Pre-Conference Day

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Pre-Conference Day

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Day One

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Day Two

Thursday, May 7, 2026

9:00 am Registration & Refreshments

Series 1: Streamlining Collaborative Project Delivery Series 2 Data - Driven Preconstruction Series 3 Winning Work Series 4 Mitigating Risk in Construction

Series 1: Streamlining Collaborative Project Delivery

10:00 am Workshop A: Supporting & Educating Clients to Deliver Under Collaborative Delivery Models

Craig Arnold

Vice President, Special Projects, W.M. Jordan Co.

Sara Heppe

Principal , Associate & Project Architect, PF&A DESIGN

Communicating the enhanced preconstruction outcomes that can be realized under collaborative delivery models
Addressing the changes that need to be made to traditional workflows to engage project partners as early as possible
Educating clients on their role in streamlining collaboration and ensuring effective decision making throughout preconstruction

1:00 pm Workshop B: Mastering Co-ordination Meetings to Drive Constructable, Aligned Designs in Design- Assist Projects

Cameron Vrzak, P.E.

Vice President - Preconstruction, Estimating, and Engineering, Prism Electric, Inc.

Bringing BIM & VDC in early to optimize electrical distribution and room layouts, preventing rework and avoiding structural conflicts
Fostering GC-led meeting facilitation with consistent, structured design coordination sessions that maintain accountability across all stakeholders
Utilizing matrices for quality control to uncover where design disconnects lie
Tracking design decisions rigorously to ensure agreed changes make it into final construction documents and are truly built as coordinated

3:30 pm Workshop C: Building the Right Team Early: Strategies for Strong Design-Build Partnerships

Manasi Pitkar

Preconstruction Executive, The PENTA Building Group

Developing a proactive pre-RFP teaming approach to identify the right design partners, consultants, and trade partners based on capability, culture, and collaboration style
Strengthening communication and soft-skill practices to build trust, reduce friction, and align expectations across disciplines early in the pursuit
Establishing clear frameworks for early risk and scope discussions that support transparency, shared problem-solving, and a unified pursuit strategy
Using digital collaboration tools and preconstruction workflows to streamline coordination of design concepts, cost models, and scope development among early partners

Series 2 Data - Driven Preconstruction

10:00 am Workshop D: Connecting Data Across the Full Project Lifecycle to Leverage Actual Project Costs in Future Estimates

Amanda Go

Estimating Manager, The Boldt Company

Bradley Sprangers

Estimating, Preconstruction & Virtual Design Construction Manager, The Boldt Company

Identifying useful data to feedback into preconstruction databases from latter construction phases, including model-based production tracking and earned value management
Integrating preconstruction and completed project data in a way that clearly shows the evolution over time and forms a data tracking pipeline
Standardizing data classification to ease integration, ensuring VDC/BIM model attributes, 2D quantities, and construction-phase data speak the same language across the lifecycle
Building robust integrations to streamline connectivity across estimating, construction and sales data and avoid manual re-classification

1:00 pm Workshop E: Cleaning Legacy Data to Enhance Accuracy of Forecasting & Conceptual-Level Estimating

Ramy Khalef

Data Scientist, Alberici Constructors Inc.

Liam O’Donnell

Data Scientist, Alberici Constructors Inc.

Steve Ludwig

Estimating Director, Alberici Constructors Inc.

Defining the term ‘clean data’ and delineating when data is ‘clean’ enough to be usable across projects
Extracting useful information from data that is not fully clean to prevent project delays
Assigning roles and responsibilities for cleaning data and resourcing to balance with active projects

3:30 pm Workshop F: Creating Dynamic Cost Models to Automate Data-Driven Estimating Across a Variety of Departments

Richard Scopelliti

Vice President - Preconstruction, Consigli Construction Co. Inc.

Creating a standardized, reliable foundation for cost modeling
Calibrating your projects of different scopes, geographies, markets, size and timeframes
Embedding data governance and consistency across teams through clear coding structures and naming conventions
Automating cost-model development to quickly generate comparative benchmarks
Using your own data to reveal value-management opportunities and early risk identification

Series 3 Winning Work

10:00 am Workshop G: Pursuing Only the Best Project Opportunities to Ensure High Conversion of Preconstruction Efforts

Ravi Bidichandani

Director - Corporate Business Development, PC Construction Co.

Kurt Naser

Director - Preconstruction, PC Construction Co.

Leveraging market intelligence to evaluate opportunities using construction spending trends and realistic preconstruction timelines
Analyzing RFPs for key indicators and red flags that reveal project viability and likelihood of moving forward
Implementing a structured scoring system to rank and prioritize proposals for maximum strategic impact
Strengthening client relationships by communicating transparently when opting not to pursue their projects

1:00 pm Workshop H: Laying the Groundwork with New Processes & Relationships to Successfully Enter New Markets

Ken Baumgartner

Director - Preconstruction, Choate Construction Co.

Identifying new market sectors that fit with your business’ expertise and capabilities, and can sustain company growth
Evaluating the common differences in bidding frameworks from one market to the next to inform new business development approaches, resourcing and bid structures
Finding ways to expedite establishing trusting relationships with new suppliers and trade contractors

3:30 pm Workshop I: Balancing Owner Expectations with Feasible Resourcing Investments to Streamline Project Pursuits

Providing transparency around the time, cost and effort of competitive preconstruction work against a backdrop of increasing client demands
Working with potential clients to identify essential bidform requirements and avoid unnecessary effort on non-essential requested items
Monitoring pursuit hours to enable smarter forecasting for future projects

Series 4 Mitigating Risk in Construction

10:00 am Workshop J: Developing Contract Language That Accurately & Responsibly Shares Risk & Reflects Agreements Made During Preconstruction

Jim Driscoll

Vice President of Industrial Strategy, Kadean Construction Co.

Engaging all parties in a productive discussion early to establish acceptable terms ahead of formalising contractual language
Leveraging risk registers to establish appropriate contractual contingencies and ensure all risk is accounted for
Sharing recent legal precedents and complications to inform future risk-sharing terms: What are the disclaimers that could add risk to your business?
Understanding where modified definitions can result in misinterpretation and how to get ahead of this upfront

1:00 pm Workshop K: Building a Robust Preconstruction Risk Assessment to Ensure Full Scope Coverage in Every Bid

Chris Conrad

Vice President - Preconstruction, Elford

Evaluating the best time to assess preconstruction risk: Before or during projects?
Creating a checklist of risk factors to account for across the preconstruction value chain and within contracts for use across different project type
Discussing the risk factors commonly missed and how you can create a feedback loop between teams to support organizational learning

3:30 pm Workshop L: Staying On Top of Real Time Price & Lead Time Changes in the Current Market to Maintain Accurate Budgets & Improve Client Trust

Ross Crawford

Estimating Principal, Messer Construction Co.

Alec Carnes

Building Systems & Group Manager, Messer Construction Co.

Benchmarking strategies to ensure up-to-date market projections on pricing are feeding into your business
Understanding exactly why and where cost has been impacted to be able to pass insight up the supply chain
Consolidating insight into a central database to enable effective knowledge-sharing across the business: How should teams reconcile conflicting information?

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Pre-Conference Day

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9:00 am Registration & Refreshments

10:00 am Workshop A: Supporting & Educating Clients to Deliver Under Collaborative Delivery Models

1:00 pm Workshop B: Mastering Co-ordination Meetings to Drive Constructable, Aligned Designs in Design- Assist Projects

3:30 pm Workshop C: Building the Right Team Early: Strategies for Strong Design-Build Partnerships

10:00 am Workshop D: Connecting Data Across the Full Project Lifecycle to Leverage Actual Project Costs in Future Estimates

1:00 pm Workshop E: Cleaning Legacy Data to Enhance Accuracy of Forecasting & Conceptual-Level Estimating

3:30 pm Workshop F: Creating Dynamic Cost Models to Automate Data-Driven Estimating Across a Variety of Departments

10:00 am Workshop G: Pursuing Only the Best Project Opportunities to Ensure High Conversion of Preconstruction Efforts

1:00 pm Workshop H: Laying the Groundwork with New Processes & Relationships to Successfully Enter New Markets

3:30 pm Workshop I: Balancing Owner Expectations with Feasible Resourcing Investments to Streamline Project Pursuits

10:00 am Workshop J: Developing Contract Language That Accurately & Responsibly Shares Risk & Reflects Agreements Made During Preconstruction

1:00 pm Workshop K: Building a Robust Preconstruction Risk Assessment to Ensure Full Scope Coverage in Every Bid

3:30 pm Workshop L: Staying On Top of Real Time Price & Lead Time Changes in the Current Market to Maintain Accurate Budgets & Improve Client Trust

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