Course Descriptions

We welcome and encourage any capital project professionals to attend Concord's Advanced Work Packaging Fundamentals program. You will find this program especially beneficial if you are leading a construction project or responsible for a construction program. This course is also beneficial to any project team member implementing Advanced Work Packaging. 


A Certification Program Designed For - 

  1. Project Managers/ Aspiring Project Managers
  2. Engineering Leads
  3. Project Controls Professionals
  4. Program Managers
  5. Construction Managers
  6. Interface Managers

At the end of this program you will:

Course Learning Objectives

  • Understand the Most Important Components of Advanced Work Packaging

  • Be Fluent in the Fundamentals of Advanced Work Packaging

  • Learn How to Apply Advanced Work Packaging to Your Project

  • Remove any Assumptions Commonly Applied to Advanced Work Packaging and Discuss within Your Organization the Requirements for Implementing Advanced Work Packaging

  • Understand the Various Stakeholders Interfacing with Advanced Work Packaging

  • Gain Certification in the AWP Methodology and become a Certified AWP Professional™

Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Before we begin...

    3. Copyright Notice

    1. AWP and Field Productivity

    2. Test your learning

    3. AWP and Construction Excellence

    4. Test Your Learning

    5. AWP and Engineering Predictability

    6. Test Your Learning

    7. Other Benefits of AWP

    8. Test Your Learning

    1. What is the Advanced Work Packaging Structure?

    2. Test your learning

    3. What is Workface Planning?

    4. Test your learning

    5. Understanding the Packages in the AWP System

    6. Test Your Learning

    7. AWP and the Stage Gate System

    8. Test Your Learning

    1. What is a Construction Work Area?

    2. Test your learning

    3. Defining Your Construction Driven Plan

    4. Test your learning

    5. What are the Components of the POC?

    6. Test Your Learning

    7. POC Roles and Responsibilities

    8. Test Your Learning

    1. Defining Construction Driven Engineering

    2. Test your learning

    3. What is an EWP?

    4. Test Your Learning

    5. Understanding EWP Workflows

    6. Test Your Learning

    7. Who Prepares EWPs?

    8. Test Your Learning

    1. What is a CWP?

    2. Test your learning

    3. Understanding CWP Workflows?

    4. Test Your Learning

    5. Who Prepares CWPs?

    6. Test Your Learning

    1. How does AWP Impact Procurement?

    2. Test Your Learning

    3. What is a Procurement Work Number?

    4. Test Your Learning

    1. Understanding the Process of Workface Planning

    2. Test Your Learning

    3. What is an IWP?

    4. Test your learning

    5. How to Manage Constraints?

    6. Test Your Learning

    7. How to Manage a Backlog?

    8. Test Your Learning

    1. Role of the Workface Planner

    2. Test Your Learning

    3. Role of the AWP Champion

    4. Test Your Learning

    5. Role of the Construction Manager

    6. Test Your Learning

    7. AWP Implications on Traditional Project Roles

    8. Test Your Learning

    1. What is the AWP-based Work Breakdown Structure?

    2. Test your learning

    3. Building an AWP-Based Project Estimate

    4. Test Your Learning

    5. Building an AWP Project Schedule

    6. Test Your Learning

    7. Monitoring AWP KPIs

    8. Test Your Learning

    1. AWP Implementation Lessons Learned

    2. Test your learning

    3. Before you go...

    4. Congrats! Here's what's next...

About this course

  • $1,899.00
  • 73 lessons
  • 10 Hours of Video & Exam Content
  • 1 Year Community Membership

Instructor(s)

Instructor Bio:

Olfa Hamdi is a co-inventor of the Advanced Work Packaging Methodology as a member of the research team RT-272 of the Construction Industry Institute (CII). She is a global expert in the strategic, construction-driven planning and execution of capital projects. She is an American-trained engineer, inventor and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded the Advanced Work Packaging Institute before co-founding Concord Project Technologies in 2016.

Olfa is a recognized international expert in the field of project management and a credited co-author of the three-volume industry bible on Advanced Work Packaging implementation. She led multiple audit missions of capital projects while working with Independent Project Analysis. She holds a Master of Science in Capital Project Management from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Science in Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lille, and a graduate degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution for construction disputes from Texas School of Law.

Olfa Hamdi

Concord Academy Director

Instructor(s)

Instructor Bio:

Andrew Foy is a Construction Industry professional with 15 years of Capital Project experience in the Oil and Gas sector. He gained 10 years experience as a Project Manager, executing capital projects in Canada, to understand all facets of project delivery working for large Construction contractors.

He then transitioned to a full-time AWP Manager role in 2015, spending five years establishing AWP programs for three large downstream organizations, covering projects ranging from $100 million to several billion. This AWP experience includes early planning efforts during the engineering phases through to implementation of Work Face Planning in the field, including responsibility for writing AWP procedures for these clients and training of client and contractor personnel.

Andrew Foy

AWP Senior Instructor

Concord Academy Certified AWP Professionals

“The Advanced Work Packaging Training from Concord provides one of the best introductions and explanations in easy to understand terms. I recommend this course as a guide to assist engineering and construction teams understand how the application of industry best practices in a collaborative process can yield the greatest results.”

Technical Solutions Executive

Don Wallace | Autodesk

“Great course and I'm really excited to get this process going in the Gulf of Mexico. We need to fill some gaps on roles in our organization to match this execution model.”

Project Engineer, AWP Implementation Lead

Noah Smithwick | Shell

“I have been studying and learning about AWP for a long time to adopt and implement it to my company's EPC execution. I have read so many articles, papers and instructions and met many experts and consultants. Through learning with this online course, I was able to wrap-up my knowledge and I am ready to implement AWP now.”

Construction Planning

HyunSeuk Choi | Samsung

Payment Options

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FAQ

  • How many courses are there for the AWP certifications?

    There are 2 courses - AWP Fundamentals and AWP Champions. AWP Fundamentals is a Mandatory course. Once the fundamental course is completed, AWP champions can be purchased. You can purchase both the courses in a Bundle if you want.

  • Is there a Membership?

    Yes, we have a membership. The membership needs to be renewed each year.

  • What is the validity of the Certification?

    The certification is valid for 2 years and needs to be renewed once every 2 years.