Forum E: Construction costs are in flux -- Decide now on your timing and procurement strategy

To lock up big construction dollar savings, schedule, and a high-quality outcome, now is the time to pick the right procurement method for the market and plan your execution time. Here, session leaders demonstrate construction cost results of using different procurement strategies in different construction market climates to reveal the best options to be considering now. They look in depth at construction cost results on four healthcare projects contracted for with different procurement strategies in different financial, bidding, regional, commodity-pricing, and labor conditions and demonstrate how different strategies work.

This session is approved for AIA/CES credit.

Leaders:

• Craig Chiarelli, LEED AP -- Senior Project Manager, Vermeulens Cost Consultants
• James Vermeulen, PQS, LEED AP -- President, Vermeulens Cost Consultants
• John Messervy, AIA -- Director of Capital & Facility Planning, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.