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Institute for Facilities Management
Advanced Planning, Design, & Construction Courses

401 Organizing, Staffing Funding for Project Services
Review the organizational challenges of managing a campus design and construction program. Network with other design and construction colleagues and exchange experiences in discussing the role of the project manager, project costs, project schedules, funding, customer relations, organizational structure, staffing, cost recovery and contemporary issues in the profession.
Instructor: Don Guckert

402 Facilities Master Planning
The modern higher education campus must respond and be accountable to rapid and complex changes in the physical environment. Many institutions are guided by a plan that proposes adjustments to the ever-changing nature of the campus. This course will explore how campus plans can be more effective in shaping the campus physical environment that is responsive to and supportive of the academic initiatives of the institution. Discussion will highlight the process and the role that campus planning plays in helping the institution respond to differing situations and environments and offer a practical set of tools for articulating and giving shape to a physical vision for the campus that is grounded in the principles and policies of the institution. Topics will include developing a campus vision, creating a campus master plan and upgrading a master plan that will improve the quality of the academic life and be reflective of the vision. Discussions will include pragmatic solutions that give a campus its distinctive character and quality and how physical changes can mirror the values of the institution.
Instructor: Clint Hewitt

403 Space Planning & Administration
Review the challenges associated with integrating facility planning, space planning and project programming with campus's overall academic planning processes. Discuss ways too improve the integration of planning on the campus. Review the various levels of space planning and consider ways to manage master planning space projections, project planning space needs, and overall space management on the campus. Consider how space planning can bridge the gap between academia, the physical plant, and the project planning process. Review trends and new tools in space planning. Discuss the general programming process and determine what areas need more attention than others to be successful. Consider the value and use of the programming process and the plans the process delivers.
Instructor:Joe Bilotta

405 Design Project Management
Discuss and share effective procedures for managing projects with your peers and review the many tools available to the experienced project manager when trying to manage the design process. Topics include how to better understand and administer the design process by understanding design from the designer's point of view, how to get the very best from your consultants, how to improve working relationships and communication with your campus clients, and what to expect and look for in design reviews. Discuss the most effective approach to value engineering, effective team management, communication, and typical traits of the best project managers.
Instructor: Steve Thweatt

407 Project Time Management
Explore the reasons why university building and renovation projects require so much time. Discuss the impact that time has on the project budget and how others in the design and construction project management profession are meeting the challenges of shrinking timelines. Share experiences on managing design timelines and the campus decision-making process that threatens project schedules. Learn how other university project managers are successfully using schedule incentive clauses to ensure the contractor's timely completion; including liquidated damages, actual damages, and bonus/penalty clauses.
Instructor: Don Guckert

408 Construction Contract Administration
Discuss the various project delivery approaches utilized by colleges and universities in an experience exchange with fellow colleagues. Discuss the common legal and contractual challenges with design and construction project documents. Discuss the pros and cons of using standard contract documents, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA) standard document forms. Discuss bidding strategies and explore various techniques for structuring a bid proposal to the owner's advantage.
Instructor: Don Guckert

409 Construction Project Management
Working in small groups, this session will tackle real construction problems ranging from evaluating that all insurance and bonds are properly in place, obtaining a base line schedule, approving the schedule of values, managing RFI's and change orders, develop remedies for non-compliance with the contract, change order analysis, lien releases and project close-out. Participants are encouraged to bring construction problems for group discussion and review.
Instructor: Jeff Gee

This segement of the program will not be offered at the January 2010 Institute.