National Education Initiative
Fundamentals of Project Management Seminars

Topics Include:

• Conducting an Effective Turnover Meeting
• Pre-Construction Planning and its Effect on Profitability
• Productivity Improvement: Material Management & Site Planning Methods for Mechanical Projects
• Cost Control I: Fundamentals of Job Cost Control
• Project Billings and Maintaining Positive Project Cash Flow
• Contracts I: Using the Contract as a Tool for Project Management
• Time Management Skills and Managing Multiple Projects
• Effective Project Documentation
• Change Order Management I: Procedures for Successfully Managing Change Orders
• Critical Leadership Skills for Project Managers
• Change Order Management II: Analyzing, Identifying, and Calculating the Real Costs of Project Changes
• Contracts II: Analyzing, Understanding, and Managing Contract Risk
• Essential Management Skills for the Project Manager
• Negotiating I: Basic Negotiating Skills for Project Managers
• Mechanical Scheduling I: The Basics of Scheduling a Mechanical Project
• Value-Based Mechanical Project Management
• Managing the Risk of Owner-Furnished Equipment
• Profitably Managing Your Subcontractors
• Successful Survival of Project Closeout
• Basic Construction Law Concepts for Mechanical Project Managers
• High Impact Communication Skills
• Best Practices of Blue Chip Mechanical Project Managers

About the Presenter

John R. Koontz, MCAA’s national director for project management and advanced supervisory education, brings a balance of academic and practical experience to his courses. A former tenured associate professor in Purdue University’s Department of Building Construction Management, he served as Purdue’s mechanical construction management coordinator. He has been teaching since 1992. Prior to this, he spent 15 years in the employment of MCAA contractors in a variety of positions including senior project manager, project manager, project engineer, and estimator. Professor Koontz is the director of the MCAA Institute for Project Management and Advanced Institute for Project Management at the University of Texas in Austin. He also served as Academic Representative on the Board of Trustees of the Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation. In addition to traveling the country to support MCAA’s National Education Initiative, Koontz remains active in continuing education, research, and writing in the area of mechanical contracting and MCAA Student Chapter development.