-performance, efficient buildings to make it integral to the project criteria and have the benefits outweigh the costs
- How to set sustainability goals for projects (energy, occupant behavior, healthy environments, materials management) to enhance the design without affecting the cost
Speakers
- Edward Adelman, Director, Massachusetts State College Building Authority
- Zachary Bergeron, Construction Economist, Vermeulens
- Emma Corbalán, RA, LEED AP; MIT Project Manager, Sustainable Design and Construction
- Chris Floyd, President, C.E. Floyd Company
- Mary Feeney, Esq., Bowditch & Dewey
Improving Project Quality
- Communication strategies and processes to build better teams and better buildings
- Using pre-construction to properly define the team, the scope, and the process that will lead to accountability
- Identifying, addressing and preventing building envelope issues: what works, what does not
- Setting up a Quality Assurance/Control process that's effective for all project team members
- Rick Jensen, Vice President, Erland Construction
- Enzo Scalora, Principal, CSL Consulting
- Francesco Spagna, Principal, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger
- David Travers, Esq., Bowditch & Dewey
- William Ronco, President, Gathering Pace Consulting