TRAINING EXPERIENCE


Claims and Dispute Resolution Seminars
College and University Courses and Workshops and Lectures
Computerized Scheduling and Project Management Seminars and Workshops
Construction Management Seminars
Critical Path Scheduling Seminars
General Management Seminars
Jobsite Management and Supervisor Training Seminars and Workshops
M/WBE and Emerging Small Business Training and Support
Non-Profit Educational & Professional Association Seminars
Program Management Seminars
Project Management Seminars
Publications and Technical Papers
Public Seminars
Representative Lectures, Speeches and Other Presentations
TQM Training

Critical Path Scheduling Seminars
     American Society of Civil Engineers, Annual Conference, St Louis, Missouri
Associated Builders & Contractors, Oregon Chapter
Associated General Contractors, Oregon Chapter - 4 seminars
Associated General Contractors, Washington Chapter
AT&T Technologies, Ash Project Team, Greensboro, North Carolina
Bonneville Power Administration, Garrison Substation - Jobsite Personnel Training
Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon
City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services, Portland, Oregon
Energoprojekt Holding, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Floating Point, Portland, Oregon
Gilco Construction, Anchorage, Alaska
Howard S. Wright Construction, Seattle, Washington - 2 seminars
J & J Construction Company, Portland, Oregon
Kaiser Hospitals Foundation Facilities Management, Portland, Oregon
Leagjeld Construction Company, Portland, Oregon
Massart Construction, Seattle, Washington
Merco Construction, Camarillo, California
METRO, Portland, Oregon
Milne Construction, Portland, Oregon, 3 seminars
Mountain States, Sunnyside, Washington
NERCO Mining, Portland, Oregon
OMNI Electric, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Oregon Department of Transportation 
Pacific Power & Light, Portland, Oregon
R & H Construction, Portland, Oregon
R A Gray & Company, Tigard, Oregon - 2 seminars
U S Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
U S Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District - 2 seminars
U S Army Corps of Engineers, Puerto Rico
U S Bureau of Reclamation, Provo, Utah
Unified Sewerage Agency of Washington County, Hillsboro, Oregon
Vrooman Constructors, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Wagner Mining Equipment, Portland, Oregon
Washington County Department of Public Works, Hillsboro, Oregon
Washington State Department of Transportation
  
Claims and Dispute Resolution Seminars
American Arbitration Association, Seattle, Washington
Associated Builders & Contractors, Oregon Chapter - 2 seminars
Associated General Contractors, Montana Chapter
Associated General Contractors, Oregon Chapter
Associated General Contractors, Subcontractor Council, Oregon - Subcontractor Claims
Associated Subcontractors of Washington - "Are They Costing You Money?" 
Energoprojekt Holding, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Gelco Construction, Salem, Oregon
Holiday Parks Inc., Seattle, Washington
Home Builders Association Dispute Avoidance Resolution Workshop
J C Milne Construction, Portland, Oregon
Law Seminars International (LSI) - Construction Law Conference 1997
National Business Institute Advanced Construction Law Seminar
NECA SW Washington Chapter
PHCC of Oregon
Wickwire Gavin How To Get Paid Seminar
  
Construction Management Seminars
Tektronix, Inc., Facilities Management, Beaverton, Oregon
Washington Department of Corrections, Olympia, Washington 
  
Project Management Seminars
AEC Expo Conference, New York City, New York
Armstrong World Industries
Associated Builders & Contractors, Portland, Oregon
Atlas Copco Wagner, Portland, Oregon
AT&T Technologies, McLean, North Carolina
Berschauer & Phillips, Olympia, Washington
Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon - 6 seminars
Bonneville Power Administration, Spokane, Washington
Businessland/Associated Builders & Contractors - Project Management & the Computer
Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland, Oregon
Cal State Electric, Bakersfield, California
City of Portland Traffic Bureau, Oregon
City of Beaverton 2 Seminars
CMC - Computer & Management Show, Chicago, Illinois
Energoprojekt Holding, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Energoinvest-Energoinzenjering, Sarajevo, Bosnia
National Association of Hungarian Building Entrepreneurs, Budapest, Hungary
Heath Signs, Yakima, Washington
Intel Project Management Standards
Lane County Department of Public Works, Eugene, Oregon
Merco Construction, Camarillo, California
Milne Construction, Portland, Oregon
Multnomah County Engineering Services Section, Portland, Oregon
NAM Conference Center, Ghana, Africa
National Electrical Contractors, SW Washington Chapter
Northwest Cascade, Puyallup, Washington
Northwest Commercial Building Industry Expo, Portland, Oregon
Oregon Construction Contractors Board - Public Seminar for Contractors, Portland, OR
Pace Contracting, Las Vegas, Nevada
PBS Environmental, Portland, Oregon
PC Power - Project Management/Computer Class
PMI-National
PMI-Florida, 1997
PMI-Georgia, 1997
PMI-Oregon, 1997-1998
PMI-Arizona, 1998
PMI-Colorado, 1998
Portland State University - Project tools classes
Sanaei Kogyo Company, Ltd, Misawa-shi, Aomori, Japan
SDL Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Software University - Computerized Project Management
SOTI, Baghdad, Iraq
Small Business Development Center - Project Management & Scheduling - 3 years
SPT Telecom, Prague, Czech Republic
Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Tektronix/Portland Community College, Beaverton, Oregon - 2 seminars
U S Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage, Alaska District
U S Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
U S Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
U S Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
WIDCO, Centralia, Washington (coal mining and power generation)
  
Jobsite Management and Supervisor Training Seminars and Workshops
Associated General Contractors, Oregon Chapter - Construction Supervisor Course 
Associated General Contractors, Oregon Chapter - Supervisor Training Program (STP)
Leadership and Motivation
Project Management
Using Contract Documents
Planning & Scheduling
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Oral & Written Communication
Cates Construction, Lancaster, California
Electrical Construction Company, Portland, Oregon
Gaston & Associates, Anchorage, Alaska
Milne Construction, Portland, Oregon
Orion Rehabilitation, Portland, Oregon
  
M/WBE and Emerging Small Business Training and Support
Contractors Inc., Portland, Oregon - Columbia Boulevard Headworks Project
Curriculum development and presentation of 30 short courses over 2 year period on $20 million project.
Oregon Department of Transportation - indefinite delivery contract (two years)
Portland Development Commission - three year continuing contract
  
General Management Seminars
Associated Builders & Contractors of Oregon
Associated General Contractors - Metric Measurement Course
City of Portland-Re-engineering Training
Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Oregon - Teambuilding
North Santiam Paving Company - Vision Setting 
Professional Development Center-The New Leadership Paradigm Seminar
United Telephone/Sprint, Hood River, Oregon - The Power of Cross - Functional Teams
  
Computerized Scheduling and Project Management Seminars and Workshops
3A Industries, Seattle, Washington
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey
AT&T Federal Systems, Greensboro, North Carolina
AT&T Technologies, Greensboro, North Carolina
Bud Mahas Construction, Salt Lake City, Utah
David A. Mowat Construction, Kirkland, Washington
Dillar Plank Construction, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Emerick Construction, Portland, Oregon
Farmer & Associates, East Wenatchee, Washington
Gaston & Associates, Anchorage, Alaska
Hainline & Associates, Seattle, Washington
Hoffman of California, Waterford, California
J.H. Kelly, Inc., Longview, Washington
J.W. Bateson, Dallas, Texas
Jacobs & Associates, San Francisco, California
KMB Design Development, Olympia, Washington
Korte-Ploucher Construction, Highland, Illinois
Laidig, Inc., Mishawaka, Indiana
McGraws Custom Construction, Sitka, Alaska
Merco Construction, Camarillo, California
Moffatt Nichol & Bonney, Portland, Oregon
P.W. Construction, Rialto, California
PC Power, Beaverton, Oregon
Roland Morris - Consultant, Ft. Worth, Texas
Slayden Construction, Stayton, Oregon
Teval Corporation, Honolulu, Hawaii
Trico Contracting, Burlington, Washington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Western Alaska Contractors, Anchorage, Alaska
  
Program Management Seminars
AT&T Bell Laboratories, North Andover Plant, Engineering Design Section
Alameda County Department of Public Works, Hayward, California
City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services, Portland, Oregon
City of Salem, Department of Public Works, Salem, Oregon
King County Department of Public Works, Seattle, Washington
Multnomah County Engineering Services Section, Portland, Oregon
Washington Department of Corrections, Olympia, Washington
  
TQM Training
2G Construction, Eugene, Oregon
Associated Builders & Contractors - Oregon Chapter
L H Morris Electric, Springfield, Oregon
Mountain States, Sunnyside, Washington
Todd Construction, Tualatin, Oregon
  
Concordia College Courses and Workshops - Adjunct Lecturer
International Marketing
Business Management (series of one-day workshops)
Creating Superior Teams 
Cross-Cultural Communications
Product Development Management
Self-Managed Teams
Strategic Planning
TQM Implementation
Vision, Values, Goals
Chemeketa Community College Seminars
Critical Path Scheduling - 2 years
  
Marylhurst College Workshops
Project Management
Team Management
Winning Leadership
  
Oregon State University, Division of Continuing Education Seminars
Critical Path Management for Hanna Nickel Smelting Co.
Elements of Critical Path Scheduling, Renton, Washington and Portland, Oregon
  
Oregon State University, School of Business - Assistant Professor
Business Policy
International Management
Management of Organizations
Organizational Behavior
Project Management
  
Portland Community College Seminars
Project Management 
Project Management at High Tech Industries
  
Portland State University, Professional Development Center
Critical Path Scheduling (CPM/PERT)
Contracts, Specifications & Claims
Current Construction Practices & Estimating - Portland and Eugene, Oregon
Implementing ISO-9000 Quality Standards
Value Engineering *
  
Portland State University, School of Business - Associate Professor
Management of Organizations
Organizational Behavior
  
Portland State University, School of Engineering - Adjunct Lecturer
Communications & Team Building
Engineering Management Synthesis
Engineering Project Management - 2 years
Engineering Project Management - 3 years
Engineering Project Management - 3 years
Introduction to Construction
Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling
Professional Civil Engineer Exam Review - Scheduling & Engineering Econ. - 5 years
Professional Mech. Engineer Exam Review - Scheduling & Engineering Econ. - 3 yrs
Re-engineering the Technical Enterprise
Strategic Planning for Engineering Management
Systems Engineering Approach to Project Management
TQM - Continuous Improvement
  
University of Portland, School of Engineering - Adjunct Associate Professor
Engineering Economy
Critical Path Scheduling
Project Management
  
University of Washington Seminars and Guest Lectures
Joint Center for Graduate Study, Richland, Washington - Project Management 
Joint Center for Graduate Study, Richland, Washington - CPM/PERT Scheduling - 2 years
Seattle Campus, Graduate Program - Project Planning Lecture
  
Non-Profit Educational & Professional Association Seminars
American Association of Cost Engineers - Dispute Management Programs
American Institute of Architects, Portland - Management Approach to CPM Scheduling
American Management Associations - Basic Project Management seminars, 2 sessions
AMR International, Inc. - Construction Management Seminar: Scheduling Lecture
American Public Works Association - Project Management Seminar
Northwest Construction Council - Schedule Compression Lecture
International Facility Management Association - Dispute Management Programs
Project Management Institute, Oregon Chapter, PMI NW Symposium - Scheduling Seminar
Society of Cost Engineers - Dispute Management Programs
  
Public Seminars Sponsored by Pinnell/Busch, Inc.
Beauty & Challenge: Business Strategy and Program Management - Portland, Oregon
Critical Path Scheduling - Portland, Oregon
Jobsite Construction Scheduling - Seattle, Washington
  
Representative Lectures, Speeches and Other Presentations
AEC Expo - "A Management Approach to Implementing a Project Management System" and
    "A Systematic Approach to Managing Successful Projects" (two lectures), 1987 
American Public Work Associations - "Project Management Systems for Public Works",
     presentation of lecture in Seattle
American Society of Civil Engineers, National Convention - "Construction/Engineering Management:
     A Comparison", presentation of paper
American Society of Value Engineers - "Use of Computers in Project Management and Value
    Engineering", Portland Chapter dinner speech
American Waterworks Association - "Matrix Management: A Blend of Functional Departments and
    Project Teams", Pacific NW Conference 
Associated Builders and Contractors - "Documentation & Effective Claims", seminar overview,
    Portland, OR
Associated Builders and Contractors - NW Conference - "TQM - The Never Ending Race"
Associated General Contractors - "Proof of Claims, with CPM Schedules", Oregon Section Annual
    Convention
Associated General Contractors - "An Executive Overview of Project Management"
Associated General Contractors - "Construction Claims: A Preventative Approach"
CH2M Hill - "Value Engineering" in-house seminars and instruction 
CMC 1987 "A Management Approach to Implementing a Project Management System",
    McCormack Place, Chicago 
Construction Surety Underwriters, Oregon Section - "Construction Management" 
First International Conference on Computers in Civil Engineering - "Micro-Computer Project
    Management System", presentation of papers, New York City 
Society of Design Administration - "Partnering"
Southern California Expo - "Project Management", "Computers in Construction", and "Regulating
    the Speed and Costs of Projects" (three lectures), 1986 
University of Portland, Graduate School of Business - "Critical Path Scheduling" 
University of Washington, Construction Management Masters Program - "The Jobsite Schedule" 
University of Portland, "Functional Use of Project Management"
  
Publications and Technical Papers
"Bottom Line Management" - a bi-weekly column in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce and the
    Portland Daily Journal of Commerce on issues for construction contractors. Publication began in
    May 1994.
"Bottom Line Results" - a Management Focus article - Oregon-Columbia Contractor, Associated 
    General Contractors, Summer 1994.
"Construction Scheduling Disputes: Proving Entitlement" - The Construction Lawyer. an American 
    Bar Association publication, January 1992.
"Construction/Engineering Management: A Comparison" - The Journal of Professional Activities, 
    American Society of Civil Engineers, April 1980.
"Continuous Improvement Via Project Management", TIMS Conference, October 1994.
"Critical Path Scheduling: An Overview and A Practical Alternative" - Civil Engineering - ASCE, 
    July 1980.
"Developing Managers within a Matrix Structure", presented at the ASCE Fall Convention, New Orleans,
    October 1982.
"Dispute Management Programs: Partnering, Dispute Resolution, and Claims Management" a
    professional paper delivered at the 25th Annual Seminar/Symposium of the Project Management
    Institute in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, October 1994.
"Easier, Better Method of Construction Scheduling" - Pacific Builder & Engineer Magazine, February 1981.
"Even If It Ain't Broke, Quality Program Says Fix It Anyway", The Business Journal, November 25, 1994.
"How Do You Measure the Quality of Your Project Management" Co-author with Steve Pinnell, 
    PM NETwork Vol. VII, No. 5, May 1993.
"How's your schedule?" - Job Site Management Magazine, Daily Journal of Commerce, July 26, 1993.
"Job Site Management: Making project an all-around success" - Job Site Management Magazine, 
    Daily Journal of Commerce, July 26, 1993.
"Local Governments: A Cultural Perspective" - Co-Author with Perry Smith for an issue focus on PM 
    in Local Governments, PM NETwork, Vol. VIII, No. 8, August 1994.
"Managing Project Challenging Work" - Daily Journal of Commerce Magazine, Project Management. 
    Portland, Oregon, July 1994.
"Matrix Management: A Blend of Functional Departments and Project Teams", presented to the Pacific 
    Northwest Conference, May 1978.
"Microcomputer Project Management System", presented at the First International Conference on 
    Computers in Civil Engineering, May 1981.
"Perspectives on Quality Education in Management Development " presented at the Portland International
    Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, 1991.
"Project Management in a Multi-project Environment" - The Military Engineer, July 1990.
"Project Management" published as one chapter of the Contractors Management Guide, published by 
    the Oregon Columbia Chapter of the Associated General Contractors, 1991.
"Project Scheduling: A New Approach, Computers for Construction Handbook, March 1988.
"Quality Management" - Job Site Management Magazine, Daily Journal of Commerce, July 26, 1993.
"Software Can Aid Public-Works Management" - American City and County, July 1988.
"Successful Construction Claims Prevention" - Northwest Construction, an Associated General 
    Contractors publication, Summer 1989.
"The Contractor's Dispute Management Program", co-author - Job Site Management Magazine, Daily 
    Journal of Commerce, July 26, 1993.
"The Jobsite Schedule in a Competitive Construction Market", presented at the Project Management 
    Institute, Northwest Regional Symposium, Portland, OR, May 1987.
"Turnkey Contracts for Sewage Treatment Plants" - Civil Engineering - ASCE, January 1974.
"Unit 5: Planning & Scheduling" of AGC's Supervisory Training Program. Textbook and Training 
    Manual revision, 1992.
"Upcoming Projects and the Impact on Site Management" - Job Site Management Magazine, 
    Daily Journal of Commerce, July 26, 1993.

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