Know the warning signs that scope creep could be impacting your construction projects and the best ways to identify and manage the impact.
Project success can be measured by delivering the required product on time, on budget and at client's expectation. For many construction projects in today's competitive marketplace, completing on time and on budget is challenging. Scope creep is a term used in the construction industry to define the inevitable tendency of projects to expand beyond their original intent and is often described as a cause for construction projects experiencing cost and schedule overruns. In the planning stages of any construction project, owners, designers and contractors each have a vested interest in defining the full project scope and developing an accurate budget. However, as the project progresses, scope creep can go unnoticed, gradually work its way into a project's scope as expectations evolve, and result in significant negative impacts. This topic will discuss some of the causes and reasons for scope creep, as well as warning signs that scope creep could be impacting your construction projects. You will benefit by receiving tools and learning best practices to proactively avoid, timely detect and identify, and manage and mitigate the impact of scope creep.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to describe what scope creep is and why it is bad for your project.
- You will be able to identify project control and reporting tools.
- You will be able to discuss contract language.
- You will be able to review how to control and avoid scope creep.
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Agenda
What Is Scope Creep and Why Is It Bad for Your Project?
How Does It Happen?
- Contract Language
- Design Evolution/Late Changes
- Planning and Communication
Owner's and Contractor's Perspectives
- Request for Change - Direct Change vs. Constructive Change Orders
- Change Order Evaluation - Pricing Disputes and Obligations to Progress Work
- Project Control and Reporting Tools
How to Control and Avoid Scope Creep - Do We Have the Right Tools in Place?
- Project Process Evaluation - Scope Development and Change Management During Planning and Execution Phases
- Contract Agreement
- Reporting Tools - Request for Information (RFI) Logs, Trend Logs
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This course was last revised on November 21, 2019.
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No Credit AvailableThis program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Faculty
John J. Ciccarelli, PE, CCP, PSP
John Ciccarelli
- Senior level construction professional with more than 25 years of experience providing expert advisory and consulting services for public and private clients in the areas of project management, risk management, dispute resolution, forensic schedule delay, loss of productivity, and damages
- Industry experience includes: real estate (buildings, hospitals, hotels), power/utility, infrastructure (transportation, waste water, roadways and bridges), oil and gas, and pharmaceutical
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on project management and dispute consulting
- Written and presented numerous technical papers related to the areas of dispute resolution, project management, risk management and other construction related topics
- Professional engineer, certified cost professional, and planning and scheduling professional
- Active member of: Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEi) and a past president; American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry member (ABA) 2008 to present; American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); ASCE Construction Institute 2001 to present; Institution of Engineers, Australia (MIEAust): College of Civil Engineering; National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE); Project Management Institute College of Scheduling (PMICOS) 2003 to present
- M.B.A. degree, concentration in real estate, Rutgers University; B.S. degree in civil engineering, University of Delaware
- Can be contacted at 908-391-5639 or [email protected]
Todd M. Vandenhaak, PE, PMP, CCP, CFCC
The Sutor Group
- The Sutor Group
- Provides Expert services and claims analysis for schedule delay, productivity/inefficiency disruption claims, damages assessments
- Consulting for Risk Advisory and Dispute Resolution for complex construction projects
- Professional civil engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the design and construction industry
- Experience includes transportation (ports, rail and highways), tunneling, energy, power plants, oil and gas, buildings (commercial, educational facilities and hospitals), process and underground infrastructure industry sectors
- Has written and presented on many topics related to his areas of expertise
- M.B.A. degree, Arizona State University; B.S. degree in civil engineering, University of Washington
- Can be contacted at 206-785-5095 or [email protected]
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