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Dan Fauchier is an experienced facilitator for Project ReAlignment, Lean Partnering and cross-organizational team effectiveness, a construction dispute resolutionist, forensics consultant, design manager, construction project manager, college teacher, mediator, arbitrator and construction management expert...

...with over thirty years experience in direct, hands-on development, design and construction management on projects from $250,000 to $140,000,000, and forensics consulting for over $3,000,000,000 in projects nationwide and partnering on nearly $7 Billion in current projects.

As Vice President of The ReAlignment Group, Ltd., based in La Jolla, CA, one of Dan's major clients is URS/Bovis Lend Lease JV on the $2 Billion California prison health care initiative to build 3,400 new hospital beds by 2013, working under the Court ordered urgency and using collaboration to integrate Alignment partnering and lean project delivery in design-build co-opetition contracts.

Since 1997, Dan has trained over 4,000 construction professionals nationwide in nearly 300 one-day and three-day construction management and forensics seminars and workshops. He is a contributing writer for the book Megaprojects: Challenges and Recommended Practices, published by ACEC in 2009.

Professional Services:

• ReAlignment Facilitator and Trainer
• Lean & Alignment Partnering Facilitator and Trainer
• Facilitation Skills Trainer and Mentor
• Team Builder
• Construction Dispute Resolutionist and Forensics Consultant
• Arbitrator and Mediator
• Classroom Teacher (Companies, Agencies, Associations, Universities)
• Mentor (Executives, Project Managers, Trainers)
• Writer/Editor

Clients:

• Associated General Contractors
• APSI Construction Management
• Bovis Lend Lease
• Caltrans
• CDM
• Coffman Specialties
• Construction Management Association of America
• Engineering & General Contractors Assn.
• Granite Construction
• Harris Co.
• Kiewit-Pacific Co.
• Los Angeles World Airports
• Mader Construction
• Parsons Water
• Pittsburgh Airport Authority (& Allegheney County, PA)
• PBS&J
• Port of Tacoma
• R&L Brosamer
• R. E. Staite
• RQ Construction
• San Diego County Water Authority
• Skanska
• Swinerton Builders
• TC Construction
• URS
• USDOT-Federal Highways
• US Navy
• Vanir Construction Management

Project Participation (partial, recent):

• All American Canal Lining
• California Prison Healthcare Receivership
• California 905 Freeway
• Cincinnati Public Library (& Hamilton County, Ohio)
• Coronado Bridge Maintenance Deck
• FCC Mechanization Project
• Los Angeles Central Library
• North Island Aircraft Carrier Quaywall Repairs
• Rancho Peñasquitos Pressure Control Hydroelectric Project
• San Vicente Dam Raise
• Schools (LA, Riverside & San Diego areas)
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• US Courthouses (California, New York)
• US Navy Submarine Demagnetizer
• Wastewater Treatment Plants (Anaheim, Sacramento, Ukiah)

Recent Alignment/Lean Partnering Facilitations:

• California Prison Healthcare Receivership / URS-Bovis
• Caltrans
• City of Riverside
• City of Ukiah / Harris Co.
• County of Sacramento / URS
• Imperial Irrigation District-San Diego County Water Authority / Parsons
• Los Angeles World Airports / PBS&J
• Naval Air Station, Fallon, NV
• Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest
• Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
• Metropolitan Water District
• San Diego County Water Authority

Professional Affiliations:

• Construction Management Association of America
• Lean Construction Institute
• Associated General Contractors
• Engineering & General Contractors Association
• American Bar Association
• La Jolla Center for Dispute Resolution
• Dispute Review Board Foundation
• National Conflict Resolution Center
• San Diego Construction Industry Air Quality Coalition

Publications, Articles and Citations:

• MEGAPROJECTS: Challenges and Recommended Practices, Edited by David J. Hatem, PC, and David Corkum, (Copyright 2009, Published by American Council of Engineering Companies), Contributor to "Chapter 10: Claims, Changes and Dispute Resolution"
• Citation in AACE International Recommended Practice No. 53R-06, SCHEDULE UPDATE REVIEW - AS APPLIED IN ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION (Copyright 2008, AACE, Inc.) Online at: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6007996/Schedule-Update-Review--As-Applied-in-EPC
• EGCA Magazine, thirty bi-monthly two-page feature columns "Advocacy Report by Dan Fauchier" (2004-2008), and seven bi-monthly one-page letters column "Dear Diesel Dan" (2007-2008), Online at: http://www.egca.org/egca/egca-magazine/egca-magazine
• "Know Your Opponent", MASONRY Magazine (Copyright 2005, Mason Contractors Association of America) Online at: http://www.masonrymagazine.com/8-05/project.html
• "The Impending Asphalt Plant Crisis in North San Diego County", an EGCA White Paper (Copyright 2004, Engineering & General Contractors Association)
• "Roadmap for Small and Emerging Contractor Success" (Copyright 2003, EGCA Foundation) http://www.egcafoundation.org/roadmap/index.html
• "Integrating DRBs into Construction Management Training", Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Forum Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 4 (Copyright 2002, DRBF) Online at: http://www.drb.org/newsletter/Forum64bb.pdf
• Construction Claims: How to Manage Construction Projects so Disputes are Completely Eliminated or Resolved Quickly (Copyright 2001, published by Saddle Island Institute)
• Analyzing Construction CPM Schedules and Delay Claims including three audio CDs (Copyright 2001, published by Power Summit)
• Construction Project Management for the 21st Century: How to Use the Internet and Other New Technologies to Cut Costs, Reduce and Quickly Resolve Claims, and Speed Project Completion (Copyright 2000-2002, published by Saddle Island Institute)

Certifications:

• General Building Contractor, California License No. B-560072 (1989-present)
• Certified Arbitrator
  • Institute of Conflict Management
  • ArbitrationWorks (contract with California Contractors State License Board)
• Certified Mediator
  • Institute of Conflict Management
  • ArbitrationWorks (contract with California Contractors State License Board)
• California Community College Teaching Credential - Life (Public Administration)
• University of California, San Diego, Engineering Extension Program Instructor in Construction Management, Project Management and Planning and Scheduling
• San Diego State University School of Engineering, Instructor in Construction and Engineering Project Management Certificate Program for Defense Conversion Foundation
• Carpenter's Union of Southern California
  • Journeyman (1993)

Continuous Education:

• Southwestern College (Kansas), Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude, 1968
  • Double Major: English and Philosophy
  • Special Honors in English
• School of Theology at Claremont (California), 1968-69
• Woodrow Wilson National Graduate Fellow
• Claremont Graduate School (California), 1969-70
  • California State Graduate Scholar
• Lean Construction Principles & Practice (continuous learning from 2008)
• Continuing Education in Construction Management, CMAA, 2005-present
• Project Re-Alignment, Facilitator, TeamTech, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Direct Application Method Partnering (Project Alignment), Facilitator, TeamTech, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Dispute Review Board Chairing Training, DRB Foundation, 2001
• Negotiation in Construction, Roger Dawson, 2001
• Arbitration Certification Program, ICM, 1999
• Mediation Certification Program, ICM, 1999
• Arbitration Training, California Contractors State License Board, 1999
• Dispute Review Board Certification Program, ICM, 1999
• SureTrak® Training Program, Primavera & D R McNatty, 1998
• AutoCAD® Training, Platt College, San Diego, 1996