AGENDA

DBE Tunnel Project Capacity Building Seminar

Thursday February 25, 2010

8:30 – 9:00
Sign In

9:00 – 9:10
Welcome
Lash Green, Director, Office of Business & Job Opportunity, The Port Authority of NY & NJ

 9:10 – 9:35
Overview of the Mass Transit Tunnel (MTT): THE Tunnel Project
Overview of the Hudson River Tunnels Project (3^rd Design Build Contract)
Tom Martin. Director of Construction, THE Tunnel Project, NJ TRANSIT

9:35 – 9:50
Q & A

9:50 – 10:00
Overview of DBE Program and Review of Contractor Questionnaire
Sebrena Melette-Boone, Contract Compliance Manager, THE CM Consortium

10:00 – 11:30
Panel Presentation:
“Overview of the Estimating Process”

• Preliminary and Detailed Construction Estimates
• Identifying the Cost of Work
• Post Bid Follow-up and Using the Construction Estimate

Presented by:

• Alex MacKenzie, CPE, New Jersey Professional Estimators Association
• Carmela Roberts, Roberts Engineering Group, LLC
• Joseph Majewski, JPM Construction Consultants

Moderator: Ernest Williams, Director Certifications & Special Programs, NJ TRANSIT
 
11:30 – 11:45
Closing
Lash Green, Director, Office of Business & Job Opportunity, The Port Authority of NY & NJ