AACEI Chinook-Calgary Newsletter – November 2012 1

CHINOOK Volume 12, Issue 3 Newsletter of the Chinook-Calgary Section November 2012

President’s Message

Hello AACEI Chinook-Calgary,

November already!?! Time is flying! The October program continued to build on the September start, November promises to be just as busy. Ashok Kumar, PMP, Hatch Project Manager for CNRL, presented Mega Project Execution: EPC vs. EPCM, sparking a lively and engaging after dinner debate regarding the definitions both and the spectrum of services provided by industry. Mahendra Bhatia, FAACE, Senior Estimating Specialist, Stantec and Umesh Krishnappa, Manager, Estimating, Suncor, presented Estimating 202 – an in-depth workshop. Thank you all for your presentations!

As Washington D.C. is foremost in the recent news cycle, it may interest section members to know that the 2013 AACE Annual Meeting will be held Sunday June 30 – Wednesday June 3 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel .

The AACE International Regional Directors and headquarters staff have created an online survey in order to help Local Sections with planning for the upcoming year. The survey addresses demographics, topics of interest, as well as your interest in teaching or participating in the programs. Look for the link in your email or go now to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Chinook-CalgarySection

Our next Dinner Speaker, Dr. Faisal Arain, SAIT, will present Critical success factors of project management on Thursday Nov 29. (PLEASE NOTE THE DAY CHANGE)

In the next Skills & Knowledge workshop, Peter George will present Advanced Topics in Planning and Scheduling on Saturday Nov 17. If you are on the wait list, we can’t guarantee a spot, but it is generally worthwhile to show up, we may be able to accommodate you.

Within the pages of this newsletter you will find details of the upcoming technical dinner program, workshops, the winter Seminar and our 2012/2013 board of directors.

Certification testing is now moving online. Be sure to visit www.aacei.org for details. We are working to update our local www.aaceicalgary.org, and the local section group on www.linkedin.com.

Thank you all for your continued support and I look forward to seeing you at the dinner meetings and workshops.

Jeff Young, P.Eng. President AACEI Chinook-Calgary Section Feel free to contact me at (403) 538-0949 or president@aaceicalgary.com, or rjyoung01@gmail.com

TH I S I S S U E

1 President’s Message

2 2011-2012 Program Schedule Certification Exam Dates

3 President’s Team: Your 2011-2012 Board of Directors

5 Next Technical Dinner Meeting:

Thursday Nov. 29, 2012

Skills & Knowledge:

Nov 17, 2012

Legal Disclaimer From Our Dedicated Team of

“fancy” Lawyers, AACE assumes no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by contributors to its publications and speakers at events sponsored by AACE. Views expressed by them do not necessarily represent the official position of AACE International, its sections, committees, or its officers or directors.

Jeff Young, P.Eng.

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WHAT is AACEI Chinook-Calgary? The Chinook–Calgary Section of AACE Canada was founded in 1972. It currently has close to 750 members from a wide range of companies in and outside of Alberta. Our members are involved in all aspects of estimating, cost control, planning, contract management,, scheduling and project management. Members receive the Cost Engineering Magazine, a discount on books and publications from AACEI Headquarters and access to contents on the AACEI website. This local newsletter is also issued regularly and members are encouraged to submit articles or notices for publication.

Contact Us:

CALGARY SECTION MAILING ADDRESS: PO BOX 20090 BVPO,

Calgary Alberta, T2P 4H3 Our Web Page at: http://www.aaceicalgary.org AACE International: http://www.aacei.org/

AACEI Chinook-Calgary

2012 / 2013 PR O G R A M S C H E D U L E

DINNER MEETINGS 2012/2013

Presentation Date Speaker AACEI Chair Innovative Technological Tools and Processes for Improving Construction Productivity

2012 Sep. 19, Wed. Dr. Janaka Ruwanpura, University of Calgary

Steve Revay- Completed

Execution of Mega Projects: Introduction to EPC and EPCM

2012 Oct. 17, Wed.

Ashok Kumar Hatch Ltd.

Jeff Young Completed

Critical success factors of project management 2012 Nov. 29, Thurs. Dr. Faisal Arain, SAIT

Ateeq Sheikh

Report on Research at the University of Calgary 2013 Jan. 23, Wed. TBD Reza Dehghan

Application of unit rate contracting in oil sands 20 Feb. 13, Wed. Finlay Mclay Ateeq Sheikh

TBD- Joint PMI meeting 2013 Mar. 28, Thu. TBD Jeff Young

Improving Project Forecasting through a Structured Approach for Capturing Incurred Costs

2013 Apr. 17, Wed.

Cindy Hands, Hatch Ltd.

Deborah Clark

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE WORKSHOPS 2012

Workshop Date Speaker Remarks

Risk Management 2012 Sep. 22, Sat. John Zhao Completed

Estimating 202 – Developing Estimate 2012 Oct. 20, Sat. Mahendra Bhatia Completed

Planning and Scheduling – Advanced Topics 2012 Nov. 17, Sat. Peter George

Construction Management 2012 Dec. 08, Sat. Dr. George Jergeas

WINTER SEMINAR 2013

Seminar Date Speaker AACEI Chair

CCC/CCE Certification Overview Course February 22nd and 23rd

TBD TBD

Be advised, content subject to change without notice.

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PRESIDENT’S TEAM

2012-2013 CH I N O O K CA L G A R Y BO A R D O F D I R E C T O R S Officers Name AACEI Email Phone Number President Jeff Young president@aaceicalgary.org (403) 538-0949 Vice-President Reza Dehghan vicepres@aaceicalgary.org (403) 891-5797 Treasurer Jennifer Foster treasurer@aaceicalgary.org (403) 767-1454 Past President Donna Kainth pastpresident@aaceicalgary.org (403) 605-6711 Directors

Membership/Dinner Meetings Anna Tremblay memberships@aaceicalgary.org

dinners@aaceicalgary.org (403) 648-7069

Scholarships & School Liaison Clara Teran scholarships@aaceicalgary.org (403) 681-0860 Certifications Bindu Amin certification@aaceicalgary.org (403) 450-8256 S&K Workshop Mahendra Bhatia skworkshops@aaceicalgary.org (403) 399-0868 Publicity Art Kowalchuk publicity@aaceicalgary.org (403) 255-0822 Dinner Meeting Speakers Coordinator

Ateeq Sheikh techspeakers@aaceicalgary.org (403) 303-7271

Seminars Peter Ripley seminars@aaceicalgary.org (403) 245-1670 Communications Eileen Doonan communications@aaceicalgary.org (403) 296-6298 Directors at Large Cindy Hands diratlarge1@aaceicalgary.org (403) 383-7374 Myriam Medina diratlarge3@aaceicalgary.org Shehzad Anjum diratlarge4@aaceicalgary.org Mohammed Afzal diratlarge5@aaceicalgary.org (403) 232-7446 Paul Yasinko diratlarge6@aaceicalgary.org (403) 920-4025 Steve Revay diratlarge7@aaceicalgary.org (403) 777-4900 Zulfi Halepota diratlarge8@aaceicalgary.org (403) 451-4014 Syed Rizwan Ali diratlarge9@aaceicalgary.org (403) 472-4191 Henry Peralta diratlarge10@aaceicalgary.org (403) 705 8619 Mustansir Raj diratlarge11@aaceicalgary.org Kiriti Shah diratlarge12@aaceicalgary.org (403) 692-3675 Ginette Basak diratlarge13@aaceicalgary.org Canadian Director Matthew Nicholas Dirregion1@aacei.org Student Section Sherry Sahraeian sssahraie@ucalgary.ca (403) 891-4476

Left to right (Back Row): Mohammad Afzal, Steve Revay, Zulfi Halepota, Myriam Medina, Henry Peralta, Ateeq Sheikh, Kiriti Shah, Syed Rizwan Ali, Clara Teran, Deborah Clark-Shannon, Cindy Hands, Peter Ripley, Paul Yasinko, Anna Tremblay, Mustansir Raj, Shehzad Anjum, Sarbani Podder, Mahendra Bhatia Left to right (Front Row): Eileen Doonan, Reza Dehghan(Vice President), Jeff Young (President), Donna Kainth (Last President), Sherry Sahraeian (Student Section) Missing from the picture: Art Kowalchuk, Bindu Amin, Ginette Basak, Jennifer Foster

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~ AACE CHINOOK-CALGARY SECTION ~

DINNER MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Thursday November 29, 2012

Leveraging on IT for Value Management in Construction Projects

Presenter: Dr. Faisal M. Arain

Chair, Construction Project Management and Civil Engineering Technology with Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada

Overview Value management (VM) in construction is required due to the escalating complexity of building projects. Building projects are complex because they involve many human and non-human factors. VM, if implemented during the early stages, can save costs while maintaining or even improving the performance and quality of construction projects. The integration of project knowledge and experience at the design phase provides the best opportunity to improve overall project performance. In this presentation, the participants will learn about a knowledge-based decision support system (KBDSS) to assist effective implementation of VM for controlling variations in building projects. The system provides an excellent opportunity for the project team to learn from past experiences. In short, as part of the VM processes, the system is able to assist the project team by providing accurate and timely information for decision making. Speaker Profile Dr. Faisal Arain is an Architect with a MS and Ph.D. in Construction Project Management. He has extensive experience of working at management and leadership positions in construction industry and academia in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Canada. Dr. Arain has consulted, researched and published widely in the discipline of Construction Engineering and Management, Project Management, Architecture and Design Management. He has authored over 70 research publications, 2 book chapters, and 5 books (http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0028ORPJK). He serves on editorial boards of several international research journals. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Construction Project Management published by Nova Science Publishers Inc., USA. He is one of the panel judges for professional awards conferred by PMI, USA, and also an expert member of the World Association for Sustainable Development, UK. Dr. Arain is currently working as Chair, Construction Project Management and Civil Engineering Technology with Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada. He is also involved with construction industry as a construction project management consultant (AR Management Global Inc. Canada/ UK). He can be reached at faisal.arain@sait.ca

MENU:

B U F F E T ! Fish or Chicken, an Assortment of Salads, vegetables and Desserts

Location & Time International Hotel (top floor) 202 4th Ave SW, Calgary

Cocktails 5:30, Dinner 6:00, Meeting 7:15 pm

PLEASE RSVP to Anna Tremblay at anna.tremblay@amec.com or dinners@aaceicalgary.org no later than Tuesday November 27th 2012. (Indicate if you have a dietary preference and place your SPECIAL FOOD REQUEST with Anna

48 hours in advance) Please provide your membership number when you register.

FEES: $30 for members, $35 for non-members, $15 for students.

Please pay with cheque or cash when you sign in at the door.

WHO IS INVITED? Cost analysts, cost engineers, estimators, planners & schedulers and project managers. Also, any practitioners or

professionals with an active interest in project costs, execution, construction management, contracts management, estimates, schedules and project management.

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SECTION ACTIVITY By: Reza Dehghan October Dinner Meeting: The invited speaker to the October 17th 2012 dinner meeting was Mr. Ashok Kumar, a senior Project Manager from Hatch Ltd., and the subject for his presentation was The Execution of Mega Projects: EPC vs. EPCM. According to Mr. Kumar, executing industrial mega projects, such as refineries, pipelines, oil sands projects, petrochemical complex, power plants and steel mills, are a complex endeavour. Such projects include many activities, require many resources and a huge investment, take a long time to execute, and often include complex technologies. Therefore, special skills are required to execute mega projects, and engineering firms possess such skills. Among them, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) companies are the most capable, as they are specialists in project execution and technologies, have access to required tools, and have access to large and diverse levels of resources. Ashok Kumar Explained typical EPC and EPCM execution strategies, and highlighted their differences and commonalities. The meeting was followed by an interesting discussion between Ashok and attendants. October Skills & Knowledge Workshop: Mahendra Bhatia, FAACE, Senior Estimating Specialist from Stantec, and Umesh Krishnappa, Estimating Manager from Suncor, presented Estimating 202 – Skill and Knowledge Workshop, on October 20th 2012.

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ADVERTISING Space is available in the AACE Calgary Chinook Newsletter for advertising, subject to size and content.

Proceeds from advertising support the AACE International Chinook-Calgary Section Scholarships Please contact Reza Dehghan @ vicepres@aaceicalgary.org

CERTIFICATION IS GOING ONLINE! for further info please go to www.aacei.org

FEES Early Bird Regular CCE/CCC/PSP/EVP/CEP (Members) US $300 US $350 CCE/CCC/PSP/EVP/CEP (Non-members) US $450 US $500 CCT (Members) US $100 US $150 CCT (Non-members) US $150 US $200

If you have any questions regarding Certification Application or any related matters please check website: http://www.aacei.org/certification. Any other questions please contact Bindu Amin certification@aaceicalgary.org, Phone: 403-298-7010

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