Meetings

Our technical meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month, from September through May at the HESS Club building on Westheimer Road. Networking begins at 5:30pm, dinner is served at 6:15pm and the featured presentation begins at 7:00pm.

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Program Year 2019/2020

2020

2019

• 2019 09 10 Project Controls in an OS 2.0 Environment September 13, 2019

Program Year 2018/2019

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