2018 is wrapping up but there’s still time for training! Check out our Change Order Management course in Burnaby on December 18.
Unnecessary project disruptions, cost increases and schedule delays can result from change orders not being managed well. This course will provide participants with best practices for successfully navigating this complex project management challenge.
- Here are just a few things that participants will learn:
- How to identify changes from the original contract
- How to document the changes
- How to price changes fairly and realistically
- How to present and negotiate changes collaboratively
- How to understand the importance of early detection of change orders
- How to negotiate delay claims caused by changes
- How to understand the wording within commonly used contracts eg., CCDC 2 and CCA 1
- How to develop a change order process for a construction company
- How to issue a notice of dispute
- How to proactively negotiating fair time and material rates at the bidding stage of a project.
You’ll earn 1 Gold Seal Credit and 7.5 Group A CPD Points at this course! For more information and to register, visit www.icba.ca/courses.
While you’re there, check out our final course of the year, Occupational First Aid Level 1 on December 20! Finish up the year by learning all the medical techniques that are part of the Occupational First Aid Level 1 Attendant, as required by WorkSafeBC. ... See MoreSee Less
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Looks like the City of Vancouver overestimated the number of empty homes within city limits. From Business in Vancouver:
"The net result is that just 2,538 properties in the city are vacant and not exempt from the tax. This is well below the 3,300 properties initially declared or deemed vacant and subject to the tax. The proportion works out to just 1.4% of residences in the city, well below earlier estimates of the phenomenon." ... See MoreSee Less
Great Q & A in today's Business in Vancouver with our ICBA board chairman, Jim Bogusz.
He tried to retire, but we (and the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade) refuse to let him. "I thought I was retired, or at least slowing down. My two boards and startup project have me busier than ever before." Darn right, Jim - we're not letting you disappear into the Chilean wine region or some tropical vacation.
People like Jim do a lot for the construction industry and we greatly value his leadership. ... See MoreSee Less
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We'd only differ with Business in Vancouver on one point. They say, "old Labour and new NDP might well be rekindling their old flame after all."
Trust us, there's nothing "New" about this NDP. They're locked in their old-fashioned, 1970s worldview of labour, and their actions have proven they care more about paying off their union donors than doing what's right for taxpayers. JohnSoldOut.ca ... See MoreSee Less
