Hill International, in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have announced their plans to hold a Masterclass in March 2009, focusing on risk and cost management, and dealing with delay and disruption in the construction industry.

The event will be held for the first time in Hong Kong since 2004 at the Mandarin Oriental on 10th and 11th March 2009.

Michael Brown CIOB Deputy Chief Executive said: "According to our research into managing the risk of delayed completion last year, a high proportion of complex construction projects are likely to be finished more than six months late, due to poor time control.


"The growth in training, education and skill levels within the industry in the use of time-management techniques has not kept pace with the technology available. This should be of concern to many companies, as there is a trend towards developing contracts which are increasingly punitive if not executed efficiently. This Masterclass will give delegates the necessary information to make sure they are not adversely affected by those trends in the future."

The first day of the Masterclass addresses the successful use of the latest tools to manage and deal with change, delay and disruption. The second day will focus on the analysis of change, delay and disruption retrospectively, and presentation of claims for loss and expense in different forums using a variety of cutting-edge techniques.

(CD/JM)