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![Construction Audit – Vetting Your Vendors and Auditing the Procurement Function Construction Audit – Vetting Your Vendors and Auditing the Procurement Function](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95%20-%20NEW%20IMAGE/Denise%20Cicchella-%20new1-80x90.jpg)
Construction Audit – Vetting Your Vendors and Auditing the Procurement Function
This Webinar Describes,Procurement Fraud and Construction Audits: Safeguarding Projects and Finances: Procurement fraud and construction audits are vital components of ensuring the integrity, transparency, and efficiency of construction projects and procurement processes. In today's complex business environment, where organizations engage in various construction activities and procure goods and services fro..
![Resource Management in Construction Schedules Resource Management in Construction Schedules](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Saleh%20Mubarak-80x90.jpg)
Resource Management in Construction Schedules
This seminar will go over the concepts and steps to manage resources in a typical construction project. It goes briefly into some scheduling and cost management topics as they relate to the seminar topic. It covers how a schedule is cost or resource-loaded, and then how can we draw the resource usage profile and cash flow diagram throughout the project. The seminar goes over the concept of resource allocati..
![Asking Powerful Questions : Getting to Insightful Answers Asking Powerful Questions : Getting to Insightful Answers](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95%20-%20NEW%20IMAGE/Ben%20Chan-80x90.jpg)
Asking Powerful Questions : Getting to Insightful Answers
Are you frustrated by conversations that go in circles? Do you ever feel like you're not getting the full picture from colleagues, clients, or even yourself? The key to unlocking deeper understanding and achieving better outcomes lies in the art of asking powerful questions.Join us for a dynamic 1-hour session, "Asking Powerful Questions: Getting to Insightful Answers", where you'll learn proven techniques ..
![Calculating Activities Durations for the CPM Schedule Calculating Activities Durations for the CPM Schedule](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Saleh%20Mubarak-80x90.jpg)
Calculating Activities Durations for the CPM Schedule
We start with an introduction to estimating or calculating the durations of the schedule’s activities. We discuss the work production rate and its relationship to both unit price and activity duration. We briefly cover factors that influence crew productivity such as weather, design complexity, and labor skill level. We give a few examples of adjusting productivity based on project conditions. We then show ..
![Delay Claims: Prevention and Management Delay Claims: Prevention and Management](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Saleh%20Mubarak-80x90.jpg)
Delay Claims: Prevention and Management
Delay claims are part of project management, however, the way we deal with them can make a big difference. Delay claims cost money and time, as well as strain the relationship between the contracting parties. So it is better to take all precautions to prevent them from arising, and then learn a few hints to manage those that do happen, in the most effective way. This webinar will go over the definition of c..
![Construction Fraud – Ripped from the Headlines Construction Fraud – Ripped from the Headlines](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95%20-%20NEW%20IMAGE/Denise%20Cicchella-%20new1-80x90.jpg)
Construction Fraud – Ripped from the Headlines
Construction fraud refers to any deceptive or dishonest activities that occur within the construction industry with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage, financial gain, or causing financial loss to others. It can involve various parties including contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, employees, or even project owners. Construction fraud can take many forms, including: Billing Schemes: This involv..
![Calculating Contractor Jobsite Overhead Delay Costs Calculating Contractor Jobsite Overhead Delay Costs](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/James%20G.%20Zack-80x90.jpg)
Calculating Contractor Jobsite Overhead Delay Costs
Learn about the recoverability of extended field office overhead costs in the event a compensable delay arises on a project General Contractors and subcontractors will gain information on the various accepted methods of calculating this element of delay damagesOwners will be exposed to various methods of specifying this element of delay damages in contracts to avoid disputes later should a compensable delay..
![Changes and Change Order Management Changes and Change Order Management](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/James%20G.%20Zack-80x90.jpg)
Changes and Change Order Management
In order to deliver successful projects on time an in budget, owners and contractors must know how to manage changes to the work during the construction period. This webinar discusses how and why changes arise during the project’s construction phase; what owners can and cannot change; the types of change to the work in progress; how each type of change order should be handled on the site; the rules of contr..
![Construction Cost Estimating Using RS Means Database and Online Estimating Construction Cost Estimating Using RS Means Database and Online Estimating](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Saleh%20Mubarak-80x90.jpg)
Construction Cost Estimating Using RS Means Database and Online Estimating
This webinar contains two major components: An explanation of the RS Means database and its categories and components. The webinar explains all the displayed numbers and how they are calculated and how they should be adjusted. A quick overview of the RS Means Online system and how it can be used for itemized (detailed) estimates, assemblies, and summary estimates.Areas CoveredA quick overview of the RS Mean..
![Construction Lending and Real Credit Administration: Evaluating, Underwriting, and Monitoring Construction Loans Construction Lending and Real Credit Administration: Evaluating, Underwriting, and Monitoring Construction Loans](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/Speaker/85x95/DEV-STRISCHEK-80x90.png)
Construction Lending and Real Credit Administration: Evaluating, Underwriting, and Monitoring Construction Loans
Most bankers acknowledge that construction lending is riskier than other types of commercial lending:Repayment ability depends on successful completion of the construction before the project can generate cash flow from the sale of the finished property, from rental or lease of the real estate, or permanent take-out refinancingDuring the construction period, the collateral is literally work-in-progress and o..
![Construction Projects Cash Flow and the Progress Payment Cycle Construction Projects Cash Flow and the Progress Payment Cycle](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Saleh%20Mubarak-80x90.jpg)
Construction Projects Cash Flow and the Progress Payment Cycle
The seminar starts with definitions and the importance of cash flow diagrams, mainly for contractors. Secondly, we go into preparing these diagrams and updating them. Several issues and scenarios will be discussed. Thirdly, we explain the cycle of progress payment requests and connect it to cash flow diagrams. Lastly, we discuss the importance of these diagrams and mutual impact on other aspects of the proj..
![Differing Site Conditions – Who Really Owns The Risk? Differing Site Conditions – Who Really Owns The Risk?](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/James%20G.%20Zack-80x90.jpg)
Differing Site Conditions – Who Really Owns The Risk?
The Differing Site Conditions clause is one of the oldest clauses used in construction contracts, having been created by the U.S. Federal government in 1926. It is generally accepted that the object of the clause is to transfer the risk of latent site conditions to the owner, thus enticing contractors to reduce their contingency cost at the time of bid. The promise of the clause is that if the contractor en..
![Direct Versus Indirect Expenses in Construction Projects Direct Versus Indirect Expenses in Construction Projects](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/Saleh%20Mubarak-80x90.jpg)
Direct Versus Indirect Expenses in Construction Projects
This seminar discusses construction expenses, their type, and classification. It goes into each category and explains it in simple terms. We discuss labor, materials, equipment, other (government fees, lab tests), subcontracts, job (project) overhead, general (main office) overhead, contingency allowance, profit allowance, and inflation/escalation allowance. We then go into a brief analysis of all these exp..
![Early Completion Schedules – Benefits, Risks and Defenses Early Completion Schedules – Benefits, Risks and Defenses](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/James%20G.%20Zack-80x90.jpg)
Early Completion Schedules – Benefits, Risks and Defenses
A contractor’s right to complete work early was acknowledged by U.S. Courts in the 1960’s. Delayed early completion claims arose shortly thereafter and became somewhat common in the industry. It was then, and remains now, a controversial issue in the construction industry with many project owners refusing to accept early completion baseline schedules. Others crafted contractual mechanisms to defeat such cla..
![Early Warning Signs of Construction Claims and Disputes Early Warning Signs of Construction Claims and Disputes](https://www.grceducators.com/image/cache/catalog/2022-Speaker%20/85-95/James%20G.%20Zack-80x90.jpg)
Early Warning Signs of Construction Claims and Disputes
It is axiomatic that claims and disputes on a project do not simply appear out of nowhere. Experience indicates that when a dispute occurs, there is normally a back story or history of events, decisions, lack of decisions, etc. that can be traced back from a few weeks to several years that gave rise to the dispute. It is these past events or decisions that are identified as “early warning signs” of cl..