Wednesday Oct 28, 2020 at Noon
Topic: Project Controls Reporting: Having the Message Heard
Location: Virtual via ZOOM
Time: 12:00 PM (EST)
Project controls reports during the lifecycle of a project are critical to helping the management
team understand how the project is performing from a productivity, progress, schedule, and cost
perspective. These reports provide not only information about performance to date but forecast the likely outcomes at the completion of work. However, all too often the critical messages in project controls reports are not heard or even worse ignored, negating the benefit they provide in helping the team manage the project to a more successful outcome. These reports often lack the necessary attributes to ensure the message is heard by the management team such that they act on it. Best practice project controls reporting depends on having the right content, issued in a timely manner, formatted well, with the issues identified and recommendations provided where possible. A well structured, well delivered project controls report is more likely to resonate with the management team and have the impact it should on their decision making.
Speaker Bio
Ronald Grant
Ron Grant – Project Controls Manager has more than 40 years of experience in the construction industry, with 35 years as a professional in project management, project controls and dispute resolution. His background includes estimating, planning, scheduling, resource and cost analysis, project management, change management, risk assessment and mitigation, along with independent project oversight and dispute resolution. Prior to coming to HDR in 2014, Ron worked for a broad spectrum of contractors, engineers, architects, owners and legal firms as an project manager, consultant and expert witness on numerous projects and contractual delivery types ranging in size from $1M to mega projects. Ron is a member of the Dispute Review Board Foundation and a 20 year member of the American Arbitration Association where he has severed on several Arbitration Panels including large complex matters. Ron joined HDR as the Project Controls Director for HDR Constructors, hiring and developing a large team of project control professionals. Since 2017 Ron has been the Dispute Management Leader for HDR’s Cross Sector Services Project Controls group assisting both internal and external clients in handling and resolving construction related disputes and construction litigations.
Email: rkgrantconsulting@gmail.com