Project Delivery Methods

This course puts you front-and-center with a multi-disciplinary training team of three ICI practitioners offering decades of experience from the perspectives of Project Owner, Consultant and Contractor. Facilitated by Debbie Hicks, you will gain expert insight into key considerations for evaluating and selecting a project delivery method, including project-specific needs and priorities, allocation of risk, team members’ expertise, success measurements, budget, and schedule.

Each delivery method will be reviewed from the perspectives of a Project Owner, Consultant and Contractor. You will gain insights into key success factors from each instructor’s experience as an ICI practitioner and be pointed to the clauses in CCDC 2, 5A, 5B, 14, and 15 that are critical to the effectiveness of each delivery method.  Delivery methods covered in this course include:

• Design-Bid-Build
• Design-Build
• Construction Management for Services
• Construction Management for Services and Construction
• Integrated Project Delivery
• Methods Involving Land, Finance, Operation or Maintenance

Using a hands-on, practical approach, this course will also give you an opportunity to apply what you learn by guiding you through an interactive exercise of assisting a client in determining an appropriate project delivery method.

By the end of this course, you will:

• Learn the key characteristics of each project delivery method
• Understand when best to use each project delivery method
• Discuss and review projects that both succeeded and failed with each project delivery method
• Demonstrate your knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of each project delivery method
• Demonstrate your knowledge of risk mitigation factors for each project delivery method

Orientation Session

A short orientation session (30 min) with your course instructor will be held via Zoom before the course (usually scheduled in the week before). During the orientation, your instructor will go over course information and familiarize you with the Zoom tools you’ll be using.

Who should attend:

This course was designed by an inter-disciplinary ICI team with the intention of fostering dialogue and understanding between stakeholders across the ICI sector. We recommend this course for mid-management personnel from the following roles/disciplines who are familiar with standard contract clauses:

• General Contractors and Subcontractors: Construction Company Owners/Managers, Project Managers, Commercial Managers, Business Development Managers
• Project Owners, Third Party Project Managers (For the Project Owner), and P3 Developers
• Architects and Engineers
• Allied Professionals including: Bonding and Insurance specialists, Lawyers

Industry Credits  

• This course is worth 4 gold seal credits.
• This course is worth 12 Informal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits as approved by BC Housing.

Course Instructors

• Debbie Hicks, BSc| DSH Consulting - Course Facilitator
• Elisa Brandts, AAA, OAA, NSAA, FRAIC | Stantec, Managing Senior Principal
• Bill Chomik, AAA, SAA, OAA, AIBC, FRAIC, RCA – Kasian, Senior Principal, VP Institutional
• Mark Scharf, BA, MHA

Course Format

• Live, Online, Instructor-led training. This is a highly interactive course facilitated by the instructor on a video platform.
• You will be expected to have your webcam on during the whole class and participate in break-out rooms, small-group discussions, and other activities with your instructor and classmates during the course.
• Course access information will be provided to you in advance of the training by your instructor
• Full attendance and participation in all sessions is mandatory for course completion. If a student misses a class session, we are unable to transfer registration or provide a partial refund of the registration fees.

Course Requirements (Technology & Participation)

This course requires full face-to-face interaction and participation from both the instructor and students. In order to attend, you’ll must make sure you have the following:

• This workshop will involve 100% on-screen interaction with the instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses.
  • Computer/Laptop mandatory: Attendees are not permitted to attend via a tablet or cell phone
  • Webcams are mandatory and are expected to be turned on during all course
• Every person able to see, hear, and observe the virtual course sessions must be a paid participant. Non-compliance of this requirement will result in removal from the course. Refunds will not be issued to students who are removed from the course for non-compliance.
  • Virtual backgrounds are not permitted
  • Group attendance via one paid registration is not permitted
• Students are expected to be fully engaged in the class
  • Clear your work schedule just as you would for attendance in an in-class program
  • Please make sure you secure a quiet space with minimal distractions

Refunds or Transfers: 

• Five (5) or more business days before the course start date: Full refund of registration fees or can be transfers to a different course date.
• Less than five (5) business days before the course start date and course no-shows: No refunds or transfers to future course dates.
• For a complete document on the NRCA Education Policies, click here. 

Other Policies

• Substitution of another member of your company/team is permitted up to the course start date for no additional fee.
• Unless otherwise stated, every person able to see, hear, and observe the virtual course sessions must be a paid participant. Non-compliance of this requirement will result in removal from the course. Refunds will not be issued to students who are removed from the course for non-compliance of this requirement.
• If the NRCA has to postpone or cancel courses due to insufficient enrolment, NRCA will refund the registration fee or, if possible, the attendee may choose to move to an identical session in the future.