1. Facilitation of Change - Theme for the 2011 Annual LinCP Forum - What's changing and why, integrated practices, seeking a world view, IPD in Texas, how change affects our industry and each stakeholder group
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2. Integrated Practice - IPD and "IPD-ish," legalities, Texas legislation, working with associations, pros and cons for/from stakeholders
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3. BIM - defining, delivering, digging deeper, 6-D, what Owners want/need, challenges to delivering, after the project is turned over, legalities
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4. Insurance Programs - options, selecting, differences and benefits
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5. Facilities and Program Management Technologies - Are providers delivering what's really needed? Promises vs. reality
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6. Sustainability - Review new Texas standards, sustainability without LEED, project examples, other ways to "grade" sustainability, defining what's needed
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7. Sub-contractor's Perspective - Needed in general, and especially with integrated teams
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8. Dispute Resolution Processes - Preventing, dealing with disputes, recovering from a dispute
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9. Financing Projects for State-funded Entities - getting $'s, process of where money comes from and how decisions are made, Public-private partnerships, stories of successes and failures
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10. Construction Delivery Methods - Can include IPD, public-private-partnerships, CM@risk, etc. Need more focus on how to do/not do CM@R, selecting the best delivery for the project
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