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Current Program Year - 2009/2010:
Sep 15 – “Project Controls 101 – A Look Back At An International Project Controls Career” by Tom Rye (Retd., BP)

Oct 13 What Really Matters? Sensitivity Analysis for Class 2 and Class 4 Process Plant Estimates by Mike Monteith (SES Estimating)  

Nov 10 – Accessing Schedule Integrity by Tom Barnes (Steelray)

Dec 09 – How I assembled My Model Plane and Flew by Bill Gipson (ex HGCS Board Director)

Jan 12 – Stimulus Planning and Project Reporting by Sami Jaroudi (ARES)

Feb 09 The Talent Vacuum - Keeping Your Best Talent In a Downturn by Jeff Bettinger and Shayna Brown (Fluor)

Mar 09 – Value Improving Practices by Steven Buck (BASF)

Apr 13 - Types of Claims normally encountered in the upstream Oil & Das Sector by Darron Jacobs, Sr. Associate Director, Trett Consulting

May 11 – Life Cycle Assessment + Green Building by Dave McNamara (Faithful & Gould)

Program Year - 2008/2009:
Year 2008:

Sept 9 –   "Challenges for Cost Estimating & Engineering for Chemical Plants in China" by Werner Pehlke (BASF AG)

Oct 14 –    "Leading Change Efforts Within Complex Organizations"  by Michael Matthews (Co Founder Blue Marble Risk Solutions


Nov 11 –  "Estimating in today's volatile market" by Robert Brown Jr (IPA)

 

Year 2009:

Jan 13 –  "4 Secrets to Liking Your Work" by Deborah J. Fisher (U of NM Research/Group Harmonics)

 

Feb 10 –  "Oil and Gas Project Benchmarking" by  Steven Mulva (CII)

 

Mar 10 –  "Forensic Schedule Analysis" by Anamaria Popescu (CPM Consulting)

 

Apr 14 – "Lower Federal Taxes or Higher Cash Flow - The Value of Cost Segregation of Owners of Commercial Facilities" by Terry L. Schell (Federal Tax Abatement Services)

Program Year 2007/2008:

2007

Sept 11 – Nick Routledge – HFG Engineering
“Managing Cost and Schedule on an EPCI Lump-sum Project”


Oct 16 – Robert Orleans – Chevron Consultant
“Value Engineering”


Nov 13 – Werner Pehlke - BASF AG
“Cost Engineering Methods for Chemical Plants in Dependence on the Engineering Progress"


Dec 11 – Oliver Osborn – Freestyle Naturalist (Retired)
“Wild Flowers of Brazoria County”

2008

Jan 15 – Stephen P. Mulva Ph. D. - Construction Industry Institute
“Oil & Gas Bench Marking by CII”

Feb 12 – Mark White - Faithful & Gould
“ERP System Implementation”

Mar 11 – John Musgrove - Bechtel
“Subcontract Evaluation”

Apr 15 – James Arrow - RICS/KBR
“A Guide to Risk Management”

May 13 – Katherine Molly and Mike Matthews- BlueMarble Risk
“Top Five Ways to Get Your Construction Project In Trouble”

 

 

 

 

12 May 2010

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