In our training and workshops, we discuss three things that can be used to avoid ethical issues.

Our approach to Program Development is captured in the 3D's – Decisions, Development, and Delivery.

The infrastructure crisis leaves us with too much public money to spend and too few people to manage the work. One trending solution is...

Monte Carlo analysis de-emphasizes extreme events, which are usually the things that cause major projects and capital program to fail. Monte Carlo analysis has some key limitations that make the technique a major cause of concern for new project development. This article discusses four contradictions that every organization should be aware (and beware) when developing new capital programs. A balanced approach using qualitative and quantitative techniques is advised. Caveats O

The Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) business leader was frustrated. Three years ago, the organization moved to a new...

Four basic things to improve project milestone reviews Autopsies and Improving the Dreaded Project Milestone Review provides insights and...

The answer is somewhere between 5 to 18 percent of constructed project costs. And it is more complicated than simply the percentages. If...

Three of the essential things to know about capital project prioritization are: The selected approach should consistent with the maturity...

The 2022 Safran Project Risk Conference provided helpful tips on capital project delivery, program management, and project risk. These are seven helpful tips about project risk from the Day 2 presenters at the online 2022 Safran Project Risk Conference. From Samuel Steiman and Joshua Wargo: 1. Understand your customer’s key drivers. Cost may not always be the primary consideration. 2. Complicated quantitative analytical techniques (i.e., integrated cost schedule r

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is now in full swing as states start to divide the monies to their units of local government. Two...

The observations provided in this session two years ago are applicable today. Many thanks to Kathryn Benson and Wayne Littman for...

The important thing is to formally incorporate rare events into your project planning because we handle the normal stuff well. Rare events make or break major projects.

Rare events produce the greatest risk to facility and infrastructure projects. Traditional risks, often called project risks, are...

Waters of the United States (WOTUS) are based on the federal Clean Water Act. The goal of the Clean Water Act is to restore and maintain...

USEPA’s draft Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5) includes 66 chemicals, three chemical groups (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...