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7:30 AM- 11:30 AM
This session covers the strategies you can use to well-document your position with a general contractor in order to defend yourself from late changes in a project that can have severe impacts on your productivity.
- Determine the attributes of a detailed project schedule
- Establish systems to better monitor and track throughout a project cycle
- Uncover ways to continuously evaluate the schedule's feasibility
Recommended Audience:
Project Managers, Field Supervisors & Personnel, Project Coordinators
Registration open only to MCAMW & NECA Members.
Instructor
Dr. Blake Wentz has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Nebraska, and a PhD from Indiana State University. He owned and operated his family’s mechanical contracting business, Wentz Plumbing and Heating, in Lincoln, NE for five years before becoming a college professor, completing various projects throughout Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. He was a professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) for 15 years, serving as the Director of the Construction Management Program for 5 years and was also the Chair of the Civil, Architectural Engineering & Construction Management Department from 2014-2020. Dr. Wentz then became of the Dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science & Construction Management at California State University, Chico, serving in that role until 2023.