Northern Arizona University

Department of Construction Management

Fall 2007/Spring 2008

Contractors Night Procedures

·        Parking passes can be picked up at the front desk Bldg 69 (South Campus) between 8 am and 5 pm and are good for lots P62 and P46. Try and leave someone at the car(s) while retrieving the passes, or call the faculty member who is hosting the event and ask them to pick them up for you. A map of campus is attached to this document.

·        Your visit has been posted on our home.nau.edu/cens/cm, we request that you check this date and topic against your plan and against the date and topic attached to this document.

• Tuesday Room 101 is the typical room.
• Thursday Room 218 is the typical room
• Mondays and Wednesdays  On Monday and Wednesday there are no night classes. In-class presentations are by special arrangement. Monday and Wednesday evenings the recruiting sessions are held in Room 314 the CM lab.
• Company Presentation 6-7 pm. Please be prepared to feed and make your company sales pitch from 6-7 pm.
• In-class lectures on construction topics with senior students. You have been presented a topic for Tuesdays or Thursdays. The most recent schedule and topics is attached. A full procedure and outline for the lectures are attached below.

·        Interviews, if scheduled, are the day following presentations.

·        Interviews are normally in Room 307 but we are flexible and have a variety of interview room types.

·        Sign up sheets: Attached is a thirty minute interview sheet. We do not normally arrange the interviews for you, we provide the space, and you arrange the interviews on the night of the presentation. We can handle other interview arrangements upon your specific advanced request.

• Food Vendors. A list of potential vendors is attached. Students report that pizza has become boring!
• Student Turnout: We do everything that we can to ensure a good turnout including obvious advertising on our website at home.nau.edu/cens/cm/    However, our students lead very time demanding lives so be patient.
• Dave Grider (Dave teaches the Tuesday night class.) 928.523.6157
• Greg Ohrn (Greg Teaches Thursday night classes) 928.523.8080
• Tom Rogers  928.523.4679 Windy Edgar admin assistant. (or for emergency use please cell 928.814.4551) 
• NAU CENS Front Desk 928.523.5251
• Special requests are accepted.

In-class presentation Guidelines

All rooms have permanent AV systems.

Either laptops or thumb drives are suggested for storage and distribution Overheads and pad cameras are available

All rooms have internet access

Bldg has wi-fi (we can’t promise the wi-fi due to your laptop configurations)

Possible delivery methods, (these can be combined)

• Powerpoint
• Handouts
• Forms
• Flow charts
• Examples/Demonstrations
• Case studies
• On-line
• Simulations

Presentation (20-30 minutes)

• Outline
• Topic/Title
• Overview/Introduction
• Key Definitions
• Process
• Company specifics
• How your company handles this activity?
• Role of personnel
• Who is responsible?
• What will the newly hired CM students be doing in the process?
• Questions and answers
• Interview sign up sheet request

Scheduled Dates and Topics

Ordered Suggested List of Guest Speaker Topics

for CM 489 Spring 2008

·        Finding Work

·        Contract Delivery – Traditional Bid Build and CMAR

·        Contract Delivery – Design/Build, Negotiated, and Job Order  Contracting

·        Using BIM in Contract Acquisition and Planning tool

·        Project budget and development of schedule of values as processes

·        Buyout, sub contractor prequalification and selection including Scope Development

·        Bonding and sub-bonding

·        Preconstruction, Job Start-up and Other Project Meetings

·        Managing Shop Drawings  

·        RFI’s, Changes and Claims

·        Communication (ie. formal, contractual, interpersonal, innovative, written, instructions, etc.)

·        Pay Applications, Purchasing, and Other Billing Activities

·        Computer Applications including Project Communication

·        Negotiations

·        Project Closeout

·        Capturing the Lessons Learned

Topic presentations should include:

·        Definitions, facts and responsibilities

·        Processes and company practices

·        Examples of specific cases with discussion of planning, problems and solutions

Format:

• Powerpoint (one you can leave), examples, and handouts preferred 
• 30 to 45 minutes in length (shorter is okay)