Archives: Seminar Listing for 2008 Show
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Day 1
100 - Introduction to Project Management: 12 Steps to Ensure Success and Avoid Construction Disputes
More than ever before, companies need to be able to respond quickly, focus resources and deliver projects on time and within budget. If you are a building owner or manager, you need to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies to help you be an effective project manager/team leader. From this mini-course you will learn:
- How to properly initiate a project; define and validate project goals, requirements, and objectives
- people, process, and product management
- quality planning and control; contract and procurement management
- manage performance, relationships and expectations
There will be a review of the key responsibilities in project plan development; project plan execution and integrated change control. The key elements of cost and schedule management; how to apply practical risk management techniques in the planning and control of your project and how to keep your team committed throughout the project will also be discussed. Handouts will be provided.
Presenter: Bud Lush, President, Atocrates Inc.
101 - Architectural Keynote Panel: FACT or FICTION? Achieving a Net Zero Footprint for Architecture, Construction and Design
In our contemporary world debate rages on the nature, severity and implications of climate change + global warming. Undeniably central to the equation is the role of buildings and construction regarding environmental impact, energy consumption and resource depletion. While buildings prove a major factor in the ecological footprinting of cities, they also offer a remarkable opportunity to turn the tide. Architects and builders are actively pursuing goals of net zero impact and carbon neutrality in design and construction. Significant strides are being realized and impressive innovation being exercised in the quest for built environments that do no harm, or that give back even more than they take. The Architectural Panel considers the situation at hand, points to obstacles and opportunities on the path, and underscores initiatives underway that reach towards Net Zero. Net Zero: Fact or Fiction?
Brian R. Sinclair
Birol Fisekci
Vivian Manasc
Jim Sawers
Tom Sutherland
Moderator: Professor Brian R. Sinclair, FRAIC AIA (Intl), Presidential Advisor on Design + Sustainability, University of Calgary
Presenters: Birol Fisekci, President & CEO,Bordeaux Developments
Vivian Manasc, Principal, Manasc Isaac Architects
Jim Sawers, Director, Campus Engineering, University of Calgary
Tom Sutherland, Partner, Cohos Evamy Integratedesign, Edmonton
102 - Colour Trends in Living Spaces
Discover the latest colour and design forecasts as well as the origins of the trends that inspired them. In this session you will also gain greater knowledge of the emotional impact of the leading colour families based on recent research conducted by the speaker, Leatrice Eiseman. Lee is author of seven books on colour, the latest; Colour Messages and Meanings. She is colour consultant to many industries, the executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute as well as the Eiseman Center for Colour Information and Training on Bainbridge Island WA. Fortune Magazine has named her one of the ten top decision makers internationally.
Presenter: Leatrice Eiseman, ASID, IDSA. FGI. CMG [read bio]
103 - Building Maintenance: Life Cycle Costing Programs
Today’s building owners’ and managers’ sophistication levels are indicated by their ability to be able to compete successfully in a marketplace by using practices such as Predictive Preventive Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, and Mechanically Efficient Design Costing (MED-Costing). Scrutiny of design (value engineering) results when considerations of life cycle costing considers capital costs plus maintenance costs over the life of the component. These practices result in proactive monitored maintenance that can greatly increase the longevity of building components, reduction of energy consumption, reduction of carbon footprints for carbon offsets, and minimization of operating costs. We will cover topics with significant return on investment such as: Roof Area Management, Building Envelope Inspections, Preventive Maintenance Programs Mechanical Equipment Performance Optimization, Parkade Preventive Maintenance Programs, and Energy Audits.
Presenter: Allan C. King, P.Eng., President, Wade Engineering
104 - Builders Liens
Who is entitled to file a builders' lien? Is the estate and interest of Governments lienable? What are the proper times within which to file a builders’ lien? What is a prevenient arrangement? Can a change of title defeat a claim for lien? How do the major lien fund and minor lien fund work? If they don’t work under your contracts, how can you redraw your contracts to minimize the possibility of builders’ liens being filed, but still protecting your interests as the owner or contractor? Are arbitration clauses enforceable when builders’ liens are filed? How does one remove a builders’ lien from a certificate or title? Are there limited trust provisions in Alberta and how does one protect one’s self from ensuring that one can properly make progress payments without bearing double jeopardy if builders’ liens come on title to the property? These are the questions, the answers of which will be provided at this seminar, which are extremely important to all members of the construction industry.
Presenter: Donald Goodfellow, Q.C., The Law Firm of W. Donald Goodfellow
105 - Conquering Workplace Stress
People react differently to living in a pressure cooker, some become aggressive; others passive; and some shut down altogether. Regardless of the reaction, the results are the same; productivity grinds to a halt and momentum vanishes. This seminar zeros in on real-world issues. You will take away practical formulas to reduce your own stress and help create a more productive work environment for your group, department, or organization.
Presenter: Dave MacAngus, President, MacAngus & Associates
Biography: Dave MacAngus is the owner of the Dale Carnegie Training® franchise for Northern Alberta, Northern Saskatchewan, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Dave has a 24 year history with Dale Carnegie Training® as a multi course trainer, and award winning sales professional and sales team leader.
106 - Best Practices for Managing Others
How do they do it? It seems like some managers have a "way with people" that allows them to get the most out of others. So, how do they do it? What gives them the ability to get peak results from others without appearing to work too hard? Successful mangers the world over have found that it less about ability than it is about doing the right things -- and doing them well. This program will help you discover the right things and learn how some of the most noted managers in the world do them.
Topics
Managers, supervisors, and soon-to-be leaders attending this fast-paced seminar will:
- Develop positive practices to overcome any obstacles placed in the path of the team’s success -- no matter who put them there.
- Decipher the difference between agreement and support -- and practice the seven steps to build true team consensus.
- Gain a new understanding of what motivation really is.
- Recognize the pitfalls and possibilities of managing peers and friends.
- Understand the numerous roles excellent mangers play.
- Study the qualities of successful leaders outside the business world and commit to applying the same powerful approaches to your environment.
- Decide on the discipline style that works best for each person on your team.
- See delegation in action and learn what keeps us from delegating well.
- Learn what makes a team goal something we reach instead wish for.
Benefits
More productive staff, greater efficiency, a happier work environment -- excellent managers accept these things as a matter of fact. You owe it to your team to practice the best skills with them that you can. Learn those skills and discover how to practice them at this tip-filled seminar.
Presenter: Kevin Lust, Founder, Lust Development Group, Management Consultant, Professional Trainer
107 - The Real Estate Outlook for the Edmonton Market
A panel of leading real estate senior executives will offer their insights on the strategic issues facing the real estate market in Edmonton and Alberta as a whole. Specific references will be made to the office, industrial, retail and multi-unit residential markets. The panelists will discuss where they see the real estate cycle leading over the next four quarters, and how long this continued growth will continue.
Moderator: Richard Goatcher, Senior Market Analyst, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Panelists: Christopher Kamphius, Associate Partner, Cushman & Wakefield Edmonton [read bio]
Rick Argue, Vice President, Colliers Investment Services Group, Colliers International
Dennis Herbut, Partner, Office Division, Cushman + Wakefield Edmonton Inc.
Kelly Horwood, Senior Associate, Retail Investment, Colliers International
108 - The Law of Tendering
This session will cover the rights and obligations of all of those involved in the tendering process. What are the obligations of those parties who submit tenders and what are the obligations of those parties who call for tenders? Can the person calling for tenders accept a non-compliant tender? Does a tender have to have all the i’s dotted and the t’s crossed to be a compliant tender or is a substantially compliant tender sufficient? What is a substantially compliant tender? What damages is the tenderer liable for who refuses to ender into Contract B? Is the tender-calling authority responsible for damages and, if so, how much if the tender-calling authority wrongfully awards a tender? Can a tender-calling authority bid shop after tenders close? Does the privilege clause (the lowest or any tender will necessarily be accepted) give the tender-calling authority any rights? Can that tender-calling authority amend a tenderer’s tender after tenders close if the tender package permits the tender-calling authority that right?
These are all questions of interest, not only to the construction industry, but to any party involved in the tender process. The tender process of course includes requests for proposals and thus can cover a wide range of commercial transactions.
Presenter: Donald Goodfellow, Q.C., The Law Firm of W. Donald Goodfellow
109 - BUILDING CODE: Fall Protection - An Overview and Recent Changes to Code
Recent changes to the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code requires that provisions be made for people that are working on buildings where there may be a risk of falling more than 3 m. The Alberta Building Code, the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code and CSA Standards imposes safety obligations on building owners, designers, property managers, contractors and workers. Also, fall protection systems require annual certification by a professional engineer. This seminar will review the code requirements and provide a basic understanding of your obligations under these various codes and standards.
Presenter: Nick Trovato, Managing Principal, Read Jones Christofferson
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110 - Colour & Emotion: What is Fact and What is Fiction?
In this fascinating and informative session, you will learn about the newest directions on the emotional aspects of color; what is fact and what is fiction? Is red always exciting and blue eternally restful? How does today’s consumer/client relate to yellow? Does public perception about color change and if so, what provokes the change? The answers to these questions and many more are critical to designer’s choices.
Please join us to hear color specialist Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute and Director of the Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training present her current findings on color and emotion as reported in her recent book, Color: Messages and Meanings.
Presenter: Leatrice Eiseman, ASID, IDSA. FGI. CMG [read bio]
111 - LEED for Construction
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The LEED Green Building Rating System continues to build momentum across Canada, with an estimated green building market penetration of 6.6 million m2. More than 2800 practitioners from all sectors of the industry in Canada are now LEED accredited professionals. As more and more public and private sector owners commit to building to the LEED Canada Green Building Rating Systems, it is generating a wealth of opportunities for those that can participate and support the green building process.
Contractors play a vital role in helping owners achieve LEED certification. This seminar will provide an overview of LEED, and the benefits it offers Contractors.
Presenter: Vivian Manasc, Principal, Manasc Issac Architects [read bio]
112 - Project Management 201: Troubleshooting and Managing Project Risks
Effective project management includes the ability to anticipate and forestall problems that could derail your project. The project manager’s success is often linked to his or her ability and skill in managing risk and minimizing the impact of changes to both the project scope and product scope. Usually this ability is developed and the skills honed only through prolonged exposure to the project management environment. This course will give you a head start at developing the necessary trouble-shooting skills you need.
You will learn:
- The key elements of the Project Management Body of Knowledge, and how to use them as a tool for tracking and monitoring the health of a project;
- The six detailed processes critical to effective risk management;
- The most effective strategies and techniques to use to avoid problems and mitigate risk;
- What to look for and what questions to ask to get a true picture of the status of your project(s).
Presenter: Bud Lush, President, Atocrates Inc.
113 - BUILDING CODE: Introduction and Overview to the 2006 Alberta Building Code
The latest version of the Alberta Building Code is in-force in Alberta as of September 2, 2007. The Alberta Building Code 2006 includes a number of technical changes from the Alberta Building Code 1997 as well as an objective based format. This session will familiarize the participants with some of the more important technical changes as well as provide a brief overview on the use of the objective based codes in the latest Alberta Building Code.
Presenter: Chris Salvian, P.Eng. Building Technical Advisor, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing [read bio]
114 - Best Practices for Customer Service
Today’s discerning customer demands service at a level never before expected. As standards rise, so must our performance. To continue to survive and grow in any business, employees, managers, and even owners have to demonstrate the qualities of the best customer-service driven organizations. This program will show you what they are doing and tell you how to do it yourself.
Topics
The best practices in customer service will help you to:
- Define your customer as you never have before.
- Hear the six demands your customers bring with them – and what happens when you do not meet them.
- Understand the communication cycle and how barriers can break the process down.
- Learn five techniques practiced by the world’s top organizations to build rapport with even the most difficult customer.
- Demonstrate the verbal and non-verbal skills the experts say set us apart.
- Transform yourself from untrained, habitual listener to polished, professional communicator.
- Discuss why customers get upset and learn 10 positive steps to take when they do.
- Discover what trigger words are and why they are lethal to positive perception.
Benefits
Bring the top behaviors in world-class customer service to your own doorstep as this fast-paced, practical program shares the lessons you need to transform your customers view of your service. They’ll soon say your business is a positive example that should be included in this seminar.
Presenter: Kevin Lust, Founder, Lust Development Group, Management Consultant, Professional Trainer
115 - Green for Existing Buildings: Using Go Green and LEED EB to Develop a Road Map for Your Building
The increasing availability of new, LEED certified buildings is putting pressure on existing building owners and managers to green their buildings in order to stay competitive in the leasing market. The majority of the green building information in the market relates to new buildings. Existing buildings require different strategies from new to achieve this goal. Learn about the differences between BOMA Go Green and LEED-EB and how they can be used in combination to efficiently move your building up-market.
Presenter: Doug Webber, Sustainability Practice Leader, Halsall Associates [read bio]
116 - How to Tender: Best Practices, Protocols and the Process
John Droog is a Senior Project Manager with PCL Construction Management Inc. located in Edmonton, Alberta. He has been with PCL for almost 16 years and has been involved with many projects such as the Coliseum Renovations, TD Tower Re-cladding, BHP Accommodations Complex (NT), and the North Slave Correctional Facilities in Yellowknife. Recently he completed the LEED Gold Certified Government of Canada Building in Yellowknife, and the Maintenance Facility in Eureka, NT, PCL’s most northern project located at the 80th parallel.
John is a Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Alberta as well he holds a Gold Seal Certificate in Project Management from the Canadian Construction Association. He has been a mentor to many within PCL and has become a strong teacher within the organization, helping PCL increase awareness of newcomers to the foundations of operational excellence responsible for PCL’s success.
Presenter: John Droog P.Eng, Senior Project Manager, PCL Construction Management Inc.
Day 2
200 - Six Things that Contractors Always Ask
In his lively and humourous way, industry expert Charles Vander Kooi addresses six of the most common questions that have been asked of him over the last 4 decades as a result of speaking to 200,000 contractors.
- How should I organize my company?
- How should I deal with Lowballers?
- How much growth is good?
- How do I keep in control?
- Do I get the people first -- or the work?
- When should I keep, or sell equipment?
Presenter: Charles Vander Kooi, Vander Kooi & Associates Inc. [read bio]
201 - Building Envelope Failures in Alberta: Lessons Learned
The presentation will outline 3 - 5 case studies from high-rise, low-rise, commercial and residential construction failures. We will look at building envelope failures in terms of what was found and their corresponding causes. It is important for the attendees to see not only how the failure manifested itself, but the sequence of events that resulted in the failure. The goal is to improve the construction process by learning from past failures.
Presenter: Nick Trovato, Managing Principal, Read Jones Christofferson
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202 - Masterminding the Security Master Plan
The technology is amazing, the network is ready. So, why is it my facility is not up to speed, does not seem functional or creative in its proactive approach to Security? How do I manage the IT and Security needs?
All too frequently the tail is still wagging the “security dog”. Cameras and card readers are installed without effective, agreed upon objectives and strategies. How much is enough? What do I need to protect against, and from whom?
Convergence is required in order to reach a common view and opinions to allow creativity, practicality, and reasonableness to prevail in the protection of your facilities.
A Security Master Plan is the only tool you will need to conduct an infrastructure study, benchmarking, team building, presentation methods and strategies, charting, reporting, and justification methods.
The session will demonstrate successful examples of Convergence and Security Master Plans that made approvals, planning, budgeting and managing security system improvements, installations and integration a breeze.
It will provide strategies, exercises, examples and tricks on how to organize your plans and requirements, communicate them, get approvals, assistance, budgets and a Go-Forward strategy to do what you do best, Manage the facility.
Attendees will leave with sample templates, indexes, and jump start information to begin the process. PLAN to be there.
Presenter: Howard A. Moster, CPP, CRM, CFE, PSP Senior Partner, Practical Protection Associates Inc.
203 - Acoustics: Proper Planning and Design for the Ideal Acoustic Environment
One of the most important factors in building and interior design is to provide an environment in which people can perform at their optimum level. From an acoustics perspective, low absorptive materials with a lot of hard surfaces, chilled slabs and radiant heating systems in buildings can become problematic. Based on the CBE study in 2005, over 60 percent of occupants in cubicles think acoustics interfere with their ability to get their job done. Acoustical problems in working environments caused employees distraction, stress, and interference with normal work routine. By following some design guidelines we can create the ideal acoustic environment. These guidelines are not independent so we need to consider them at all stages including architectural, mechanical and electrical planning. In this presentation, basic noise concepts as well as some general noise issues in buildings will be reviewed. Since correcting noise problems after construction costs much more than addressing the potential problems at the design stage, some tips for architectural, mechanical and electrical design will be presented. Design guidance to control the acoustical problems after design will also be presented.
Presenter: Zohreh Razavi, Acoustical Engineer, Stantec Architecture Ltd.
204 - 2006 Alberta Building Code, Division B, Part 3 (Commercial Buildings): Recent Changes and an Overview
The latest version of the Alberta Building Code is in-force in Alberta as of September 2, 2007. Part 3 of the Alberta Building Code 2006 includes a number of technical changes from the Alberta Building Code 1997. This session will familiarize the participants with some of the more important technical changes in Part 3.
Presenter: Chris Salvian, P.Eng. Building Technical Advisor, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing
205 - Negotiating
Most people only think about negotiating a job when you talk about negotiating. Yet, they negotiate every day with their employees, existing job owners and even with their family members. In this presentation, Charles Vander Kooi will show you how to take negotiating from the usual adversarial relationship to methods of arriving at win/win situations. To be covered:
- How We Have Been Doing It, But Shouldn’t Have
- A Better Way: Getting to Agreements Without Giving In
- The Four Principles to Negotiating
Presenter: Charles Vander Kooi, Vander Kooi & Associates Inc. [read bio]
206 - Mould & Moisture Management in Alberta
This session will begin with an overview of the factors affecting indoor air quality -- insofar as why mould develops in buildings. The experts will discuss the practical methods available to assess indoor air quality and prevent moisture intrusion, thus preventing reoccurrence of mould. In addition, they will cover how to inspect, diagnose the extent of a mould issue, assess the risk to the building occupants, and how to effectively manage a mould issue when it is identified.
Presenters: Chris Love, General Manager, Halsall Associates
John Murray, President & CEO, Mold Squad Corporation
207 - Sustainable Concrete Building Practices: Precast Concrete and LEED Credits
Precast concrete can help achieve LEED certification for structures in a variety of ways, including: durable long life structures, the ability of concrete to be recycled, local manufacturing capability and the use of waste materials. These attributes help reduce the expended energy needed to manufacture, transport and erect precast structures -- key LEED requirements. Other key benefits come from precast concrete’s reusable potential, construction waste management capabilities and reduced site environmental impacts.
The presentation will highlight Canadian projects with up to date information on how thermal mass of the structure fits the new green thinking.
Presenter: Brian J. Hall, B.B.A., MBA, National Marketing Director, Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
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208 - Sustainable Lighting Design
Learn what is considered state of the art in energy efficient lighting and how you can reduce energy use and power costs by 75%. Without carefully planning, anyone can cut energy consumption by 50% and achieve poor lighting results. Learn how you can create an improved lighting environment, make a major impact with significant CO2 reductions, and achieve increased property value for your shareholders, even if your tenants pay the power bills.
Presenter: Wayne Rogers, P.Eng. L.C., Certified Lighting Consultant, ReLumen Engineering Inc. [read bio]
209 - Setting the Record Straight! The Myths and Facts of Green Roofs
Green roof technology offers multiple environmental and economic benefits to urban areas such as improvement in energy efficiency, membrane durability, stormwater management and biodiversity. It is rapidly gaining popularity in North America as a sustainable design option in the construction industry.
The speaker in this session will provide an overview on green roof technology, engineering performance of green roofs in northern climates and design considerations. The presentation will also discuss and address the common myths and misconceptions associated with green roofs, as well as adaptation and applications in a northern climate such as Edmonton.
Presenter: Dr. Karen Liu, Director, Research and Development, North America, Xero Flor International [read bio]
210 - People Management
It takes a certain type of person to be able to motivate and effectively manage others. In this program, Charles Vander Kooi draws from over 36 years of experience as an upper management employee, consultant and professional lecturer to share his expertise on the broad subject of People Management. In it, he talks about the good employee who has gone bad, the 4 different personalities needed in business, communication with suppliers/contractors, and many other topics that are vital to effectively running a company.
- Motivating Employees
- Bonus Systems (good, bad and ugly)
- Employees with Bad Attitudes and How to Deal with Them
- Four Personalities that Exist in a Business
- The Baby Boomer Phenomena
- De-Mystifying Total Quality Management
- Attitudes that Cost You Money
Presenter: Charles Vander Kooi, Vander Kooi & Associates Inc. [read bio]
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211 - 2006 Alberta Building Code, Division B, Part 9 (Small Buildings): Recent Changes and an Overview
The latest version of the Alberta Building Code is in-force in Alberta as of September 2, 2007. Part 9 of the Alberta Building Code 2006 includes a number of technical changes from the Alberta Building Code 1997 as well as an objective based format. This session will familiarize the participants with some of the more important technical changes in Part 9.
Presenter: Asnake Tiruneh, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing
212 - Energy Consumption in Buildings: Why So High, and What Can Be Done to Reduce It?
Buildings consume a very high percentage of all energy consumption in Canada. While new buildings are being built to be more energy efficient there is still much to be done in reducing wasted or misused energy.
This session will explore the problems inherent in coping with energy consumption and review some of the solutions being used today in new buildings. New technologies in building envelope science and heating/cooling plant design will be covered.
Older buildings will also be looked at and the challenges faced by owners and building operators in these buildings will be discussed. Solutions in existing buildings can be as simple as scheduling of equipment, retrofits to equipment or as large as a whole scale re-cladding project to replace the entire exterior skin of the building.
Presenters: Professor Tang Lee, The University of Calgary
Hamish Moir, P.Eng., Lessoway Moir Partners, Earthsource Geothermal Ltd.
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214 - How to Manage Tenant Disruption and Maintaining Business Continuity in the Face of Emergency or Building Failure
Emergency management, business continuity, pandemic planning: these are some of the new buzz words of an emerging business focus. Are you prepared for an emergency? Preparation is no longer limited to evacuation routes and muster points but contingencies and procedures that are developed and practiced to allow you clients to maintain their faith and confidence in your operations and ability to respond and provide leadership in the event of you are required to manage and mitigate a tenant disruption in the event of a building failure. What will be the expectations of your tenants? What tools can you use? The discussion will focus on these areas.
Presenters: Mark Hoosein, Planning Coordinator, Infrastructure Safety, Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation
Cecily Roper, Emergency Management Officer, Business Continuity, Alberta Emergency Management Agency
