Project Management Academy

Week At A Glance

Saturday

1:00 p.m. Airport Arrival
3:00 p.m. Check in Kresge Hall Outdoor Laboratory
6:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner
8:00 p.m. Pre-test

Sunday

6:30 a.m. Breakfast Sunday
7:30 a.m. Accident Cost & Impact
9:30 a.m. Compliance with Safety & Health Regulations
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Styles of Leadership
3:00 p.m. Consensus
4:00 p.m. Conflict Resolution
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Negotiation Techniques
8:00 p.m. How to Conduct an Effective Meeting

Monday

6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Introduction to Quality
9:00 a.m. Causes & Costs of Rework
10:00 a.m. Quality Control Checklist
10:30 a.m. Assessing the TQM Process
11:00 a.m. Job Hazard Evaluation
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Case Study Review
2:00 p.m. Elements of a Safety Program
3:00 p.m. Current Safety Issues
4:00 p.m. Introduction to Documents and Types of Contracts
5:30 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Documenting during Construction

Tuesday

6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Construction Documents/Case Study Review
9:00 a.m. Dispute Resolution
11:00 a.m. Resource Control
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Production & Productivity
5:30 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Managing Workforce/Diversity in Construction

Wednesday

6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Outdoor Initiatives – Team Building
11:00 a.m. Putting an Estimate Together
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Bid Strategies
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Cost Awareness & Control
8:00 p.m. Historical Information

Thursday

6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Importance of Planning
8:30 a.m. Scheduling
9:00 a.m. Bar Charts/Arrow Networks
10:30 a.m. Preparation/Analysis
12:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. Node/Precedence Method
3:00 p.m. Lags
5:00 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Computer Scheduling

Friday

6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Scheduling Exercises
9:00 a.m. Bar & Linear Charts
10:00 a.m. S Curves
11:00 a.m. Post Test
12:00 p.m. Lunch