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MONDAY - June 30, 2008

Conference Room B Conference Room C Conference Room D & E Conference Room G Conference Room F Windsor West Windsor East Essex Ballroom Conference Room H
MON 8:00-9:20 KEYNOTE SESSION - David K. Foot, Speaker
MON 9:25-9:55 COFFEE BREAK (Exhibit Hall)
MON 10:00-11:00 CDR.01 PS.01 EST.01 COM.01 ADV.S01 TCM.01 DEV.01 SK.01 SOFT.01
(Panel Discussion) The Claims Business Practice Forum
Mr. Kenji P. Hoshino PSP CFCC; Mr Frank J Giunta PE; Mr. John C. Livengood PSP CFCC; Mr James G Zack Jr CFCC; Dr Anamaria I Popescu PE		 Business Rules in CPM Scheduling Software
Mr. Abhimanyu Basu PE PSP		 10 Cents on Estimating
Mr. Barrett L Richards CCC PSP		 (Presentation) Technical Board Overview
Mr. Larry R Dysert CCC		 Damage Control: Covering Your Assets

Mr. Thomas C. Hoffman;
Mr. Nathan Florio; Mr. Steven Gottlieb		 Managing Large Complex Projects and the Role of Project Controls

Mr. George B. Bradshaw PE CCE		 Project Controls Professional Development Program at Parsons
Mr. Michael R. Nosbisch CCC PSP; Ms. Andrea Bach		 Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering: Estimating
Mr. Charles P. Woodward PE CCE

SK

 Software Showcase: Cost Data
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MON 11:10-12:10 CDR.02 PS.02 EST.02 CSC.01 ADV.02 TCM.02 DEV.02 SOFT.02
Using the Contemporaneous Period Analysis During Projects

Mr. Mark F. Nagata PSP; Mr Brian Furniss		 Schedule Design Planning for Schedule Development

Mr. Christopher W Carson PSP; Mr Patrick M. Kelly		 Reviewing Change Orders 101

Mr. Brian S. Clare CCC		 The Project Controls Maturity Model

Mr. H. Lance Stephenson CCC		 Complex Urgency: Recovering from Katrina and Wilma

Dr. Randy R. Rapp PE CCE		 Linking the Estimate, the Schedule and the Cost Control through a Standardized WBS

Ms. Marie Helene Biffi P.Eng		 (Panel Discussion) Costs and Benefits of Building Green (Sponsored by the AACE Women in Project Controls Taskforce)

Ms. Alexia A Nalewaik CCE; Ms. Valerie G Venters CCC		 Software Showcase: Deltek
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MON 12:15-1:45 INTERNATIONAL LUNCHEON - Mr. Adesh Jain,  M. Eng CPP MPD, Speaker
MON 1:50-2:50 CDR.03 PS.03 EST.03 CSC.02 BIM.01 TCM.03 DEV.03 SK.02 SOFT.03
Put Some Punch in Your Pen

Mr. Jeffery L. Ottesen PE PSP CFCC		 (Panel Discussion) The Great Debate III: Who Owns Float?

Mr. Edward E Douglas III CCC PSP; Mr. Donald F McDonald Jr. PE CCE PSP; Mr. Ronald M. Winter PSP; Mr. Timothy T. Calvey PE PSP; Mr. Michael R. Nosbisch CCC PSP		 An Introduction to Parametric Estimating

Mr. Larry R Dysert CCC		 Integrating SAP with the Project Execution Platform - Was it Worth it?

Mr. Wayne M. Ushijima		 Scheduling, Estimating, and BIM: A Profitable Combination

Ms. Tamera Lee McCuen		 What is Project Portfolio Management?

Dr. Parviz F. Rad PE CCE; Dr Ginger Levin		 The Seven Secrets of Speaking Like a Project Controls Leader!

Mr. Rohit Singh P.Eng CCE		 Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering: Planning and Scheduling

Ms. Vera A. Lovejoy CCE PSP		 Software Showcase: Skire
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MON 2:55-3:20 COFFEE BREAK (Exhibit Hall)
MON 3:25-4:25 CDR.04 PS.04 EST.04 CSC.03 BIM.02 TCM.04 DEV.04 SK.02
continued		 SOFT.04
Risk Review of Recovery Schedules
Mr. John J Ciccarelli PE CCE PSP; Mr Matthew Murch		 Update on RDM 2007
Mr. Fredric L. Plotnick PE		 A Practical Application of Monte Carlo Simulation in Forecasting
Mr. James D Whiteside II PE		 Total Float Management: Renovating a Misused and Abused Approach
Dr. Anamaria I Popescu PE; Mr. John Jerz		 CAD Automation - Establishing Best Practices

Mr. Peter R Bredehoeft JR; Mr. Rob Brawn		 Using the TCM Framework for Consistency and Comparability of Various Types of Environmental Cost Estimates
Mr. Gordon Lee Ballentine; Ms Amy Gignac		 (Panel Discussion) Open Forum on ICEC and United Nations Programs

Mr. Murtala Ayodeji Oladapo; Dr Kenneth K. Humphreys PE CCE		 Software Showcase: Humphreys & Associates
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MON 4:35-5:00 CDR.05 PS.05 EST.05 CSC.04 BIM.03 TCM.05 SOFT.05
The Measured Mile - A Better Way Of Utilizing An Old Tool

Mr. Glen R Palmer PSP		 Linear Scheduling Fundamentals for Cost Engineers

Ms. Carla Lopez del Puerto CCC; Dr Douglas D. Gransberg PE CCE		 What is the U.S. Gulf Coast Baseline when Estimating Site Productivity?

Mr. Bruce E. Bradley		 Increasing Field Use of Planning, Scheduling and Project Cost through Assessed Training Programs

Dr. Daphene Cyr Koch		 Leveraging the Power of 4D Models for Analyzing and Presenting CPM Schedule Delay Analyses

Mr. Kevin T. Coyne PE PSP		 Project Coding Conundrum as it Relates to Project Controls, A Study of EPC Project/s in Canada
Mr. Tanveer Nabi Ahmed CCE; Mr Peter D George; Mr Schalk W van Heerden; Dr Janaka Y Ruwanpura		 Software Showcase: PMSI
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MON 5:10-5:35 CSC.05 TCM.06 DEV.05
Influence of Quality on Construction Costs
Dr. John A. Kuprenas PE		 The Process of Knowledge Transfer and Its Significance in Integrated Environments

Dr. Champika Liyanage; Dr Qiuping Li; Dr Taha Elhag; Dr Tabarak Ballal		 Are We Really a Teflon Coated Profession?

Mr. Peter Cox
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MON 5:45-6:45 COM.02 COM.14 COM.04 COM.05 COM.06 COM.07 DEV.14 INT.01 SOFT.06
Claims and Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting (1)

Mr. John C. Livengood PSP CFCC; Mr. Thomas F. Peters PE CFCC		 Academic SIG Meeting

Mr. Peter W. Griesmyer		 Construction SIG Meeting
Ms. Carla Lopez del Puerto CCC		 Project and Cost Control Committee Meeting
Mr. Stephen M. Jacobson CCC		 Building Information Modelling Committee
Mr. Philip D. Larson CCE PSP		 Decision and Risk Management Committee Meeting
Mr. Michael W Curran		 The Role of Project Managers in Construction Industry Development

Dr. Martyn James Hills; Dr. Paul William Fox; Dr. Martin Skitmore; Ms. Carol K.H. Hon; Dr. Patrick Sik-Wah Fong		 Economic Internal Rate of Return (EIRR) Estimation in Vietnam Hydro Power Project

Mr. Li Kai; Dr Robert Tiong		 Software Showcase:
E-Builder
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TUESDAY - July 1, 2008

Conference Room B Conference Room C Conference Room D & E Conference Room G Conference Room F Windsor West Windsor East Essex Ballroom Conference Room H
TUE 8:00-9:00 CDR.06 PS.06 EST.06 PM.01 EVM.01 INT.02 HPG.01 SK.03 SOFT.07
(Panel Discussion) The Great Debate: Concurrency vs. Pacing - Slaying the Two-Headed Dragon

Mr. John C. Livengood PSP CFCC; Mr. Thomas F. Peters PE CFCC; Mr. Kenji P. Hoshino PSP CFCC		 The Problem With Hiring A Scheduler
Mr. John P. Buziak PE		 Parametric Estimating for Environmental Remediation Projects

Ms. Angela R. Brunsman ICC; Mr. Kenneth F. Robson; Dr Douglas D. Gransberg PE CCE		 Project Management, Cost Engineering, Project Definition, Action Plans or What?
Mr. Kul B. Uppal PE		 Earned Value Analysis - Why it Doesn't Work
Mr. Joseph A Lukas PE CCE		 (Workshop) ICEC International Cost Model/Location Factor Workshop/Rollout
Mr. John K. Hollmann PE CCE		 Adaptation of Cost Estimating Validation Process (CEVP) to a Major Urban Renewal Program
Ms. Veronica Ruth Bergs P ENG; Mr John J Reilly PE		 Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering: Statusing for Progress and Forecasting Trends

Dr. Joseph J. Orczyk PE CCE		 Software Showcase: Asst. Perf. Networks
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TUE 9:05-9:35 COFFEE BREAK (Exhibit Hall)
TUE 9:40-10:40 CDR.07 PS.07 EST.07 PM.02 EVM.02 INT.03 HPG.02 SK.03
Continued		 SOFT.08
Causation - How is it Proved?
Mr. James E Krebs PE CCE; Mr Michael J Reynolds		 When is the "Critical Path" Not the Most Critical Path
Mr. Murray Woolf		 If You Build It They Will Come - Making Project Historical Data Useful

Mr. John G. Musgrove PE		 Mega-Project Control: Effective Program, Project, and WBS Granularity Decisions
Mr. Paul Verveniotis PE		 Using EVM Performance Reports, Models, and Indices to Identify Problems Early
Mr. Gary Humphreys		 A Roadmap for the Contractor Bid Process - An Equipment Manufacturers Perspective
Dr. Iqbal Noor PE CCE; Mr Joe Martin PE; Mr. Alfred Carl Hagen III; Mr Tariq Cheema		 Cost and Energy Tradeoff in the Lifecycle of Construction Projects
Dr. Jose Alberto Faria; Dr Yimin Zhu CCE; Dr Tulio Sulbaran		 Software Showcase: Primavera
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TUE 10:50-11:15 CDR.08 PS.08 EST.08 PM.03 EVM.03 INT.04 HPG.03 SOFT.09
Single-Line Critical Path Shift Analysis
Mr. Gordon R. Costa PSP CFCC 		Assessing Execution Planning on Oil and Gas Mega-Projects
Mr. Lloyd Kenneth Rankin; Dr George F Jergeas P ENG; Mr Tim Slootman		 Escalation Estimation: Lessons Learned in Addressing Market Demand
Mr. John K. Hollmann PE CCE; Mr Larry R Dysert CCC 		Managing Evidence Preservation at a Construction Accident Site
Mr. John R. Spittler PE; Mr. Robert B Brown PE; Mr John F Lattyak PE 		ABC of Earned Value Application

Mr. Mark T Chen PE CCE 		Managing International Contract Administration
Mr. Niall Reynolds 		The Cost of Sustainable Development

Mr. Timothy J Guarnieri		 Software Showcase:
US Cost
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TUE 11:25-11:50 HPG.04
Understanding Green Building Cost and Value
Mr. Tavis McAuley
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TUE 11:55-1:25 AWARDS LUNCHEON
TUE 1:30-2:30 CDR.09 PS.09 EST.09 PM.04 EVM.04 INT.05 IT.01 SK.04 SOFT.10
A Synthesis of Forensic Schedule Analysis Techniques

Mr. J Scott Lowe; Mr. Mark F. Nagata PSP		 P5 to P-Sixes: Transition from P5 to P6

Mr. J. Scott Palmer PE		 Estimating Preconstruction Services Fees for CM-at-Risk Projects

Dr. Douglas D. Gransberg PE CCE; Mr. Jeremy B. Carlisle ICC		 Linking Project Controls Implementation Planning and Project Success: The Northern Canadian Mining Projects Lessons
Mr. Akinlolu Isaac Oni CCE		 Time is Money: Understanding the Root of All that is Good and Evil in Construction
Mr. Mike Debiak		 Estimating International Hydroelectric Projects
Mr. Paul Martin Hewitt		 Designing a Cost/Schedule Application for Current Day Project Execution
Mr. Ian C. Simpson		 Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering: Change Management for EPC Contracting

Mr. Donald F. McDonald Jr PE CCE PSP		 Software Showcase: Ontrack
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TUE 2:35-3:05 COFFEE BREAK (Exhibit Hall)
TUE 3:10-3:35 CDR.10 PS.10 PS.S05 PM.05 EVM.05 INT.06 IT.02 SK.04
Continued		 SOFT.11
The Eichleay Formula - Is Standby the Standard?
Mr. Robert A Dieterle CCE		 Construction Scheduling: Keeping Relevance
Mr. Amit Sarkar		 Project Planning Using Logic Diagramming Method

Dr. Gui Ponce De Leon PE		 Validation - Success Key in Lump Sum Projects
Mr. Madhu P. Pillai CCC		 Evolution of Performance Measurement Techniques
Mr. Hasani Widemond EVP; Mr Amir Moore A		 Construction Labor Productivity in Developing Countries

Dr. Enno Koehn PE; Mr C Reddy Guntuk; Dr. James F. Koehn		 Development and Implementation of Collaborative & Integrated Cost Management Tools in a Global Energy Company
Mr. Robert E Stein		 Software Showcase: ARES
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TUE 3:45-4:10 INT.07
Steel Construction Costs for Early Project Phases, Germany

Mr. Christopher Hagmann; Dr Christian Stoy; Ms Nannette Terashima
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TUE 4:20-4:45 CDR.11 PS.11 EST.11 PM.06 EVM.06 INT.08 IT.03 Soft.12
Forensic Schedule Analysis: Example Implementation
Mr. Mark C. Sanders PE CCE PSP 		Turnaround Planning
Ms. Rashmi Prasad; Mr Mohammad Altaf		 Methodology for Calculating a Pipeline Repair Cost

Dr. John R Shultz; Mr Jefferson Gordon Underwood; Mr Richard J Denton		 Time is Money: Top Ten Targets for Improving Construction Productivity
Dr. Janaka Y. Ruwanpura; Dr. George F. Jergeas P.Eng		 Summary Analysis of Earned Value Metrics in the Department of Energy

Dr. John R. Shultz; Mr Jefferson Gordon Underwood; Mr. Richard J. Denton		 Making Investments in Russia. Mega-Projects: Cost Deviation Factors (On Example of Sakhalin-2 Project)
Mr. Aleksey V Ferentsev		 Web-Based Electronic Tendering - UK Practical Experience

Mr. Joseph L. N. Martin		 Software Showcase: Kildrummy
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TUE 4:55-5:20 EVM.07 INT.09 IT.04
Producing Earned Value from a Geographic Information System where Scheduling Tools were Impractical
Mr. Mark Buell		 Owner-CM-Contractor 'Silver Fox' Jump-Start SWAT Teams
Mr. Earl T Glenwright JR PE PSP		 Improving the Tender Stage through Integrating Collaborative Extranet with Project Integrated Databases
Mr. Maher Ajam; Dr Mustafa Al Shawi; Dr. Toufic Mezhe
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TUE 5:30-5:55 COM.08 COM.13 COM.09 PM.12 COM.11 INT.10 DEV.06 COM.03 SOFT.13
Claims and Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting (2)
Mr. John C. Livengood PSP CFCC; Mr. Thomas F. Peters PE CFCC		 Transportation SIG Meeting

Mr. Robert H. Harbuck, PE CCE		 Cost Estimating Committee Meeting
Mr. Bernard A Pietlock CCC; Mr Douglas W Leo CCC		 The Industry's Perspective on Workforce Planning for Major Projects
Mr Lloyd Kenneth Rankin; Mr. Tim Slootman; Dr. George F. Jergeas P.Eng		 Earned Value Management Committee Meeting
Mr. Robert A Marshall		 Project Management Approach of the European funds 2007-2013 for Romania

Dr. Nicolae Postavaru		 The Update of the Certification Reference Material in Estimation

Mr. Didier Barrault		 Cost Engineering Committee Meeting
Mr. John K. Hollmann PE CCE		 Software Showcase: Suncor Energy
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TUE 6:05-6:30 COM.10 DEV.07
Economic & Financial Analysis Committee Meeting
Dr. Robert C Creese PE CCE		 An Investigation Into the Curriculum of the Construction-Related Associate Degree in Hong Kong

Mr. Eric Cheng
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WEDNESDAY - July 2, 2008

Conference Room B Conference Room C Conference Room D & E Conference Room G Conference Room F Windsor West Windsor East Essex Ballroom Conference Room H
WED 8:00-9:00 CDR.12 PS.12 EST.12 PM.07 RISK.01 OWN.01 DEV.08 SK.05 SOFT.14
(Panel Discussion) Mock Arbitration of a Regional Light Rail Construction Dispute

Mr. Bryan Payne PE CCE CFCC; Mr Ghulam Mujtaba Shaikh; Mr James B French; Mr W John Irwin II CFCC		 The Case for Construction Schedule Validation and Auditing SVA
Mr. Earl T Glenwright Jr PE PSP; Mr Aldo Dorea Mattos		 How Six Sigma Approach Solve Escalation Issue?

Mr. Hee Kyu Kwon CCE		 Project Management Office (PMO) – Principles in Practice

Mr. Jose Angelo Santos do Valle; Dr Wainer da Silviera e Silvia; Dr Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares		 Knowledge-Based Proactive Project Risk Management
Mr. James Arrow		 Owners - Make Your GMP Contract Work Effectively
Mr. W. Doug Creech CCC		 Where Are All the Estimators???
Mr. Jeff Bettinger; Mr Barrett L Richards CCC PSP		 Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering: Earned Value

Dr. Sean T. Regan CCE; Mr. Chris A. Boyd CCE		 Software Showcase: Decision Dynamics
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WED 9:05-9:35 COFFEE BREAK
WED 9:40-10:05 CDR.14 PS.13 EST.13 EVM.S04 RISK.02 OWN.02 DEV.09 SK.05
Continued		 SOFT.15
Delay Analysis Considering Dynamic Resource Allocation and Multiple Baselines
Dr. Tarek M Hegazy P ENG; Mr. Wail Menesi		 Schedule Acceleration - What, Why and How

Mr. Sunu Mohan PSP EVP		 How to Perform a Location Factor Survey

Ms. Aafje M. Jansen-Romijn		 EVM for World Class Project Controls

Mr. Willem J. Viljoen ICC		 Trade-Off Economics in Refinery and Plant Turnarounds - A Dynamic Decision-Making Model

Mr. Jan A Jackson		 Recommended Ways to Reduce the Number of Change Orders on School and Hospital Building Projects

Ms. Jacqueline Therese Doyle; Mr J Michael Molnar; Mr. Robert B Brown PE		 (Panel Discussion) Women in International Business

Dr. Anamarie Popescu PE and Ms. Marlene Hyde CCE		 Software Showcase: EOS Group
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WED 10:15-10:40 PS.14
Advanced Scheduling Technology for Shorter Resource Constrained Project Durations

Dr. Robert Richards
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WED 10:50-11:50 CDR.13 COM.12 EST.14 PM.09 RISK.03 OWN.03 DEV.10 SOFT.16
Primavera Project Management Software and the Claims Consultant

Ms Anne Marie Tombros; Mr Sunu Mohan PSP EVP		 Planning and Scheduling Committee Meeting

Mr. Edward E Douglas III CCC PSP; Mr. Timothy T. Calvey PE PSP; Mr. Ronald M. Winter PSP		 Unit Price Estimation in Division 1 to 16 Format Using MS Excel and/or MS Access Database

Mr. Indirakumar Sinnathamby		 Does Standard Project Management Data Provide Useful Information for Portfolio Management Review and Decision Making?
Mr. Caoimhin Ardren		 Range Estimating - The Implications!

Mr. William E. Maddex		 Change Management During FEED - Owner's Case Study
Mr. Vijay S. Jambhekar; Mr. Stephen D. Weeks		 Project Controls: A Roadmap to a Choice Career

Ms. Nyssa-Dawn Amelinda Corria-Simpson; Mr. Bernd R. Langer; Ms Pamela Handor		 Software Showcase: Hard Dollar
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WED 11:55-12:55 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
WED 1:00-1:25 CDR.15 PS.15 EST.15 PM.10 RISK.04 OWN.04 DEV.11 BIM.04 SOFT.17
The Use of Forensic Animations in Resolving Complex Disruption Claims - A Case Study

Mr Keith Pickavance		 RP 53R-06, Schedule Update Review
Mr. Ronald M. Winter PSP		 Distinguish the difference between Parametric Estimating and Factored Estimating and how they relate to cost and proposals

Mr. Warren Charles Tasca		 Evaluating Best Practices for Oil Sands Projects
Mr. James Peter Lozon P.Eng;
Dr. George F. Jergeas P.Eng		 Danish Infrastructure Projects New Budgeting Method - A Rational Process to Manage Political Decisions

Mr. Djon Lind Andersen		 Impact Costs Litigation in Montreal’s Mega-hospitals
Dr. Jean-Claude Huot PE		 The International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) & the Global Demand for Cost Engineers

Dr.  Peter Vincent Smith		 Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction: Benefits, Risks and Challenges
Dr. Salman Azhar		 Software Showcase
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WED 1:35-2:00 EST.16 RISK.06 BIM.05
Historical Construction Cost Database and their Application
Mr. Selvanayagam Assiskumar		 The Implications of Cost and Risk Management for Equipment Manufacturing
Mr. Behnad Sarlak		 The Construction of Project Cost Information Management System in China Electric Power Industry

Ms. Huiping Zhu
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WED 2:10-2:35 CDR.16 PS.16 EST.17 PM.11 CDR.S06 OWN.02 DEV.12 INT.11 SOFT.18
Use of Relational Databases in Forensic Delay Analysis
Mr. Faik Burak Evrenosoglu CCE PSP		 Schedule Constructability Review
Mr Edward E Douglas III CCC PSP		 Factors Affecting Contingency Determination

Dr. Ali Ali Shash; Mr. Fahad Mohammed Al-Azzaz CCE		 Promoting Power Plant Construction Project Productivity

Dr. Johannes E Picard; Mr John Hutcheson		 Errors and Omissions Damage Claims

Mr. Joseph W. Wallwork PE CCE PSP CFCC		 Five Simple Steps to Better Capital Planning

Mr. Bruce A. Lower		 The Role of the Estimator in Today's Construction Industry
Mr. Steve J Rajpatty		 Methodology for Field Appropriation of Detailed Estimates

Mr. Paulo Roberto Vilela; Mr. Orlando Celso Longo		 Software Showcase
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WED 2:45-3:10 EST.18 CSC.06 DEV.13 INT.12
A Few Good Cost Estimators

Mr. Gregory Nelson McDowell CCC		 Discussion on Preparation and Control of Construction Cost of Hydro Power Projects

Mr. Xinmin Shi		 The Pillars of Quantity Surveying for a Learned Society

Dr. J.J.P. Verster; Ms. Benita G Kotze; Dr. A.C. Hauptfleisch		 Procurement Challenges in the UK Oil and Gas Sector

Dr. M. Fadhil Mohammad; Dr. Andrew Price
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WED 3:20-4:00 GREAT GIVE-AWAY
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