Welcome Dinner

Welcome Dinner Sponsors!

Raffle Prizes!
Provided by:
Overaa Construction

Gifts!
Provided by:
S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc.
W.E. O'Neil

Stacy and Witbeck, Inc.
Howard S. Wright
Balfour Beatty Construction
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure
Balfour Beatty Rail

Preparing for Success
Jennifer King, Stacy and Witbeck, Inc.

The opportunity to participate in the Associated Schools of Construction Student Competition will be one of the best experiences of your college career. The work you have done to get ready for this event will not only help you succeed this week, but will also prepare you for success in the construction industry. Hear first-hand from industry professionals about how your participation in the ASC Regions 6 & 7 Student Competition supports you in achieving your career goals.

Jennifer King began her career working with Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. (SWI) as an intern on the Portland Bus Mall project during the summer of 2008. After graduating from Boise State University in December of 2008, Jennifer moved to Utah to join the SWI team on the Utah Transit Authority’s West Valley/Airport Light Rail project as an office and cost engineer.  When SWI was awarded the Jordan River Service Center project, she assumed the role of lead field engineer. This project, awarded as part of the countries “Tiger Grants” had tight schedule time frames tied to it. Jennifer’s team managed to successfully turn an old distribution center warehouse, into one of the largest light rail maintenance facilities in the country in a matter of 12 short months.

Jennifer is currently overseeing all civil components on the Airport Light Rail TRAX project in Salt Lake City. This includes managing several civil dirt crews, and concrete crews building driveways, sidewalk, curb/gutter, embedded track and roadway. In addition to her own SWI crews she is responsible for many sub-contractors. Her primary role is to coordinate all elements of civil work with the project team, city inspectors, community stakeholders, field crews and subcontractors.  Jennifer also serves as a mentor to SWI interns and most recently coordinated the projects first annual Thanksgiving donation campaign.

Green Schools, Green Students and Green Construction Champions
Patrick Lane, U.S. Green Building Council
Brandon T. Moore, LEED AP U.S. Green Building Council

So where's your Sustainable Competitive Advantage?  Are you on the sidelines, marginalized as "just a contractor" on the project team?  Or are you helping shape the way we create our built environment at a personal, scholastic and professional level?  From green building accreditation and involvement with USGBC Students in shaping sustainability on campus to emerging as a green building professional driving projects to a sustainable existence; opportunity abounds.  Opportunity that is, for those willing to become a sustainability champion in the classroom, in their personal lives and in their professional endeavors.

Patrick oversees USGBC Students, which recruits, connects and equips the next generation of green building leaders by empowering them to transform their campuses, communities and careers. In his role with the Center, Patrick leads the effort and growth of the USGBC Students program and works directly with students to assist them in integrating sustainability themes into their coursework, advocating for sustainable university practices and policies and working toward becoming LEED accredited professionals.

Patrick came to us from the Department of Energy where he served as a Presidential Appointee working for the Deputy Secretary. He also has more than five years experience in political organizing and campaign development, where he waged successful activist-driven campaigns for presidential, gubernatorial and congressional candidates and issues in five states.

Brandon covers Region 3 as a USGBC Students National Chair which encompasses the states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. As a National Chair, Brandon fosters the growth and impact of USGBC Students across campuses in Region 3 while supporting his local USGBC Student Chapter at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Brandon is a project management professional and consultant, which includes green building consulting, with a design/build firm in Las Vegas for commercial projects across the United States. As a green building professional, Brandon has been the LEED AP on several LEED registered and LEED certified developments within the institutional, hospitality, entertainment, healthcare and office sectors. Brandon is also an adjunct professor at UNLV and teaches interdisciplinary courses in Sustainable Planning, Design and Construction. At UNLV, Brandon was the faculty advisor and catalyst for the foundation of a USGBC Student Chapter that is currently going on its second year of operation. Brandon was also awarded Adjunct Professor of the Year for the 2009-2010 academic school year.

Brandon has an MBA from the Warrington College of Business Administration, as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Building Construction from the College of Design, Construction & Planning - M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction, all at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.  Brandon is a LEED AP with specialties in Building Design & Construction as well as Neighborhood Development.

He and his wife Stacy live in Las Vegas, Nevada and can be found on most weekends enjoying public lands and National Parks in the West.

What does it take in this fast paced high pressure world of construction to be successful and reach limits you never dreamed of?

Gordon brings over 21 years of construction experience to his role as Senior Vice President and Manager of the Oregon Region. Gordon has a wide range of experience working in all facets of construction for both a large international company and a local regional contractor. Gordon’s leadership style of open communication and client service supports Howard S. Wright’s key strategic philosophy of quality projects and lasting relationships. Gordon has a degree in Building Construction from
Texas A & M University.

Determining Project Risk

[You] “Wanna Dance, or Would You Rather Just Suck Face”… Continuing the Discussion of Why Teaching Labs are Important to CM Higher Education.
This discussion will pick up from last year when we discussed the student’s mental ability to understand the relationships between learning CM concepts (EEIs), the CM process, and work flow.  The presentation will illustrate/present successful examples of  lab experiences and, more importantly, it will present a criteria for meaningfully selecting lab topics. 

Clyne Curtis
Utah Valley University

Lloyd Crask
CSU, Fresno

Eco Village Collaborative Service-Learning Project
The Eco Village service-learning project is designed to create safe, sustainable communities for the homeless using creative design and materials. Students and faculty from Construction Management and Interior Design collaborated with building experts and the homeless to develop the initial Eco-village concept.
Each semester, interdisciplinary teams are formed. Visits to the homeless community are made and speakers from the homeless community and building industry representatives assist with the courses. Topics include the needs of the homeless, benefits of layout, landscape and communal gardens, structural and infrastructure components. Conceptual designs are co-created by students and all stakeholders.

Students and homeless individuals construct the shelter and sanitation structures. Materials readily available around the world, such as hay bales, bamboo, tin cans, tires and discarded lumber are used in construction. Participation by homeless individuals, many of who are skilled in construction, provides for a dynamic project. Since the project’s inception in Fall 2010, 7 structures have been designed, built and displayed in public settings. A site for the eventual Eco Village has been identified and project partners are working with the City of  Fresno and funders to allow for construction of the actual Eco Village.

Contracts and Law Learning Modules: Context-Based Curricula in Construction Law
When construction management students study construction law they satisfy accreditation requirements and prepare themselves for the AIC exam, other certifications, or for general contractor licensing. But the most important end outcome is that an understanding of construction law prepares students to make better decisions in their professional careers.

Construction law is a broad topic that manifests itself in various ways, depending on the context of any particular application. The context, for example, of a federally funded highway project employing Caltrans Specifications is far different from that of a residential development proceeding forward on an inchoate letter of intent or that of a commercial project proceeding forward on a ConsensusDOCS 300 form of tri-party agreement.

This presentation describes fourteen construction and law learning modules, known as the “CAL Modules,” that are the result of a funded curricula initiative at Cal Poly, the hypothesis of which is that construction law is more cogent for students to understand and internalize when in it contextualized. A contextualization of construction law requires a redesign of the curricula from-the-ground up.

The CAL Modules are designed for team-oriented, activity-based learning, supported by written content. With few exceptions, each module is a stand-alone learning device. Modules may be selectively engaged in the curricula, generally in any order that suits a particular curricular sequence. The presentation will also share information and critique of a pilot program to implement the CAL Modules at Cal Poly.

Economic Analysis of Portability
Multiple discussions with electrical contractors reveals that they feel that the restrictions on portability adversely affects them in four primary ways: 1) it is detrimental to their ability to maintain lasting relationships with customers that expand geographically; 2) it reduces productivity and increases costs; 3) it impedes their ability to bid for and complete work in the most efficient and cost effective manner in other locals; 4) lack of portability may lead general contractors to select non-union electrical contractors for projects that span multiple locations due to the previously mentioned reasons; and 5) The lack of portability affects NECA contractors in differing ways.  Non-union contractors do not face these issues and are using their freedom to operate to put NECA contractors at a competitive disadvantage and causing a loss of NECA market share (which, consequentially, also hurts IBEW membership).  This presentation will report the costs of restricting portability to union electrical contractors and how specific project factors impact those costs.

Faculty Lunch

Poolside Terrace

Patrick Lane, U.S. Green Building Council

Brandon T. Moore, LEED AP U.S. Green Building Council

3-C Sustainability: Campus, Curriculum, Career
As a prominent and ever-expanding sub-sector within the construction industry, green building and sustainable development reserves a prominent position on campuses across the nation. This collaborative industry and faculty session will explore the role of USGBC Students on campus, the opportunity for hands-on sustainability experiences on campus, the development of a sustainable construction curriculum and turning sustainable knowledge into sustainable opportunities for the industry, for the faculty and for the student body.

Gene Fosheim
The Construction Specifications Institute

David Willis
CSI, CDT, CCCM

Duane Johnson
FCSI, CDT, AIA

Construction Specifications Institute as a “Resource” in this era of limited budgets
Gene Fosheim, CSI
David Willis, CSI, CDT, CCCM
Duane Johnson, FCSI, CDT, AIA

What are some ways that schools can leverage an association with the Construction Specifications Institute to fully meet accreditation standards as well as stay connected to the rapidly changing BIM world? The very diverse background of our unique bended membership allows us to help in a variety of ways individually structured for each school and locally supported by our vast network of Chapter locations.  Most of these services can be offered at no cost or may be sponsored by the local CSI chapter.

During this workshop we will focus particularly on CSI tools such as updates to MasterFormat and UniFormat that deal with the written document and preliminary estimating areas as well our Preliminary Project Description tools that are useful for increasing requests for expanded pre-construction services.
We will also cover a new Strategic Partnership with Building Systems Design (BSD). CSI recently acquired BSD to help advance software tools for specification development and communication of building information across the building team. BSD is a leader in the development of master specifications and interoperability software, with a new product that connects its specification product with other software such as Autodesk’s industry leading “Revit”.

Finally we will cover our CDEP and CDT programs that currently are being used either with structured courses or as supplemental course material at various universities across the country. We’ll end with a quick review of miscellaneous activities and scholarships that are available.

Gene R. Fosheim, CSI, is a retired college educator with thirty years of experience in the architecture, engineering and construction fields. He currently serves on the Construction Specification Institutes academic programs committee and is the northwest region academic liaison.

He is the recipient of the Institute’s 2007 Andrew J. Drozda Memorial Academic Affairs Commendation. He was nominated for his “tireless dedication to his students and his distinct and rare quality of a true educator”. His students received over 50 CSI scholarships, local, and national awards since he became involved with the organization. Mr. Fosheim has a Master’s degree in workforce education development, and a bachelor’s degree in industrial design.

Mr. Willis has been associated with the Concrete Block Manufacturing industry for 40+ years, and currently is employed by Basalite Concrete Products, LLC., as an Architectural Sales Representative. Mr. Willis’s education includes a BS in Business Administration from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Certified Consultant of Concrete Masonry from the National Concrete Masonry Association, and Construction Document Technologist from CSI.

Mr. Willis has spent time each year working with students from various State Universities. In 2010 and 2011 concrete masonry programs were presented to construction class students at Chico State and at the Construction Science Forum at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Willis is very active in the Construction Specification Institute (CSI) and is currently serving as the CSI West Region Vice President.

Studying has also been initiated to become a LEED® Green Associate. Hobbies include golf, motorcycling, and flying.

Mr. Johnson is a practicing Architect and founding principal in the mid-sized firm of Comstock Johnson Architects, located in the Sacramento, CA area. The 30 year old, 15 person firm was an early leader in Northern California for non-traditional delivery methods. The firm regularly associated with selected local contractors to produce projects in Negotiated or Design-Build teams for their Developer clients.

His 30 year active membership in the Construction Specifications Institute has included Institute Board membership, President of the West Region and work with students and faculty while serving on the national Education and Academic Programs committees. He actively participates in Student Affiliate activities at both Cal Poly, SLO and Cosumnes River College near Sacramento. In 2008, Mr. Johnson was awarded Fellowship in the Institute for his advancement of collaborative efforts between Students, Faculty, Educational Institutions and CSI.

Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He has also served in the U.S. Navy as an Electronic Technician.

He can be reached by e-mail at duane@cja-architects.com or by phone at 916.362.6303 Ext 107

Introducing CourseBuilder for Construction Management
Joe Pliss, Sr. Technology Product Manager - Cengage Learning 

CourseBuilder is a new peer-refereed on-line Construction Curriculum that publishes original works written by construction management educators. This unique program is tailor-made for ASC and its membership. Whether you take advantage of online engaging lessons or you write some of them yourself for publication, you’ll want to get an understanding of how CourseBuilder can enhance your opportunities and your construction management program.

Engaging features of CourseBuilder include: hundreds of images, key term pre- and post-tests, videos, lesson scenarios, immediate student feedback, flashcards, lesson summaries and assessments, as well as instructor resources to further track student progress.

We are actively seeking original works to align to the materials taught in your construction management programs. If you have expertise in certain areas, if your presentations and notes are the best material on certain subject, then maybe you should be a CourseBuilder author.

Joe Bunta
Nexus Solutions

Michael Falleroni
Nexus Solutions

The Dawn of Supremacy: The Emergence of the Billion Dollar Boys in Nonresidential Construction.
Joseph J. Bunta: President, Nexus Solutions
Michael Falleroni: Chief Economist, Nexus Solutions

The driving force that enables the United States to stand alone as the largest economy in the world is competition. In analyzing the competitive nature of any sized market, one can gather general information about how the respective market operates. This paper analyzes the market structure of the nonresidential construction industry and how it is changing. The analysis will focus on the Billion Dollar Boys (which are defined as any firm reporting revenue in excess of $1 billion) and the percentage of the total nonresidential construction market they capture. The results of this study show a considerable change in the total revenue of firms reporting in excess of one billion dollars, and the competitive nature of the industry moving forward. This study includes the following findings:

• The largest firms in nonresidential construction have begun to exhibit signs of dominance within the industry.
• Work being captured by smaller firms has not grown in proportion with nonresidential construction, and will begin to shrink.
• The Billion Dollar Boys will continue to gain market share until the economy rebounds and aggregate demand substantially increases.

Joe founded Nexus Solutions, Inc. in January of 2005. He is a Management Consultant with over 17 years of experience working exclusively in the construction industry. A recognized leader and industry expert, his wide range of experience includes organizational assessment, human resource management, executive selection, executive coaching, and market identification.
Prior to establishing Nexus Solutions, Inc., Joe was a Business Unit Leader with an executive search firm based in Pittsburgh, PA. During his tenure there he developed a specialty niche recruiting executively for the construction industry. Joe is an active participant as well as presenter at various industry conferences. A graduate of Washington & Jefferson College, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

Michael’s knowledge of economics and strategic management allow him to provide valuable insight for the nonresidential construction industry. He has conducted extensive research into government policy initiatives and their impact on the private sector, a key aspect of the construction industry. Michael combines his economics foundation with a charismatic personality to assist clients in maintaining successful businesses in the nonresidential construction industry. Michael has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Washington and Jefferson College.

Win. Win. Win.
James T. Watson, President/ Chief Operating Officer
The Raymond Group

James “Jim” Watson is the President and Chief Operating Officer at The Raymond Group., a specialty commercial wall and ceiling subcontractor with key focus on interior finishes and exterior envelope/curtain wall. Jim is responsible for overseeing all Raymond operations activities, including estimating, sales, project management and safety. Jim has been with The Raymond Group since 1990 and worked in various roles, including Project Manager, Chief Estimator, and Area Manager of the Concord branch.

Jim is a trustee to the Carpenter Pension Funds and the CFAO, a past president of the Northern California Drywall Contractor’s Association and board member/trustee to the Wall and Ceiling Alliance. Jim’s education includes a BS in Business Finance from CSU Long Beach with coursework in engineering and construction management, and a JD in Law from John F. Kennedy University.

As host of the dinner event, Jim will discuss creative ways to incorporate this year’s Construction Management graduates into our business during these lean times.

Kevin Kilgore, Principal
FMI, management consultants to the engineering and construction industry.

"The New Normal... What’s Ahead for 2012-2013?"
Kevin Kilgore, Principal
FMI

With the most current construction industry data, a national list of construction clients,  and unique construction market insight, Kevin will discuss what strategies construction companies are adopting to survive and or thrive in today’s challenging construction market. “the new normal”.

Kevin Kilgore is a principal with FMI, management consultants to the engineering and construction industry. He works with contractors in the areas of financial management, business and strategic planning, marketing and business development, human resources development, business continuity, and project management. Kevin is FMI’s Peer Group Discipline team leader.

Kevin works with contractor senior management teams to improve performance and results. His flexibility, extensive personal experience and diverse business background yield creative solutions for the construction industry.

Kevin has provided professional services to the construction industry for more than 25 years. His
experience includes serving in a management role for a top-10 national electrical contractor, providing bonding and insurance services, and owning and managing a contractor software automation company.

As a sought-after speaker, Kevin emphasizes the need to understand the key pertinent business issues when making strategic decisions about growing a business.

Kevin received a bachelor of science and a bachelor of arts degree in business finance from the University of Denver at Colorado.