This workshop presents a "cradle to grave" approach for developing a project. Practical tips will be shared regarding how a project can be grown from a concept, through design, through construction, and into the hands of the end user. The roles of the project owner, architect, engineer, and construction professional will be discussed.
Linda Roe, Thalden-Boyd-Emery Architects, Moderator
Allen Mosley, Pueblo of Pojaque
Shannon Arnold, Belfour Beatty Construction
Nick Schoenfeldt, Thalden-Boyd-Emery Architects
This workshop addresses the development, management, and importance of the budget in construction projects. Tribal representatives, architects, and designers will discuss estimating, contingencies, and controlling and monitoring project finances.
Andy Wiktorowicz, Western Council of Construction Consumers, Moderator
Michael Dell’Isola, Faithful + Gould
Derrick Watchman, JP Morgan Chase
Tony Cosentino, Perini Building Company
This workshop presents the financing of projects in Indian Country. Panelists will discuss the many sources of project finances, including tribal governments, federal and state governments, private development, and issuing tribal bonds.
Michael Vaughn, Huchinson, Shockey, Erley & Company, Moderator
Leonard Gradillas, United States Department of Agriculture
Roger Nelson, Community Development Financial Institution of Arizona
Leo Valdez, Huchinson, Shockey, Erley & Company
The State of Assest Management and Construction in Indian Affairs
The Chief, Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Management with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Reston, Virginia, Mr. Jack Rever will lead a panel discussion on the current state of construction and life cycle management programs within the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This information forum will look at master planning initiatives, construction strategies, maintenance systems and challenges of operating aging federal and tribal asset inventories. Insights from the recent Department of Interior “Construction Costs Symposium” hosted in Albuquerque by the BIA, Office of Facilities Management and Construction will be discussed and feedback encouraged.Jack Rever, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Moderator
Boyd Robinson, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Margie Morin, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Charles Thomas, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Workshop panelists include experienced Indian and non-Indian attorneys who actively practice Indian law and construction law in Indian Country. Panelists will share practical experiences and tips concerning applicable law, sovereign immunity, risk management, and contractual issues in Indian Country.
Roger Owers, Kaibab Management Group, Moderator
Gehl Tucker, Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell & Tucker PC
Edward Rubacha, Jennings, Haug & Cunningham
Roger Sauer, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
Workshop panelists will discuss planning, design, and other activities that occur before construction begins. Tribal representatives, planners, architects, and engineers will discuss the growing needs for comprehensive planning in Indian Country and an overview of alternative project delivery methods.
Jeff Begay, Kitchell, Moderator
David Garce, GSBS Architects
Robert Outland, MOA Architecture
Beverly J. Diddy, Beverly Diddy Designs
Workshop panelists present success stories and case studies from projects in Indian Country. Panelists include architects, engineers, and construction professionals who will present examples of successful projects, "war-stories", and first hand accounts regarding projects in which they were involved. Practical tips and lessons learned will be shared.
Richard K. Begay, Jr., DLR Group, Moderator
Johnpaul Jones, Jones and Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, LTD.
Daniel Glenn, ASU Startdust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family
Richard Michal, U of A College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Mike Holleyman, Holleyman Associates
This workshop addresses various regulatory issues affecting construction in Indian Country. Regulations concerning taxation, employment requirements, Native American preference, environmental regulations, jobsite safety, and building codes in Indian Country will be discussed. Practical tools for determining and complying with the applicable regulations will be presented.
Charleen Greer, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Moderator
Connie Sue Martin, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
Jake Hesselgesser, Brown & Associates Certified Inspection Services, Inc.
Jim Castle, Tribal First
This workshop will include the Arizona Department of Housing in partnership with the Drachman Institute of the University of Arizona to illustrate ways in which housing developers can integrate culturally appropriate design into affordable housing. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Southwest Office of Native American Program (SWONAP) in partnership with the Pascua Yaqui Hosing Department will discuss project successes, design and development obstacles, steps the tribe has taken to address and mitigate issues, and keys to successful completion.
Panelists: Arizona Department of Housing
Karia Lee Basta, Arizona Department of Housing, Moderator
Corky Poster, U of A The Drachman Institute
Panelists: HUD Southwest Office of Native American Programs
Deborah S. Broermann, Southwest Office of Native American Programs, Moderator
Terrence A. Baird, Pascua Yaqui Housing Department
Rolando Jaimez, Pascua Yaqui Housing Department
Andrea Dunyon, Southwest Office of Native American Programs
Sustainable & Environmental Issues
This workshop addresses a variety of housing issues affecting construction in Indian Country. Regulations concerning Section 184, Title V1 Financing, Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA), the environment, affordability, project successes and master plans. Practical tools for determining and complying with the applicable regulations will be presented by the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Southwest Office of Native American Program (SWONAP).
Panelists:
Urban Giff, Gila River Indian Community, Moderator
Tom Kelly, US Environmental Protection Agency
Thomas Mix, Converse Consultants
Donald P. Bogner, Genahol Inc.
Basic and advanced leadership principles and practices will be presented and personal leadership skills enhanced. The differences between leadership and management will be highlighted and leadership traits of “great leaders” will be discussed. Participants will learn how leadership and personality influence each other and how character and integrity impact followers.
Trainer: William W. Badger, ASU Del E. Webb School of Construction
The construction industry has been plagued with quality problems, late delivery, and unexpected increases in cost. Clients have responded by paying more and forced to use more management, control, and inspection. These measures have not increased performance. The Performance Based Studies Research group has been testing a new Six Sigma delivery process that requires less management and delivers extremely high performance: 98% of the construction projects being on time, on budget, and no contractor generated change orders. This process has been tested on over 400 projects, over 12 years, on $280M of construction procurement. The process has been tested in both the public and private sectors. The process has the potential to save clients millions of dollars in construction costs and production increases.
Trainer: Kenneth T. Sullivan, ASU Del E. Webb School of Construction
George Bernard Shaw's observation that the US and the UK are "two nations divided by a common language" is typical of the problems faced by most ethnicities in the US. Participants of this session will learn practical methods to overcome the barriers of communication across cultures. Topics presented include: reading the body language, the secrets of a great hand-shake, why your arguments don’t work, how to understand the “hidden message”, mapping the communication difference between self and others, and strategies to overcome communication gaps.
Trainer: Avi Wiezel, ASU Del E. Webb School of Construction
This presentation will present concepts for a value-based approach to tribal community development. It will examine principles and concepts important to indigenous planning as represented by traditional concepts and present efforts to adapt culturally-based approaches to the practice of comprehensive planning. It will present some tools presently being developed to engage tribal communities in assessing demographic and land-use patterns on reservation lands. It will also discuss some preliminary results of two regional tribal planning summits on issues and concerns pertaining to community-based planning practice.
Keeping Your Employees Safe
This presentation will review five of the most common on-the-job injuries and provide sample techniques to help prevent and minimize their impact on the organization. Attendees will learn how to keep their employees safe and proactively impact lost work days and injuries experienced by employees.
Trainer: Derek Valdo, AMERIND Risk Management Corporation
This presentation will include the basics of commonly used scheduling techniques, including Gantt charts and critical path scheduling. Participants will then prepare and do the calculations for a CPM chart for an example project.
Trainer: Derek D. Garvin, Horizon Engineering Services Company
Robert Anquoe, Horizon Engineering Services Company
Casino planning is no different than most other forms of planning – just at a much larger scale and dealing with physical elements that, hopefully, will be around for a long time. The challenge in master planning is getting past the initial reluctance to satisfy the immediate goals of gamine development. This reluctance, however, may be slowly melting away, and this workshop will help point the way. Master planning a casino facility should consider projects beyond the casino front doors, and consider the gaming property in the context of what happens after the casino opens. This workshop will cover a variety of master planning strategies, the necessity of looking beyond the front door and why community master planning is incumbent upon all of us.
Trainer: Kristina E. Robinson, JCJ Architecture
Amy Clark, Leo A Daly
Adam Kennedy, Kennedy Wendel
