Because of poor experiences in the past or out of sheer protection of their investment, more owners are hiring construction managers to ensure the timely delivery of their construction project—whether large or small scale. As a designer, this essentially cuts you out of the relationship and commoditizes your services. Building strength in construction administration prevents that from happening to you. Learn what you can do to stay in front of the client from beginning to end while getting the fullest fee for this service. Join Zweig White Consulting Principal Christine Brack for an in-depth 90-minute discussion on how to manage construction with the highest level of leadership, diplomacy, and planning so you can orchestrate success for all participants and stakeholders. In an increasingly competitive environment, firms that demonstrate expertise in this area will be the ones that rise to the top. |
Because of poor experiences in the past or out of sheer protection of their investment, more owners are hiring construction managers to ensure the timely delivery of their construction project—whether large or small scale.As a designer, this essentially cuts you out of the relationship and commoditizes your services.Building strength in construction administration prevents that from happening to you.Learn what you can do to stay in front of the client from beginning to end while getting the fullest fee for this service. Join Zweig White Consulting Principal Christine Brack for an in-depth 90-minute discussion on how to manage construction with the highest level of leadership, diplomacy, and planning so you can orchestrate success for all participants and stakeholders.In an increasingly competitive environment, firms that demonstrate expertise in this area will be the ones that rise to the top. We’ll cover:
- Pre-Bid and Bidding Phase: The efforts and processes undertaken in these phases will ensure the success (or failure) of the project. This part of the presentation will illustrate specific measures you can implement to build a strong team, foster trust, and set the tone for respectful collaboration.
- Construction Phase: This is where it all happens - daily questions, weekly meetings, technical clarification, design changes, and the integration of all moving parts and people. In this part of the session you will learn about leadership best practices that keep the project rolling and unite all teams towards a common goal.
- Closeout and Substantial Completion: Believe it or not, it's the tasks in this phase that are most often neglected. The momentum has faded because we're likely focused on a newer or more exciting project. But turning over the building, resolving all outstanding issues and capitalizing on the client referral are all very critical. Use the best practices described in this session to wrap up the project in a great way.
Who Should Attend:
- Principals
- Project Managers
- Project leaders within AEC firms who are dedicated to managing their projects differently this year—better, smarter, more profitable
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Christine Brack, PMP
Principal
ZweigWhite Christine Brack is a Principal based in ZweigWhite’s Chicago office and works with architecture, engineering, development, and environmental consulting firms in the U.S. and abroad to achieve their goals from vision through implementation. Her business planning engagements design strategic and tactical initiatives relative to long term growth, market sector planning, business development effectiveness, organizational alignment, and operational improvement. With projects at the core of their business, Christine also consults clients on project delivery and assists in implementing changes and best practices via firm-wide education and training.
Her AEC experience comes after spending eight years as a project manager with a general contractor on new construction and adaptive reuse projects in the higher education arena. Using her knowledge of this market and maintaining an expertise on trends and drivers, she advises clients interested in entering this segment. Also prior to ZweigWhite, Christine was a strategy and research consultant at both Frost & Sullivan and The Economist Intelligence Unit. Today her market research projects focus on opportunities within the water and wastewater space.
Within the industry, Christine is a Professional Affiliate of the AIA and serves on the Practice Management Knowledge Community for the Chicago Chapter, as well as, a member of SMPS—the Society for Marketing Professional Services. She is a frequent speaker at AIA and ACEC regional seminars and ZweigWhite’s Principal’s Academy, Hot Firm, and Best Firm to Work For conferences. She is also a contributing author to The Zweig Letter, Marketing Now, The Zweig HR Letter, and CENews.
Christine received her MBA from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Saint Mary’s of Notre Dame, and Bachelor of Arts (BA) in German Language from Purdue University. She also holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
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