CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT
London, UK
14 - 21 December 2008
14 - 20 June 2009

PROGRAMME

“Planning your way out of the financial crisis”

The application of correct construct project management reduces turn around times, reducing, at times significantly, the length of time it takes for the realisation of the project, resulting in greater economic advantages, reduction of costs, competitive advantages and, in turn, potentially higher margins of profitability.

Participants will be introduced to a set of internationally recognised unified methods of project management application, including full cycle international standards of construction project management, introduction to administrative functionality in project management, project accountability, as well as methods of planning and implementation control in construction and building projects, with attention paid to legal aspects, restrictions and regulatory constraints.

MAIN TOPICS

Construction planning, design and realisation
• Planning and development, site evaluation, the status of planning
• Technical limitations and restrictions, site and infrastructure evaluation and preparation
• Approaches to development of sites, patterns of site construction, phases/stages of development
• Approaches to identifying the right partners, risk management in planning, balance of risk, quality and cost
• Strategy of logistics, partnership: the purposes and problems, conditions of success
• Cost management
• Sustainable development

Principles and standards of town planning – comparative analysis of town planning, building and architecture in Britain and CIS
• Architectural formation and designers
• Process of site acquisition and procedures city planning regulations
• Regulation of construction and procedures of approval
• Functional and pre-requisite requirements, required documentation

Risk management and financial planning
• Contract negotiation, cost, conditions of payment
• Coordination of the construction contract, penalties and incentives
• Structure of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) or special purpose entity (SPE) company – taxation and accounting characteristics
• Cash flow and profitability forecasts, minimising tax obligations
• Project financing in construction and finding means of financing project development
• Negotiations with banks, maintenance and bank guarantees, financial structures and share options
• Taxation planning
• Construction cycle in relation to the business and credit cycles
• Development and formation of project – project structure

Legal aspects of project management
• Possible variants of drawing up of contracts
• Legal examination of contracts
• Strategy of drawing up of contracts, contract guarantees and protection

PARTICIPANTS

The programme offers participants the opportunity to learn not only from lectures, presentations and expert speakers, but also from field visits and consultations, where knowledge and practical examples are combined to ensure a full understanding and to maximise the amount of unique information applicable to each participant's unique understanding of their interests and problems.