Successfully Selecting Contractors and Consultants

Course Description

Both the quality and economy of construction projects depend on the efficiency and skills of contractors and consultants. Following the proper procedures when preparing tendering documents and managing risk is a very important step for the evaluation and selection of consultants to achieve high quality and keep projects within budget. Also, design/build projects require a different method to ensure construction on time, within budget and according to specifications.

What Do Participants Learn?

• Prepare better-tendering documents to reflect stakeholders’ objectives, assess potential risks, and devise the tendering strategy to manage such risks
• Pre-qualify bidders using qualifications suited to your project
• Distinguish among types of bid calls and types of contracts
• Make productive use of the bidding period while the contractor is putting together its bid
• Use new methods of bidding being contemplated by the industry

Who Should Attend?

• Buyers of Construction in Public Works Departments of Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments
•  Buyers of Construction in the Private Sector
• Project Managers
• Construction Managers Representing Owners
• Engineers and Contractors Who Want to Understand the Process

What Will the Learning Experience Include?

Phase: 1

Introduce

• Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
• Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
• Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.

• During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
• Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
• Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
• **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.

Phase: 2

Explore & Practice

Phase: 3

Apply

• Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
• To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
• Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
• Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)

• Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
• Participant's Evaluation
• Trainer's Evaluation

Phase: 4

EVALUATE