Engineering Project Management Seminar
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 – 5:00 pm
Project Management Overview
Design and construction process
Project phases – project mapping and flow
Phased implementation of long multi-segmented projects
Contracts and agreements
Project teams organization and transactional protocols
Project manager skills, best practices and responsibilities
Project Procurement and Development
Defining the project
Project scope and functional specification development
Project design specifications
Design drawings and drawing review
Project Estimating and Budgeting
Development of long lead estimates and long lead funding
Funding requests
Project life cycle cost and basic financial analysis
Bids/proposals, pre-bid meeting, bid selection and purchase order
Work Plan Development and Management
Pre-mobilization transfer of drawings, specifications and
safety information
Project planning, control, implementation, and resource management
Project schedule development
Project management – progress monitoring, cost control and safety
Scope changes and change orders
Construction Phase
Construction and project implementation phase best practices
Receive equipment, material, tools, equipment and supplies for installation
Safety during construction phase
Factory testing – AKA: factory acceptance test
Project Close-Out and Turn-Over
On-site system testingFinal risk assessment
Guarantees, warranties, spare parts, supplies, as-built drawings and software
Production, plant engineering and plant maintenance training
Project start-up and commissioning and closure
Ancillary – core technical topics for most large projects
Credits
This course offer professional
engineers 7.0 PDHs.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in South Carolina.
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.
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
S. Bobby Rauf, PE, CEM, CMT, MBA
President, Chief Consultant and a Senior Instructor at Sem-Train, LLCProfessor Rauf has over 25 years of experience in teaching undergraduate and post graduate engineering, science, math, business administration and MBA courses, seminars, and workshops. He earned his BS degree in Electrical Engineering, with honors, from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Professor Rauf earned his Executive MBA degree from Pfeiffer University Misenheimer, North Carolina. He is a registered professional engineer in the States of Virginia, Wyoming, and North Carolina, and he is a Certified Energy Manager. Professor Rauf holds a patent in process controls technology. His last full-time engineering employment, in the corporate world, was at PPG Industries, Inc. where he served as a senior staff engineer. Professor Rauf was inducted as “Legend in Energy” by AEE, in 2014. He is a member of ASEE, American Society of Engineering Education. Professor Rauf has developed and instructed Professional Engineering and Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (NCEES) Prep Courses over the past 20 years. He develops and instructs PDHs (Professional Development Hours) and continuing education, engineering skill building seminars and courses. Professor Rauf is also an adjunct professor at Gardner-Webb University. He has published multiple texts over the last ten years. Professor Rauf also provides text editorial services to River Publishers.