Learn How to Plan and Schedule Projects for Weather Contingencies
So You Don’t End-Up with Delay Claims!
Strategies for Weather Planning in Construction Schedules is the first of its kind devoted specifically to dealing with weather contingencies in construction schedules. Our presenters will walk you through the various options and resources for planning for foreseeable weather impacts, as well as, to protect yourself against unpredictable circumstances. Not only is there a benefit in better project planning, but how you employ weather in a schedule can be the difference between receiving compensable delay versus non-compensable time extension.
Join two nationally known construction consultants and their panel of schedule experts who will walk you through the A-Z of employing weather in a construction schedule. Topics covered included:
- Three Major Techniques
-- Weather calendars
-- Distinct weather activities
-- Weather incorporated into activity duration - Advantages and disadvantage of each
- How are early/late start, critical path and float calculations affected
- What’s the best method to employ when using distinct weather activities?
- Weather allowances; banking weather contingencies
- When is a weather activity considered to be float sequestration
- Sources of historical weather data
- Geographic considerations
- Contract requirements
- Different outcomes with different scheduling software
- Use in delay claims and time extensions
-- Non-compensable
-- When can weather become compensable
-- Weather and concurrent delays - The Weaver Bailey (and other) case(s)
- AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Your Presenters:
Michael E. Stone
Michael Stone, PMP, PSP, is president of Professional Project Management Services. With more than 26 years of experience in the construction industry, Mr. Stone has been the contractor's project manager, the engineers representative and for the past ten years the owner's representative on major facility projects. As the owner's representative he has been responsible for soliciting proposals for design and construction work, overseeing all aspects of projects including change issues and resolution of disputes. His experience includes work on process plants, material handling / shipping terminals, airport civil work, roads / highways, utilities, municipal water & wastewater facilities. Mike is currently acting as the owner's construction manager for multiple design and construction projects for the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority and working on multiple claims for several clients.
Chris Carson
Chris Carson, PSP, CCM is Corporate Director of Project Controls for Alpha Corporation, a professional consulting firm. Chris manages a team of schedulers, analysts, project managers and trainers, providing full construction management services specializing in scheduling, schedule analysis, claims avoidance, and claims preparation and defense, in facilities and transportation projects. Chris has more than 35 years of experience in scheduling and construction management of educational, municipal, governmental, industrial, multi-family, residential, and commercial projects, in building construction as well as infrastructure and civil/site work.
