How to Win the Fight! Change Orders & Claims
A basic introduction to maximizing profits on change orders and claims. Includes information on procedures and process, types & sources, bi-lateral & unilateral COs, when not to sign change orders, pricing & negotiating, defective plans & specs, five elements of REA claims, extended overhead costs & insider tips.

Advanced Claims: Proving, Pricing, & Defending Inefficiency Claims
A stellar review of claims for labor productivity and inefficiency, acceleration, trade stacking, over-manning, weather, overtime and shift work and differing site conditions. Includes many caselaw examples plus "how to" construct and evaluate a claim. Hands-on calculations of inefficiency costs.

Advanced Claims: Proving, Pricing, & Defending Differing Site Conditions
The two types of DSC, avoiding & managing DSC risks, DSC policies that work, site investigation clauses, case histories, "implied warranty" of plans & specs, disclaimers vs. design warranty, practical guide to claim preparation and evaluation, "reverse" DSC, proving & pricing, hazardous waste and asbestos claims. Includes many caselaw examples.

Advanced Claims: Proving, Pricing, & Defending Delay Claims
Excusable and non-excusable delays, compensable & non-compensable delays, manipulation and role of the CPM Schedule, "no damages for delay" contract clauses, fatal notice provisions, preventing & minimizing delay claims, proving entitlement and quantum, collapsed as-built, what is pacing & calculating extended overhead costs. Includes many caselaw examples.

Pricing & Negotiating Change Orders & Claims
Learn the how to price & negotiate change orders & claims, get tips on developing good negotiating skills, learn the difference between direct and indirect costs, learn why cost codes are needed for change orders, hands-on examples of pricing change orders.

Claims & Change Orders: Types, Tips & Case Studies
An intensive seminar using actual case studies to illustrate how best to price and settle change orders before they grow into claims – and how to document and negotiate both. Includes the identification of the many different types of claims and change orders and how to deal with them.

Project Management

Pre-Construction Planning
Extremely popular one-day seminar gives step-by-step instructions on setting up a construction project the right way. Includes handouts on pre-construction planning checklist and pre-construction planning meeting checklist.

Victorious Project Management
What the most experienced PMs have found really works to keep projects on track and on budget with less hassle. Includes information on the advantages of great documentation, how to measure productivity & the nine building blocks to success.

Scheduling for Management
Not how to use the computer, but the basics of developing a good CPM schedule, float, milestones, durations, constraints, resources, bar charts, pitfalls of bar charts, how to cost and resource load for profit, how to present delays to the schedule, games people play with CPMs and owner defenses and much more.

Avoiding Disaster: Owners & Contractors Eliminate Claims & Disputes
This very popular explanation of simple methods both parties can implement to avoid claims and/or quickly resolve them. This seminar has been taught throughout the United States.

Leadership / Communications
Learn how to becoming the leader, what it means to represent the company, how to motivate workers, how to get crews to buy into your plan, and why good communications lead to project success.

How to Manage Construction Managers
Construction Managers bring considerable knowledge and expertise to your project and assist in risk management, but often owners do not realize the full range of services and safeguards good CM's should provide. How much control should you delegate to the CM? When and how should you step into disagreements between the CM and the Prime Contractor or the Architect? What are the early warning signs your project is getting out of control?

Games People Play with CPM Schedules
All the games schedulers play with the CPM Schedules including sequestering float, early completion, lack of submittal review times, preferential logic, etc. Session describes the best defenses and hands-on seminar on how to draft a scheduling specification to better assure project success.

Alternate Dispute Resolution for Management
No one wants litigation – it is costly, time consuming and out of your control. This course presents the ABC's of ADR. Includes arbitration, mediation, partnering, and dispute review boards, what are the other ADR processes & how to utilize ADR processes to resolve problems and disputes.

Construction Law
Learn from a World Class Construction Attorney what documents are included in a construction contract, what sections of the contract / sub contract are important for PMs to review, the ten murder clauses to avoid or modify, and essential elements of federal and state law.

Effective Presentation Skills for Project Managers
Learn interactive verbal communication skills session, practical writing tips to help get your point across, how to make a commanding presentation to win any case, and how to develop and present dynamic proposals.

Project Management in the 21st century / Project Closeout
Learn how to choose an internet based PM system, how to use the internet to manage projects, why is project closeout so difficult and why some can't seem to finish a project, and key role of subcontractors in project closeout.

Effective Project Documentation
You know you need it, here is how to get the field staff to actually do it in ways that protect and benefit your company.

The Complete Certified Project Manager Series
The Series is a comprehensive four-day course. All the great lessons learned over a combined 100 years of project management and $1.4 billion in construction are presented in a logical, usable and most enjoyable format with lots of real-world case examples. The sessions in the series are: