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Join the WDBC Track on Collaborative Delivery
Garney Construction is sponsoring a track of 8 one-hour sessions on collaborative delivery in the water sector that follow the WDBC education modules. Join WDBC Executive Director Mark Alpert and WDBC Education Committee Chair Leofwin Clark (VP, Brown and Caldwell) for these informative sessions during the Joint MWEA-AWWA Annual Conference that runs August 8-11, 2021, in Osage Beach, MO.
August 10, 2021, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CST
SESSION 1: Deciding to Implement a Collaborative-Delivery Project SESSION 2: Principles & Best Practices of Collaborative Delivery SESSION 3: Risk Management SESSION 4: Contracts SESSION 5: Conducting the Procurement Process SESSION 6: Managing and Implementing Collaborative-Delivery Projects SESSION 7: Getting to Project Completion & Transition SESSION 8: Open Discussion and Project Experiences
Join the WDBC for a six-session package of online education sessions designed for owners and practitioners in the water industry. Officials, managers, and engineering and O&M staff of public water/wastewater facilities who are looking to gain essential knowledge needed to procure and deliver design-build and CMAR projects should attend these
classes.
Don't just take our word for it, see what some of our attendees have said:
"Keep doing what you are doing – excellent info, presented in digestible, logical segments. Nice to be able to follow along in handbook."
"Very pleased with the presentation closely following the DB Handbook, the graphics, and the pacing of the presentation. Great info delivered very nicely."
Each morning session will include a review of the principles and best practices of collaborative delivery followed by the topic of the day in the afternoon:
July 22: Deciding to Implement a Collaborative-Delivery Project
August 26: Risk Management
September 23: Contracts
October 28: Conducting the Procurement Process
November 18: Managing and Implementing Collaborative-Delivery Projects
December 16: Getting to Project Completion & Transition
Time: 10:00 - 1:30 p.m. MST (break 11:30 - 12:00 MST) All sessions will be conducted on Microsoft Teams
Package includes a hard copy and PDF of the 5th edition Water and Wastewater Design-Build Handbook. See registration page for single-session options.
Is Your Utility Ready for In-Person Education Sessions?
The Water Design-Build Council is now taking inquiries and scheduling one-day education sessions at your location. Following the chapters of our Water and Wastewater Design-Build Handbook, our education sessions provide a complete overview of collaborative delivery with real-world examples and exercises.
For additional information, please contact WDBC Business Operations Manager Bob Golden at 303.641.0550 or rgolden@waterdesignbuild.org.
The term BIM (Building Information Modeling) has the power to make a seasoned construction veteran cringe. I get it. BIM may sound scary to those who have not used its full advantages. A foreman once told me, “I’m not going to let a Nintendo tell me how to do my job!” Fair enough, but when applied appropriately, BIM can benefit building projects in a variety of ways by aiding design planning, coordination, construction, operations, and facilities management.
Appropriations Update: House Bills Advance The House Appropriations Committee completed its work last week on the 12 spending measures to fund the government for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The panel approved the remaining six bills—Commerce-Justice-Science, Defense, Energy-Water, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, and Transportation-HUD—after acting on the first six measures before the July 4 recess. It advanced most of the bills on party-line votes. Appropriations Committee Republicans broadly criticized the measures, including the topline spending numbers for each bill. The bills approved by the committee would provide a modest increase for the Pentagon alongside a more significant boost for domestic programs. The House could consider a seven-bill minibus package during the week of July 26, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) wrote in a July 15 dear colleague letter. That package would include the Agriculture-FDA, Energy-Water, Financial Services-General Government, Interior-Environment, Labor-HHS-Education, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD bills. Other spending measures could also be considered that week, Hoyer wrote.
*Article provided by WDBC advocacy consulting firm, Venn Strategies
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