James Williams
Planning Planet Global Community Founder, Project Controls SME
Head of Project Controls for Submarine Delivery Agency
United Kingdom
About
With 35 years of project controls experience gained in Dubai, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Macao, Thailand, the USA, and the UK, James Williams has demonstrated the ability to support a diverse range of high-profile projects vis-à-vis development of coordinated project management/controls tools.
James is the founder of the Planning Planet community portal, the largest project controls network on the planet, and is also co-founder of the Guild of Project Controls which provides a global competency-based career path, practitioner role descriptors, and competency certifications.
James is currently the Head of Project Controls for the UK’s Submarine Delivery Agency.
To connect with James, check his LinkedIn profile.
Panel Speaker
Phase-Based Planning & Scheduling Best Practices
There are a variety of planning and scheduling services performed throughout the project lifecycle, and the key to the “design-to-budget” goal of most Owners is to implement the services that are appropriate and needed in each phase, from Pre-Project to Post-Construction. Some of these best practices include the organization of the work breakdown structure and the unifying cost structure, dealing with schedules at the different stages of maturity of the phases, BIM engagement and integration, dealing with potential delay drivers like long lead equipment, sequencing, and work package development, schedule constructability and optimization, time contingencies and management reserves, and change management.
The panelists will discuss one phase each of the Pre-Project, Design, Construction, and Post-Construction phases and address how planning & scheduling best practices apply to that phase.
Come enjoy this discussion with the experts on the panel and learn from their experience.