February 19, 2019 Meeting Invitation

Post date: Feb 15, 2019

February 19, 2019 Meeting Announcement

Topic: A Practical Guide to Successful Program Scheduling

Presenter (IN PERSON): Gino Napuri, EVP

While practitioners recognize that there is a difference between program and project scheduling, all too often, program scheduling is treated the same as a large project. Multi-prime projects are much closer to programs when it comes to the scheduling needs and usage. A fully integrated program schedule, encompassing all projects’ scope, schedules, updated, and analyzed as a single schedule, is an extremely valuable and effective tool, but done poorly, will allow serious negative ramifications.

Claims avoidance is one of the primary drivers in the need to coordinate and manage a program schedule, at least partially due to contract limitations between each contractor and the owner. If one contractor is impacted by another contractor, the delayed contractor only has recourse against the owner, so coordination of projects can help the program succeed, or it can result in cost and time overruns, some of which could be huge. This effort also enables allocation of shared locations such as lay-down areas, parking, and overlapping construction zones so appropriate language can be included in contracts. Large programs often have large failure rates due to the inability to coordinate and control these risks. This paper demonstrates a practical approach to successful program scheduling.

When: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

5:30 to 6:00 pm - Networking

6:00 to 7:30 +/- pm – Dinner & Presentation to follow.

Where: Arcadis U.S. 4665 Cornell Road Suite 200

Cincinnati, OH 45241

Phone: 513-860-8700

Cost: $20.00 per person; includes dinner & soft drinks. Cash or checks payable to Southwestern Ohio Section AACE.

RSVP: Please confirm your attendance, by noon Friday 2/15/19

via e-mail to: MDowning@Hixson-inc.com

BIO of Gino Napuri, EVP

Gino joined AACE in 2004 and earned his AACE EVP (Earned Value Professional) certification in 2012. He has over 18 years of experience in Project Controls and Construction Management Services specializing in planning and scheduling, earned value management, document control, risk management, cost estimating, and claims avoidance/forensic analysis/dispute resolution. He has been working for Owners, General Contractors, and Consultants at Arcadis for the past 4 years in various environmental, infrastructure, and industrial programs and projects in design and construction. Gino is currently the Vice President of the Board of AACE SWO and the Co-leader of Arcadis’ Program and Project Controls Community of Practice, which provides training, develops and maintains best practices, and provides operations support. He graduated from California State University East Bay with a B.S. in Business Administration in 2007 and completed a Certificate in Project Management from UC Berkeley in 2010.