Series

Professional Development Series

Western Council offers, and regularly adds, some series as part of its professional development program.  Take advantage of these opportunities.

Many of these programs in these series were added to the Academies after they were offered live.

Join the Member Academy or Non-Member Academy to take many of the courses in these series online.

Use the Events Calendar List or Search feature to quickly find any live program details.

CLAIMS Webinar Series

Instructor: James Zack

  • Overview of Construction Claims and Disputes
  • Early Warning Signs of Potential Claims and Disputes
  • Project Risk Management
  • Managing Change & Change Orders in Construction
  • Reducing Construction Claims Proactively
  • RFIs – The Paper War & How to Prevent It
  • Time Extension Requests – What Must a Contractor Prove?
  • Pricing Delay Costs – How Owners Deal with Home Office & Jobsite Overhead Costs
  • Impact Damages – Fact or Fiction?
  • Mediating Construction Disputes – A Way to Avoid Arbitration & Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) – Your Key to Avoiding Court

SCHEDULING Webinar Series

Instructor: James Zack

  • Best Scheduling Practices & Role of Owner’s Scheduler
  • Early Completion Schedules – Benefits, Risks & Defenses
  • Construction Scheduling Games People Play Part 1
  • Construction Scheduling Games People Play Part 2
  • Ghost Schedules – What, How, and What is the Risk?
  • Early Completion Schedules – Benefits, Risks & Defenses
  • Concurrent Delay – Is This Still a Contractor’s “Get Out of Jail Free Card”?
  • Schedule Delay Analysis – Choosing a Method & Why Results Differ

ISSUES Webinar Series

  • Innovative Renewable Energy Solutions
    Panel Presentation, Moderator: Larry Eisenberg
  • Water, Wind & More
    Panel Presentation, Moderator: Larry Eisenberg

ALTERNATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY Webinar Series

Instructor: Brian Lines

  • Synergy vs. Individual Expertise: Rights and Wrongs of Using
    Past Performance in Alternative Delivery Procurements 
  • Creating More Collaborative Partnerships in Alternative Delivery
  • Owner Readiness for Alternative Delivery – Are you Ready to Make the
    Transition?

Instructor: Mark Stapke

  • Critical Keys to Avoiding and Resolving Claims in Differing Site Conditions and Underground Infrastructure Projects

COST MANAGEMENT Webinar Series

Instructor: Rodney M. Percival, PE

  • Cost Control 101 “Demystifying the Process”
  • Capital Budget Development
  • Cost Management of Unbid Scope

PROJECT CONTROLS Webinar Series

These are presentations from Project Controls SUMMITS

  • Early Project Controls Strategies – Begin with the End in Mind
  • Dynamic Solutions for Cost Awareness
  • Virtual Modeling to Create Real Time Analytic Capabilities
  • Silver Lining Lessons in a COVID-19 World
  • The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Owners Contractors and Managing Claims
  • Quantifying Labor Productivity Loss
  • Plan, Budget, Automate – The Power of Visualizing Data
  • Developing and Messaging Culture for Project Success
  • Identifying, Quantifying, and Mitigating Schedule Delays and Disruptions
  • Project Controls and Management Through CAFM
  • Mistakes Owners Make that Cause Construction Claims & Disputes
  • Project Controls and Digital Transformations – Lessons Learned
  • The Construction Cost Crystal Ball – More Pain or Is Relief in Sight?