- 8 April 2024 Discovering How AI Advances Predictive Project Management Delivery
- 30 August 2023 Exploring the Power of AI in Project Management
- 27 October 2022 Sustainable Practices in Major Infrastructure / Industrial Projects
- 9 March 2022 How Project Managers deal with sustainability, circular economy and climate change challenges in the execution of Major Projects
- 24 Feb 2021 Risk Management Approaches & Technology Trends | Case Study: TM-CLKL – Northern Connection Subsea Tunnel Section
- 12 Aug 2020 Driving Digitalisation | Case study: Crossrail
- 25 Aug 2021 Trends & Challenges of Procurement, Contract Management & Legal Implications for Major Projects Delivery
- 14 Oct 2020 Driving Digitalisation | Case Study: Sydney Water
Major Infrastructure & Industry Projects - Specific Interest Group (MIIP-SIG) welcomes professionals from all industries. To learn about this group, please visit pmi.org.sg/sig/miip
MIIP #8: Discovering How AI Advances Predictive Project Management Delivery
Following our previous MIIP Series webinar on Exploring the Power of AI in Project Management, we are excited to announce a deeper dive into the role of AI in predictive project management delivery. We lined up a panel of international speakers who will delve into how AI will be incorporated into specific areas of project delivery. In today's competitive construction landscape, data-driven innovation has transformed various aspects of projects, including planning, design, controls, communication, and construction management.
This is your opportunity to learn how AI can empower you and your team to drive successful project delivery. Registration is sponsored by PMI Singapore Chapter and complimentary for you. Welcome to join this enlightening session.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Understand the basics of AI, importance of soft skills in AI & its implication for the project management community
- Understand how emerging AI issues can impact project delivery
- Integrate AI issues into construction management and project delivery
- Gain valuable knowledge on how 360 reality capture can transform the approach to project management, leading to improved efficiency, reduced costs, and ultimately, project success
Introduction by Moderator: Ms Lina Monica Ali, Digital Lead for Water & Env and Digital Technology Solution at Meinhardt, Singapore
Presentation 1: Demystify AI and understand the implications for the project management community (Declan Foster, CEO & Founder at Project Pal AI, Ireland)
Declan will demystify AI and explain how soft skills will become more critical and why we need to take an ethical approach to AI on our projects.
- What is AI
- History of AI
- Explanation of the different components, using project management use cases
- AI>Machine Learning >Artificial Neural Networks>Deep Learning
- Chat GPT uses & Implications
- Project Management Use Cases and Vendors
- Sentiment Analysis
- Simulated conversations/role play
- Summarising text
- Other vendors/products and use cases
- The Ethics of AI
- Impacts on Roles/Jobs
- How project managers can future-proof their careers
Presentation 2: How AI is enabling us to reimagine project delivery (Martin Paver, CEO & Co-Founder at Projecting Success, UK)
Rather than seeing project data analytics as a bolt on to existing processes, we have an opportunity to fundamentally reimagine how we work. What does this future look like, how do we get there and what should we do to prepare for it?
- Some statistics on the scale of the opportunity.
- An overview of recent developments in data and analytics within the UK.
- An exploration into whether we should refine or reimagine project delivery.
- The power of a collaborative approach.
Project delivery will change significantly in the next 5 years. What is your strategy to position yourself to leverage it? The opportunities are vast and almost limitless. Be bold and ambitious.
Presentation 3: Understanding the role of AI in construction management (Dr Bhargav Dave, Co-Founder & CEO at VisiLean, India / Europe)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought a wave of innovation in the construction industry. From generative design to automated drawing generation and quantity take-off, the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is witnessing the power of automation to streamline conventionally manual time-consuming processes. While the benefits are evident and starting to show across projects, it is important to understand the relevance of AI through well defined uses in each phase of construction project delivery.
With ever-growing start-ups bringing the next-best-thing in AI technology, we are starting to see promises specifically in the execution phase of automated progress tracking and performance analysis. While the potential is immense, the industry is starting to get overwhelmed with the plethora of options available.
AI brings with it the power to crunch data at speeds incomparable for manual processes to match to. However, the key here is the data and not just the efficiency. Outputs are solely driven by inputs and in construction, this fact plays a critical role in harnessing benefits from technology. To efficiently deploy AI in construction management, the core processes of planning, execution, monitoring and control require perfect alignment to ensure the data can provide learnings that are accurate, timely, and reliable, and not false-positives. Like any other technological intervention, the true potential of AI in construction will stem from the accurate deployment of its power through its integration and interfacing with people and processes.
Presentation 4: Revolutionising Project Management: How 360 Reality Capture Empowers Success (KC Ho, ASEAN Manager at OpenSpace.AI, Singapore)
This session will delve into the practical applications of 360 reality capture for PMs. The talk will showcase how this technology can unlock a range of benefits, including:
- Enhanced Remote Visibility: Learn how PMs can virtually visit project sites, fostering closer monitoring and progress tracking regardless of location.
- Streamlined Communication & Collaboration: Discover how 360 captures create a shared understanding of the site, improving communication and collaboration among stakeholders.
- Efficient Progress Tracking & Documentation: Explore how 360 captures provide a visual record of progress, aiding in identifying deviations, tracking completion, and creating detailed handover documents.
- Proactive Issue Identification & Resolution: See how 360 captures empower PMs to virtually pinpoint potential issues, facilitating faster resolution and minimizing delays.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Learn how the immersive nature of 360 captures allows PMs to assess spatial constraints, material needs, and plan logistics more effectively.
- Enhanced Client Engagement: Discover how PMs can utilize 360 captures to share project progress with clients in a compelling and interactive way, fostering trust and transparency.
About the Speakers and Panel:
Speaker
Declan Foster |
Mr Declan is an industry leader in project delivery and change management, providing consulting services to clients globally. He is ranked in the top 10 Thought Leaders in project management by Thinkers 360. He is the co-author of Humology: How to put humans back at the heart of technology. Declan believes in lifelong learning and has recently studied Behavioural Economics and received an honours degree in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently studying AI for Business at Oxford University and he has over 25 years experience in project management. |
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Martin Paver |
Mr Martin is the Founder and CEO of Projecting Success, a leading authority on data-driven project delivery, working closely with professional bodies, government departments and industry to transform how projects are delivered. Martin has successfully managed multibillion-dollar projects, programmes and portfolios, across industries in the private and public sectors. He regularly advises government and the private sector on their transition to data driven project delivery. A recognised thought leader, he was the Co-Chair and founding member of the Project Data Analytics Task Force and was named among the most influential people in data by DataIQ100 for 2 years running. He was co-author of the Peoplecert guide to PRINCE2 and AI and recently published a short book on next generation PMOs. Martin founded the >10,000 member Project Data Analytics Community and Project: Hack and is a member of APM's Data advisory group. Martin is a Fellow of the APM, with a range of qualifications in PRINCE2, Agile, Lean MSP, portfolio management, and holds an MBA in project management. |
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Dr Bhargav Dave |
Dr Bhargav is the Co-Founder and CEO of VisiLean. With an early interest in computing, Bhargav started programming at the age of 11. The seeds of his career were planted during his graduation in Construction Technology from CEPT University, post which he began leading process improvement and lean implementation on projects. With a Masters and PhD in Digitising Construction, Bhargav's research explorations focused on improving production on construction projects with lean construction methods aligned with information systems. As of today, Bhargav has authored over 45 publications and led several research projects in the area. Work aside, he has a keen interest in photography, reading and travelling during his spare time. |
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KC Ho |
With 15+ years in AEC, KC Ho leads OpenSpace.AI's ASEAN team. An architect with a tech passion, he's championed construction sector technology adoption. KC excels in strategic technology implementation across ASEAN. He fosters collaborations with governments and businesses, advising on integrating IoT, computational design, digital twins, and AI. Beyond tech, he cultivates strategic partnerships, crafting bespoke consulting solutions to expand OpenSpace's reach. He champions project management and operational transformations using digital solutions. A strong collaborator, KC empowers organizations to scale through effective technology use. He thrives on human interaction and witnessing technology's positive impact. This fuels his drive for AEC industry digital transformation. |
Moderator
Lina Monica Ali |
Ms Lina Monica Ali is a digital delivery professional with 20 years of experience in Computer Aided Design (CAD) in manufacturing, construction and consultancy of built Tier 2 – Digital Lead by building SMART Singapore in 2022. With her variety of experience on digital delivery in various built environment industries, she have been advocating digital transformation and adoption, and have been providing support by sharing her experiences and knowledge in digital delivery production, management and possible innovation. |
Welcome Note & Panelist
Harihara Subramanian |
Mr Harihara serves as Vice President, and is Chair of MIIP-SIG & POY Awards at the PMI Singapore Chapter for the term 2023-24 in a voluntary capacity. With over 24 years of experience in industrial project delivery, he has successfully led numerous greenfield and brownfield multimillion-dollar complex industrial projects and programs across various sectors, mainly in Singapore, France, India. His expertise spans hi-tech industries such as Semicon, Solar/Photovoltaic (PV), facility infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, water, environmental pollution abatement, refinery, CCUS, petrochemical, chemical, and manufacturing. Currently, he holds the position of Senior Project Manager at Worley, a global professional services company specializing in the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors. Harihara delivered numerous keynote speeches at international conferences and institutions on the topic of project management excellence. He has been a long-time PMI volunteer, dedicated to supporting the project management community. Harihara is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), SASM, and holds an MBA degree from Rutgers Business School, USA, as well as a Master of Science (CIM) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. |
Presentation and Discussion Method
Fireside chat and presentations held via Zoom.
Event Particulars
Date: Monday, 8 April 2024
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm SGT
Virtual Venue: Online via Zoom
PDUs: 2.5 Ways of Working (where applicable, PMI ID to be included with registration)
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Major Infrastructure & Industry Projects - Specific Interest Group (MIIP-SIG) welcomes professionals from all industries. To learn about this group, please visit pmi.org.sg/sig/miip
MIIP #7: Exploring the Power of AI in Project Management
Join us for an engaging session in the series of PMI Singapore Chapter MIIP-SIG webinars, where we delve into the future of project management. Discover the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on project management in Major Infrastructure & Industrial projects., where we delve into the future of project management. Discover the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on project management in Major Infrastructure & Industrial projects.
In this high-level introduction to Artificial Intelligence, we will explore how AI, Generative AI, and Conversational AI can potentially revolutionise project management practices. Understand the key benefits of AI adoption, including enhanced efficiency, informed decision-making, proactive risk management, and improved collaboration.
Our expert speakers will provide insights into real-world applications and showcase how AI technologies can augment your skills as a project manager. You will gain an understanding of the short-term, mid-term, and long-term impact of AI on project management, allowing you to prepare for the digital transformation journey.
Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how AI can empower you and your team to drive successful project outcomes, gain a competitive edge, and future-proof your career. Register to attend this enlightening session and deliberate on the power of AI in project management.
Programe Outline
Welcome note: Mr Harihara Subramanian, Vice-President, MIIP Chair & Co-founder, PMI Singapore Chapter
Speakers: Mr Paul Boudreau, Mr Greg Lawton, Mr Cuong Quang
Fireside Chat moderated by Mr Jugal Makwana. You will also hear from MIIP Co-Chair & Co-founder, Mr Prakash, Deputy Director, Land Transport Authority (LTA)
Closing: Mr Harihara Subramanian
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Understand how emerging AI issues can impact project success
- Use strategic foresight tools to explore how potential future changes can impact project development
- Integrate AI issues into project management and project delivery
- Practical understanding of how Machine Learning helps in project delivery
- Practical understanding of how AI can be used for financial distress prediction in infrastructure and transport projects and portfolios
- How to embed AI in monthly project reviews?
Introduction by Moderator: Overview on the Current Developments in AI (Mr Jugal Makwana)
A high-level overview of current developments and trends in AI, Generative AI, and Conversational AI and its potential impact on the EPC industry in short term and long term, how AI help EPC industry overcome typical challenges in project management and potential upskilling requirements.
Presentation 1: AI is the Technology You Need for Construction Project Success (Prof. Paul Boudreau)
A brief explanation of AI capability is followed by how this technology can be used in construction projects.
Presentation 2: AI for Schedule Management with case-studies (Mr Greg Lawton)
As sustainability intensifies, so as the level of project management. The coverage and depth of managing a project that has sustainability attributes greatly relies on the understanding of the trade-offs and managing the process successfully.
With a larger team with diverse focus, it is often a challenge to priorities the priorities. Working through the term ‘Green Value Engineering (GVE)’ provides examples on how and where the interceptions, loopholes are and places great emphasis in de-bunking the myth that greatly associates itself with sustainability.
Presentation 3: How AI improves portfolio and project success through early and accurate detection of financial distress ~ Octant AI in research & practice (Cuong Quang)
Case study 1: Active warning of margin loss on a large transport project • Case study 2: Improved portfolio capital productivity • Case study 3: Active loss avoidance on a civil project • How AI can be integrated with monthly project reviews.
About the Speakers and Panel:
Speaker
Professor Paul Boudreau President | Prof. Paul Boudreau, BA, MBA, PMP, is a highly respected project management professional with over thirty-five years of experience in the technology industry. Paul is a college professor in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches in the project management program. He also teaches a course on using AI in project management to students at the Skema School of Business in France. Paul is a global leader in researching and applying AI concepts to project management, focusing on machine learning, natural language processing, and genetic algorithms. He is determined to find ways to dramatically improve project performance. Paul has written three books about using AI for project management, Applying Artificial Intelligence to Project Management (2019), How the Project Management Office Can Use Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Bottom Line (2020), and The Self Driving Project: Using Artificial Intelligence to Deliver Project Success (2021). Paul is a well-known speaker who presents compelling arguments as to why AI technology will become essential to how we deliver projects. |
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Greg Lawton CEO & Co-Founder |
Mr. Greg Lawton is the founder and CEO of Nodes & Links – the world leader in AI Schedule Management software. Greg started his career as an Engineer and Project Manager at BAE Systems where he managed large defence programmes. Founding the company in 2018, Greg and his co-founder saw an opportunity to bring AI Assistants to the Project Management Office in a way that saved people time and helped to deliver the world's projects. Today the company is deployed in 21 countries on thousands of projects and is growing at over 300% per year. They lead the world in the development of AI Assistants for the PMO. |
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Cuong Quang Co-founder & Executive Director Octant AI |
Mr. Cuong Quang has 15 years of experience in the planning and delivery of major banking and resource mega projects, and 5 years of experience in the research and application of AI to infrastructure, health and transport projects. He is the co-founder and an Executive Director of Octant AI, an Australian software company that researches and builds AI products for early and accurate detection of financial distress in capital portfolios. Current and past clients include banks, and governments such as World Bank, Hong Kong Development Bureau, Office of Projects Victoria, and construction and engineering firms such as BMD and Laing O’Rourke. He graduated with Distinction and several academic prizes from the MSc in Major Programme Management at Said Business School and Merton College, Oxford University, and had the honour of being elected as the first Associate Scholar from the MSc. He is a Chartered Project Manager and Engineering Executive with Engineers Australia, Certified Practicing Project Manager with the Australian Institute of Project Management and graduated with a double degree in Mechanical Engineering (Hons 1) and Commerce from the University of Western Australia. |
Moderator
Jugal Makwana Global Director BIM / Digital Engineering |
Mr. Jugal Makwana is a Board Member and Global Director with 25 years of experience in digital transformation, BIM and digital engineering, and standards development across the AEC industry. Recognised for developing and executing creative strategies that promote organisational transformation, enhance operational efficiency, and provide clients with long-term value.
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Welcome Note & Panelist
Harihara Subramanian Vice President & Chair of MIIP SIG and POY Awards, |
Mr. Harihara, is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional and for the past 22 years he has successfully delivered various greenfield & brownfield multimillion-dollar CapEx EPC/ EPCM industrial projects and programs. He has hands-on experience in leading projects in cross-functional global team environment, with multi-disciplinary project design engineering, project management, business development across various industrial sectors, such as hi-tech industries Semicon, photo-voltaic industries, facility infrastructure management, equipment tool hook-up, clean-room environment, pharmaceuticals, environmental pollution abatement, refinery, petrochemical, chemical, and also experienced in manufacturing/operational functions. Currently he is working for Worley as Senior Project Manager. Harihara is a chemical engineer, obtained MBA degree, from Rutgers Business School, USA, and a Master of Science (CIM) from NTU Singapore. He has delivered various keynotes speeches at international conferences & institutions in the context of Project Management excellence and strongly support the project management community. |
Presentation and Discussion Method
Fireside chat and presentations held via Zoom.
Event Particulars
Date: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm SGT
Virtual Venue: Online via Zoom
PDUs: 2.5 Ways of Working (where applicable, PMI ID to be included with registration)
An event organised by
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Major Infrastructure & Industry Projects - Specific Interest Group (MIIP-SIG) welcomes professionals from all industries. To learn about this group, please visit pmi.org.sg/sig/miip
MIIP #6: Sustainable Practices in Major Infrastructure / Industrial Projects
Continuing from our MIIP series #5, ‘How Project Managers deal with sustainability, circular economy and climate change challenges in the execution of Major Project’, this webinar will go further into the roles of Project Managers in Sustainability as well as share how sustainable practices/case-studies incorporated into the different stages of the life cycle of Infrastructure & Industrial projects.
Learn from experts coming to you from Singapore, USA, Germany and Austria.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
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Understand how emerging sustainability issues can impact project success;
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Explore ways of adopting sustainable practices for resilience across the project delivery lifecycle;
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Integrate sustainability thinking into project management;
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Understand different patterns of stimulation that project managers experience;
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Understand sustainability competencies required for project managers of the future;
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Take away examples of approaches to embed sustainability concepts into construction of Transport Infrastructure, and Industrial/energy Projects.
Presentation 1: Incorporating Sustainable Practices – Creating Resilient Projects across the lifecycle (Moderator: Ms Sybil Tan, Singapore)
Traditional design and development of major projects assumes that the world will look essentially the same at the time the start of the project as it will be throughout the lifecycle of the asset. It is very clear, however, that it will not be the case, with accelerating climate change, environmental damage, regulatory changes, demographic shift, new technology, and rising social expectations for diversity, ethics and responsible business. All the teams that are part of the Projects’ lifecycle need to revisit and rethink their design assumptions and methodologies to respond to these challenges.
In this session, we will look into the sustainable practices that can be adopted at various stages of the lifecycle of projects to create resilience to the Assets moving forward.
Presentation 2: Taking responsibility? What stimulates Project Managers to consider sustainability in their projects? (Speaker: Prof Dr Gilbert Silvius, Austria)
As projects play a key-role in creating a more sustainable society, the integration of the concepts of sustainability into project management are one of the most important global project management trends today. This integration refers both to the sustainability of the project’s deliverable and to the sustainable management of projects. The project manager has a central and influential position in the consideration of sustainability in the project. However, many factors or circumstances influence the behaviour of the project manager. The presentation Taking responsibility? What stimulates Project Managers to consider sustainability in their projects? He will reflect on a number of studies that explored the factors that stimulate project managers and project owners to consider sustainability.
Presentation 3: Sustainable Construction Practices & Technologies, Case-Study: Havelock MRT Station (Speaker: Raymond Ngiam Heng Wan, Singapore)
Achieving the goal of being not only smart and digital but also sustainable is, particularly for a contractor, a long game – especially when many of our construction methods and energy sources remain quite traditional. However, the key is to ensure we keep pushing forward together with the project stakeholders in driving innovation to address environmental concerns.
We will look at the global warming issue through the lens of the construction industry, and explores how a combination of construction practices, smart design, innovative engineering and new technology and tools can and will help deliver sustainable construction project.
Presentation 4: Energy transition in Germany - insights into the implementation of large-scale projects (Speaker: Prof. Dr Reinhard Wagner, Germany)
Political decisions and current challenges are driving the energy transition in Germany. The main aim is to phase out nuclear technology and environmentally harmful coal, oil and gas combustion, and to significantly expand the share of renewables from its current level of around 50%. Many major projects are being carried out to achieve this. One of them, the 7 billion EUR mega project "SüdLink", which will soon bring electricity from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the industry in the south of the country, will be reported here. Because it's not just a matter of doing the right projects, but of doing these projects right! In addition to some technological insights of the project in terms of sustainability, it will also be explained on how to deal with stakeholders, how to involve suppliers and how to apply modern project management methods and tools.
Presentation 5: Sustainability in and of itself will not solve the earth’s problems. The Project Profession can and must do more (Speaker: Dr Joel B. Carboni, USA)
In this talk, Dr. Carboni will share the necessary mindset shift that the project profession must make to address sustainability issues and the specific areas project managers must focus on. He will also share a case study that outlines the benefits of what happens when you take sustainability into account using a project in the Southeast Asian Region that won a GPM award in 2021.
Presentation and Discussion Method:
Panel discussion and presentations held via Zoom. Audience Q&A participation.
About the Speakers and Panel:
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Moderator (Presentation 1)
Sybil Tan Director, Capital Projects & Infratech |
Ms. Sybil Tan is the director in Capital Projects Services Team in Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Singapore. She focuses on Asset Management and Infratech for the Infrastructure Space. Sybil is a Chartered Civil Engineer and Certified Project Manager and Asset Management with over 20 years of industry experience in civil and structural engineering and asset management in various water, building and transport sectors of Infrastructure. She has worked in UK, Singapore and the Southeast Asian Region in her line of work and has been looking into digital asset management and Infratech within Infrastructure |
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Speaker (Presentation 2) LOI University of Applied Sciences |
Dr A.J. Gilbert Silvius, MSc MBA, is a recognised expert in project management and information management, with engagements at several universities across Europe. Gilbert has authored several books and over 50 academic journal articles, with a main research focus on sustainability in project management. For his work on this topic, Gilbert received the GPM 2013 sustainability award and the 2020 outstanding contribution IPMA research award. As a practitioner, Gilbert has over 30 years’ experience in organisational change and IT projects and is a member of the international enable2change network of project management experts. |
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Speaker & Panelist
Raymond Ngiam Heng Wan |
Raymond is the Productivity and Sustainability Manager for Gammon Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. With over 15 years experience in the industry, Raymond heads the transformation of Gammon project sites towards sustainable construction, and as a pioneer in delivering new innovative iOT technologies across Singapore. |
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Speaker & Panelist
Prof. Dr Reinhard Wagner |
Prof. Dr Reinhard Wagner has been active for more than 35 years in the field of project-related leadership, in such diverse sectors as Automotive, Engineering, and Consultancy, as well as various not-for-profit organisations. As Managing Director of Tiba Managementberatung GmbH, a leading PM Consultancy in Munich/Germany, he supports executives of industrial clients in transforming their companies towards a project-oriented, adaptive and sustainably successful organisation. Reinhard Wagner published more than 40 books, as well as several hundred articles and blogposts in the field of project, program and project portfolio management. In more than 20 years of voluntary engagement, he served the German Project Management Association (GPM), as well as the International Project Management Association (IPMA) in a range of leadership roles (including President and Chairman) and was granted with the Honorary Fellowship of IPMA and several of IPMA´s Member Associations for his international commitment. Reinhard is Assistant Professor at the European University Alma Mater Europaea and teaches project, program and portfolio management. |
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Speaker & Panelist Dr Joel B. Carboni Founder & President
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Dr. Carboni is a leading authority on sustainable project management. He is a graduate of Ball State University and holds a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development and Environment. He has over 25 years’ experience in portfolio, program and project management—spanning government, finance, big five consulting, manufacturing and education. He is the President Emeritus of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) in the United States, and member of the Global advisory board. He is also the founder of GPM (Green Project Management) and a visiting professor at Skema Business School. Joel is also the GPM representative to the United Nations Global Compact where he was a founding signatory of the UN’s Business for Peace Initiative & Anti-Corruption call to action, a contributing framer of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), and is one of only fourteen listed supporting organizers of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education Program (PRiME). He is the architect of the PRiSM™ project delivery methodology, the P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management. He is the co-author of Sustainable Project Management, an Amazon bestseller, and serves on the Forbes Non-Profit Council. |
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Welcome address & Panelist Harihara Subramanian Co-Chair of MIIP-SIG |
Mr. Harihara, is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional and for the past 23 years has successfully delivered various greenfield & brownfield multimillion-dollar large EPC/ EPCM industrial projects and programs, worked in Singapore, India and France regions. He has hands-on experience in leading projects across various industrial sectors, such as hi-tech industries Semicon, photo-voltaic industries, facility infrastructure, energy management, equipment tool hook-up, clean-room environment, pharmaceuticals, environmental pollution abatement, refinery, petrochemical projects. Currently, he works for Worley as Senior Project Manager. Harihara is a chemical engineer, obtained MBA degree from Rutgers Business School, USA, and a Master of Science (CIM) from NTU Singapore. He has delivered various keynotes speeches at international conferences & institutions in the context of Project Management excellence and a long-term PMI volunteer to support the project management community. |
Event Particulars
Date: Thursday, 27 October 2022
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm SGT (Time zone Converter: click here)
Virtual Venue: Zoom. Access details will be included in the registration confirmation email. If you didn't receive them after checking your spam/junk folder, please contact us.
PDUs: 2.5 Ways of Working (where applicable, PMI ID to be included with registration)
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Major Infrastructure & Industry Projects - Specific Interest Group (MIIP-SIG) welcomes professionals from all industries.
How Project Managers deal with sustainability, circular economy and climate change challenges in the execution of Major Projects
With Climate Change driving the increased focus on sustainability and the Circular Economy, managing projects will need to evolve and focus more on sustainability concepts. Project Managers will need to look at partnerships, stakeholders and embrace the tools and trade-offs required to manage sustainable infrastructure. This Webinar will give Project Managers an insight into these concepts and invoke dialogue and discussion that will drive the growth of sustainability concepts in the execution major projects.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
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Get an overview and insight of the demand for sustainable infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region;
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Understand how emerging sustainability issues can impact project success;
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Use strategic foresight tools to explore how potential future changes can impact project development;
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Integrate sustainability issues into project management and project delivery;
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Define the perimeters and understand how a green project functions;
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Understand the myth commonly related to green projects;
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Understand approaches to embedding sustainability, circular economy and climate change into projects;
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Take away examples of approaches to embed sustainability concepts into projects in Singapore.
Presentation 1: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Infrastructure (Mr Kow Juan Tiang)
Demand for infrastructure is large and growing rapidly in the Asia Pacific region. This is driven by urbanisation, social and demographic changes. Climate change and technological advancement have also changed the ways we are looking at and developing infrastructure. This has precipitated new approach and modality in the way governments are looking at the implementation of essential infrastructure. To fulfil these requirements, more can be done to address the issues and challenges in the implementation of such projects. These would include building capacity, creating more awareness of the new solutions available and fostering more partnerships between the different stakeholders involved in developing sustainable infrastructure.
Presentation 2: Designing for the Future – Creating Sustainable, Resilient and Adaptable Projects (Mr Wayne McPhee)
Traditional design and development of major projects assumes that the world will look essentially the same at the time the start of the project as it will be throughout the life of the product. But we can clearly see a future with accelerating climate change, environmental damage, regulatory changes, demographic shifts, new technology, and rising social expectations for diversity, ethics and responsible business. Project teams need to revisit their basic design assumptions and methodologies to respond to these challenges. This session will explore the tools and strategies that project teams can use to understand possible future scenarios and create projects that are sustainable, resilient and adaptable.
Presentation 3: Debunking Myths of Managing Green Projects (Ms Farizan d’Avezac de Moran)
As sustainability intensifies, so as the level of project management. The coverage and depth of managing a project that has sustainability attributes greatly relies on the understanding of the trade-offs and managing the process successfully.
With a larger team with diverse focus, it is often a challenge to priorities the priorities. Working through the term ‘Green Value Engineering (GVE)’ provides examples on how and where the interceptions, loopholes are and places great emphasis in de-bunking the myth that greatly associates itself with sustainability.
Presentation 4: Embedding sustainability into infrastructure delivery – a UK perspective (Mr Philip Charles)
This speaker will deliver a UK perspective in embedding sustainability, circular economy and climate change into infrastructure projects, He will also illustrate this this approach at the corporate and project level, with relevant examples
About the Speakers and Panel:
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Speaker 1 Kow Juan Tiang Deputy Executive Director |
Kow Juan Tiang was appointed Deputy Executive Director of Infrastructure Asia with effect from 1 April 2018. Infrastructure Asia supports Asia’s economic and social growth through infrastructure development. The office brings together regional infrastructure stakeholders across the value chain to catalyse projects across Asia. Prior to his current appointment, Juan Tiang was Coordinating Group Director for the Environment and Infrastructure Solutions Group at International Enterprise (IE) Singapore for six years. He was responsible for helping Singapore-based companies in the environment and infrastructure solutions industries with their ventures into strategic high-growth markets such as China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Middle East. His focus sectors include water and waste management, and energy. He also champions the export of urban solutions to markets currently undergoing rapid urbanisation and development. |
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Speaker 2 Senior Sustainability Specialist Author |
Wayne is a sustainability specialist who has worked on major projects in the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors, and has led international cross-discipline project sustainability programs within global engineering firms. He has worked for over 25 years as a consultant and within corporate teams on environmental and sustainability challenges. Wayne’s new book “Integrating Sustainability into Major Projects: Best Practices and Tools for Project Teams” is the first resource specifically developed for unique challenges managing sustainability on major projects. Wayne’s opinions are his own. |
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Speaker 3
Farizan d’Avezac de Moran Senior Partner |
Farizan has managed green projects both in Asia and East Africa. Both shares similar challenges with a different focus and unique skills set. She will be sharing project management experience related to culture, perception and myths surrounding green projects, with a focus on cost and quality and how her developed Green Value Engineering tool assist in this. With years of experience, she will be sharing her project management model on the trade and tools to reach higher sustainability goals through sustainability-centric project management |
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Speaker 4
Philip Charles Associate Director |
Philip has over 19 years’ experience as an environmental and sustainability professional, providing advice to clients on low and zero carbon strategies in addition to a range of current and emerging sustainability issues. His experience has been developed during the last five years with AECOM as part of the Climate Change and Sustainability team, and previously with CIRIA (the Construction Industry Research and Information Association) and CEEQUAL (the sustainability assessment, rating and awards scheme for civil engineering). He has a proven track record of managing environmental and sustainability projects, engaging with client, design, construction teams and the supply chain to define and implement plans to facilitate effective outcomes. Philip has significant experience in working with clients and multi-disciplinary design teams to define, manage and deliver sustainability plans and projects. He has facilitated sustainability, resource efficiency and carbon reduction workshops, developed sustainability plans and mechanisms to capture identified sustainability opportunities and track implementation for a range of city metro and rail projects. |
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Moderator
Prakash S Ramakrishnan Co-Chair MIIP SIG, |
Mr. Prakash is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineer’s Board Singapore and has more than 28 years of experience in all aspects of project development from conceptualisation and planning, design, contract administration, construction and project management for several building and infrastructure projects both in Singapore and Asia. His specialisation is in prefabrication technology and project management of building and infrastructure projects. His career has spanned both the public and private sectors where he has been involved in multiple roles including the review of public sector infrastructure projects, consultancy and the execution of major infrastructure projects. More recently he has been involved in the setup and operation of the Project Management and Governance office for the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail project. |
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Welcome address & Panelist Harihara Subramanian Co-Chair of MIIP-SIG |
Mr. Harihara, is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional and for the past 22 years he has successfully delivered various greenfield & brownfield multimillion-dollar CapEx EPC/ EPCM industrial projects and programs. He has hands-on experience in leading projects in cross-functional global team environment, with multi-disciplinary project design engineering, project management, business development across various industrial sectors, such as hi-tech industries Semicon, photo-voltaic industries, facility infrastructure management, equipment tool hook-up, clean-room environment, pharmaceuticals, environmental pollution abatement, refinery, petrochemical, chemical, and also experienced in manufacturing/operational functions. Currently he is working for Worley as Senior Project Manager. Harihara is a chemical engineer, obtained MBA degree, from Rutgers Business School, USA, and a Master of Science (CIM) from NTU Singapore. He has delivered various keynotes speeches at international conferences & institutions in the context of Project Management excellence and strongly support the project management community. |
Presentation and Discussion Method
Panel discussion and presentation held via Zoom.
Event Particulars
Date: Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Time: 7pm - 9pm SGT (Time zone Converter: click here)
Virtual Venue: Zoom
PDUs: 2 Technical (where applicable, PMI ID to be included with registration)
Special event - Complimentary attendance: We have limited capacity. Kindly cancel your participation if you cannot attend.
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Major Infrastructure & Industry Projects - Specific Interest Group (MIIP-SIG) welcomes professionals from all industries.
Risk Management Approaches & Technology Trends in Major Project Delivery.
Case Study: TM-CLKL – Northern Connection Subsea Tunnel Section Project
Experienced project managers, risk experts and executives all recognise that projects can fail, but perhaps the more important, and elusive, question is why do projects fail?
Highlights:
- Importance of establishing improved risk assumptions and evolving the risk process to anticipate how and why projects can fail;
- Share key recommendations from the work done with World Economic Forum on Rebalancing the Allocation of Risks in the development and delivery of major infrastructure projects;
- Introduce contemporary models for collaborative project delivery: Project 13 and OS2;
- Technological trends in the Risk Management & Project Governance;
- Showcase an application of robust risk management and engineering mitigations in complex infrastructure projects (Case Study).
Case Study: TM-CLKL – Northern Connection Subsea Tunnel Section Project
The Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) – Northern Connection Subsea Tunnel Section project involved a 4.5 km long drive below the sea & 41 subsea cross passages encountering difficult ground conditions with tunnel depth reaching almost 60m.
Numerous innovative technologies and methodologies were thoroughly developed and implemented in order to overcome these challenges, mitigate numerous risks associated with the ground conditions and make the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) drives a success. This presentation offers an overview of the risks that were mitigated by the innovative technical solutions developed and implemented on this extraordinary project.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the key risk management challenges in the development and delivery of major projects and the changes required in allocation of risks to set projects up for success from the outset;
- Gain an understanding of the principles underpinning contemporary models for collaborative project delivery in which traditional transactional costs are minimised, capital value is enhanced and all project stakeholders are aligned on the outcome objective;
- Appreciate how technical solutions are implemented to mitigate complex project risks;
- Learn latest technological trends & applications in risk management;
- Improve risk management approaches by incorporating the gap analysis and lessons learned.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Appreciate the challenges of moving to new delivery models for managing complex risk in major projects;
- Understand the key risk allocation issues that traditionally challenge the ability to successfully deliver major projects;
- Embrace technology trends in risk management of major projects.
Presentation and Discussion Method:
Panel discussion and presentation held via Zoom.
About the Speakers and Panel:
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Speaker & Panelist Jon Nield Chief Executive Officer |
Mr. Jon Nield holds an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Project Management with over 38-years of experience in the Engineering & Construction Industry. He is President and CEO of the Engineering & Construction Risk Institute (“ECRI”) and Company Director of JVPN Consultancy Ltd. Formerly, Jon was an Executive Advisor to the ECRI and served on its board for two terms in the past as the Foster Wheeler Sponsor Representative to ECRI. He held senior executive positions as Company Officer, Managing Director - Operations, Vice President of Project Risk Management and Group Project Delivery Director during a 30-year career with Foster Wheeler and AmecFW. Jon’s CV includes the development and implementation of numerous world-scale global projects in the petroleum & chemicals, oil & gas, mining & minerals, power, and industrial sectors worldwide, with many of these having an individual total installed cost greater than $1 billion. He has lived and worked in the UK, South Africa, Australia, Singapore and Japan. |
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Speaker & Panelist Regional Account Partner |
Mr. Graham Whitworth helps project owners better understand hidden risks and opportunities inside complex capital projects, leveraging the Sword ARM’s project risk software. Sword ARM is the award-winning core powering ERM in some of the world’s most respected organisations including London Underground, NASA, Thames Water, Saudi Aramco, Bechtel, and Skanska. Graham has a BSc (Joint Honours) in Mathematics & Biology from the University of Leeds in the UK. |
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Speaker & Panelist
Antoine Schwob Deputy Project Director |
Mr. Antoine Schwob is a Deputy Project Director with Bouygues Travaux Publics, currently working on the Trunk Road T2 and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnels Project in Hong Kong. Antoine has 16 years’ experience in the design of technically driven projects in various fields of civil engineering, ranging from Bridge design to Tunnel works. In addition, he has a strong knowledge of Geotechnical Engineering (Reclamation works, D-Walls, Foundations and various types of ground treatments) and complex nuclear projects with various system interfaces. Antoine’s expertise lies within the technical management of mega-size projects with design challenges interlinked with optimisation of construction methods and planning of works. Some of the projects under his belt include the HK$21bn Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link – Northern Connection Subsea Tunnel Section in Hong Kong; €1.45bn Chernobyl New Safe Confinement in Ukraine; TriniTrain Project in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies; New Tyne Crossing Tunnels in the UK; East Tsing Yi Viaducts in Hong Kong. |
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Panelist
Steve Lankester Regional Development Director |
Mr. Steve Lankester is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry during which he has been involved in many significant transport & infrastructure projects, particularly in the Rail sector. He has held various roles, including Project Director positions both in the Middle East and Far East Asia. These include: the Diriyah Gate Development Authority’s Wadi Safar Development in Riyadh, KSA and the Joint Development Partner (JDP) for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project, commissioned by the Singapore and Malaysian Governments, amongst others. Steve has a strong knowledge of project establishment and organisational development for large-scale railway projects, from the development phase of a project through to the commissioning and operations phase. He has also held various business management positions in his career and has recently returned to Singapore to take up the position of Regional Development Director, Asia. |
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Moderator
Prakash S Ramakrishnan Co-Chair MIIP SIG, |
Mr. Prakash is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineers Board Singapore and has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of project development from conceptualisation and planning, design, contract administration, construction and project management for several building and infrastructure projects both in Singapore and Asia. His specialisation is in prefabrication technology. His career has spanned both the public and private sectors where he has been involved in multiple roles including the review of public sector infrastructure projects, consultancy, and the execution of major infrastructure projects. More recently he has been involved in the setup and operation of the Project Management and Governance office for the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail project. |
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Welcome address & Panelist Harihara Subramanian Chapter President, Chair of MIIP-SIG & PoY Awards |
Mr. Harihara is a PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2008. He is serving PMI Singapore Chapter as President, Chair of MIIP and Chair of Project of the Year Awards. For the past 20 years, he has successfully delivered various EPC industrial projects/programs. He has worked in Singapore, France, India regions. Hands-on experience in leading the project delivery with a cross-functional global team, with multi-disciplinary project design engineering, project management, business development across various industrial sectors, such as hi-tech infrastructure, Semicon, photovoltaic industries, petrochemical, chemical, refinery, pharmaceuticals, environmental pollution abatement projects. He has worked with leading multinational engineering firms. Harihara is a chemical engineer, has an EMBA degree from Rutgers Business School USA, and a Master of Science (CIM) from NTU Singapore. He has delivered various keynote speeches at international conferences & institutions in the context of Project Management excellence. On a volunteering role, Harihara is PMI Singapore Chapter’s 4th President, Chair of MIIP SIG, and Chair of Project of the Year Awards. |
Event Particulars
Date: Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Time: 7pm - 9pm SGT (Time zone Converter: click here)
Virtual Venue: Zoom.
PDUs: 2 Technical (where applicable, PMI ID to be included with registration)
An event organised by:
Proudly in association with:
Driving Digitalisation in Major Infrastructure Projects: What can we do now for the future?
Case Study: Crossrail – The Creation of a Digital Railway
Objectives:
- The push towards digitalisation has been rapidly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The future of infrastructure projects requires both an understanding of how digital transformation can be implemented and how to embrace digitalisation to stay competitive by bringing change to the future of the infrastructure industry.
- Projects are getting more and more complex involving increased stakeholder coordination. The use of digital and the need to have a digital strategy in place is critical to ensure success.
- Identifying the appropriate competencies involves combining the right level of social interaction with the right depth of knowledge of the design process and the use of BIM tools.
- Major projects are of a long duration and need to be agile enough to accommodate innovation and advances in technology to ensure requirement changes and expectations are met.
Case Study: Crossrail – The Creation of a Digital Railway
This session will illustrate how Crossrail created its digital and data environment with practical examples and lessons learned in smart information management and creating a digital BIM environment, including:
- Digital basics: what is really needed to drive better outcomes;
- Creating a true collaborative data environment;
- How to encourage innovation.
Lessons learned and problem areas are highlighted, but the evidence of benefits in going digital – by focusing on the endgame and reshaping work practices into workflows with digital tools - is made clear to those who want to improve both their project and infrastructure performance.
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain an understanding of the roles of and importance of a Digital Management Office (DMO) within a project organisation;
- Gain an understanding of the setup and challenges of operating a DMO;
- Understand what are the digitalisation strategies that can increase management effectiveness and productivity;
- Understand how projects can accommodate innovation and technology changes;
- Understand the key issues for creating a digital strategy;
- Be aware of how environmental and health requirements will impact the new normal in construction;
- Be aware of the skillsets of the people involved.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Appreciate how to approach digitalisation in infrastructure projects;
- Identify the key components in the setup and operation of a Digital Management Office (DMO);
- How to prepare for a new norm in construction.
Presentation and Discussion Method:
Panel discussion with a case study, on Remo.co (online collaboration platform)
You are welcome to join the MIIP LinkedIn Group as well.
To submit any questions beforehand, please contact Harihara.
About the Speakers and Panel:
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Speaker Mr. Eugene Seah Senior Director |
Mr. Eugene Seah spearheads and oversees the Surbana Jurong Group’s special projects and strategic initiatives, in particular, the Group’s Key Account Management Office, Digital Management Office, and Sustainability and Resiliency Office. He is also a Director on the Boards of Threesixty Cost Management and Threesixty Contract Advisory, for which his knowledge and expertise help to fortify the business thrust of the Group. Apart from his extensive experience in Quantity Surveying, Eugene injects sustainability value management and green approaches into his work to achieve project efficiency. He is a Green Mark professional and is knowledgeable in the field of sustainable buildings. He is also an Accredited Adjudicator under the Singapore Mediation Centre and a registered Mediator in the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers. Eugene works on enhancing productivity in Design and Construction and research on Computational BIM, xR and other productivity enhancement topics for the Surbana Jurong Group. His effort has won him several awards for SJ, including RICS Construction Professional of the Year (2019). |
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Speaker Mr. Malcolm Taylor Head of Technical Information Expert Advisor, Digital Crossrail International |
Mr. Malcolm Taylor is a specialist in digitalisation and the creation, implementation and application of Project Information Management (PIM) on major projects. He is a Chartered Engineer and has over 40 years of international experience in program and project management, design and construction of major transport infrastructure schemes, Caribbean, UK, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia. Malcolm is a leading exponent of the UK’s drive for PIM and Building Information Management (BIM) maturity in client organisations, using digital technologies. He was a contributor to the UK BIM Task Group, is part of the current UK BIM Alliance initiative. More recently, Malcolm was responsible for the development of digital and technical information strategies as well as BIM, computer-aided design, document management, Crossrail’s geographic information system (GIS), cybersecurity, and asset information management. |
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Moderator
Mr. Prakash S Ramakrishnan Co-Chair MIP SIG Deputy Director, Land Transport Authority, Singapore |
Mr. Prakash is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineer’s Board Singapore and has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of project development from conceptualisation and planning, design, contract administration, construction and project management for several building and infrastructure projects both in Singapore and Asia. His particular specialisation is in prefabrication technology. His career has spanned both the public and private sectors where he has been involved in multiple roles including the review of public sector infrastructure projects, consultancy and the execution of major infrastructure projects. More recently he has been involved in the setup and operation of the Project Management and Governance office for the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail project. |
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Panelist
Mr. Steve Griffin Executive Director |
Mr Steve Griffin is responsible for commercial and procurement at Gammon who are committed to further their business by way of innovation and technological applications to reach their goal of integrated digital project delivery. Prior to Gammon, Steve served as a Deputy Director (Contracts & Procurement) at LTA Singapore. He previously served as General Manager, Procurement and contracts in MTR Corporation Ltd responsible for all MTR’s business activities in Hong Kong and departmentally providing commercial advice to the company’s overseas wholly owned entities. Prior to MTR, he worked for contractors both in HK and UK latterly as GM of Amec Construction in HK. Steve is a fellow of CIOB (The Chartered Institute of Building) United Kingdom. |
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Panelist Mr. Harihara Subramanian Chapter President, Chair of MIIP-SIG & PoY Awards, PMI Singapore Chapter |
Mr. Harihara is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) has more than 20 years’ experience in delivering various large EPC industrial projects & programs in Singapore, India and France. He has hands-on experience in cross-functional team leadership, with multi-disciplinary project design engineering, project management, and business development, across various industrial sectors such as hi-tech Infrastructure, Semicon, photovoltaic industries, petrochemical, chemical, refinery, pharmaceuticals, environmental projects. He is currently working for an engineering firm Worley. Harihara is the president of the PMI Singapore Chapter, has volunteered on various roles for many years for the development of vibrant PM community in Singapore. In addition, Harihara delivered speeches at international conferences in the context of Project Management excellence. |
Event Particulars
Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Time (SGT): 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm (GMT+8) - Welcome from 6.40pm SGT to network
Venue: Remo.co virtual conference & networking platform (the same one will be used for the 15th Symposium on 27-28 August - this is a great way to try it out beforehand - click here for the virtual venue description)
An event organised by:
Major Infrastructure & Industry Projects - Specific Interest Group (MIIP-SIG) welcomes professionals from all industries.
Trends & Challenges of Procurement, Contract Management & Legal Implications for Major Projects Delivery
- Case Study 1: Hong Kong’s Journey in the use of NEC*
- Case Study 2: The Evolution of Alliance Contracting in Australia
Procurement and Contract Management are complex areas that drive the relationships between the various stakeholders in Major Projects Delivery. The transition from traditional forms of contract in major E&C projects such as FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) and ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers) to more Collaborative forms of contract is a major trend and these are laying the foundations for changes in stakeholder relationships coupled with legal implications and risk allocation. These trends will significantly impact how procurement and contract management will be done in the near future.
* New Engineering Contract or NEC Engineering and Construction Contract is a formalised system created by the UK Institution of Civil Engineers that guides the drafting of documents on civil engineering and construction projects for the purpose of obtaining tenders, awarding and administering contracts.
Highlights:
- To understand the pros and cons on the use of collaborative forms of contract like the NEC Engineering and Construction Contracts (ECC) for public works projects in Hong Kong;
- To provide legal aspects insight into the future of construction contracts in the Covid-19 era, while navigating challenges faced in the appointment of an engineering, procurement and construction contractor;
- To understand how the alliance model of contracting works for owners, contractor and designer participants and an overview of the commercial and risk allocation principals in Australia.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
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Appreciate the challenges that Hong Kong has encountered in its journey of use of NEC, as well as the positive changes that have been brought to the industry. Review and consider if it is advantageous to adopt this form of contract for some projects in Singapore.
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Understand the various contracting options and models available to better manage the allocation of risks between project participants in the Covid-19 era.
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Appreciate the strong benefits of alliancing approach. Understand the basics of Alliance contracts and delivery. Appreciate where alliance may play a role in future project delivery.
Case Study 1: Hong Kong’s Journey in the use of NEC
Before 2016, the Hong Kong Government SAR adopted Hong Kong Government General Conditions of Contract (GCC) for all public works construction contracts. This form of conditions of contract was developed in 1970’s with reference to ICE Conditions of Contract and followed common law principles.
In 1991, NEC forms of Contract was developed and published in United Kingdom. Through 20 years practice in UK, there are quite a lot of positive feedback from the construction industry, in particular in promoting better working relationship between contractors and clients through a partnering and collaborative approach.
In 2015, after practising the NEC form of contracts through several pilot projects in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Government SAR has decided to adopt this NEC ECC for all public works construction projects in Hong Kong.
>> Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the key elements of NEC ECC and the major difference against the traditional GCC;
- Understand how this new NEC was introduced in HK and the modifications made to suit Hong Kong construction industry;
- Learn responses/challenges from the industry, including clients, consultants and contractors.
Presentation: Navigating challenges faced in the appointment of an engineering, procurement and construction Contractors in the midst of Covid-19
Gaps in understanding of scope and key contractual clauses such as early warning and compensation events between stakeholders often give rise to disputes between the Contracting parties. The Covid-19 pandemic has also thrown up additional challenges which test the fundamental objectives of collaborative forms of contract. The speaker will share insights on current issues and how to navigate these to avoid disputes and legal challenges.
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Understand the challenges faced by project participants in the Covid-19 era
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Appreciate how conventional risk allocation may have to be re-considered and re-calibrated to address these challenges
Case Study 2: The Evolution of Alliance Contracting in Australia
Alliance Contracting is probably the extreme form of collaboration where the various stakeholders form an integrated team characterised by a collaborative and co-operative culture. The speaker will illustrate why alliancing has evolved in Australia as a widespread delivery model, how the alliance model works for owners, contractors and consultants and an overview of the commercial and risk allocation principles.
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Understand the fundamentals of Alliance contracts for infrastructure delivery
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Gain an understanding when Alliance contracts are best used and the commercial model
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Appreciate how risks are shared, and all parties strive for best-for-project outcomes
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Learn latest trends in alliance procurement by government agencies in Australia
Presentation and Discussion Method:
Panel discussion and presentation held via Zoom.
About the Speakers and Panel:
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Speaker (Case 1) Mr. Francis Leong Executive Director |
Francis Leong has over 29 years’ experience in design and contract administration of many infrastructure projects in Hong Kong. These projects cover a diverse spectrum of civil engineering works including reclamation, roads and highway structures, water supply, drainage and sewerage, site formation and tunnelling works. He has managed a number of mega projects like Tung Chung New Town Extension, Wan Chai Development Phase II, Liangtang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and associated works, River Training Works in Sheung Shui, Shatin Height Tunnel and Approaches in the capacity of Project Manager/Deputy Project Manager. He is a key member of AECOM Task Force managing tender document and administration of NEC contracts in Hong Kong. He provides internal trainings to both design office staff and resident site staff as well as Inhouse Contract Administration Handbook on use of NEC contracts. |
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Speaker (Presentation) Partner |
Sathia is Co-Head of Allen & Gledhill’s Construction & Engineering Practice. Sathia’s area of practice for the past 18 years encompasses a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work in building, construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. On the contentious side, Sathia regularly appears as counsel for statutory boards, government-linked entities, developers, contractors and consultants in complex and large-scale domestic and international arbitration, litigation, adjudication and mediation concerning the built environment. On the non-contentious side, he regularly advises on tender and project documentation under various procurement models in relation to domestic and regional public and private sector projects. Sathia is recognised as an Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law and is an Accredited Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre. He is also recognised as a Distinguished Practitioner for Construction in asialaw Leading Lawyers (2020) and as a Dispute Resolution Star for Construction in Benchmark Asia-Pacific (2020). |
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Speaker (Case 2)
Tim Gosbell Client Director Transport & Regional Director |
Tim Gosbell has over 30 years of experience in providing consulting services to public and private sector transport infrastructure clients primarily in Australia, in project delivery, client management, business management and business development leadership roles. Tim’s career includes numerous roles associated with Alliance Contracting delivery methods, where he has participated in Alliance Leader Teams, and Program Leadership team roles. Tim has been involved in establishing successful teams, developing the right team culture and coaching staff to form high performance teams. Tim is a recognised leader of the engineering community with excellent client relationships and contacts across the industry, a collaborative track record, and an industry leader. |
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Moderator
Prakash S Ramakrishnan Co-Chair MIIP SIG, |
Mr. Prakash is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineer’s Board Singapore and has more than 28 years of experience in all aspects of project development from conceptualisation and planning, design, contract administration, construction and project management for several building and infrastructure projects both in Singapore and Asia. His specialisation is in prefabrication technology and project management of building and infrastructure projects. His career has spanned both the public and private sectors where he has been involved in multiple roles including the review of public sector infrastructure projects, consultancy and the execution of major infrastructure projects. More recently he has been involved in the setup and operation of the Project Management and Governance office for the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail project. |
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Welcome address & Panelist Harihara Subramanian Co-Chair of MIIP-SIG |
Mr. Harihara, is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional and for the past 22 years he has successfully delivered various greenfield & brownfield multimillion-dollar CapEx EPC/ EPCM industrial projects and programs. He has hands-on experience in leading projects in cross-functional global team environment, with multi-disciplinary project design engineering, project management, business development across various industrial sectors, such as hi-tech industries Semicon, photo-voltaic industries, facility infrastructure management, equipment tool hook-up, clean-room environment, pharmaceuticals, environmental pollution abatement, refinery, petrochemical, chemical, and also experienced in manufacturing/operational functions. Currently he is working for Worley as Senior Project Manager. Harihara is a chemical engineer, obtained MBA degree, from Rutgers Business School, USA, and a Master of Science (CIM) from NTU Singapore. He has delivered various keynotes speeches at international conferences & institutions in the context of Project Management excellence and strongly support the project management community. |
Event Particulars
Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Time: 7pm - 9pm SGT (Time zone Converter: click here)
Virtual Venue: Zoom
PDUs: 2 Technical (where applicable, PMI ID to be included with registration)
An event organised by
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MIIP Specific Interest Group presents:
Case Study: Data-driven integrated approach to project delivery - Sydney Water Project & Driving Digitalisation in Brownfield Industrial and Energy Projects- Presentation & Panel discussion
Highlights:
- The future of delivering large complex infrastructure & industrial projects are fundamentally dependent on data and efficient & effective movement of data between disparate systems and applications.
- Sydney Water Southern Region project is an example of the successful integration of disciplines of Software Engineering, Project Management, and Design Engineering for data-driven project delivery.
- The Digital Transformation path will define “the project of the future” with special attention to Design philosophy and technology selection, Data-centric execution, and smooth transition into Operations, maintenance, and reliably.
- Digitalisation is also key to reducing Operational Cost by prolonging asset life and reliability, increasing the effectiveness of project management and de-risking project lifecycle. The use of Digital Twins to model complex asset information and transform the typical engineering, operation, maintenance, and interaction with the asset.
- Real-time practices and digital tools including the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Language (ML) further enhance asset reliability information, getting a better handle of known asset and equipment lifespan that enable effective preventive maintenance and optimize shutdown planning.
Case Study: Sydney Water Southern Region Project: Data-driven integrated approach to project delivery
This presentation will illustrate how Sydney Water accelerated its journey to a more data-driven integrated approach to project delivery by outsourcing the construction and maintenance of Sydney’s Southern Region to a Joint Venture.
This approach provided an opportunity to re-imagine and re-design the entire approach for data management, systems integration, project controls, and project management. From the outset, this ongoing project is designed to be scalable, portable, and transferable - branded as ‘Project-in-a-Box’.
Learning Outcomes:
- Different emerging digital trends in the lifecycle of Energy and Industrial projects.
- How digitalisation can be integrated at any phase of the project to improve project outcomes.
- Gain an understanding of the roles and importance of having a well-considered solutions architecture, systems integration, flow and capture of data in delivering efficient projects.
- Understand the challenges in bringing traditional approaches together to Project Management with Software Engineering & Design Engineering.
- How digitalisation improves the speed and quality of decision making across the entire organisation by providing the right information at the right time and how Digital Twins can be useful in brownfield environments for industrial and energy projects.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Appreciate the importance, challenges and best practice of a data-driven approach;
- Identify the key skills and expertise required to deliver more successful projects;
- Adapt and embrace a new approach to Brownfield project delivery / to approach digitalisation in infrastructure projects;
- Identify the key components in the setup and operation of a Digital Management Office (DMO);
- How to prepare for a new norm in construction.
Presentation and Discussion Method:
Panel discussion and presentation held via Zoom.
About the Speakers and Panel:
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Speaker Global Director, WSP Digital, WSP Australia |
Mr. Henry Okraglik is an experienced leader and team builder with a record of delivering successful innovative projects. Henry established WSP Digital 10 years ago, and in that time led numerous complex technology projects and implementation teams for customers in a variety of sectors in a number of countries. He has built WSP Digital into a highly respected global technology and software engineering division. Henry has a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Melbourne, A Masters of Arts from the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York (UK), and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management |
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Speaker Michael Gardner Project Manager, WSP Digital, WSP Australia |
Mr. Michael Gardner has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years, managing teams, projects, and systems over that time, as well as stints working as a software developer and business analyst. Michael has worked for WSP Digital for 4 years and in that time has led a number of large, complex system implementations and projects using both agile software development methodologies as well as more traditional project methodologies such as PMP. Michael has worked managing system implementations across a number of industries in both India and Australia. Michael is a Certified Agile Project Manager and holds a Diploma of Project Management from the Australian Institute of Management. |
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Moderator
Sybil Tan Director, Major Projects Advisory and Asset management, SEA region, KPMG Singapore
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Ms. Sybil Tan is a director in the Major Projects/ Asset Management(AM) Advisory Team in KPMG Singapore. She leads the team in delivering Construction as well as AM based projects in the region. She is a Chartered Civil Engineer (ICE) and Certified Project Manager with over 20 years of technical and industry experience in civil and structural projects, including rail, utilities, and built environment. She is also working with various infrastructure clients on digital strategies as well as implementation planning e.g. Data & Analytics in Infrastructure, BIM strategies, Digital Twin strategies, AI for maintenance optimisation etc. |
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Irene Wilson Vice President, Digital Customer Solutions, SEA and China, Worley, Singapore |
Ms. Irene Wilson has over 20 years' experience leading multi-billion dollar, cross-border, infrastructure, and energy projects with high technology solutions. She has on-ground expertise in construction execution of EPC projects in South East Asia, China, Europe, and West Africa with major International Oil Companies like Total, Equinor (Statoil), BP, Chevron, Shell, and ExxonMobil. Irene has been based in Singapore for almost 7 years. Irene has been leading the global efforts with the Data Science Worley team on Predictive Analytics applied to project controls data for Major Projects in Worley. |
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Peter Scaife Vice President, Digital Business Development, Middle East and Africa, Worley, Oman |
Mr. Peter Scaife is currently Vice President - Worley Digital Business Development for the Middle East and Africa Region. Throughout his tenure, Peter has been responsible for innovation, automation, and digitalisation as well as managing teams of systems experts. He’s been an integral contributor to projects of national importance and mega projects in various sectors including up/mid/downstream energy, mining and minerals, and petrochemical space. A few highlight-reel projects include Dow Polyethylene Train 3 and Suncor Fort Hills in Canada, PDO Rabab Harweel Integrated Project in Oman, and Exxon Tapis in Kuala Lumpur. Key focus areas for digitalisation and automation include TIC reductions, faster start-up and accelerated schedule and quality improvements. |
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Speaker Harihara Subramanian Chapter President, Chair of MIIP-SIG & PoY Awards, PMI Singapore Chapter |
Mr. Harihara is a PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2008, serving the PMI Singapore Chapter as President, Chair of MIIP, and Chair of Project of the Year Awards. For the past 20 years, he has successfully delivered various EPC industrial projects/programs. He has worked in Singapore, France, India regions. Hands-on experience in leading the project delivery with a cross-functional global team, with multi-disciplinary project design engineering, project management, business development across various industrial sectors, such as hi-tech infrastructure, Semicon, photovoltaic industries, petrochemical, chemical, refinery, pharmaceuticals, environmental pollution abatement projects. He has worked with leading multinational engineering firms. Harihara is a chemical engineer, has an EMBA degree, from Rutgers Business School, USA, and a Master of Science (CIM) from NTU Singapore. He has delivered various keynotes speeches at international conferences & institutions in the context of Project Management excellence. |
Event Particulars
Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Time (SGT): 7pm - 9pm (SGT timezone is GMT+8, start equivalent to 7am ET / 1pm CET / 3pm GST)
Virtual Venue: Zoom.
PDUs: 2 Technical (where applicable, PMI ID to be included with registration)
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