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Construction projects can be complex and involve multiple stakeholders, each with their own interests and goals. When delays occur, it can be challenging to determine the cause and extent of each critical delay and to equitably allocate responsibility.

Alpha 3 has developed a series of training courses focused on the execution of large and complex engineering and construction projects. These courses consolidate our guidance on change management, claims management, and forensic schedule analysis and are now available through Project Controls Academy. The courses present best practices obtained across tens of billions of dollars of engineering and construction projects in the US and internationally and across a wide variety of project delivery and pricing models. That means that they include discussion and examples of traditional design-bid-build, design/build, and EPC contracts, and pricing models from firm fixed price to GMP to full cost-reimbursable.

Alpha 3 personnel will be attending, presenting, training, and participating in several events beginning this week and running through the end of March.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) publishes standards under an accredited and industry-driven process to elevate and maintain the reliability of the North American bulk power system. The FAC family of standards includes requirements for Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance, and within that family, the FAC-008 standard ensures that facility ratings used in the planning and operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES) are determined based on technically sound principles, essential for the determination of System Operating Limits. In fact, FAC-008 is one of the most data-intensive standards in the NERC regulatory framework.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently published the latest edition of its Pennsylvania Infrastructure Report Card. The report card grades 15 categories of infrastructure in the state, finding an overall grade of C. According to ASCE, that grade indicates, “The infrastructure in the system or network is in fair to good condition; it shows general signs of deterioration and requires attention. Some elements exhibit significant deficiencies in conditions and functionality, with increasing vulnerability to risk.”