CMAA News

The first half of our CMAA Southern California Chapter fiscal year 2010 has started out with a bang with the highest attendance at our dinner programs and seminars to date. This is due to the growing recognition that our Chapter is providing value for you the construction management practitioners and owners in our industry.

Insights From Top Owners Presented at CMAA Owners Forum
Target, Sutter Healthcare, MassPort, the Virginia Department of Transportation, New York City Transit and American Airlines were among the leading capital construction program owners who shared their future plans and priorities at an innovative new conference presented in May 2-4 in Atlanta, GA making the CMAA 2010 Owner’s Forum a great success.

CMAA SOCAL 2010 AWARDS GALA AT LALIVE
On the evening of May 6th CMAA SoCal Chapter held its 18th Annual Awards Banquet at the new LA Live JW Marriott venue in downtown Los Angeles.

THE ACE MENTOR PROGRAM --- BUILDING SUCCESS STORIES
You are soundly sleeping in your home, and all of a sudden the sounds of heavy equipment, back-up beepers and jack hammers shatter your peaceful, early morning slumber. A major pipeline is being constructed right down your street and you didn’t know about it.

Communication Tactics for Hard Times
A brief summary of “no damages for delay” provisions in the California public and private works settings.

Green Building and California’s Mandatory Green Building Standards Code
The Department of Finance estimates that California is in need of $500 billion worth of infrastructure in the next two decades. In the face of limited financial resources to pay for construction of new facilities and renovation of existing ones, the debate in California over the desirability of public-private partnerships (commonly referred to as a PPP or P3) is at an all time high.

Implementing 4D Schedules in Construction
The concept of 4D scheduling has been discussed in great length and has become generally accepted as a tool that can provide value throughout the construction lifecycle. In recent years this concept has transitioned into practice in construction projects across the United States, including here in Southern California.

California Health Care Facilities Program – The Experiment
This unprecedented program utilized several unique delivery methods, many of which are relatively experimental within the construction industry. An appropriate analogy for this program would be a science experiment where more than one variable is changed simultaneously.

From Green to Seeing Red
There seem to be four stages of the green building movement in the U.S. First there was Green for
Green’s sake: the altruistic goal of environmental improvement. Then there was Green for Greenbacks:
when it became stylish to be green and there was a market premium in selling green.

Free Money!!!
The Student Outreach and scholarship committee recently completed this year’s scholarship application and evaluation process. 32 Students from 6 schools submitted very competitive applications to be evaluated by a panel of CMAA Southern California Board Members. $42,000 (the most ever!) was awarded to 14 very deserving students at the May 6 Awards Banquet.

Membership Report
We are proud to announce that the membership committee for CMAA Southern California received approval from the Board to include a member “spotlight”, which is contained in this issue. This “spotlight” section gives some of our new members a chance to tell us about their company and reasons for joining CMAA.

Tustin Family Campus Opens to Serve Orange County
Wouldn’t it be great to be able give kids, young adults and families who seen some difficult times a great new start, a clean new place to live, complete with great modern kitchens, beautiful landscaping and safe play areas?

Still Room for Golfers & Sponsors!
CMAA Southern California Chapter will hold our annual golf tournament and scholarship fundraiser at the Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort in Industry, CA. The event will be on September 15, 2010 and will include both courses at the resort.

Please take this opportunity to help support CMAA and support our industry!

The Mission of CMAA is "to promote and enhance leadership, professionalism, and excellence
in managing the development and construction of projects and programs."

The Vision of CMAA is "to be the Authority in the Management of the Construction Process."