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Part 5 – Six Elements of Project Controls – Proof of Value

This article continues the series on the Six Elements of Project Controls. Past articles included the basics of the six elements of project controls, the effect of quality, the maturity required, defined competencies, and the level of effort. Today’s article discusses the value of introducing and managing the six elements of project controls within your organization. The six elements include the following…

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Part 4 – Six Elements of Project Controls – Competency and Level of Effort

This article is the fourth in the series on the Six Elements of Project Controls. Past articles included the basics of the six elements of project controls, the effect of quality, and the maturity required. Today’s article discusses the competency and level of effort required to manage these elements of project controls…

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A Primer for Claims and Disputes (Claims 101)

The AACE International Claims & Dispute Resolution Subcommittee (“CDR Subcommittee”) is a group of professionals and experts actively involved in the preparation, analysis, management, mitigation, and resolution of claims and disputes on projects. The general purpose of the CDR Subcommittee is to provide a neutral, professional forum where professionals involved in the claims and dispute process can meet, discuss, and develop technical content about issues of common interest. These claims-related issues are typically focused on the analyses of schedule delay, disruption, and damages quantification, which also include assessments of entitlement and responsibility…

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Life Cycle Costs for Environmental Projects

The cleanup of contaminated sites involves removing hazards to human health, safety, or the environment from specific building(s) and/or a parcel(s) of land that includes contamination that may have spread to surface and/or groundwater. The nature of this is fundamentally different from most other capital asset projects in many aspects. For capital asset projects, project teams analyze the capital costs of facility planning, design, and construction through start-up of an asset combined with the costs to operate, maintain, and eventually dispose of the asset to give the total cost of ownership of the asset…

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Apathy is the Enemy of Excellence

My group recently conducted a survey on some topics and received some very pointed comments from several of those who were surveyed. We knew we had some gaps in the areas they brought forward but leadership still felt a bit taken back by the harshness of some of their comments. My response to them was “Apathy is the enemy of excellence”. If we want to raise up to the desired level of excellence in those areas, we should be happy to hear that our employees are so passionate and so engaged and so comfortable providing that type of feedback…

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Part 2 – Six Elements of Project Controls; Quality

In August 2021, I provided a short article on the six elements of project controls. The previous article provided a summary overview of the elements required for successful project delivery. In today’s article, I will briefly discuss the quality measures required to further support the value that the six elements of project controls bring to an organization…

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Part 1 – Six Elements of Project Controls; The Basics

In February 2021, I provided a short article on recommended practice (RP) 60R-10, Developing the Project Controls Plan. When I first authored the RP in 2010, I wanted to describe the project controls planning elements based on the Total Cost Management (TCM) Framework. I also briefly touched on the operational aspects of the six elements of project controls within the RP. These six elements of project controls include…

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