Thursday, February 19, 2009

Public Works 101 Training

On Thursday, February 19, 2009, I taught an 8 hour overview training class for Sound Transit staff on Construction Contract Management.

It's an A to Z class on public works contracting in the State of Washington that I've developed to help meet the needs of contracting professional throughout the State. Many of the subjects could actually be covered as separate classes, depending on how much information is covered.


Here's the outline of the class:
  • Architectural and Engineering Services
  • - Selecting a Designer
  • - The Designer's Role
  • - Negotiating the Contract
  • - Important Contract Terms
  • - Professional Liability Insurance
  • Bidding
  • - Is Maintenance a Public Work?
  • - Review of Specifications
  • - Advertisement
  • - Distribution of Bidding Documents
  • - Pre-Bid Site Meetings
  • - Addenda
  • - Subcontractors List
  • - Bid Receipt
  • - Bid Opening
  • - Bid Guaranty
  • - Bid Responsiveness
  • - Bid Pricing
  • - Small Works Roster
  • Award
  • - Bidder Responsibility
  • - Bid Price Errors
  • - Additives and Alternates
  • - Bid Protests
  • - Emergency Public Works
  • Contract Execution
  • - Payment and Performance Bond
  • - Insurance
  • - Retainage
  • - Signed Contract
  • - Notice to Proceed
  • - Contract Documents
  • Construction
  • - Principles of Contract Interpretation
  • - Pay Estimates
  • - Change Orders
  • - Claims
  • - Damages and Incentives
  • Close-Out
  • - Completion Dates
  • - Claims Against Bond and Retainage
  • - Release of Retainage
  • - Preventing Payment Disputes
  • Prevailing Wages
  • - Definition
  • - Effective Date for Prevailing Wages
  • - Changes to Prevailing Wages
  • - Overtime
  • - Fringe Benefits
  • - Exemptions from Prevailing Wages
  • - Federally Funded Projects
  • - Prevailing Wage Enforcement
  • Alternative Public Works Contracting
  • - General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM)
  • - Design-Build
  • - Job Order Contracting (JOC)
Please contact me if you're interested in discussing this full day class. I can make adjustments to the class to meet your needs or just teach portions of it in more depth.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mike, I would recommend this training to anyone who is interested. It was informative and well prepared!! Thank you.

Mike Purdy said...

Thanks, April, for the comment. I'm glad the training was helpful!