Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Best Practices in Improvement and Management of Lost Productivity Claims

Why Should You Attend This Best Practices in Improvement and Management of Lost Productivity Claims Course?

Attend a series of four 90-minute webinars focusing on lost productivity in construction. The four sessions are tailored for a wide variety of professionals in the construction community, including contractors, owners, construction managers and owners' representatives who want to further their understanding of lost-productivity issues, gain insight into how to properly prepare or analyze a lost-productivity claim, or learn best practices for improving jobsite productivity.

This webinar series will include the following four sessions:

Session 1 - Lost Productivity Claims: Pricing, Proposal Preparation and Analysis

William Schwartzkopf, Sage Consulting Group (February 19, 2013 - 1:00-2:30 EST)

William Schwartzkopf, author of Aspen Publishers: Calculating Lost Labor Productivity in Construction Claims and Calculating Construction Damages, reviews what works in pricing, preparation, support, and analysis of lost productivity claims. The importance of a detailed analysis using actual cost records will be highlighted, and a variety of examples will be used to illustrate the calculation of damages by various methods such as actual cost, total cost, modified total cost, measured mile, and earned value. Learn which of the accepted methods of calculating lost labor productivity are appropriate in different situations, as well as how to calculate other types of costs, including extended field and home office overhead, labor and equipment escalation costs, overtime, and acceleration costs. Schwartzkopf will present time-tested tips on pricing, presenting, and defending against claims for loss of productivity.

Session 2 - Lost Productivity Claims: Identification and Measurement

Dr. William Ibbs, University of California Berkeley (February 26, 2013 - 1:00-2:30 EST)

More and more construction claims are including a loss-of-productivity component these days. Dr. Ibbs dives into the starting point for lost productivity claims: identification and measurement. Learn different ways to measure productivity, how to use performance ratios, trending and forecasting. Loss of productivity is often the reason for other claim elements, such as delay, disruption, acceleration and extended overhead. Understanding the loss of productivity claim's strengths and weaknesses will help you evaluate other types of claims as well.

Participants in this seminar will learn the latest technical and legal concepts associated with loss-of-productivity. Some of the issues that will be covered include:

• What is productivity?
• How should it be measured?
• What guidelines, methods, and tools are commonly used to measure loss of productivity?
• When can loss-of-productivity claims be asserted?
• What are recent developments in how courts and boards have treated loss-of-productivity claims?
• What types of documentation should be assembled and developed in anticipation of a claim?
• What contractual provisions can be used to present and support loss-of-productivity claims, and which can be used to rebut them?
• And much, much more!

Session 3 - Productivity Improvement: Practical Application of Lean Construction Techniques

Dr. Glenn Ballard, University of California Berkeley (March 5, 2013 - 1:00-2:30 EST)

Lean construction pioneer Glenn Ballard cuts right to the chase to help your organization understand that Lean Construction is more than just an academic exercise, providing case-study results, practical applications and tools for incorporating lean techniques on your projects. As design/build, integrated project delivery (IPD) and other cooperative delivery methods gain favor, lean construction (and design) can be employed by the entire team - contractors, owners, A/Es, CMs and consultants.

Session 4 - Productivity Improvement: Minimum Workzone Requirements

Mike Casten, Construction Concepts® (March 12, 2013 - 1:00-2:30 EDT)

Construction "production management" & productivity expert Mike Casten presents a proven technique for achieving optimum productivity in what is typically an unpredictable, low-productivity project situation. Having helped contractors successfully implement Minimum Workzone Requirements on numerous projects, Casten will explain what it is, how it works, and what it will do to help you improve your projects' success rates and avoid needless delays.