Role program: Project Management

Senior Project Manager, Project Manager & Assistant Project Manager training for life science construction

Graduates can run a life science job's schedule, labor, subcontracts, change, C&Q interface and turnover, protect entitlement as it happens, and build and defend a recovery or claim.

Project Management

Senior Project Manager, Project Manager & Assistant Project Manager

Up to 39 sessions (SPM 39, PM 36, APM 26) • weekly 90-minute workshops

Graduates can run a life science job's schedule, labor, subcontracts, change, C&Q interface and turnover, protect entitlement as it happens, and build and defend a recovery or claim.

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GMP, records & change control

  1. GMP Basics for Construction Teams
  2. Good Documentation Practice (GDP / ALCOA+) for Field Records
  3. Change Control & Deviations on GMP Projects
  4. Notice Compliance & Contemporaneous Documentation
  5. RFI Forensic Tracking

Schedule

  1. Critical Path Method & Float
  2. P6 Logic Scrub, Schedule Health & Variance Reporting
  3. Delay Classifications & the Law of Float
  4. Building Defensible FragNets in P6 (PM & Senior PM)
  5. Forensic Schedule Analysis Methods (AACE 29R-03) (PM & Senior PM)
  6. Windows / Contemporaneous Period Analysis (PM & Senior PM)

Labor & productivity

  1. Field Labor Tracking & MCAA Productivity Index
  2. MCAA Inefficiency Factors & Compounding
  3. Measured Mile & Productivity Loss Quantification

Procurement & coordination

  1. Subcontractor Management: Buyout, Scope Leveling & Performance
  2. BIM / Detailing Coordination & Constructibility Review (PM & Senior PM)

Quality, piping & testing

  1. Material Traceability: MTRs, Heat Numbers, Ra & Ferrite

Facility systems & tie-ins

  1. Tie-ins & Shutdowns Inside an Operating Facility

C&Q, turnover & closeout

  1. Risk-Based C&Q (ASTM E2500 / ISPE Baseline Guide 5) (PM & Senior PM)
  2. Supporting IQ / OQ: What Validation Needs from the Contractor
  3. Putting C&Q Milestones into the P6 Schedule
  4. Turnover Packages (TOPs) That Pass QA Review
  5. Pre-Functional Testing Turnover & the CxA
  6. Punchlist Depletion Engines

Financial: change, claims & billing

  1. Meeting Minutes, Pay Applications & Invoice Processing (APM focus)
  2. Compounded Delay Pricing (PM & Senior PM)
  3. Neutralizing Liquidated Damages (PM & Senior PM)
  4. Retainage Release Operations
  5. Cumulative Impact & Disruption Claims
  6. Building the REA / Claim Narrative & Entitlement Binder
  7. Negotiation, Mediation & Settlement Strategy (PM & Senior PM)
  8. Expert Reports, Depositions & Document Production (Senior PM)

Leadership & company standards

  1. Project Controls KPI Dashboard & Monthly Governance
  2. Estimating Feedback Loop: Productivity Benchmarks (PM & Senior PM)
  3. Corporate Post-Mortem & SOP Handoff
  4. Playbook Architecture: Turning Lessons into Company Standards (Senior PM)
  5. Onboarding & Training Cadence: Field Controls Bench Strength (Senior PM)

Capstone

  1. Capstone 1: Live Project Health Audit
  2. Capstone 2: Executive Recovery Presentation & Certification (PM & Senior PM)
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