The first step in successfully managing a project's costs is to develop a budget that realistically reflects the costs required to execute the project. This workshop covers how to create master budget projects that identify all hard and soft costs to ensure your project cost reflects a complete number.

Learning Objectives: 

• Learn how to control project costs to ensure you meet the budget.

• Learn what are the right contingencies to carry from initiation through planning & design.

• Identify the tools needed to develop reliable cost estimates working upward from the project's work activities.

• Use the schedule as a management tool.

• Understand costs for construction, consulting fees, operations, move management, contingency allowances.

Instructor

James McManus is the Chairman Emeritus of The S/L/A/M Collaborative, a 200-member, fully integrated, multi-disciplinary architecture firm with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Connecticut and SLAM Construction Services, a construction management subsidiary. He serves as the  principal-in-charge for some of the firm's most important and complex projects including the Jordan Hall of Science and the Eck School of Law at the University of Notre Dame; Academic Research Building at the University of Connecticut Health Center; Shriners Hospital for Children, Mexico City and the Campus Crossroads Project at Notre Dame. He has been instrumental in developing the firm’s Integrated Project Delivery process that combines planning, design and full construction services for client projects. He holds a Bachelor's in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He is a member of: AIA /Connecticut, American Arbitration-Association (Advisory Council), Connecticut Hospital Association, Construction Institute, Construction Specifications Institute (past President), National CEO Roundtable, Several Boards of Directors.