Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:00 – 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:00 – 4:30 pm

Construction Players, Stages of a Project

   Construction entities
   Organizational structure
   Public vs. private
   Unions
   Project types
   Project lifecycle
   Construction technology

 Real Estate, Feasibility, Design Professional and Contractor Selection, Programming

    Due diligence, code research
   Project delivery type
   Source selection
   Design process, A/E scope of work and fee structure
   Sustainability

 Drawings, Specifications, Contracts, Bidding, Pre-Construction, Mobilization

    Work breakdown structure, bid package
   Types of contracts
   General and supplemental conditions
   Liens
   Bonds and insurance
   Buyout, subcontracts

Scheduling

   Gantt charts, bar charts
   Critical path method (CPM)
   Misc. schedule topics: liquidated damages, schedule “crashing”

Construction Phase

   Claims, dispute resolution
   Change orders
   Schedule of values, pay applications
   Equipment
   Labor issues
   Materials
   Project closeout

Miscellaneous Topics

   Safety
   Earned value management
   Summary: scope, time, cost, quality, HR, communications, risk, procurement

 

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW CEHs
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

 Professionals Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

 Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Alabama.

This seminar is registered with the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).

HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to Alabama construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for course approval.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Mike Keating, PE, MBA

Mr. Keating has been in the construction industry for over 29 years in various capacities including estimator/cost engineer, project manager, construction manager, director of construction, and A/E construction administrator to name a few. He has been involved in both commercial and residential construction projects both in the public and private sector with several individual projects exceeding $100 million in construction value. He currently works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a cost engineer and value engineering officer on large military, civil works, and inter-agency developments. In addition, he teaches a class in Construction Engineering as an adjunct instructor at the University of South Alabama, Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering.
Mr. Keating grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and holds a bachelor of science degree in Construction Management from the University of Nebraska. In addition, he received his MBA degree from the University of West Florida in 2004. He is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in the State of Virginia and a certified general contractor (CGC) in the State of Florida, and he holds several other industry certifications including certified cost engineer (CCE), value management associate (VMA), certified professional estimator (CPE), and certified construction contract administrator (CCCA).

CD/Manual Price: $289.00

Currently, our self-study products DO NOT qualify for AIA, LACES, ASLA or CLARB credit.

HalfMoon will mail you these materials via USPS. Please allow 5 weeks from the date of purchase to receive your product. If the live seminar is in the future, please allow 5 weeks from the date of the live seminar.

The CD/Manual package includes an audio recording of a live seminar on CDs, along with a bound copy of the manual that was distributed at the seminar. The manual contains written materials prepared by the seminar speaker(s).

The CDs contain embedded number codes, which you are required to document and return to HalfMoon if you wish to obtain a certificate of completion for the program. The acceptance of self-administered continuing education activities vary widely between states and professions. Before undertaking any self-study effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.

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