Unlocking Success with PTAG’s CII Hidden Gems Series: Episode 1 – The Implementation Journey 

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The inaugural episode of PTAG’s CII Hidden Gems Series webinar, “The Implementation Journey,” led by Mike Davidson and Deborah DeGezelle, provided an enlightening roadmap for organizations seeking to harness the Construction Industry Institute’s (CII) best practices. If you missed the live session, here’s a recap of the key takeaways and insights that can transform your organization’s approach to project implementation and governance. 

Exploring the “Hidden Gems” of CII?

CII has amassed a treasure trove of over 400 publications, 100+ tools, and 17 validated best practices. Yet, as Deborah aptly pointed out, some of these invaluable resources often go unnoticed amidst the hustle of day-to-day operations. The Hidden Gems series seeks to spotlight these underutilized tools, ensuring companies extract maximum value from their CII membership. 

Why the Implementation Journey Matters

The central focus of the webinar was on embedding best practices within an organization’s DNA. Drawing on real-world examples, the session delved into the challenges and triumphs of implementation, emphasizing: 

  • The critical role of a Project Management Office (PMO) in promoting consistency and driving project excellence. 
  • The value of tailoring tools like the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) to fit organizational needs while maintaining their integrity. 
  • How structured governance models, supported by top-tier training and facilitation, create a sustainable framework for success. 

Case Study Spotlight: Ontario Power Generation (OPG)

OPG’s journey served as a centerpiece of the discussion. Under Mike Davidson’s leadership, the organization implemented a PMO from the ground up, evolving it into an enterprise-wide entity recognized as a benchmark for excellence. Key steps included: 

  1. Building the PMO: Starting small with a clear vision, OPG scaled its PMO to support diverse teams with tools for front-end planning, risk management, and project alignment. 
  1. Championing Best Practices: Embedding CII tools, such as PDRI, into their governance processes ensured buy-in at all levels. 
  1. Continuous Improvement: Regular benchmarking and feedback loops enabled OPG to refine its practices, securing their position as a finalist for PMO of the Year. 

Insights For Discussion

  1. Leadership Buy-In is Non-Negotiable 
    Change begins at the top. A committed leadership team ensures alignment, secures resources, and fosters a culture open to adopting industry best practices. 
  1. Customization for Impact 
    While CII tools are robust, tailoring them to an organization’s terminology, processes, and governance enhances adoption and effectiveness. 
  1. Start Small, Scale Smart 
    By focusing on a single, high-impact tool like PDRI, organizations can prove value quickly, building momentum for broader adoption. 
  1. Training & Facilitation Drive Success 
    Well-trained facilitators ensure that tools are applied correctly, fostering alignment among diverse stakeholders and producing actionable results. 

Looking Ahead: The Hidden Gems Series

This episode is just the beginning. The series will explore various aspects of implementation, such as leveraging CII’s data warehouse for benchmarking, advancing collaborative contracting techniques, and more.  
 
Register here for our next Hidden Gems session:

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Your Next Steps

  • Revisit your organization’s approach to project management. Are there untapped opportunities to address pain points with proven methodologies and tools? PTAG can help you identify and implement solutions that deliver measurable results. 
  • Engage your teams in professional development and awareness training. PTAG ensures the effective application of industry-leading tools, unlocking the full potential of best practices. 
  • Whether or not your organization is a CII member, PTAG provides access to the value of CII resources. If you’re not a member and are considering joining, reach out to us—we can help you assess whether membership is the right fit for your organization. 

Join PTAG in the next episode of the Hidden Gems Series to uncover additional strategies for transforming your project delivery approach. 

PTAG’s Hidden Gems Series emphasizes that success in capital project execution doesn’t come from just following best practices but from embedding them as a way of doing business. Begin your implementation journey today and unlock the full potential of CII’s resources. 

Want To Learn More

Visit our webinar series page or contact PTAG to discover how we can support your organization’s project success journey. 

Foresight and PTAG Webinar recap : Accelerate your major construction project delivery with AI – April 25, 2024

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During this webinar hosted by Tom Smedley (Foresight) and Patrick Dubreuil (PTAG), participants explored how AI, machine learning, and natural language processing can revolutionize construction project management. The session, focused on addressing common challenges like delays and cost overruns, was held on April 25, 2024, drawing a diverse audience of industry professionals eager to leverage technology for better outcomes.

PTAG leverages AI tools by blending it with our deep expertise in project controls and project management, ensuring a secure project context-centric approach to handling project complexities. By integrating the benefits of AI with the contextual expertise the PTAG team brings, enhances decision-making through predictive analytics and performance insights. This combination leads to improved project delivery by enhancing schedule adherence and optimizing resource allocation. By focusing on client-specific needs and outcomes, PTAG ensures that tools like Foresight not only support but also drive superior project performance and efficiency. This strategic combination underscores PTAG’s commitment to innovation and excellence in project management.

This is the recap video recording of the webinar, which was originally recorded on April 25, 2024

Want access to past webinars? Please visit: http://www.ptaginc.com/webinars

Stay tuned for future webinars and industry updates from PTAG!

Best Practices Webinar: Accelerate your Major Construction Project Delivery with AI

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See a demo of how AI can help you execute projects faster

If your construction teams are suffering from delays and cost overruns on major projects, there is a solution. By applying AI, machine learning and natural language processing to project schedule data, you can unleash predictive insights about delay risks and work prioritization.

Join Foresight and PTAG on April 25,2024 at 11 am (EST) as we discuss best practices for how AI can improve your planning, execution, and risk recognition.

We’ll demonstrate how unlock the hidden value in your Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project data, including how to:

· Identify Priorities and Set Action Plans

· Collaborate with Diverse Stakeholders

· Recognize Risks and Bottlenecks

· Learn from Past Projects

· Enhance Schedule Reporting and Visibility

Attendees are eligible for a complimentary AI-enabled schedule health check!

See for yourself how quick and easy it is to overcome the shortcomings of legacy scheduling software.

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Free Webinar on Next Gen AWP: How Does Contracting Impact Project Performance?

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CII’s NextGen (formerly AWP+Lean) series of webinars has addressed many best practices leveraged across the different industries that contribute to improvements in Project Delivery. Consistently, the degree to which they drive success is partially shaped by the contracting strategy, type of contracts selected, and the underlying relationships.

Join PTAG’s Mark Guy, along with CII colleagues Gary Fischer and Will Lichtig, as they share insights on addressing the growing interest in adopting contracts aimed at enhancing collaboration, driving deeper integration, reducing shared risk across the collective project enterprise, and improving overall performance. This session will feature three highly regarded professionals with diverse and distinctive perspectives to discuss important, but often overlooked, impacts of contracting. 
 

The conversation will offer key insights about project risk, culture and reliable performance. Expect to hear some great stories to illustrate key points. Whether your new to AWP, Lean, or Operations Science or a seasoned practitioner, please mark your calendars and join us for an entertaining conversation.

Webinar Overview:

Date: Monday, February 12, 2024

Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Location: Online Webinar

Key Speakers:

Mark Guy, Senior Advisor of Project Management at PTAG

Mark Guy is a PTAG Senior Advisor, Project Management who brings over 40 years of power generation experience covering project management, engineering, construction, operation, plant rehabilitation and collaborative facilitation. During his career at Ontario Power Generation, Mark managed many major capital projects to install new system equipment at the Pickering and Darlington stations, including the Darlington Nuclear Refurbishment (DNR) project and early planning for the SMR project. Mark has experience negotiating and managing EPC contracts, and attaining results through collaborative facilitation.

Gary Fischer, Executive Director of the Project Production Institute

Gary’s background includes responsibility for Chevron’s project management system as well as his current role as Executive Director of the Project Production Institute (PPI).  He will bring a unique perspective shaped by years of energy mega—projects around the world and his new passion for bringing Operations Science to our industry.

Will Lichtig, Executive Vice President Performance & Innovation at The Boldt Company

Will not only has extensive experience in leveraging collaborative forms of agreements and Integrated Project Delivery with Owner and Contractor organizations, but has been a driving force within the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) for many years, including as the developer of the Integrated Form of Agreement (IFOA). 

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PTAG & Foresight webinar recap: Accelerate your Capital Project Delivery with AI- November 16, 2023

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In this webinar, Michael Dubreuil and Atif Ansar, from our software partner Foresight, discussed unlocking the hidden value in Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project data, using AI. 

In a fireside chat format discussion moderated by PTAG’s Jeremy Rasmussen, they covered “Why capital projects need AI”, “How projects can benefit from AI”, “Identifying priorities and set action plans”, “Recognizing risks and bottlenecks” and “Enhancing schedule visibility.”

For those who missed the live event or wished to revisit the valuable discussions, we have uploaded the full webinar recap video.

If you would like to learn more about how AI transforms project scheduling, please get in touch with us!

This is the recap video recording of the webinar, which was originally recorded on November 16, 2023

Want access to past webinars? Please visit: http://www.ptaginc.com/webinars

Stay tuned for future webinars and industry updates from PTAG!

PTAG/Foresight Joint Webinar: Accelerate your Capital Project Delivery with AI

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How AI can help you build megaprojects faster

If your construction teams are suffering from delays and cost overruns on major projects, there is a solution. By applying AI, machine learning and natural language processing to project schedule data, you can unleash predictive insights about delay risks and schedule compression opportunities.

Join Foresight’s Atif Ansar and PTAG’s Michael Dubreuil subject matter experts on November 16th, 2023, at 2 pm EDT as they demonstrate how to unlock the hidden value in your Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project data.

Dr Atif Ansar

Foresight Works Ltd., Executive Chairman, & Faculty, Saïd Business School, University
of Oxford

Michael Dubreuil

PTAG- Managing Partner

In this webinar, you will learn the following:

  • Why capital projects need AI
  • How projects can benefit from AI
    • Identify priorities and set action plans
    • Collaborate with diverse stakeholders
    • Recognize risks and bottlenecks
    • Enhance schedule visibility and easily generate reports

See for yourself how quick and easy it is to overcome the shortcomings of legacy scheduling software. 

And remember: by attending, you’ll eligible for a complimentary AI-enabled schedule health check.

Foresight’s ability to assess and analyze P6 data is impressive, saves us time and generates valuable insights, helping our efforts enormously with clients

Senior Project Manager, PTAG
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Collaborative contracting for Small Modular Reactors Webinar Recap- October 25, 2023

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The world will increasingly rely on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to meet its emission reduction targets as it transitions its sources of energy generation. Compared to other generation alternatives, SMRs provide a safer, more reliable, economical, and environmentally responsible alternative for energy generation to supply industry and society.

In this webinar PTAG’s Michael Dubreuil and Bruce Burwell along their CII colleagues presented an update on how Industrial IPD (I2PD) and CII Best Practices are supporting early first-mover SMR projects in both the United States and Canada with growing international interest.

The following topics were discussed in this webinar:

  • The projected SMR market demand
  • Early adopters of Industrial IPD for SMRs
  • What are the key features and benefits of Industrial IPD
  • Several CII Best Practices that will help facilitate industry readiness

For those who missed the live event or wished to revisit the valuable discussions, we have uploaded the full webinar recap video.

This is the recap video recording of the webinar, which was originally recorded on October 25, 2023

Free Webinar with a Power Sector Focus: Collaborative Contracting for Small Modular Reactors

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Register Now!

The world will increasingly rely on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to meet its emission reduction targets as it transitions its sources of energy generation. Compared to other generation alternatives, SMRs provide a safer, more reliable, economical, and environmentally responsible alternative for energy generation to supply industry and society.

With the planned pace of energy transition, realizing the potential of SMRs to help meet global emissions targets will require intense cooperation and collaboration amongst stakeholders, that includes: Governments, Regulators, Local Communities, Financial Community, SMR Technology Providers, Electrical Generation Utilities, Industrial Owners, Supply Chains, Project Managers, Engineers, and Constructors.

CII’s groundbreaking research was developed and published in partnership with industry and academia – “Integrated Project Delivery for Industrial Projects” in August of 2018. Known as Industrial IPD this innovative approach to project delivery for industrial projects has been shown to significantly improve design optimization and reduce construction risks by fostering trust, transparency, and alignment between project key stakeholders. Industrial IPD has been shown to reduce risks, costs, schedules and delays while increasing safety, quality, innovation, and value. Industrial IPD uses many of CII’s Best Practices as part of its Framework approach to setting projects up for success.

Join PTAG’s Michael Dubreuil and Bruce Burwell along their CII colleagues as they present an update on how Industrial IPD and CII Best Practices are supporting early first-mover SMR projects in both the United States and Canada with growing international interest.

In this webinar, you will learn the following:

  • The projected SMR market demand
  • Early adopters of Industrial IPD for SMRs
  • What are the key features and benefits of Industrial IPD
  • Several CII Best Practices that will help facilitate industry readiness
Register Now!

Webinar Recap – May 11, 2023: Collaborative Contracting for SMRs

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On May 11, PTAG’s Collaborative Contracting subject matter experts, Michael Dubreuil and Bruce Burwell, hosted a highly informative and engaging webinar on Collaborative Contracting for SMRs.

They presented an update on how Collaborative Contracting is supporting early first-mover SMR projects in both the United States and Canada.

The world will increasingly rely on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to meet its emission targets as it transitions its sources of energy generation. Compared to other alternatives, SMRs provide a safer, more reliable, economical, and environmentally responsible alternative for industry and society.

The event brought together industry experts, thought leaders, and professionals from various industries, all eager to explore the latest trends and insights in Collaborative Contracting for SMRs.

In this webinar, Michael and Bruce discussed the key features and benefits of collaborative contracting and how it can address SMR development and deployment challenges and opportunities.

For those who missed the live event or wished to revisit the valuable discussions, we have uploaded the full webinar recap video. If you would like to learn more about how Collaborative Contracting can help your projects, or learn more about PTAG’s work supporting SMR first movers, please get in touch with us!

This is the recap video recording of the webinar, which was originally recorded on May 11, 2023.

Stay tuned for future webinars and industry updates from PTAG!

Collaborative Contracting for SMR’s Webinar

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Are you interested in learning how Collaborative Contracting can help you achieve your goals in the emerging field of small modular reactors (SMRs)? 

Join PTAG’s Collaborative Contracting subject matter experts on May 11th, 2023, at 12pm EDT as they present an update on how Collaborative Contracting is supporting early first mover SMR projects in both the United States and Canada.

The world will increasingly rely on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to meet its emission targets as it transitions its sources of energy generation. Compared to other alternatives, SMRs provide a safer, more reliable, economical, and environmentally responsible alternative for industry and society.

With the planned pace of transition, realizing the potential of SMRs to help meet emissions targets will require greater cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders, such as the Governments, Local Communities, Financial Community, SMR Technology Providers, Electrical Generation Supply Chains, Project Managers, Engineers and Constructors.

Collaborative contracting is an innovative approach to project delivery that fosters trust, transparency, and alignment between project stakeholders. This Collaborative Contracting reduces risks, costs and delays while increasing safety, quality, innovation, and value.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • What are the key features and benefits of collaborative contracting
  • How collaborative contracting can address the challenges and opportunities

Click here to register!

Get to know PTAG’s speaker:

Michael Dubreuil

Managing Partner, PTAG Inc. 

Bruce Burwell

Partner, Capital Projects