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EFFECTIVE CONTROLS FOR GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS
Over the next decade the shift towards alternative energy sources will increase. The government is currently providing incentives through energy credits to companies that invest in providing energy through renewable sources. These sources can be solar, hydro, landfill gas or biogas for example. With this push towards the use of renewable energy sources and the need for cost-effective implementations for project viability, there is a need to design, plan and execute these projects in a timely manner and within budgets. This is where the use of effective project controls can make or break your project. It can help you deliver projects on schedule, within budget, with limited risk and quality.
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Over the next decade the shift towards alternative energy sources will increase. The government is currently providing incentives through energy credits to companies that invest in providing energy through renewable sources. These sources can be solar, hydro, landfill gas or biogas for example. With this push towards the use of renewable energy sources and the need for cost effective implementations for project viability, there is a need to design, plan and execute these projects in a timely manner and within budgets. This is where the use of effective project controls can make or break your project. It can help you deliver projects on schedule, within budget, with limited risk and quality.
The application of effective planning, risk management, scheduling, and earned value management techniques can result in the successful performance and execution of a project. Without these measures in place these projects can have delays and cost overruns due to inadequate contractor productivity, incomplete scope definition, unrealistic project budgets, no risk mitigation and unsequenced project tasks.
How can we effectively achieve our green energy project goals with limited downside?
Join the members of the Stevens Alumni Environmental Professionals Club (SAEP) to hear our featured speaker Mr. Richard De Freitas ’97, PMP, Managing Principal at PMSource, LLC. His company provides project management and maintenance planning services. He will show some of the tools and techniques used by project controls experts worldwide to produce successful project results.
Mr. De Freitas holds a B.E. in Civil Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Drexel University. For over 13 years, he has successfully designed, planned and executed medium to large scale industrial and commercial engineering and construction projects throughout the United States.
Mr. De Freitas is a member of the Project Management Institute, International Facility Management Association and Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. He is also a certified Project Management Professional and holds the EIT certification.
Date: September 22, 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: Reception at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., and speaker at 7:00 p.m.
Place: Faculty Club, 2nd Floor, Wesley J. Howe Center, Stevens Campus
Menu:
Dinner buffet
Cost: $20. Undergraduate students and faculty are free. Guests are welcome.
Dress: Business casual
Please respond
no later than September 15 by registering below and confirming your reservation by mailing your check to Stevens Alumni Association, Castle Point, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Last minute changes in plans can be telephoned to the Stevens Alumni Office at 201-216-5163 or e-mailed to alumni@stevens.edu.
* Refunds: A registration can be cancelled anytime, and payment returned, until seven days prior to an event at which time the SAA must commit to the hotel or other vendor. No payment can be returned thereafter unless there is a waiting list. The SAA will try to affect a transfer of registration to someone on the list.
If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call at
973-912-2418 or via e-mail at
john.civardi@hatchmott.com
Officers:
John F. Civardi ’86, P.E. - President
David J. Tanzi ’97, P.E. - VP, Public Affairs
Keith W. Thompson '86 - Secretary
Prof. Christos Christodoulatos, Ph.D. ’91 - Faculty Advisor
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