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INSTRUCTOR: 

Nils J. Gransberg, Ph.D., AC, A.M.ASCE

Purpose and Background

Construction projects are unique, complex endeavors that require the facilitated collaboration of multiple stakeholders and contracted parties over time to produce a completed facility that meets its owners’ requirements and expectations. A well-managed design phase is crucial to enabling project success by providing the necessary skills and deliverables to allow a project to be constructed. A poorly managed design phase can cause schedule delays, cost overruns, quality issues, rework, unnecessary claims, contentious relationships, and potential project failure. This course introduces the fundamentals of design-phase project management tools, techniques, procedures, and practices to enable the project team to effectively manage this critical phase of the project.

Benefits and Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the fundamentals of design management in construction
• Define the roles and responsibilities of the project team
• Develop a design work breakdown structure
• Integrate design deliverables into the project schedule
• Identify and manage design risk to the project
• Develop and employ project controls during design
• Utilize design management plans and tools
• Apply the fundamentals of negotiating consultant design fees

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Students' achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed via a short post-assessment (true-false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions).

Who Should Attend?

• Explain the fundamentals of design management in construction
• Define the roles and responsibilities of the project team
• Develop a design work breakdown structure
• Integrate design deliverables into the project schedule
• Identify and manage design risk to the project
• Develop and employ project controls during design
• Utilize design management plans and tools
• Apply the fundamentals of negotiating consultant design fees

Outline

Part 1

• Introduction to design project management
• Roles, responsibilities, and relationships
• Negotiating consultant design fees
• Design administration
• Case study/PE

Part 2

• Developing design deliverables
• Design management plans & tools
• Design risk management
• Integrating design and construction
• Case study/PE

How to Earn your CEUs/PDHs

This course is worth 1.4 CEU’s /14 PDHs. To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test and receive a passing score of 70% or higher within 365 days of the course purchase.

How do I convert CEUs to PDHs?

1.0 CEU = 10 PDHs [Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 PDH]