The Supervisor’s Role in Quality Management: Managing Shop Drawings and Submittals

The process for submitting shop drawings, submittals and samples is key to getting the right materials and equipment to the right place at the right time. However, many contractors, trade contractors and suppliers are struggling with getting timely reviews of the submittals.

This course will review the process from cradle to grave and offer tips and tricks to avoid common mistakes.

The following will be reviewed in this course:

• Common shop drawing process as articulated in:
• CCDC-2 – Stipulated Price Contract
• CCA-1 – Stipulated Price Subcontract
• CCA-19 – Stipulated Price Sub-Subcontract
• CCA-5B – Construction Management for Services and Construction Contract
• CCDC-14 – Stipulated Price Design Build Contract
• Procurement schedule
• Submittal log
• Review process
• What to do when the client wants more than what is called for in the specifications

Guides covered by the course:

• CCA 53 – Trade Contractors Guide and Checklist to Construction Contracts

Construction Supervisors looking to refine and enhance their leadership skills. To maximize your learning experience, ideally you will have completed the BST program and/or have experience leading teams.

Phil Perry, Perry Educational Services

Phil Perry, P.Eng. is an experienced senior project manager with more than 30 years in the construction industry. He has worked in a variety of roles with owners, designers and constructors, most of which included project managing industrial projects for general contractors. Phil has worked with many different delivery systems including stipulated price, cost plus, unit price, construction management and design-build. He has been teaching post-secondary construction management courses for the last eight years and ha works with various contractors on their professional development programs.

The Building Supervisors in Leaders (BSL) program builds on the previous modules in the Building Supervisors for Tomorrow (BST) program by introducing more comprehensive leadership skills and complex issues.  The program is intended to propel on-site supervisors into authentic leaders – trusted, genuine, motivated individuals who are mission-driven and consistently generate positive results.

This comprehensive program provides it all, and is delivered in manageable segments by industry experts with extensive hands-on experience in construction’s ICI sector. Participants have the flexibility to attend modules in any order. Upon completion of all seven sessions participants will be awarded a Building Supervisors into Leaders (ICI) certificate.

2022 BSL Schedule: 

• Building and Managing Customer Relationships: The Supervisor’s Role - Thursday, March 3, 2022
• Managing Field Productivity to Improve Bottom Line - Wednesday, March 16, 2022 
• Building Leaders: One Step at a Time - Wednesday, April 13, 2022  
• Controlling Financial Risk: Best-in-Class Tools for Supervisor’s - Friday, April 22, 2022   
• Change Happens: Lead Your Crew with Confidence - Wednesday, April 27, 2022 
• The Supervisor’s Role in Quality Management: Managing Shop Drawings, Samples and Submittals - Thursday, May 5, 2022 
• Lean Construction for the Job Site - Thursday, May 12, 2022