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Attend this 40 hour program and tap into the vast body of knowledge about project management.  Over 5 days there will be stimulating, interactive instruction and activities.  Information will be presented in a logical sequence and easy to understand manner by instructors with proven success in their areas of expertise.  This program will develop personal leadership and team building skills to increase your value to your organization.

Topics to include:

• Team Building
• Leadership
• Progressive Negotiating Skills
• Advanced Communication 
• Project Management Processes and Software
• Recognizing and Managing Risk
• Scheduling
• Project Management Skills
• Legal Issues
• Project Close out

Limited seating available - Register Today.

Register today for the 5th Annual Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Conference, hosted by the Alliance for Construction Excellence, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University.

With large decreases in public spending in Arizona, government agencies and educatinal institutions are turning to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, build, finance and operate necessary improvements and infrastructure.

The day will cover:

• How to identify P3 project types
• How to manage the public process
• How to and where to find information to study finance mechanisms
• How to minimize risk
• How to build successful PPP teams
• How to lay the foundation for a PPP project

Special Session: Overview of the ACE PPP Certificate Program scheduled for spring 2012! 

Speakers and panel members to be invited from the areas of:

• K12/Higer Ed/Charter Schools 
• Public Sector
• Developers
• Financiers
• Renewable Energy
• Case studies to cover Vertical and Horizontal projects

Guest Speakers and Panel Members to include:

• Steve Nielsen, Assistant Vice President - Real Estate, ASU
• Steve Betts, Executive Director, ULI
• Thomas McDonald Esq.,Gammage and Burnham
• Jason Boyer, Cannon Design
• Leah Roberts, Arizona School for the Arts
• Glenn Way, Charter One Development Company
• Anthony Jeffers, LEED AP, Adolfson & Peterson
• Dimitrios Laloudakis, City of Phoenix
• Sue Pierce, Washington Elementary School District
• Sandy Werthman, Solar Wing
• Gail Lewis, ADOT
• Eric Anderson, Maricopa Association of Governments
• Wylie Bearup, City of Phoenix
• Pamela Bailey Campbell, Jacobs Engineering

Register to attend this one day of Project Management Training being hosted by Luke Air Force Base.

Topics to be included:

• Alternative Project Delivery Methods (APDM) - Instructor - Gary Aller, Director, Alliance for Construction Excellence - This session will include an overview of Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), Design Build (DB) and Job Order Contracting (JOC).
• Monitoring and Controlling the Project - Kenneth Sullivan, Ph.D., Arizona State University - This session will give attendees an understanding of the importance of the plan-monitor-control cycle is as critical to effective project management as data collection, reporting and anaylsis.
• Leadership - William Badger, Ph.D., Arizona State University, Retired - This session will present leadership principles and practices and personal leadership skills will be enhanced.

Register Today as seating is limited.

Co-sponsored by the National Utility Contractors Association of Arizona

The ACE Project Management Certificate Program (PMCP) is a 40 hour non-credit CEU program of study for the advancement of Project Managers (PM) and aspiring PM’s.

Sessions and Topics to include:

• Working with Municipalities
• Introduction to Project Management
• Team Building
• Planning the Project
• Scheduling
• Monitoring/Controlling the Project
• Recognizing/Managing Risk
• Project Administration Closeout
• Leadership
• Budgeting/Procurement
• Allocating Resources
• Quality Management

There are no prerequisites to enroll in this program, but basic knowledge about the construction process will be assumed. Participants will be required to have access to a computer, preferably a laptop, which can be brought to class. A certificate of completion will be awarded for successful completion of the course. 4 non-credit CEU’s will also be available for those who attend and successfully complete the 40 hours of instruction.

JOC is an efficient way of getting numerous, commonly encountered renovation, repair and construction projects done easily and quickly under a single contract.  With an emphasis on a collaborative process embracing partnering and teamwork between owners and contractors, JOC provides the methodology to execute a wide variety of indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, fixed price, multiple simultaneous orders for renovation, rehabilitation and repair work for large facilities and intrastructures.

Attend this two day training and come away with the information you will need to successfully interview for that next Public Works project.  The two days will include effective marketing and presentation strategies and techniques, coaching on interview skills and through a mock interview, plus direct feedback from Public Owners - Ask them the question, what do they want to hear in an interview and what does it take for a team to win a job!

Agenda/Sessions:

• Presentation Skills
• Common Pitfalls of Marketing
• What they want to hear  - Tauny Woo, Acting City Engineer, City of Phoenix
• Maximizing marketing efforts
• Role of the Estimator
• Role of the Project Manager
• Role of the Superintendent
• Client Maintenance
• Mock Interviews - Public Owners to select the winning team for a Mock Project

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Join the Alliance for Construction Excellence, Arizona State University as we host our 4th Annual Public Private Partnership Conference, "Tools for the new Econonmy"

Don't miss out on the one day educational conference featuring key industry decision makers and professionals as our guides.

Topics to be discussed

• How to do successful PPP projects
• Issues surrounding PPP policies
• The in's and out's of Power Purchase Agreements
• Case studies and lessons learned from real projects

This special lunch session will take a look at the 2010 Alternative Project Delivery Method (APDM) legislation, SB 1406.  Hank Traeger, who has authored the majority of the APDM legislation for Arizona, will lead the participants through the changes and new requirments of the SB 1406.

Learn not only what is in the language, but how and why the new language came to be.

Topics to be covered:

• New Requirements for heavy rail and commuter rail facilities
• Addition to the definition of Horizontal construction
• Reorganization and clarification of statutory language
• Clarification on self-performed work
• New requirements for the "bundling" of CMAR and DB projects
• Strengthens the no "bid shopping" language
• New transparancy requirements
• Confirms authority for Title 48 entities to use Title 34 processes
• Requires compliance on effective date of bill

Registration Fee includes lunch:

• ACE Members - $60.00/person
• Non-Memebers - $70.00/person
• Public Owners - $50.00/person - contact the ACE office at 480-965-4246 for this  rate

This special lunch session will take a look at the 2010 Alternative Project Delivery Methods (APDM) legislation, SB 1406.  Hank Traeger, who has authored the majority of the APDM legislation for Arizona, will lead the participants through the changes and new requirements of the SB 1406.  Learn not only what is in the language, but how and why the new language came to be.

Topics to be Covered

• New Requierments for heavy rail and commuter rail facilities
• Addition to the definition of Horizontal Construction
• Reorganizes and clarifies statutory language
• Provides clarification on self-performed work
• New requirements for the "bundling" of CMAR and DB projects
• Strengthens the no "bid shopping" language
• New transparancy requirements
• Confirms authority for Title 48 entities to use Title 34 processes
• Requires compliance on effective date of bill

Registration Fee includes lunch

• $50/person - ACE Member
• $60/person - Non-member
• $40/person - Owner - Special Rate - Contact the ACE office for this rate

This special session takes a look at the 2010 APDM legislation, SB1406. Hank Traeger, who has authored almost all of the APDM legislation for Arizona, will lead the participants through the changes and new requirements of the SB1406. Learn not just what's in the language, but the how's and why's the new language came to be. A few of the highlights:

• New requirements for heavy rail and commuter rail facilities
• Adds to the definition of Horizontal Construction
• Reorganizes and clarifies statutory language
• Provides clarification on self-performed work
• New requirements for the "bundling" of CMAR and DB projects
• Strengthens the no "bid shopping" language
• New transparency requirements
• Confirms authority for Title 48 entities to use Title 34 processes
• Requires compliance on effective date of bill

You don't want to miss this special session as Hank rejoins us from retirement to provide his unique and special insight.

Note: For special Owner pricing, please call the ACE Office: 480-965-4246

Revised One Day Program and Reduced Rates!

Industry Professionals with years of experience will share their knowledge with course attendees. Tauny Woo, PE, LEED AP, Acting City Engineer, City of Phoenix will discuss how to be successful using Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), Dr. Jim Ernzen, DEWSC/ASU will discuss the importance of Teaming when using CMAR, Steve Playford, Associate Vice President, ARCADIS will discuss the importance of Preconstruction Services and Danielle Feroleto, Founder, Small Giants, LLC will advise attendees how to Interview to win the project.  

Don't miss out and register today to win that next CMAR project!

This course will develop personal leadership and team building skills to increase your value to the organization—Developers, Construction Managers, Owners, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Construction Professionals from every discipline.

This course will cover more than the construction phase of a project. It will cover preconstruction, budgeting, the design phase, construction processes and commissioning. It will provide the skill sets to manage a project from conception through delivery.

Attend this highly requested program that is taught by Dr. Thomas Schleifer, author of Construction Contractor's Survival Guide, and learn that those who are first to recognize alterations in strategies are necessary during market shifts will have little problem traversing a downturn. Don't miss out and register today!