Managing Construction Projects
Charles A. Krueger
Charles A. Krueger, C.P.A., C.I.A., is associate professor and director of the finance program for Executive Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Chuck takes an operational approach to developing and applying financial information in decision making, directing profit centers and implementing innovative cost management.
Gregory P. Benz
Gregory P. Benz, AIA, RA, is president and founder of Benz Architecture Limited, LLC, a specialty full-service architectural firm with offices in Sun Prairie, WI. His design firm was founded in 1997, and it provides a wide range of services to clients, primarily those in the multi-family housing industry. In addition, Greg provides consulting services to address special and unique building and professional issues. Greg has more than 32 years of experience — with 27 of those years spent successfully managing construction projects — where his responsibilities included maintaining client contacts, budgets and scheduling, and directly managing large and small groups of architects and engineers.
Christopher M. Coakley
Christopher M. Coakley, attorney, is owner and president of C. Coakley Relocation Systems in Milwaukee, WI. Chris is uniquely qualified to discuss commercial relocation challenges and shortcuts because he has been involved in moving hundreds of companies, both locally and nationally. For the last 10 years, he has provided sales, operational and legal support to the industry.
Robert J. Kay
Robert J. Kay, attorney, is a partner in the law firm of Kay & Andersen, SC, in Madison, WI. A consummate trial lawyer, he is well versed in the intricacies of legal issues in the fields of design, engineering, product manufacturing, regulation and licensing, compensation and construction claims. While serving on the Wisconsin Legislative Advisory Committee for Construction Lien Laws, he was instrumental in amending the state’s laws. During his 49-year law practice, Robert has also served as a civil trial lawyer, and he has experience in government law and criminal prosecution.
Richard L. Townsend
Richard L. Townsend, CPA, CIA, is president of R.L. Townsend & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm in Dallas, TX. His firm has provided high-quality cost-effective construction contract audit and management advisory consulting services since 1984. R.L. Townsend & Associates, Inc. is affiliated with Courtenay Thompson & Associates in order to provide professional development training seminars on construction auditing and cost control. Rich began working on real estate and construction contract audit-related matters in 1972. Before starting his own company, he spent 13 years with J.C. Penney’s auditing department, specializing in real estate and construction audit activity. Rich gained extensive experience in conducting and directing operational and contract compliance audits for both construction- and real estate-related activities. He has been a sought-after professional development program instructor since 1978.
“Over nine years, we passed three construction referenda and all three came in under budget. I attributed the success of these three construction projects to the skills I learned during the ‘Controlling Construction Costs’ course.”
Michael R. Weber, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools, Port Washington-Saukville School District, Port Washington, WI
The University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a member of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), authorizes this course for 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or 14 hours.
gsrenaski@exed.wisc.edu