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| Public Agency Officials, Public Agency Representatives, Project Planners, Project Teams, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Construction Managers, Designers, Constructors, and other Professionals interested in alternate project delivery.
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The passage of Texas Senate Bill 510 now allows a wide variety of project delivery options for county and local governments effective September 1, 2001. Similar legislation was passed in 1997 for public schools, colleges and universities. Prior to these changes, construction of public projects was only allowed through a contractors lump-sum low bid. Now public agencies have the option of procuring projects through Competitive Sealed Proposals, Construction Management-at-Risk and Design-Build. Use of these new project delivery approaches can produce outstanding results in cost, schedule and quality. Research by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) at The University of Texas at Austin has shown Design-Build to be 33% faster, 6% less in unit cost and superior in product quality, with less than half the claims and litigation when compared to traditional design and low-bid contracting. These results do not include the financial advantage gained by earlier occupancy or use of the facility, which often overshadows the project level savings cited above. The research also showed that significant savings were achieved by Construction Management-at-Risk as well. These new approaches require skillful implementation if they are going to produce positive results. This two-day short course will be a comprehensive presentation of the new project delivery options available in Texas. The course is designed for owners considering the use of Competitive Sealed Proposals, Construction Management-at-Risk and Design-Build. The course will also be useful to design and construction firms who plan to pursue projects using these alternate delivery options. Participants completing the course should be able to determine when it is appropriate to use a particular alternate project delivery method, and be able to implement its use within their organizations. The course syllabus will include the following: - A comparison of all project delivery systems
- Research results on project delivery system performance
- Review of Senate Bill 510 and previous project delivery legislation
- Competitive Sealed Proposal when to use it and how it works
- Construction Management-At-Risk when to use it and how it works
- Design-Build when to use it and how it works
- How owners implement each alternate project delivery method
- Organizations considerations
- RFQs, RFPs and Selection process fair, equitable and objective
- Contracts forms, issues and commentary
- Managing all phases of Competitive Sealed Proposals, Construction Management-At-Risk and Design-Build projects
- How designers and constructors effectively perform in alternate delivery projects
- Responding to RFQs/RFPs
- Teaming with designers and constructors
- Performing to owners expectations
Certificate A University of Texas at Austin certificate signed by the Dean of Engineering will be given to each registrant who completes the course.
Contact Information
Cath
Polito
Executive Director
cpolito@mail.utexas.edu
(512)
232-5172 |
Course Location
Thompson Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin campus |
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Attendance Policy
A 90% attendance rate is required in order to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and certificates of completion.
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Cancellation Policy
A full refund, less a $100.00 processing fee, will be given for all cancellations or transfers if notification is received on or before two weeks prior to the beginning of the course. Refunds will not be given for cancellations received after this date. Substitutions may be made anytime prior to the first day of class. The CLEE programs are subject to cancellation if too few people enroll, in which case a full refund will be given.
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Hotel Information
Hotel information will be provided with your course registration acknowledgment.
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