Program Year 2022
Images from March 8, 2022 Meeting
Images from February 8, 2022 Meeting
Program Year 2021
Images from October 12, 2021 Meeting
Images from November 9, 2021 Meeting
2020
2019
- 2019 09 10 Project Controls in an OS 2.0 Environment September 13, 2019
Program Year 2018/2019
2019 AACE HGCS Symposium @ U of H
2019
- Images from May 14, 2019 Meeting May 15, 2019
- Images from May 5, 2019 Meeting May 6, 2019
- Images from April 9, 2019 Meeting April 10, 2019
- Images from February 12, 2019 Meeting February 13, 2019
2018
- Images from November 13, 2018 Meeting November 14, 2018
- Images from October 9, 2018 meeting October 10, 2018
- Oct 8, 2018 – Successful Implementation of Interface Management for a Major Capital Project October 8, 2018
- Images from September 4, 2018 Meeting September 5, 2018
Program Year 2017/2018
2017
- 2017 10 10 – Sally Love, Founder and President, Paragon Worldwide – “Ready for an ABOUT-FACE in Capital Project Communication” March 12, 2018
- 2017 09 12 – Waylon Whitehead, Integration Planner and Risk Manager, ConocoPhillips (In collaboration with Dr. David T. Hulett Ph.D., FAACE – “The Monte Carlo Method for Modeling & Mitigating Systemic Risk” September 15, 2017
Program Year 2016/2017
2017
- 2017 05 09 – Geoff Sherwood, Project Services Manager/Consultant (Retired) – Turnaround Management June 19, 2017
- 2017 04 11 – Darren Elliott, Director, Tecolote Research, Inc. (NASA and Oil & Gas Project) – Improving Capital Project Execution through Joint Analysis of Cost and Schedule June 19, 2017
- 2017 03 07 – Dennis Allen, Senior Vice President, Hill International – Claims Avoidance June 19, 2017
- Josh Rowan Joins AACE International as Director of Region V March 26, 2017
2016
- 2016 12 13 James Morrison, Computer Scientist, FBI – Houston Division – “Cyber Threats and You” September 15, 2017
- 2016 11 15 Robert J. White, Project Services Manager, Shell Vito Project – “Effective Project War Rooms” February 22, 2017
- Fall 2016 AACE – HGCS Outreach Program At University of Houston October 23, 2016
- 2016 10 12 John Hollmann, Owner, Validation Estimating LLC – Project Risk Quantification: A Practitioner’s Guide To Realistic Cost and Schedule Risk Management October 14, 2016
- 2016 09 13 Mark Gidson, Leader Construction and Real Estate Advisory EY – Creating a High Performing Team (HTP) by Entering The Toughest Bike Race in The World – RAAM October 10, 2016
Program Year 2015/2016
2016
- 2016 05 10 Vijai Singh, PMP, ACCA – PEMS ManagerPrincipal Consultant, Rider Hunt International (USA) Inc. – Unit Rate Contracting & 3D Engineering Systems – The Integrated Solution October 25, 2015
- 2016 04 12 William A. Banks, Jr., SeniorLead Planning & Scheduling Engineer and Schedule Risk Analyst, Becthel Corporation – Risk Intelligence: An Introduction and the Application of Risk RQ (Aptitude) and Risk IQ to Validate Duration Uncertainty and Risk Register Estimates October 25, 2015
- 2016 03 08 Julie Owen, AACE International President & Senior Project Controls Manager – Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency – AACE State of the Association/Implementation of a PMO at LA Metro October 25, 2015
- 2016 02 09 Alesia Roberts, Senior Cost Engineer, Shell Global Solutions – Mentoring A Rewarding Activity October 25, 2015
- 2016 01 12 Jason Kimbrell & Ana Gayon – From Dollars to Sense A Practical Guide for Communicating Project Controls October 25, 2015
2015
- 2015 12 08 Steve Sloat – Chase and Race (A Checkered Past) October 25, 2015
- 2015 11 10 Don Hill – Importance of Company Culture of Project Success October 25, 2015
- 2015 10 13 Stephen Wilson – Creating Management Presentations from P6 Data October 25, 2015
- 2015 09 08 Stephen L. Cabano, President, Pathfinder, LLC – Addressing Construction Challenges to Petrochemical Projects in the US Gulf Coast October 25, 2015
Program Year 2014/2015
2015
- 2015 05 12 Masjood Jafri – Supply Chain Changes Affected By API Q2 Specification Quality Management System.
- 2015 04 14 Bill Helms – Global Project Controls and Systems Implementation.
- 2015 03 10 Jamal Lahlali – Program Management & NPI Process In GE.
- 2015 02 10 Carla Thomas-Baksh – Achieving Competitive Edge with Effective Cost Management
- 2015 01 13 Matthew Evans – Cost Engineering: A Fresh Perspective
2014
- AACEI – Food Drive 2014/2015 October 3, 2014
- 2014 12 09 Joanna Yaghooti, AIA LEED® AP – Warning! This Community May Be Hazardous To Your Health September 21, 2014
- 2014 11 11 Logan Anjaneyulu, CCP, CEP, PSP – Controls for Mega Turnarounds September 21, 2014
- 2014 10 14 Eric Drucker – Using Stochastic Optimization to Improve Risk Mitigation September 19, 2014
- 2014 09 09 Jim D. Whiteside II, P.E., FAACE – Advanced Analysis August 15, 2014
Program Year 2013/2014
2014
- 2014 01 14 Excelerate Energy Presentation AACE Meeting January 16, 2014
- 2014 05 13 Presentation by Leon Dominick September 4, 2013
- 2014 04 08 Presentation by Randy Jordan September 4, 2013
- 2014 03 11 Presentation by Peter van der Schans September 4, 2013
- 2014 02 11 Presentation by Rod Knoll September 4, 2013
- 2014 01 14 Presentation by Martin Hruska September 4, 2013
2013
- 2013 12 10 Presentation by James O’Connor September 4, 2013
- 2013 11 12 Presentation by Jim Blevins September 4, 2013
- 2013 10 08 Presentation by Jack Foerst September 4, 2013
- 2013 09 10 Presentation by Jim Whiteside September 4, 2013
Program Year 2012/2013
2013
- 2013 05 14 – Identifying True Cost and Schedule Risk Drivers by Dan Patterson, Ph.D.,PMP September 7, 2012
- 2013 04 09 – Risk Management in Business Processes by Jayant Ramakrishnan, Ph.D. September 7, 2012
- 2013 03 05 – Project Controls on EMCP: ‘Co-Habitation’ of Commercial & Industrial Cost/Schedule Practices by Joe Kesselman September 7, 2012
- 2013 02 12 – Competing on Metrics – A Look at Shale Resource Plays by Josh Rowan, CCC, PMP September 7, 2012
- 2013 01 08 – Project Change Management by Greg Whiteside, EIT, CCT September 7, 2012
2012
- 2012 12 11 – Toastmasters – The Benefits and Opportunities for People to Participate by John Thibeaux August 30, 2012
- 2012 11 13 – Estimate Quality Assurance for LNG Projects by Greg Ford, CCC August 30, 2012
- 2012 10 09 – Project Governance – Are You Success Myopic? by Harold Dorbin, PMP, CFCC and John Cunningham, CFCC August 30, 2012
- 2012 09 11 – Skilled Resources in the Oil & Gas Industry by David Mathews August 29, 2012
Program Year 2011/2012
2012
- Systems Integration in Cost Engineering – Mike Rosenberg, Account Manager, Ares Software April 10, 2012
- Cause and Effect: How Schedule Acceleration Affects Productivity- Matt Baker Project Controls Specialist Chevron January 10, 2012
2011
- Sustainable Design and Engineering for Industrial Construction by Nancy Kralik (Dir. HSE Engg., Fluor) December 13, 2011
- Mega Construction: Planning for Success – Ali Husaini, Project Controls Manager, Jacobs Engg November 8, 2011
- The top 10 challenges to effective Cost Controls in the energy industry (and how to overcome them)” – by Christen Bergerud, VP Ecosys October 11, 2011
- Technology in Construction: The Estimator’s Technology Toolkit – by James Benham, Founder, JBKnowledge Technologies September 13, 2011
Program Year 2010/2011
2011
- Establishing and Maintaining Staff Competence in a Changing Workforce” by Omar Peck (VP, Project Controls, URS) April 12, 2011
- Benchmarking Capital Project Performances by Dr. Stephen Mulva (Construction Industry Institute, UT Austin) March 10, 2011
- Data Warehouse or Data Closet by John Musgrove (Lead Mechanical Equipment Estimator, Bechtel) March 8, 2011
- Feb 8 – Determination of Foreign Country Estimating Factors (Werner Pehlke, BASF SE) February 8, 2011
- Mount Storm Wind Energy Project (Tom Lee, Project Engineer, Shell Projects & Technology) January 11, 2011
2010
- Integrated Project Management Systems by Brian Campbell, Currie and Brown November 9, 2011
- Gulf Crossing – Linking the Land, Birds, & People of Gulf of Mexico by Cecilia Riley (Gulf Coast Bird Observatory) December 14, 2010
- Managing Change in the world of Major Capital Projects by Gerry McGurgan & Claire Colhoun (8over8) October 12, 2010
- A Look At Risk Management by Robert Curbeam, Former NASA Astronaut, (Sr. VP, ARES Corp.) September 14, 2010
Program Year 2009/2010
2010
- Life Cycle Assessment + Green Building by Dave McNamara (Faithful & Gould) May 11, 2010
- Types of Claims normally encountered in the upstream Oil & Das Sector by Darron Jacobs, Sr. Associate Director, Trett Consulting April 13, 2010
- Value Improving Practices by Steven Buck (BASF) March 9, 2010
- The Talent Vacuum – Keeping Your Best Talent In a Downturn by Jeff Bettinger and Shayna Brown (Fluor) February 9, 2010
- Stimulus Planning and Project Reporting by Sami Jaroudi (ARES) January 12, 2010
2009
- How I assembled My Model Plane and Flew by Bill Gipson (ex HGCS Board Director) December 9, 2009
- Accessing Schedule Integrity by Tom Barnes (Steelray) November 10, 2009
- What Really Matters? Sensitivity Analysis for Class 2 and Class 4 Process Plant Estimates by Mike Monteith (SES Estimating) October 13, 2009
- “Project Controls 101 – A Look Back At An International Project Controls Career” by Tom Rye (Retd., BP) September 15, 2009
Program Year 2008/2009
2009
- “Lower Federal Taxes or Higher Cash Flow – The Value of Cost Segregation of Owners of Commercial Facilities” by Terry L. Schell (Federal Tax Abatement Services) April 14, 2009
- “Forensic Schedule Analysis” by Anamaria Popescu (CPM Consulting) March 10, 2009
- “Oil and Gas Project Benchmarking” by Steven Mulva (CII) February 10, 2009
- “4 Secrets to Liking Your Work” by Deborah J. Fisher (U of NM Research/Group Harmonics) January 13, 2009
2008
- “Estimating in today’s volatile market” by Robert Brown Jr (IPA) November 11, 2008
- “Leading Change Efforts Within Complex Organizations” by Michael Matthews (Co Founder Blue Marble Risk Solutions October 14, 2008
- “Challenges for Cost Estimating & Engineering for Chemical Plants in China” by Werner Pehlke (BASF AG) September 9, 2008
Program Year 2007/2008
2008
- Katherine Molly and Mike Matthews- “Top Five Ways to Get Your Construction Project In Trouble” May 13, 2008
- James Arrow – RICS/KBR “A Guide to Risk Management” April 15, 2008
- John Musgrove – Bechtel “Subcontract Evaluation” March 11, 2008
- Mark White – Faithful & Gould “ERP System Implementation” February 12, 2008
- Stephen P. Mulva Ph. D. – Construction Industry Institute “Oil & Gas Bench Marking by CII” January 11, 2008
2007
- Oliver Osborn – Freestyle Naturalist (Retired) “Wild Flowers of Brazoria County” December 11, 2007
- Werner Pehlke – BASF AG “Cost Engineering Methods for Chemical Plants in Dependence on the Engineering Progress” November 13, 2007
- Robert Orleans – Chevron Consultant “Value Engineering” October 16, 2007
- Nick Routledge – HFG Engineering “Managing Cost and Schedule on an EPCI Lump-sum Project” September 11, 2007
