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Program Year - 2010/2011:
Sep 14 – A Look At Risk Management by Robert Curbeam, Former NASA
Astronaut, (Sr. VP, ARES Corp.)
Oct
12
– Managing Change in the world of Major Capital Projects by Gerry McGurgan
& Claire Colhoun (8over8)
Nov 09 – Integrated Project Management Systems by Brian Campbell, Currie
and Brown
Dec 14 –
Gulf Crossing - Linking the Land, Birds, & People of Gulf of Mexico by Cecilia Riley
(Gulf Coast Bird Observatory)
Jan 11 - Mount Storm Wind Energy
Project (Tom Lee, Project Engineer, Shell Projects & Technology)
Feb
8 - Determination of Foreign Country Estimating Factors (Werner Pehlke,
BASF SE)
Mar 08 – Data Warehouse or Data Closet by John Musgrove (Lead Mechanical
Equipment Estimator, Bechtel)
Apr 12 – Establishing and Maintaining Staff Competence in a Changing
Workforce" by Omar Peck (VP, Project Controls, URS)
May 10 – Benchmarking Capital Project
Performances by Dr. Stephen Mulva (Construction Industry Institute, UT
Austin)
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”
