Keynotes
2011 RPIC ADM Champion Address
June 14 – Opening Address (9:00
am – 9:15 am)
Alain
Séguin, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP E and H Division Projects
June 14 – Opening
Address (9:15 am – 10:00 am)
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Moderator:
Steve Kelly, Director, Public Private Partnerships (P3) Development & Advisory
Services Sector, Real Property Branch, Public Works and Government Services Canada
Panelists:
Bill Fioratios, Project Director, RCMP H Division Relocation Project, Public
Works and Government Services Canada
Sandy Smithbower, Project Manager, E Division HQ Relocation Project,
RCMP
Construction is currently
underway for two new Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Headquarters in Vancouver and Halifax. The E Division in
British Columbia was procured utilizing a Design Build Finance
Maintain (DBFM), or P3 methodology, while the H Division
in Nova Scotia employed, in the end, a traditional Design
Bid Build (DBB) method. Bill Fioratos, Public Works and Government
Services Canada, Atlantic Region, and Sandy Smithbower, RCMP,
Pacific Region, will be sharing the challenges and opportunities
faced by their respective project teams with getting their
projects conceived, approved and procured in dramatically
changing times in two very different economic markets.
Canada Line – A
Canadian P3 Success Story
June 14 – Luncheon
Keynote (1:00 pm – 1:30 pm)
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Charlie
Rate, President, SNC-Lavalin O&M
This presentation will provide a project
description of this major Light Rail Transit (LRT) development
linking suburban Richmond, Vancouver International Airport
and downtown Vancouver. It will describe the contractual
structure of the P3 and investment contributions, together
with the construction highlights. The commissioning and transition
to operations for this $1.9B project will also be discussed.
Finally, almost two years after entering revenue service,
actual vs. predicted ridership will be provided and economic
and environmental benefits will be reviewed.
The Richmond Olympic
Oval
June 15 – Luncheon
Keynote (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
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Honourable
Mayor Malcolm Brodie, City of Richmond
The City of Richmond has
received worldwide recognition for its involvement as a host
and venue city for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Home of
long track speed skating during the Games, the award-winning
Richmond Olympic Oval is now realizing its post-Games vision
as a centre for high performance sport, community recreation
and wellness, as well as for youth. It is an iconic building
which also provides a destination for international tourism
and sport hosting.
Join City of Richmond
Mayor Malcolm Brodie for his Keynote Address on Wednesday,
June 15, 2011 to hear the story of the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Mayor Brodie’s address will include a discussion of
the Oval’s bid process, its financing strategy, some
design and construction achievements, and the post-Games
legacy vision. Also hear how the building has anchored a
vibrant new waterfront neighbourhood in Richmond’s
City Centre as part of the legacy of 2010.
June
14, 2011
9:15
am – 10:00 am
Options in Investment Analysis:
A Case Study of RCMP ‘E’ and ‘H’ Division Projects
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Moderator:
Steve Kelly, Director, Public Private Partnerships (P3) Development
and Advisory Services Sector, Real Property Branch, Public
Works and Government Services Canada
Panelists:
Bill Fioratos, Project Director, RCMP H Division Headquarters
Relocation Project, Public Works and Government Services
Canada
Greg Gromack, Project
Leader, H Division Headquarters Relocation Project, Atlantic
Region, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Vince Knight, Senior Project Manager, RCMP E Division Headquarters Relocation
Project, Public Works and Government Services Canada
Sandy Smithbower, Project Manager, E Division HQ Relocation Project, Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
Construction is currently
underway for two new Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Headquarters in Vancouver and Halifax. The E Division in
British Columbia was procured utilizing a Design Build Finance
Maintain (DBFM), or P3 metho dology, while the H Division
in Nova Scotia employed, in the end, a traditional Design
Bid Build
(DBB) method. Bill Fioratos, Public Works and Government
Services
Canada, Atlantic
Region, and Sandy Smithbower, RCMP, Pacific Region, will
be sharing the
challenges and opportunities faced by their respective
project teams with getting
their projects conceived, approved and procured in dramatically
changing
times in two very different economic markets.
10:30
am – 12:00 pm
Implementation Update: Treasury Board Policies on
Investment Planning and the Management of Projects
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Greg Kenney, Senior
Director, Investment and Project Management Policy Division,
Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
Jean F. Deschamps, Director, Real Property Program
Management, Assets Management and Programs, Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
The Treasury Board of
Canada, Secretariat (TBS) has developed renewed policies
on Investment Planning – Assets and Acquired Services
and the Management of Projects. These policies were approved
in June 2007 and are being implemented through a phased approach
across the Government of Canada.
To be fully implemented by March 31, 2011, this change is
having a considerable
impact on how senior government executives make resource
allocation
and re-allocation decisions and manage their project portfolios.
The revised policies
include new requirements based on sound management principles
and ensure clarity for
deputy heads as the accounting officers. This presentation
will provide
an overview of the new policies and their objectives; the
operational impacts to date both
in departments and at TBS; key lessons learned; and, where
the policies are looking
to go in the future.
Jean Deschamps
will facilitate a question period for the delegates and
provide insights and lessons learned from the RCMP investment
plan. Their original plan was approved as part of the pilot
projects
and they are currently working on their second submission.
1:30
pm – 3:00 pm
Investment Planning in the Federal Government – The
DFO Transition Story
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Greg McIntyre, CMC, Principal, Western Development, Interis
Kevin Muldoon, Capital Planning and Analysis, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
In 2007, the Treasury
Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) issued new policies on
Investment Planning – Assets and Acquired Services
and on The Management of Projects. The objectives to moving
to these new policies were to contribute to the achievement
of value for money and increase sound stewardship in government
program delivery. The new approach ensures appropriate systems,
processes and controls for managing projects are in place,
and support the achievement of project and program outcomes
while limiting the risk to stakeholders and taxpayers.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) received TBS approval of
its new five-year investment plan in February 2011. This
was the culmination of 23 months of effort and this presentation
is about the principles and purpose of the policies and DFO’s
story. Lessons learned will be shared and time will be available
for a Q&A session.
3:30
pm – 4:15 pm
Investment Planning:
Using a Triple Bottom Line Approach
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Michael
Blaschuk, VP, Asset Strategies, BC Housing
Darin
McLennan, Director – Portfolio Planning, BC
Housing
Michael Blaschuk and Darin
McLennan will present BC Housing’s model of using a “Triple
Bottom-Line” approach to develop investment strategies
for their real property portfolio. They will share ranking
techniques used to measure economic, environmental and social
performance of a complex social housing portfolio; demonstrate
the use of multi-disciplinary teams to set the rankings;
and showcase the “Pathfinder” projects used to
test the strategies for a comprehensive portfolio redevelopment.
4:15
pm – 5:00 pm
The Metro Vancouver Challenge
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Gillian Stroyan,
Regional Manager, Accommodation and Portfolio Management,
Pacific Region, Public Works and Government Services Canada
Over the next five years,
the leases for nearly half of Public Works and Government
Services Canada’s (PWGSC) entire Metro Vancouver inventory
will expire. Adding to the challenge posed by this operational
reality are the need for renovations and upgrades to an aging
infrastructure, upgrades to tenant space, a low portfolio
vacancy rate limiting accommodation flexibility and the strategic
need to balance the Crown to lease ratio.
PWGSC Pacific Region
has developed a blueprint for the future. Our Community
Based Investment Strategy (CBIS) and Strategic
Accommodations Action Plan (SAAP), our tactical plan, are
based on a comprehensive study of the Government of Canada’s
current and future accommodation needs in Metro Vancouver.
The Plan addresses client demand, infrastructure needs, market
conditions, future demographics, population growth, land
development, transportation network growth, risk management
and the operational requirements, policies and mandates of
its clients.
June 15, 2011
8:30
am – 10:00 am
Project Planning: Making Partnerships Work
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8:30 am – 9:00
am
Franklin A. Holtforster, B.Sc., P.Eng, PMP, LEED AP, President
and CEO, MHPM Project Managers Inc.
9:00 am – 10:00
am
Marc Beaudoin, Director,
Advisory and Practices (Project Delivery), Public Works
and Government Services Canada
Alvin Thompson, Regional Manager, Real Property Contracting,
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Did you ever wonder
what the difference was between managing a project and
providing leadership for a project? This session opens
with Franklin Holtforster from MHPM Project Managers Inc.
providing his insights on these different but equally important
roles in real property projects. More...
Following this, Marc
Beaudoin of Public Works and Government Services Canada
(PWGSC)
and its National Centre of Expertise
for Project Management will help put these two concepts
into the context of a federal department and share with
you how PWGSC has advanced these two roles in the context
of its department-wide transformational initiatives as
well as existing project management frameworks.
Also
joining this session is Alvin Thompson, PWGSC’s
Pacific Region Manager of Real Property Contracting to
share with you various mechanisms for resourcing your
projects with particular focus on those available nationally
and
regionally for accessing private sector partners to ensure
you have a well-seasoned project team in place to deliver
your project.
10:30
am – 11:00 am
Recapitalization of a DFO Hatchery
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Greg
Brooke, Manager Technical Support, Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
Tim
Renaud, Project Engineer, Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
Federal-run hatcheries
are vital to the freshwater survival of all species of
salmon. Unfortunately, each of these facilities is in need
of major infrastructure renewal and upgrades. Due to the
importance of the hatchery program to the salmon returns,
renovations must not interfere with any hatchery operations.
Furthermore, with the inherent nature of salmon runs, the
hatchery’s operation schedule is ever changing.
By
utilizing a variety of procurement strategies, project
phasing, and temporary facilities the project team was
capable of making upgrades without sacrificing the hatcheries
output. In fact, with the use of new technologies the
hatchery is capable of producing more salmon for less cost.
These
efficiencies were focused on energy savings, increasing
operational proficiencies, and bettering survival rates
in the salmon rearing process.
All of the typical energy
saving improvements such as better-quality insulation,
triple-glazed windows, energy efficient lighting
and HVAC improvements were implemented. However, other
innovative improvements were also designed into the systems,
including: micro-hydro power generation; the use of variable
speed drives for pumping process water; solar heating
for domestic hot water; and, a heat pump system to utilize
the gravity feed water for the heating and cooling of
the
office spaces. Upon completion of this project, the hatchery
has the potential to be a net supplier of electricity.
11:00
am – 11:30 am
Project Management for PPP’s
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Rick Steele, Assistant
Vice President, Partnerships BC
Project Management in
a public private partnership has many common attributes
with conventional project management – successful
project management requires the normal tool kit plus knowledge
of the unique form of contract. This presentation will
include project management considerations from the various
team members who each have a unique and important role
in the success of the project. There have now been 35 very
successful public private partnerships in British Columbia
and some of the key project management lessons learned
will be shared.
1:00
pm – 2:00 pm
So What Do We Do Now with Investment Planning and Project Management?
Hear What the Experts Have to Say!
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Moderator
Alain
Trépanier,
Regional Director General, Pacific Region, Public Works
and Government Services Canada
Panelists
Marc Beaudoin, Director,
Advisory and Practices (Project Delivery), Public Works
and Government Services Canada
Michael
Blaschuk, VP, Asset Strategies, BC Housing
Franklin
A. Holtforster, President and CEO, MHPM Project
Managers Inc.
Jeff Wood, Vice President, CRG Consulting
Using the learning that
you have gained from Day 1 and 2 of the conference, this
session will provide you with direct access to discuss
Investment Planning and Project Management with senior
executives. Alain Trépanier, PWGSC Regional Director
General – Pacific Region will moderate a session
comprised of real property leaders from federal departments,
a provincial department, a central agency and the private
sector. So bring your burning questions to this interactive
session focusing on how one can continue to advance well
planned and executed real estate projects that leverage
existing best practices, lessons learned, and partnerships
for success.