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Procurement Day 2013 Planning Now Underway
December 14, 2012
Procurement Day 2013 is fast approaching and plans are well underway to make it even better than last year’s inaugural event. A joint committee of construction, design and procurement professionals have been meeting regularly to review the successes and initiatives of the Procurement Project, of which Procurement Day is just one. Priority is now turning to planning Procurement Day, 2013. The event will be held on Monday, October 21, 2013 at the Kingsbridge Conference Centre. A review of many of the concerns expressed at the inaugural event showed a common theme revolving around the managing of risk. With this in mind, the committee co-chaired by Steve Dyke of Infrastructure Ontario and Saskia Martini-Wong of Consulting Engineers Ontario, is building an agenda that will further explore the notion of risk. The goal, as is the purpose of the Procurement Project, is to facilitate candid discussion of risk issues being faced by all sides of the procurement equation and seek common ground while identifying mutually satisfactory ways to address the noted concerns. 
The Procurement Project will also be conducting a survey of construction, design and procurement professionals to gather data on issues and challenges being faced in the process of procuring construction services. The survey results will be released and discussed during Procurement Day 2013. For more information about the Procurement project and Procurement Day, see the website www.procurementproject.ca and follow the Twitter feed @ProcurementProj. The full report and executive summary from Procurement Day 2012 can also be downloaded here. If you would like to participate in Procurement Day 2013, please email info@procurementproject.ca