Five days of hearings on the B.C. government’s reference to the BC Appeal Court case wrapped up Friday, March 22, with industry associations representing railway, pipeline and oil companies arguing that the B.C. government’s attempts to restrict increased volumes of bitumen moving through B.C. by pipeline or railway is jurisdictional “overreach.” ... See MoreSee Less
TRAINING THURSDAY: Project Planning & Cost Control
What are you doing April 9 and 10? You should register for our Project Planning and Cost Control workshop in Burnaby!
The course is designed to provide owners, managers, estimators, and field personnel with a general knowledge of the process of planning and controlling a project from beginning to end utilizing ways and means of monitoring, saving and controlling costs.
Here’s what’s covered:
• Understanding the impact and methodology of construction cost control.
• Ways and means of minimizing and controlling costs on site.
• Project cost forecasting and accounting functions on site.
• Project planning and its purpose and effect on project cost control.
• How to communicate & assist management re: cost methods and control.
• Gain additional insight into the process of work and cost analysis.
• Cost reporting systems - new technology in monitoring costs and reports.
• Understanding the effect improper field reporting has on cost control. Maintaining and managing documents, material, tools and equipment.
• Understanding the Contract process from bidding to project close-out.
• Review of 100 companies and their methods in controlling & saving costs.
You’ll also earn 3 Gold Seal Credits and 16 Group A and 16 Group B CPD Points from BC Housing. You can register for this or any of our other upcoming courses at www.icba.ca/courses.
Interested in booking a private session of any of our training courses? Email our training team at training@icba.ca and they will handle all of the logistics for you. ... See MoreSee Less
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The budget cited the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, which extends from Alberta across British Columbia, as an example of meaningful consultation with First Nations and Metis communities. It highlighted Indigenous peoples’ concerns such as protection of sensitive sites, improved emergency response and safety capacity within their communities, protection of southern resident killer whales and their habitat, mitigation of cumulative project impacts on land and water and economic benefits for Indigenous communities. ... See MoreSee Less
