Reviews from Seminar Attendees

Effective Auditing of Construction Activity

The seminar was great! I would definitely attend again and recommend this to others. Well organized and presented!

I really enjoyed and got value from the mini-team project to discuss and find cost recovery items.

I was super impressed with the materials presented, the handbook is amazing and I learned quite a bit. Thank you!

Awesome sessions! I’ll be back!

Thank you! I found the in-person seminar engaging and pertinent to the work I do in construction auditing.

Great content!

This seminar has really helped kick-start my thinking about aspects of construction auditing to be attentive to. Additionally, I’ve been in many conferences/seminars like this over the years and yours was the most engaging and interesting.

Very relevant – making me think about how to change my audit approach to be more effective.

Thanks for your great insights and for the construction education!

Opened my mind to new thoughts in construction auditing.

Very informative with great interaction for real world applications and discussions.

The material and teaching technique left me feeling well equipped to perform an effective construction audit.

The information and shared knowledge will assist tremendously. Thank you for providing clear direction on the documents needed to test pay applications.

Learned a lot about contract language we can add to our contracts and also things we can look for during construction audits.

This course was one of the best audit classes taken in a long time. Valuable and relevant.

I learned so much in this course! It is extremely helpful to prepare me to effectively audit a construction project.

Great information, especially regarding lump sum contracts/COS

Good overall presentation of components of construction audit. Good mix of participants to get real life experiences from several points of view.

Phenomenal class! Very informative with great interaction for real world applications and discussions.

Construction Fraud: Detection, Prevention & Response

It is very practical and addresses real work/business fraud and corruption cases. The presenter’s experience in the field was the most invaluable tool in making this course the most valuable for my organization and me as a person.

Great discussions, cases and real world examples.

I really enjoyed this course. Great amount of time allotted. Great topics, organization, and structure.

Great ideas – makes me think of things we are not doing.

Relevant information that our group can utilize in our audit shop.

Controlling Construction Costs

The instructor’s enthusiasm and knowledge of the material covered was a huge asset in explaining during discussion of subject matter.

Addressed most of my questions and issues I deal with.

Annual BEST PRACTICES Roundtable Workshop

Excellent workshop! Really liked the proposed pragmatic and innovative ideas in auditing. The knowledge sharing is top-notch. Thank you and see you next year!

Great structure and set up. I learned a lot from the conference.

Format was great. Short presentations allowing more discussions on different topics. I liked the impromptu open discussion on escalation.

I loved the format and the panel you put together. The varied types of experience and professions represented was outstanding.

Well-paced. Condensed learning objectives. Very well put together.

Great conversation and participation among the group.

Excellent training. Very helpful and educational.

Loved the format of this training. It was great to hear so many different perspectives and to get so many questions answered.

Another great event, great location, great food and great learning.

The hands on, real life examples were very valuable.

Loved the stories of findings!

Participation encouraged a variety of skills at the table. Overall a great learning experience!

Really enjoyed the real-life examples and discussions about how to apply in your own job.

Very knowledgeable presenters. Very knowledgeable audience. Excellent workshop overall.

I liked the panel of speakers and their various stories of auditing the Owner’s projects. Each story was unique and highlighted a problem and explained a resolution.

The revised format with case studies kept the sessions moving, interesting, with practical applications for our practice. Great participation from those attending.

You seem to always have speakers with current pulse of industry.

Liked the interactive discussions about current trends.

I enjoyed the presentations immensely. Each presenter added value and a different point of view. I felt that I picked up many issues to look for.

Instructors are very interactive and provide/share great examples for every topic.

Best Practices for Using CMAR & Design-Build Construction Contracts

When asked, what did you like best about the 2019 CMAR Design-Build Workshop:

The opportunity to learn from the expertise of the participants from huge college construction programs and school districts as well as the other consultants. The examples were terrific.

Great content and experience of presenters.

The extensive knowledge and experience of the speakers was helpful in determining how we should implement new procedures moving forward.

The variety of backgrounds all the speakers brought to the Workshop. The open forum for questions and participation of attendees.

Great knowledge and expertise. Also, there was a variety of perspectives (e.g. internal audit, project managers, etc.)

Thorough, clear and concise information.

I liked that both Project Managers (individuals with construction background) and Internal Auditors both attended the Workshop. I thought the perspective from the construction individuals was very useful.

Concrete examples helped drive home the point.

The variety of speakers and their viewpoints on the same topics. The opportunity to network with others in similar facility structures, to know they are facing the same challenges we are and what they are doing to overcome those challenges.

Provided for an open dialogue across a variety of public sector business functions.

What I liked best about the workshop was the interaction between audience and presenter.

Virtual: Construction Auditing for Cost Avoidance & Cost Recovery

Glad we could attend. I sent my group of 6 to this and it was very helpful.

Great real-world experience to apply to the learning material.

Thank you for a great session!

I’m going to suggest our future contracts to include the change order pricing wording you presented. Thanks as always for a great and informative seminar.

The class was great! Especially since I had my new staff attend.

The virtual option is nice to save time and money.

Contained a lot of good information.

Expanded version of this would be great. Although, I would take this one again.

Virtual: How to Detect & Prevent Construction Fraud

I really liked that the seminar was over two days. Thanks for adapting these seminars for virtual presentations.

I benefitted tremendously from the other participants’ knowledge and experience from Afghanistan to Alberta. The breakout rooms and exercises made me think and engage with others and the packet included some slides that I can print and look on future construction audits.

Great discussions, cases and real world examples.

Thank you for helping us change our culture.

This course was eye-opening and I have managed construction projects for over 20 years.

The lumpsum discussion alone more than justified this course for us.

Webinar: What Every Owner Organization Needs to Know About the Benefits of Construction Auditing

Great webinar!!! Lots of really valuable information & very interesting. Thank you!!

Really enjoyed and benefitted from the webinar.
Very good advice given on self-performed subcontracts.
Would really like more of these webinars as I’m based in Europe. Thanks!

Rich is a fountain of knowledge.

Great presentation as always!

Mr. Townsend demonstrated many practical construction audit and cost recovery techniques. His expertise is very helpful.

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