BRC Academy / Delivery & Certification

Construction Phase

Running the construction phase from kickoff to closeout, with the owner's checks at every step.

21 sessionsBeginnerEach with a worked example, quiz and references
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Beginner Sessions 1–21

  1. 1The construction lifecycle from the owner's chairThe six phases of a building project as the owner sees them, the gates between them, and Ontario's completion milestones, on a Northgate example.
  2. 2Pre-construction to construction handoffWhat the owner must hand from the design and procurement team to the construction team, and when, between tender close and mobilization.
  3. 3Kickoff meeting: agenda and decisionsHow owners run a construction kickoff meeting in Ontario: a timed agenda, the decisions to lock in, and the OHSA and prompt payment start-up checks.
  4. 4Ontario building permits: owner checklistHow Ontario owners get a building permit on time: applicable law, a complete application, the 20-day review clock, conditional permits and inspections.
  5. 5Mobilization and site setupHow owners treat construction mobilization as a gate: the readiness checklist, site logistics plans, local rules and paying the mobilization line.
  6. 6Ontario OHSA: owner vs constructor dutiesWho is the constructor under Ontario's OHSA, what owners still owe under ss. 29 and 30, and what R. v. Greater Sudbury means for owners.
  7. 7Notice of Project and safety oversightWhen O. Reg. 213/91 requires a Notice of Project, what the constructor files and posts, and how owners oversee site safety without becoming constructor.
  8. 8Quality plans and ITPsHow owners set up construction quality: the contractor's quality plan, ITPs with hold and witness points, general review and testing under CCDC 2-2020.
  9. 9RFIs: workflow, turnaround, metricsHow RFIs work under CCDC 2-2020: when an answer is a Supplemental Instruction or a change, Working Day turnaround targets and the RFI metrics owners track.
  10. 10Submittals and shop drawingsShop drawings and submittals under CCDC 2-2020 GC 3.8 (GC 3.10 in 2008): review scope, deviations, 10 Working Day reviews and a submittal schedule.
  11. 11OAC meetings and minutes that hold upHow owners run OAC meetings and keep minutes that hold up: meeting types, a standing agenda, numbered actions, corrections and why minutes are not notice.
  12. 12Monthly progress reports owners can trustWhat a monthly construction progress report should contain, how it ties to the GC 3.4 schedule update and GC 5.2 payment, and how owners test it.
  13. 13Schedule updates: the monthly checkHow owners check a contractor's monthly schedule update: data date, actuals, out-of-sequence logic, critical path, float trend and narrative.
  14. 14Cost reports, forecasts, contingencyHow owners build a monthly construction cost report: budget, commitments, changes, forecast final cost and a contingency drawdown they can defend.
  15. 15Cash flow and the S-curveHow owners plan construction cash flow: S-curves from the schedule, Ontario prompt payment timing, 10% holdback and annual holdback release.
  16. 16Change management end to endChange management under CCDC 2-2020 GC 6.1 to 6.6: Change Orders, Change Directives, concealed conditions, delays, claims and the change log.
  17. 17Site instructions, field reports, daily logsSupplemental Instructions, Consultant field review reports and contractor daily logs under CCDC 2-2020: what each record is for and what owners check.
  18. 18Procurement and long-lead itemsHow owners find long-lead items, schedule the full procurement chain backward from the need-by date, run a procurement log and use early release.
  19. 19Deficiency trackingHow owners track construction deficiencies in Ontario: punch list first, a clear item lifecycle, a log that holds up, burn-down metrics and holdbacks.
  20. 20Trade coordination and look-aheadsHow look-ahead schedules, constraint logs and weekly trade coordination turn the monthly schedule into work that happens, and what the owner should check.
  21. 21BIM and MEP coordinationHow BIM coordination catches MEP and sprinkler clashes before fabrication: federated models, clash types, LOD 350 and 400, zone sign-off and owner rules.
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