Volume 11, Issue 1 Newsletter of the Chinook-Calgary Section September 2011 President s Message

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1 CHINOOK Volume 11, Issue 1 Newsletter of the Chinook-Calgary Section September 2011 President s Message Dear AACEI Chinook-Calgary members and supporters, I would like to start off by saying thank you to all my board members and directors for allowing me to serve as president for the upcoming year. I have been part of the AACE Calgary Chinook Section for the last 7 years and strongly encourage new and ongoing participation with this wonderful team! As the new year commences in September 2011, I am excited to present to you our plans for this year. The goal is to provide a technical dinner program that provides topics of interest and to provide seminars and workshops that meet the needs of our cost engineering and project management professionals. I would like to reinforce that you being our audience have a lot of influence over what topics and seminars our board lines up for the year. Please contribute to the success by ing us your thoughts and/or suggestions on what presentations you would like to see in the upcoming future. We kick off our year in September with Project Controls 101 seminar, which will be presented to you by Deborah Clark, who is a Senior Enterprise Risk and Governance Manager at Suncor Energy Inc. This seminar will give you a broad overview and touch all aspects of estimating, planning and scheduling, change management, cost management, and risk management. We have decided to present this session after hearing your feedback from last years workshop series. We have finalized our dinner meeting schedule and are pleased to welcome Paul Williams, Vice President with Pathfinder who will be presenting, The Owner s Project Control Plan. This presentation will focus on the Owner s function in the Project Controls process with emphasis on relationship between Owner s PC function and Contractor activities. The presentation will also address the Owner's Project Control resource needs for multiple small plant project environments and also PC team needs for large to mega-scale projects. Mark your calendar September 28, st AACE Dinner meeting. AACE International has launched its Mentoring Program at its Annual Meeting in June 2011, in Anaheim CA. If you are interested in being a potential mentor or mentee, please review the online orientation at This presentation explains the roles of the mentor/mentee, and outlines the expectations of both parties outset by AACE. This new program will give you step by step instructions on how to structure a successful mentoring relationship with manuals & online support. We need all interested and qualified members to become actively involved to achieve this program s full potential. We have tried to provide most information relating to these events in the newsletter and we will be working to ensure that our website is up to date with current information. We have tried to make the registration for workshops, and seminars easy with one point of contact. All registration will be coordinated through Bindu Amin, who is our Director of Certification and can be contacted via at: certification@aaceicalgary.org. (Registration forms are attached below for sign up) Thank you all for your continuous support and I look forward to seeing you at the dinner meetings and workshops. Donna Kainth President, AACEI Calgary-Chinook Section Please feel free to contact me at (403) or at president@aaceicalgary.com T H I S I S S U E 1 President s Message 2 What is AACE Chinook Section? President s Team: Your Board of Directors Program Schedule Next Technical Dinner Meeting: September 28, 2011 Registration Form - Skills & Knowledge Workshops Winter Seminar Certification Exam Dates Legal Disclaimer From Our Dedicated Team of fancy Lawyers, AACE assumes no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by contributors to its publications and speakers at events sponsored by AACE. Views expressed by them do not necessarily represent the official position of AACE International, its sections, committees, or its officers or directors. AACEI Calgary Chinook Newsletter September

2 WHAT is AACEI Chinook-Calgary? The Chinook Calgary Section of AACE Canada was founded in It currently has close to 500 members from a wide range of companies in and outside of Alberta. Our members are involved in all aspects of estimating, cost control, planning, scheduling and project management. Reservation for dinner meetings can be made by calling Anna Tremblay at not later than the day prior to the meeting. The dinner cost is $30 for members and $35 for non-members. This local newsletter is also issued regularly and members are encouraged to submit articles or notices for publication. Contact Us: CALGARY SECTION MAILING ADDRESS: PO BOX BVPO, Calgary Alberta, T2P 4H3 Our Web Page at: Members receive the Cost Engineering Magazine, a discount on books and publications from AACEI Headquarters and access to contents on the AACEI website. AACE International: PRESIDENT S TEAM CHIN O O K C A L G A R Y BO A R D O F D I R E C T O R S Officers Name - AACEI Phone Number President Donna Kainth - president@aaceicalgary.org (403) Vice-President Jeff Young - vicepres@aaceicalgary.org (403) Secretary Neha Sharma - secretary@aaceicalgary.org (403) Treasurer Jennifer Foster - treasurer@aaceicalgary.org (403) Past President Directors Membership / Facilities Scholarships & School Deborah Clark Shannon - pastpresident@aaceicalgary.org (403) Anna Tremblay - memberships@aaceicalgary.org (403) Clara Teran - scholarships@aaceicalgary.org (403) Liason Certification Bindu Amin - certification@aaceicalgary.org (403) Marketing Ginette Basak - marketing@aaceicalgary.org (403) S&K Workshop Pankaj Taunk - skworkshops@aaceicalgary.org (403) Publicity Art Kowalchuk - publicity@aaceicalgary.org (403) Seminar Dave Williams - seminars@aaceicalgary.org (403) Communications Eileen Doonan - communications@aaceicalgary.org (403) Directors at Large Cindy Hands - diratlarge1@aaceicalgary.org (403) Peter Ripley - diratlarge2@aaceicalgary.org (403) Frank Gutowski - diratlarge3@aaceicalgary.org (403) Mohammed Afzal - diratlarge5@aaceicalgary.org (403) Paul Yasinko - diratlarge6@aaceicalgary.org (403) Steve Revay - diratlarge7@aaceicalgary.org (403) Behnam Fonouni - diratlarge8@aaceicalgary.org (403) Ateeq Sheikh - diratlarge9@aaceicalgary.org (403) Baly Farmahan - diratlarge10@aaceicalgary.org (403) Canadian Director Ginette Basak - director@aaceicalgary.org (403) Student Section Reza Dehghan - rdehghan@ucalgary.ca (403) AACEI Calgary Chinook Newsletter September

3 AACEI CHINOOK-CALGARY 2011 / 2012 P R O G R A M SC H E D U L E DINNER MEETING PROGRAM 2011 / 2012 Presentation Date Speaker AACEI Chair The Owner s Project Control Plan September , Wednesday Paul Williams, Pathfinder Clara Teran The Sunrise Oil Sands Project October , Wednesday Tony Hogan, Husky Energy Bindu Amin Lump Sum Contracting on Canadian Oil and Gas Capital Projects When Good Projects Go Bad... Early Signs and Solutions November , Wednesday Dr. George F. Jergeas, P.Eng, UofC Dave Williams January , Wednesday Stephen Revay Dave Williams Report on Research February , Wednesday TBD Reza Dehghan Organizational Change Management March , Thursday Phil Gardner Deborah Clark Shannon New Project Report April , Wednesday TBD Jeff Young AGM May 2012 Donna Kainth SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE WORKSHOPS 2011 Workshop Date Speaker Project Controls 101 September , Saturday Deborah Clark / Donna Kainth Planning & Scheduling October , Saturday Peter George Fundamentals of Cost Estimating Estimate Quality Control November , Saturday Mahendra Bhatia Umesh Krishnappa Balwinder Farmahan Interactive Planning Workshop December , Saturday Perry Klimchuk Lump Sum Contracts and Associated Risks January 2012 (TBD), Saturday Ateeq U Sheikh / Cindy Mcewan WINTER SEMINAR days Seminar Date Speaker AACEI Chair Capital Cost Estimating In the Process Industries February 24, & , Friday, Saturday Multiple Speakers TBA Dave Williams AACEI Calgary Chinook Newsletter September

4 ~ AACEI CHINOOK-CALGARY ~ (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) DINNER MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Wednesday September 28, 2011 The Owner s Project Controls Function Presenter: Paul Williams, Vice President, Pathfinder, LLC Overview From a project standpoint, Project Controls (PC) is thought of as a singular overall function, but we sometimes fail to recognize its various components. Many Owners delegate responsibility for these components to Contractors because of their direct connection to the field work. The Owner's role is to verify that the project status reflects actual project conditions. This presentation will focus on the Owner s function in the Project Controls process, with emphasis on: Relationship between Owner s PC function and Contractor activities Owner s role in overall PC process Importance of Project Control Plan (PCP) as function of overall Project Execution Plan (PEP) Necessity of communicating Contractor PC requirements in RFP and final contract The presentation will also address the Owner's Project Control resource needs for multiple small plant project environments and also PC team needs for large to mega-scale projects. Examples of effective project reports will be shared and discussed. Speaker Profile: Paul Williams has more than 30 years of Project Management and Project Engineering experience working for Owner and Contractor organizations in the Petroleum, Chemical Process, Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Microelectronics, and Food & Beverage industries. He has extensive multi-disciplined hands-on engineering and construction experience, along with demonstrated competencies in planning, budgeting, contract review and management of personnel. Paul has worked on both domestic and international projects and has broad based experience in the development of projects from concept through start-up. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Drexel University. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). MENU: Green Salad, Oven Poached Halibut with wild rice and seasonal vegetables followed by Tiramisu Location & Time International Hotel (top floor) 202 4th Ave SW, Calgary Cocktails 5:30, Dinner 6:15, Meeting7:30 pm PLEASE RSVP to Anna Tremblay at anna.tremblay@amec.com no later than Tuesday September 27 th. (Indicate if you have a dietary preference and place your SPECIAL FOOD REQUEST with Anna 48 hours in advance) PRICES: $30 for members, $35 for non-members, $15 for students. Please pay with cheque or cash when you sign in at the door. WHO IS INVITED? Cost analysts, cost engineers, estimators, planners & schedulers and project managers. Also, any practitioners or professionals with an active interest in project costs, execution, estimates, schedules and project management. AACEI Calgary Chinook Newsletter September

5 Registration Form AACE CANADA INC. CHINOOK - CALGARY SECTION SKILLS and KNOWLEDGE WORKSHOPS 2011 Cost Engineering - Estimating - Planning and Analysis - Project Management - Professional Certification PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY ENHANCE YOUR SKILLS - WIDEN YOUR RANGE - MEET YOUR PEERS LOCATION Nexen Tower, North Side Theatre, 801-7Ave. S.W. Calgary Located in the Plus 15 behind the 7 Street Westbound LRT Station, Corner of 7 Ave. & 7 St. S.W. Check-in and Registration begins each morning at 8:30 am, Workshops begin at 9:00 am SESSION DATE WORKSHOP 9:00am 12:00am ~ Break ~ 1:00 pm to 4:00pm 1 Sat. Sep 17, 2011 Project Controls Sat. Oct 15, 2011 Planning & Scheduling 3 Sat. Nov 05, 2011 Fundamentals of Cost Estimating Estimating Quality Control 4 Sat. Dec 03, 2011 Interactive Planning Session 5 Sat. Jan TBD, 2011 Lump Sum Contracts and Associated Risks REFERENCE BOOKS (OPTIONAL) SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE OF COST ENGINEERING, 5th EDITION $80.00 CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE, 3rd EDITION $70.00 REGISTRATION COST Member Non-Member Student All Five Sessions $ $ $ Individual Session $ $ $ REGISTRATION NAME: COMPANY: ADDRESS: AACEI MEMBER (Y/N) AACEI MEMBER ID TOTAL PAYABLE $ Make cheques payable to AACE Chinook-Calgary Section Register with Bindu Amin at Certification@AACEIcalgary.org SPONSORED BY: Chinook-Calgary Section, AACE CANADA INC. in ACCORDANCE with the AACEI CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDED STUDY Lecture Theatre Sponsored by UtiliCorp Networks Canada Note: Lunch is not provided AACEI Calgary Chinook Newsletter September

6 WINTER SEMINAR Capital Cost Estimating in the Process Industry 2-DAY SEMINAR Date: February 24th & 25th, 2011 Presenters: TBA Location: Nexen Tower, North Side Theatre, 801-7Ave. S.W. Calgary An assembly of experience based presentations featuring guest speakers, papers and workshops covering all aspects of capital cost estimating from the initial concept, scope freezing, planning, preparing, classifying, analysing and historical data collection. Registration Forms for workshops & seminars will be available online (October) and in the next newsletter. CERTIFICATION APPLICATION DEADLINES This is to inform those interested in writing AACE certification exam, please make note of following dates and applicable fees. Chinook-Calgary Section is hosting the following certification examinations: CERTIFICATION EXAM DATE Early Bird Registration Deadline th Quarter November 12, 2011 August 29, 2011 September 13, st Quarter March 03, 2012 December 06, 2011 January 03, 2012 Note: The last day to submit application for 4 th Quarter is September 13, 2011 The last day to submit application for 1 st Quarter is January 03, 2012 FEES Early Bird Regular CCE/CCC/PSP/EVP/CEP (Members) US $300 US $350 CCE/CCC/PSP/EVP/CEP (Non-members) US $450 US $500 CCT (Members) US $100 US $150 CCT (Non-members) US $150 US $200 If you have any questions regarding Certification Application or any related matters please check website: Any other questions please contact Bindu Amin certification@aaceicalgary.org, Phone: HAVE YOU UPDATED YOUR AACE PROFILE? As you've probably noticed, AACEI has switched to a new system. All orders will now be processed through the AACEI online database system. Everyone will need to have a Login Name and Password to process transactions on the AACEI site, including non-members. If you already have a Login Name and Password, you can begin by entering your login information. Web Link: AACEI Calgary Chinook Newsletter September