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Project Estimating and Scheduling for Utility Companies

A free 1-hour session that focuses on ensuring project success through creating realistic estimates and schedules.

About This Webinar
Delivering any project within the agreed upon time, cost, and quality constraints is always very important and challenging. But stakes may be even higher for Utility Company projects because they often have a significant impact on people’s well-being.

This session will focus on how to establish realistic estimates and schedules that support business objectives and meet client expectations.

Benefits of this Webinar
This webinar will help participants to improve their abilities to:

  • Leverage the most appropriate tools and techniques for establishing realistic schedules and cost estimates in typical Utility Company environments
  • Manage unique challenges faced by Utility Project Managers, e.g., multi-year Project Life Cycles, procurement of equipment with a long delivery time, lengthy licensing and permitting phases, etc.
  • Choose the most efficient type of contract for a specific project
  • Use the baseline and additional tools and techniques to effectively control project performance for Utility Companies

What You Will Learn

  • How to use the work breakdown structure (WBS) as the basis for effective resourcing, estimating, and scheduling on projects
  • To estimate durations and costs using a variety of techniques
  • To develop sound preliminary schedules using the critical path method and implement their effective adjustments
  • To establish realistic schedule and cost baselines, with appropriate risk plans
  • To use earned value management (EVM) to manage time and cost performance

Benefits of this Webinar
All Project Team members responsible for creating, controlling and/or implementing baseline plans. Among those who can benefit from this webinar include:

  • Project managers
  • Project engineers
  • Project control and support personnel
  • Planners
  • Construction managers and supervisors

About the Presenter
Boris Shvartsberg, Ph.D., P.E., P.M.P. is an IIL Senior Consultant. He has more than three decades of project management and electrical engineering experience and a proven track record in managing and supervising highly complicated utility projects. Boris has extensive teaching experience in the European and US colleges and universities. He is an author of numerous publications and presenter at International conferences and symposiums.

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