Project Management Series

Schedule

• 02/13/2020
• 6:00Registration & Breakfast6:00 - 7:00

  Registration & Breakfast
• 7:00Opening Session and ABC of Wisconsin Safety Awards7:00 - 7:55

  Opening Session and ABC of Wisconsin Safety Awards
• 8:00Organizational Excellence and the Importance of Standard Operating Procedures – How the Big Boys Do it8:00 - 9:20

  Successful businesses are often a result of strong leadership. As construction organizations grow, leadership may lose some contact with the field. New people are brought in, the size and number of jobs increase, and some of the practices that have contributed to the company’s success are not always followed. That is often because new people don’t know what those successful practices are. Projects and operational staff need to be supported and guided by best practices and organizational excellence. Well led companies monitor their results and support their teams on a regular and repetitive basis. During this seminar, we will review operational excellence and the “cornerstones” of implementing best practices for your business. Transitioning to an organization that defines organizational excellence, documents best practices, and utilizes standard operating procedures is a game changer.

  Speakers

  Jeff Pigott
• 9:20Break with Exhibitors9:20 - 9:50

  Take a break and visit some of the nearly 50 vendors in the trade show!
• 9:50Becoming an Agent of Change – The Power of Managing Change9:50 - 10:50

  This program will define the principle of utilizing best in class practices for all projects, which can help your organization achieve operational excellence. The following topic reviews the power of being a source of positive energy. Demonstrating how positive energy creates an environment that people enjoy being a part of, and correspondingly, how negativity can be a very destructive force.
  
  • Understanding the principles of change management
  
  • Examine the principles of continuous improvement and defining best practices.
  
  • Determine the best practices and repeat them as often as possible.
  
  • The danger of not having systems and processes, is that key items are often forgotten.
  
  • The importance of a planned and methodical approach to managing construction projects.
  
  • Avoiding the dangers of too much change.

  Speakers

  Jeff Pigott
• 10:50Break10:50 - 11:00

  Break
• 11:00Project Planning and Project Scheduling – The Lost Art of Construction11:00 - 12:00

  Construction is a very complicated business. The number of variables, unknown events and conditions can be overwhelming. One opportunity to avoid the pitfalls of construction is to plan your work. Failing to plan is planning to fail. This seminar focuses on the importance of scheduling your work. Making sure before you start work, you have a plan on how it will be executed. This seminar will define the principles of long-term and short-term planning, giving real world examples of both types of scheduling. Scheduling long and short term are basic communication tools. Once you have them in place, you need a program of how they will be used and communicated to key project stakeholders. Schedules need to be a living and ever-evolving program that is used to communicate clear goals and objective for project stakeholders.

  Speakers

  Jeff Pigott
• 12:00Lunch & Keynote Speaker Marty Wilberding12:00 - 13:00

  Buried Alive: Lessons From a Trench Collapse Survivor Plumbing and heating contractor Marty Wilberding of Cuba City will recount his story of surviving a near-fatal trench collapse on June 20, 2017 in Lafayette County. He broke his neck, eye socket, hip and 16 ribs after being buried up to his head in the accident. Wilberding has been in the business for about 30 years and a firefighter with the Cuba City Volunteer Fire Department since 1987.

  Speakers

  Marty Wilberding
• 13:00Time Management – How to Manage Multiple Projects Without Going Crazy13:00 - 14:00

  We are often asked to take on multiple, or very complex projects. As one’s career progresses, you may be asked to take on some big assignments. The ability to successfully navigate and prioritize these challenges could be key to the progression of that career. For some, the challenge of time management becomes overwhelming. The goal of this course is to give your team some tools and techniques to master time management.
  
  • Plan each day, week and month. Develop a system that can be repeated.
  
  • Work smarter, not harder.
  
  • The importance of making lists.
  
  • Effective delegation, and not being everyone’s solution.
  
  • Be timely. Don’t be late. Lateness is a sign of lack of organization and disrespect.
  
  • Understand one’s deadlines and creating deadlines for others.

  Speakers

  Jeff Pigott
• 14:00Break with Exhibitors14:00 - 14:30

  Take a break and visit some of the nearly 50 vendors in the trade show!
• 14:30Driving Job Profitability Through Management of Productivity and Labor Hours14:30 - 15:30

  We are facing a new reality. The generation of skilled workers is diminishing. And in general terms, the profit on projects has diminished as well. Companies are forced to execute work with less skilled labor in a more competitive marketplace. Making craft labor management critical. The goal is to introduce attendees to the principle that stated, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” – Peter Drucker
  
  • Outline the importance of tracking quantities and the principle that it must be measured to be managed.
  
  • Provide math-based examples of crew planning, productivity planning, and productivity reporting; in both simple and complex formats; demonstrating possibilities.
  
  • Dispel the myth that quantity reporting in the field is not accurate or very difficult. Use simple examples to determine weekly quantities.
  
  • Demonstrate that a simple quantity reports can help you make more informed decisions that can improve your costs.

  Speakers

  Jeff Pigott
• 15:30Travel to Closing Session15:30 - 15:35

  Travel to Closing Session
• 15:35Closing Session15:35 - 16:00

  Closing Session
• 17:30Projects of Distinction Awards17:30 - 21:00

  Separate Registration Required The Projects of Distinction Awards Banquet highlights the quality and professionalism of merit construction projects by ABC of Wisconsin members.
  
  • Cocktail Hour – 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  
  • Dinner – 6:30 p.m. with Program to Follow
  
  Register online at abcwi.org/POD