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MMCDA
102-211 Columbia Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2R5
Phone: 604-681-0295
Fax: 604-681-4545
Upcoming Training Courses
MMCD Asset Management Webinar - Sept 10, 2010
Date:
9/10/2010
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location:
Webinar
Details:
TOPIC: Planning Strategies for Asset Management
How does asset management fit with Official Community plans and the overall planning process? How does planning data and information support and influence the AM process? Forecasting for infrastructure demand and eliminating disused infrastructure. Defining sustainability and building sustainability into the asset management process and reporting. Defining and delivering a public consultation.
OUR PRESENTER: Kim Fowler, M.Sc., MCIP
Kim is a municipal sustainability expert with a proven record of successfully implementing sustainability frameworks and projects in several municipalities, including Port Coquitlam and the City of Victoria. She is a full member of the Canadian Institute of Planners with certification in strategic planning, local government administration, conflict resolution, media relations, and public facilitation and group dynamics.
To register for this workshop, please click on the event registration button below. Please note that login information for the webinar will be delivered via email the day prior to the presentation.
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MMCD Asset Management Webinar - Sept 17, 2010
Date:
9/17/2010
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location:
Webinar
Details:
TOPIC: Information Strategies for Asset Management
What do we need to know about data management? How is data used and collected? Are software systems/GIS right for me? How can I integrate data and databases? How do I choose a vendor? What range of tools are available and how do they fit together?
OUR PRESENTER: Andrew Walther, P.Eng.
Andrew specializes in implementing GIS and civil engineering technologies and business processes to both public and private sector organizations across North America. Andrew has consulted with many municipalities to help develop strategies and improve business processes relating to infrastructure data and GIS. Andrew is currently working with MMCD on the Municipal CAD Standards project, which addresses design and construction standards, and post construction infrastructure GIS submissions. Andrew has also workd with MMCD to help identify the requirements for the Provincial Asset Management Data Repository Project.
To register for this workshop, please click on the event registration button below. Please note that login information for the webinar will be delivered via email the day prior to the presentation.
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MMCD Asset Management Webinar - Sept 24, 2010
Date:
9/24/2010
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location:
Webinar
Details:
TOPIC: Leadership and Asset Management
Why adopt an asset management policy and plan? What do we need to deliver? What are the paybacks? What resources do I need? What are the obstacles? What decision making processes should we use? How do we integrate all our processes? What is the role of council and staff? What has to change to make it work?
OUR PRESENTER: Gaetan Royer
Gaetan Royer's love of everything urban brought him to hundreds of cities in 30 countries. He lived in 14 different Canadian cities. An architect and urban planner originally from Quebec City, he also served as Base Engineer at Canada's largest Air Base and peace-keeper in Bosnia. He received the Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal for his humanitarian work. He has lived in Port Moody since 2000 where he is City Manager. Port Moody received numerous awards including the International Livable Communities Award for Planning for the Future. Through Time for Cities, his book that is now in second edition, and speaking engagements across Canada, Gaetan Royer is a passionate advocate for a better deal for cities.
To register for this workshop, please click on the event registration button below. Please note that login information for the webinar will be delivered via email the day prior to the presentation.
event registration
Contract Administrator Course - Sept 24 & 25
Date:
9/24/2010
Time:
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location:
UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver
Details:
Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25, 2010
UBC Robson Square, Room C225, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver
Schedule for BOTH Days:
8:00 AM - Continental Breakfast/Refreshments
8:30 AM - Workshop Begins
4:30 PM - Workshop Ends
Lunch and refreshments breaks will be provided on both days.
What does it cost?
This two day course includes refreshments and lunch on both days, a Student Manual and a set of the MMCD documents (if not already purchased).
Students who DO NOT currently have a complete set of the MMCD documents:
$590.00 - MMCD Supporting, Associate and Individual Members
$720.00 - Non-Members
event registration
Introduction to MMCD Course Oct 2010 (Tentative)
Date:
10/1/2010
Time:
8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location:
MMCD Office 102 - 211 Columbia Street, Vancouver
Details:
INTRODUCING THE MMCD
Who should Attend?
This 4 hour course provides a brief overview of the Master Municipal Construction Documents, focussing on the General Conditions. Those most likely to benefit from this course are people who have some construction experience with other contract formats, but who wish to know if the MMCD is appropriate for their needs or to learn what unique approaches it takes. Attendees who have no contracting experience will gain exposure to the structure and philosophy of one of the most accepted contract formats for municipal construction in BC. This course is not intended to provide in-depth training to create and tender a MMCD contract or to administer one in the field.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will learn about:
-The development of the MMCD and how it's success is measured.
-When the MMCD is (and is not) an appropriate contract format to use.
-Which documents the MMCD provides and where additions and modifications are necessary to assemble a complete tender package.
The background philosophies underlying the MMCD approach including:
-Fairness
-Risk allocation and mitigation
-Dispute resolution options
-Expectations for professionalism and teamwork
-How the MMCD structures the roles of the major contract participants.
-Significant items in the General Conditions including:
-Changes vs. Extra Work vs. Quantity Variations
-Unforeseen conditions and Hazardous Materials
-Force Account work, record keeping requirements and payment calculations
-Testing, Quality Control and Quality Assurance
-Schedules, delays, acceleration, liquidated damages and Force Majeure
-Prime Contractor and other safety obligations for both parties
-Procedures for Progress Payments, Substantial and Total Performance
-Builders Lien obligations and waivers of claim for both parties
-Warranties and Maintenance Period issues
event registration
Contract Administrator Course - Oct 1 & 2 Victoria
Date:
10/1/2010
Time:
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location:
Sandman Hotel Victoria, 2852 Douglas Street
Details:
Sandman Hotel Victoria, 2852 Douglas Street, Victoria
Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2, 2010
Schedule for BOTH Days:
8:00 AM - Continental Breakfast/Refreshments
8:30 AM - Workshop Begins
4:30 PM - Workshop Ends
Lunch and refreshments breaks will be provided on both days.
What does it cost?
This two day course includes refreshments and lunch on both days, a Student Manual and a set of the MMCD documents (if not already purchased).
Students who DO NOT currently have a complete set of the MMCD documents:
$590.00 - MMCD Supporting, Associate and Individual Members
$720.00 - Non-Members
Students who currently have or will bring their own Platinum Edition of the MMCD documents:
$500.00 - MMCD Supporting, Associate and Individual Members
$600.00 - Non-Members
$100.00 - Exam Fee (for those approved and qualified to take the exam)
**Prices do not include HST
How do I Register?
We ask that you register for this course online , by clicking on the event registration button below, to ensure a spot is reserved for you. You are aslo required to print off and complete this
Student Profile
and return it to the office at your very earliest convenience.
For those that request to take the exam , the MMCD office will need to receive the completed student profile form along with supporting documents outlining your MMCD experience from your references in our office no later than
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010,
so we can consider your qualifications for writing the exam after the course.
There are just 20 spots reserved for this course and it will fill up quickly, so please register today!
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MMCD Superintendent Course - run jointly with VRCA
Date:
10/15/2010
Time:
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location:
Abbotsford Ramada Plaza and Conference Centre
Details:
Please click the following link
VRCA Online Registration
to register online through the Vancouver Regional Construction Assocation website for this course (do not click on the event registration button below)
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Contract Administrator Course | Tentative Nov 2010
Date:
11/19/2010
Time:
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location:
The Coast Bastion Inn - 11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo
Details:
The Coast Bastion Inn - 11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo
Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20, 2010
Schedule for BOTH Days:
8:00 AM - Continental Breakfast/Refreshments
8:30 AM - Workshop Begins
4:30 PM - Workshop Ends
Lunch and refreshments breaks will be provided on both days.
What does it cost?
This two day course includes refreshments and lunch on both days, a Student Manual and a set of the MMCD documents (if not already purchased).
Students who DO NOT currently have a complete set of the MMCD documents:
$590.00 - MMCD Supporting, Associate and Individual Members
$720.00 - Non-Members
Students who currently have or will bring their own Platinum Edition of the MMCD documents:
$500.00 - MMCD Supporting, Associate and Individual Members
$600.00 - Non-Members
$100.00 - Exam Fee (for those approved and qualified to take the exam)
**Prices do not include HST
How do I Register?
We ask that you register for this course online , by clicking on the event registration button below, to ensure a spot is reserved for you. You are aslo required to print off and complete this
Student Profile
and return it to the office at your very earliest convenience.
For those that request to take the exam, we will need to receive this completed form along with supporting documents outlining your MMCD experience from your references in our office no later than
Wednesday, November 3, 2010,
so we can consider your qualifications for writing the exam after the course. Please send this form back as soon as possible, as the 20 spots reserved for this course will fill up quickly.
event registration
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