2024 MassDOT Transportation Innovation Conference

April 30 – May 1, 2024
DCU Center | Worcester, Massachusetts
Visit us at booth 70!

Program Summary

This conference provides a forum for innovative transportation systems, management ideas, and initiatives. Each year, the conference provides an important opportunity for transportation practitioners to share knowledge, sponsor peer-to-peer learning, and collaborate on issues of mutual interest. Conference participants will have the opportunity to discuss the advantages and challenges associated with the innovative methods and technologies being presented. Presentation topics at this year’s conference include:

• Unlocking the Benefits of Geospatial Data and Associated Technologies Throughout Your Agency
• New Techniques For Innovative Design and Construction Delivery
• Promoting Innovation in Municipalities
• Advancing Resiliency and Sustainability
• Improving Safe and Equitable Transportation

Learn more at: www.umasstransportationcenter.org

To learn more about PMA’s work in the transportation industry, visit our page: Transportation Services and Experience | PMA Consultants

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This event is open to all project planners, schedulers, students, and faculty, experienced and new users of NetPoint. Project management professionals can earn up to six of PMI’s professional development units (PDU) or AACEi’s continuing education units (CEU).

Don’t miss the highlight of the conference: a keynote presentation by Dr. Gui Ponce de Leon, founder, and CEO-emeritus of PMA Consultants, on “The Algorithmic as-built schedule.”

“ Discover the power of the algorithmic as-built schedule: dispelling elusive critical path notions and offering dynamic insights. Join us to revolutionize project analysis and advocate for industry standards integration, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.” – Dr. Gui Ponce de Leon

Dr. Gui Ponce de Leon stands as one of the nation’s leading authorities in planning and scheduling. His groundbreaking contributions to GPM and scheduling algorithms reshape the landscape of planning and scheduling, reminiscent of the impact of the critical path method’s inception. Dr. Vivek Puri is joining him, an accomplished professional with extensive experience in planning and executing construction and information technology projects. Dr. Puri’s recent endeavors include pioneering research and development in NetPoint, NetRisk, Schedule MD, and Project Summit.

This presentation dispels the notion of the elusive as-built critical path and introduces the concept of the algorithmic as-built schedule. As demonstrated at the PMI Global Congress 2010, the as-built critical path is alive and well left of the data date. With the primacy accorded to the as-built schedule, analysts may welcome the addition of the algorithmic as-built alternative, sourced from the fully progressed update, in revisions of ASCE 67-17, RP 29R-03, and the SCL Protocol.

Innovation Track for Project Summit

Large project schedules can be complex and hard to follow. Value is lost when project managers, leadership, or other stakeholders cannot understand the stories these schedules tell. Join Alexander Neary, Product Manager at PMA Consultants (PMA), and Gerald Rosario from Stantec to demonstrate how our latest innovations at PMA can save contractors and owners significant time and make the critical insights on complex projects more understandable. They will demonstrate how schedulers and their stakeholders can make real-time visual adjustments to a multi-thousand-activity schedule in just seconds, enabling better decision-making, communication, and a shared understanding within project teams. This presentation includes a live demo of the latest scheduling software developments and updates on the product roadmaps.

Training Track for NetPoint

Join Tim Mather in this on-demand NetPoint planning software training, where he covers essential aspects of project scheduling. Learn best practices for schedule setup, updates, and comparisons, and discover the interactive resource loading and leveling features. Tim explores Layout Manager and Automated Layouts, offering insights into schedule layout creation, modification, and link analysis. The session wraps up with a focus on printing and reporting, showcasing how NetPoint generates insightful reports and timelines for effective communication with key stakeholders. Take advantage of this concise and informative session to enhance your NetPoint proficiency.

Real-World Case Studies

Master Schedule Development & Management Using NetPoint, will present how early project planning and scheduling are essential for laying a strong foundation for the successful execution of a project. In this session, Amanda DavyRomano and Matthew Helner will demonstrate the crucial role of NetPoint in the early validation and development of the master schedule for an active airport expansion project. This schedule has a tight construction timeframe and several risks that could be detrimental to the project. NetPoint continues to be leveraged for interactive planning sessions and scenario planning, and it has helped drive discussions, coordination, and decision-making efforts among stakeholders.

Harnessing the Power of NetPoint & Project Summit for Seamless Manufacturing and Infrastructure Project Delivery, to discover how PMA uses NetPoint and Project Summit to communicate the schedule and navigate critical paths and near-critical details to provide a comprehensive view of the entire project for our pharmaceutical clients, Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck. See how Project Summit integrates NetPoint and P6 schedules, conducts weekly reviews, and delivers detailed schedules to key stakeholders, fostering collaboration and ensuring effective progress monitoring. The presentation will showcase the critical path visual as a reference guide, setting the stage for broader adoption across various workstreams. Join us on this journey of project management innovation and efficiency!

About NetPoint

NetPoint project scheduling software revolutionizes scheduling by providing an interactive, planning-focused experience, fostering communication and team collaboration. With NetPoint’s intuitive representation of activities and relationships, all stakeholders can come together to produce a CPM/GPM logic-driven schedule using the same tool utilized for planning.

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Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston, Texas 

April 22 – 24

The Project Control Summit is the largest and most highly regarded project controls conference. Starting as the first global virtual conference in project controls, it soon became the largest, bringing in 4500+ attendees from 124 countries during its second year. As an in-person conference, it still benefits project professionals worldwide, providing attendees with both education and networking opportunities that empower them to have greater success in their careers and bring their organizations to a higher standard of performance.  

We look forward to attending for our third year and sharing PMA’s project controls innovations through our booth and a presentation by Tim Mather.

Visit us at booth 103!

The Algorithmic As-Built Schedule  

Presented by Tim Mather (PMA Consultants) 

April 24

The authors wish to dispel the notion of the elusive as-built critical path and introduce the concept of the algorithmic as-built schedule. As demonstrated at the PMI Global Congress 2010, the fact is that the as-built critical path is alive and well left of the data date. With the primacy accorded to the as-built schedule, analysts may welcome the addition of the algorithmic as-built alternative, sourced from the fully progressed update, in revisions of ASCE 67-17, RP 29R-03, and the SCL Protocol.    

To learn more, visit the Project Control Summit website. 

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Eric joined PMA in 1997 and has been an Executive Director in the Leon Business Unit in Boston since 2018. His contributions to PMA during his 26-year tenure are innumerable, and he is a proven leader and trusted adviser to many clients.

Thank you, Eric, for all of your contributions to PMA, and we look forward to your leadership and guidance for PMA in the future.

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2024 Annual Meeting—The Art & Science of Construction Litigation

April 11 – 13, 2024
The Roosevelt Hotel | New Orleans, Louisiana
Visit us at Table 31!

Program Summary

The program will cover a broad spectrum of topics relevant to both litigation and transactional practices, and to outside and in-house counsel. The sessions are prepared to appeal to seasoned construction attorneys and those new to the practice, covering age-old trial techniques along with new techniques and approaches for mitigating risks and resolving construction disputes. Among the highlights are:

• In-house counsel reveal what they value in outside counsel managing litigation
• Legal pundits share lessons-learned from famous trials
• Sitting judges explain how to win (or lose) your next construction trial
• Experienced attorneys, arbitrators, and litigation consultants provide tips you can use in your next damages calculation, demand for insurance coverage, expert engagement, discovery dispute

Learn more at: www.americanbar.org

To learn more about our construction claims services or contact an expert, visit our page: Construction Claims | PMA Consultants – Claims Expert

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