Commercial Construction

This course will expose you to several commercial construction experts from the industry to share their knowledge with you. You'll go through the entire commercial project lifecycle as well as different sectors as described by experts. More than ten experienced project managers and engineers, in over 13 hours of presentation, will share their tens of years of on-the-job and firsthand experience with you, specific to commercial construction projects.

Course Objectives:

1. By completing this course, you will be able to:

2. Recall real-world challenges in commercial construction

3. Explain best practices in constructing commercial projects

4. Differentiate between commercial construction sectors and their characteristics

5. Outline the main steps required in these types of projects

Course Curriculum:

• General

  • Project Inception and Determination

  • Resolution and Design

  • Selection, Incorporation, and Documentation

  • Construction Documents and Code Compliance

  • Bidding and Contract Awards

  • Constructing, Erecting, and Installing

  • Refinement and Enhancement

  • Completion, Occupancy, and Post Occupancy

  • Sustainable Design

  • Building Measurement

  • Full project cycle from conception to sustainable transformation

  • Project Proforma

• Specific Sector

  • Social and Religious Sector

  • Industrial Sector

  • Retail Sector

  • Hotel Sector

  • Healthcare Sector

Speakers/Experts*:

• Angelas J. Guillory Jr. (Senior Project Engineer, JE Dunn Construction)

• Christopher Hamilton (Project Manager, Dikita Enterprises, Inc.)

• Devin D. Evans Sr. (Project Manager, Birch Construction)

• Drew Prochaska (Business Development, DPR Construction)

• Francisco Paz Leon (Executive Vice President, Webber Commercial Construction)

• Jason Bullen (Project Manager, CDM7)

• Jordan Price (Project Manager II, Austin Commercial)

• Mario Trujillo (Project Manager, Luquin Builders)

• Mehrad Eslami (Vice President, Concore Development Group, Inc)

• Robert Odhiambo (Preconstruction Manager, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.)

• Sam Sprouse (Vice President, The Broaddus Companies)

• Tryan Shivers (Senior Estimator, Turner Construction Company)

• Verrick D. Walker (Principal, Page)

• Wendy Heger (Principal / Houston Civic and PK-12 Director, Page)

* All the speakers mentioned above have given their verbal and textual consent to distribute their expertise and knowledge.