On Time and On Budget:

If your hospital, health system, medical group, or ambulatory surgery center plans to undertake a construction project of any size in the future, this 90-minute program will provide need-to-know advice for building successful management teams, setting and meeting key deadlines, and staying within budget.

During this Webcast you will learn strategies for

• completing construction projects—large or small—on time and on budget
• establishing achievable goals, realistic budgets, and creating successful models/teams
• effectively handling and incorporating design changes according to budgetary demands and/or fluctuating material costs
  

Program Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Construction Design
   1. Crafting the process
   2. Limiting risks
   3. Empowering your team
3. Memorial Hermann case study - The Century Project
   1. $1.5 billion project opening this fall
   2. Board involvement
   3. Establishing teams
      • Proper alignment
      • Spreading risk
   4. Joint ventures with physicians
      • Crafting deals from contractual and financial standpoints
        
4. Sutter Health case study
   1. $6 billion in new projects
      • Massive facility planning effort
      • New seismic standards
      • Estimating/escalating costs
   2. Integrated delivery model
   • On budget and on schedule
   3. Identifying risks
   • Successes
   • Failures
5. Q&A
   

About our Presenters

Marshall B. Heins, Vice President Construction, Real Estate and Support Services, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX.Memorial Hermann is in the middle of a massive $1.5 billion construction project called The Century Project, inspired by the facility's 100th anniversary. Mr. Heins will discuss the issues that come with opening multiple facilities at once. He will touch upon the planning stages and board involvement, as well as joint ventures with physicians, including office buildings, surgery centers, and endoscopy centers.

Heins was appointed to his current position in January 1998. Mr. Heins received this appointment after serving Hermann Hospital in a similar function as Vice President of Facilities & Real Estate prior to the November 1997 merger. Mr. Heins previously served as Vice President of Facilities & Real Estate at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, and previously was employed by Gerald D. Hines Interests in various roles of property management, leasing, construction management, and project management.

Jim Kukla, Director of Healthcare Florida for HLM Design/Heery International in Orlando, FL. Mr. Kukla will speak on the background of construction projects and how to craft them, touching upon humanistic elements such as team empowerment, problem solving, shared goals, and positioning the project for success.

Robert Mitsch, Vice President, Facility Planning and Development for Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA. Mr. Mitsch will discuss the ramifications of California's upcoming seismic safety standards and the actions Sutter Health is taking to comply with the law. With $6 billion worth of projects spread over the next decade, to handle the workload, Sutter developed an integrated contracting model to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.

As Sutter Health's senior real estate and construction executive, Mr. Mitsch is responsible for assisting affiliate management in capital project planning and management as well as the acquisition, disposition, and management of real estate assets. Employed by Sutter Health since 1992, Mitsch also served six years as Sutter Health's Real Estate Director. Prior to joining Sutter Health, he worked in private development in Sacramento and as a corporate real estate manager in Southern California.

System Requirements and Program Materials

Please note that to fully benefit from the webcast experience, you will need a computer equipped with an Internet connection, sound card, and the following browsers: Netscape Navigator 4.7 or Internet Explorer version 5 or higher.