April 12, 2022

CPMI’s Joe Hellenbrand and Supriya Panwar presented yesterday at the Project Management College of Scheduling 5th Annual International Conference, Scheduling and All That Jazz! Joe and Supriya presented on Environmental Risk Management for Construction Schedules. Attendees learned how owners and contractors should prepare before the start of construction and how to avoid, mitigate or manage environmental risk.

The Project Management College of Scheduling is a dynamic organization of professionals dedicated to advancing the practice and profession of project planning and scheduling, and promoting the implementation of accurate, ethical schedules throughout the World.

April 5, 2022

CPMI’s Joe Hellenbrand and Kevin Ecker taught a course today about CPM Scheduling and Disputes. Hosted by the Associated Builders and Contractors Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter, this course introduced students to critical path method (CPM) scheduling and teach how to properly document and present time extension requests and delay claims.

March 29, 2022

CPMI’s Rob D’Onofrio presented as part of Paris Arbitration Week. LEYNAUD & Associés hosted this webinar on ‘Improving the process of construction projects delay analysis to serve the arbitrators better’. The following speakers sat on the panel and provided their insights:

• Robert M. D’Onofrio (Principal at Capital Project Management Inc, in New York, NY, USA);
• Gwendoline Brooker (Conseiller – Senior Disputes Manager at TotalEnergies, Paris, France);
• James Perry (Arbitrator, Expert, DB Fidic President List, PS Consulting, Paris, France)
• François Vermeille (Arbitrator, Expert, Mediator, FV-Consulting, Switzerland).

The event was moderated by Xavier Leynaud (President at LEYNAUD & Associés).

March 6 – 12, 2022

Women in Construction Week is the perfect time to raise awareness of the opportunities available for women in the field and to emphasize the growing role of women in our industry. This week, we are highlighting several of our CPMI team members in a short video showcasing what they’ve done throughout the year. Some of the highlights include networking, earning advanced degrees and becoming a new MOM!

February 28, 2022

CPMI’s Bill Griffin provided a 3.5-day training to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on a variety of topics including critical path method scheduling, utilizing scheduling software, administering contract scheduling specifications, evaluating schedule submissions, evaluating time extension requests, delay claims, and lost productivity claims.

February 22, 2022 

CPMI’s Joe Hellenbrand participated in the ABA Forum on Construction Law’s Advanced Mediation Practicum at the Midwinter meeting in San Diego. The panel covered issues on how to prepare for mediation including key issues of mediator selection, timing, and briefs. Issues on opening sessions and strategies for effective caucuses were addressed in-depth. There was also a robust discussion regarding differences in how mediation of construction cases is done regionally as well as issues regarding memorializing and enforcing settlements.

February 10, 2022

CPMI sponsored New York’s Professional Women in Construction Corkbuzz event on February 9. The event allowed guests to mingle with fellow PWC members while learning about a selection of wines from women-owned wineries.

Professional Women in Construction (PWC) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1980 that seeks to support, advance, and connect women and promote diversity within the architecture, engineering, construction, (AEC) and related industries. New York is the founding and national chapter of PWC.

December 7, 2021

CPMI’s Rob D’Onofrio presented at the Construction SuperConference on Liquidated Damages and Stipulated Sums – You don’t know as much as you think. Attendees gained a greater understanding of how liquidated damages and other such clauses operate, the need for evaluation of actual damages vs. these provisions, the ways they are distinct from the imposition of penalties, and the importance of evaluating the reasonableness of the potential damages in a contract.

December 6, 2021

CPMI congratulates Mariam Atooka on completing her master’s degree in civil engineering from Columbia University.

November 18, 2021

CPMI’s Joe Hellenbrand presented on Recognizing Time Impacts and Claims Avoidance at the APC/PennDOT/PA Turnpike Fall Seminar in Hershey, PA.

November 10, 2021

CPMI’s Rob D’Onofrio presented on Standards for Expert Schedule Analysis – a Global Perspective as part of DLA Piper’s Global Construction Conference.

November 5, 2021

CPMI’s Joe Hellenbrand presented on Identifying, Quantifying and Proving Loss of Productivity: An Overview of the Recently Released ASCE Standard 71-21 at the Annual Construction and Public Contracts Law Seminar in Charlottesville, VA. Attendees learned how to establish loss of productivity and disruption claims in construction projects utilizing ASCE’s recently issued standard – Identifying, Quantifying, and Proving Loss of Productivity (71-21).

November 3, 2021

CPMI proudly supported the March of Dimes Transportation, Building & Construction Awards Luncheon at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This annual event recognizes the leaders and projects from the transportation, building and construction industries while serving as a community of supporters on behalf of mothers and babies.

October 28, 2021

Congratulations to CPMI’s Rob D’Onforio who was announced as one of the winners of the 2021 Lexology Client Choice Awards. Established in 2005, Client Choice recognizes those individuals around the world that stand apart for the excellent client care they provide and the quality of their service. The criteria for this recognition focus on an ability to add real value to clients’ business above and beyond the other players in the market. This year, Client Choice recognized 593 winners across 73 jurisdictions worldwide. Click here to view Rob’s featured expert profile.