Training

GBA Projects has been providing quality project management services throughout Australia and Asia Pacific for the last 25 years.

Based in Adelaide, South Australia, GBA Projects has been at the forefront of planning in some of the largest projects in the Asia Pacific region. Some of these projects include the Tung Chung Bridges (Hong Kong), Cooper Basin Oil & Gas Well Upgrades & Pipelines and the Collins Class submarines here in Adelaide.

GBA Projects has had the privilege of working alongside many organisations both large and small, from major companies such as Exxon Mobil, Oil Search, Leighton Contractors, Baulderstone, SKM, KBR and Aurecon to smaller firms throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific Region.   We provide the full range of services from Project Managing projects through to Construction Management, Project Control and Project Planning and Scheduling.

Through its network of client relationships, GBA Projects has been able to provide its services to all industries.

Using the theories and practices of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), GBA Projects has been able to incorporate project management best practices into new information based technologies, providing clients with the most up to date planning information at a level that matches our client’s technical capabilities.

Coupled with the need to further develop it’s employees and associates to ensure that the knowledge gained over the last 25 years is retained. GBA Projects has developed a series of training course as set out below.

   
Introduction to Planning & Scheduling All Levels

This course provides all participants with an introduction into planning and scheduling. Participants are guided through:

  • Planning First Principles, Networks, relationships, task identification and methodolog
  • Manual calculation of the critical path
  • Float analysis and critical path analysis

This course is the foundation for all the courses in our collection of materials. It’s intent is to remove the individual from the computer and allows the participant to understand how planning tools work.
   
Microsoft Project Training Project Manager/Scheduler/Controller Level

This is the full course for Microsoft Project Training and covers the following key knowledge areas:

  • Introduction and Navigation through MS Project. What to look out for
  • Coding, Structure and the WBS Baseline dilemma
  • Creating the WBS, Calendars and Activities and how they are interrelated
  • The concept of time now
  • Constraints and their misuse
  • Roles, resources and assignments, deriving cashflow and baseline s-curves
  • Analysing and optimizing the project plan, resource analysis and the critical path method
  • Project Execution and Control, updating and statusing a project

Construction Manager Level

The construction manager level focuses on the above topics, but has a heavier focus on contract control:

  • Maintaining the contract program through proper statusing of the plan
  • Preventing extensions of time

Site Manager Level

Involves some of the core elements of planning and scheduling using MS Project, however with a greater emphasis on breaking out the contract program into smaller packages of work.
Project Controls Project Manager/Scheduler/Controller Level

This training course is geared towards participants involved in the reporting process in an organization. Having a project baseline is one thing, but reporting progress against it is another. This course covers:

  • Setting the baseline, the PMB versus Cash flow
  • Deriving a cash-flow from a PMB
  • Updating Project Status and Resource Status
  • Reporting
  • Introduction to Earned Value
   
The Rules of Planning & Scheduling All Levels

Over the last 25 years, GBA Projects has come across many quirks of planning tools and has learnt many lessons over that time.

This course involves participants in discussion around 20 rules for planning and scheduling. It is also an accompaniment to our training on Planning & Scheduling, MS Project Training, Project Controls and Extensions of Time.

Participants are guided through each rule of “thumb” with a detailed explanation as to why we enforce it.
Extension of Time and Claim Analysis Project Managers/Construction Managers

This training course is specifically geared to project managers, construction managers, site managers and superintendants who are eager to learn more about the reasons why a project goes into arbitration.

Unfortunately not all projects have a happy ending and often, even midway through a project, we are asked to provide expert witness, analysis and reporting services to assist in determining a fair solution to a problem between multiple parties.

This course examines:

  • What is the Critical Path and how is it relevant in arbitration and litigation
  • Defining Practical Completion and what it means from a contractual perspective
  • Developing a proper Contract or Construction Programme and what emphasis is placed on the Contract Programme
  • Examining typical Conditions of Contract and their impact to the contract itself
  • What are Liquidated Damages and how and why are they applied
  • Assessing the Quantum for Extension of Time
   
Earned Value Project Manager/Scheduler/Controller Level

Core to project controls on larger scale projects, is the metric of Earned Value. A concept derived by the US Defence Department, this training course takes participants through the following:

  • Introduction to Earned Value, the Performance Measurement Baseline
  • How to interpret EV Charts, Metrics and analyse the results
  • Introduction into AS4817-2006
  • Advanced Metrics such as Earned Schedule, PVR and earned duration

This is an advanced course and participants should have a sound knowledge of Project Planning, Scheduling, Baseline Management and Resource Analysis
Risk Analysis All Levels

In today’s economic climate, managing risk and driving reward is a hot topic. This course focuses on:

  • Identifying and qualifying risk
  • Quantifying risk and probability of occurrence
  • Managing Risk and Accountability for Mitigation
  • Schedule Risk and the PERT method
  • Monte Carlo Simulation

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