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Chairman of the Board Gary Cardamone, PE Port of Long Beach, CA President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce D’Agostino, CAE, FCMAA Editor John McKeon Contributing Writers Kathleen Davenport Martha Montague Design TGD Communications, Inc.

ChAIRMAn’S REPORT
are We Ready to Meet Industry’s demands?
By Gary Cardamone, PE Port of Long Beach, CA
This issue of CMAdvisor focuses on education, and particularly on what we’re doing—and need to do— to attract more newcomers to the profession and get them solidly launched into rewarding careers. These “first steps” are critical for us now, because we can clearly see a growing need in the very near future for more practitioners with proven, certifiable capabilities. In part, this need will be accelerated by our exciting new relationship with the Construction Industry Institute of the University of Texas. CII has given a strong public endorsement to the Certified Construction Manager credential. Through our alliance with CII we have an opportunity to communicate frequently and consistently with top executives at private sector organizations like Southern Company, Procter & Gamble, Glaxo SmithKline, Kaiser Permanente, Anheuser-Busch and many others. These contacts are in addition to our long-standing visibility in the public sector, at agencies such as GSA, the Corps of Engineers, and numerous state and regional authorities. We are promoting the CCM as the key credential in identifying the most qualified CM practitioners. The owner community seems to be agreeing with us in ever-larger numbers. We see the evidence in the performance of the certification program. In just the first quarter of 2010, CMCI is already more than halfway to achieving its full-year goal for number of applications received. In just the first quarter, the number of CCMs grew by more than 15 percent! We must expect this trend to continue. Are we prepared to meet it? Are we ready to deliver the growing number of CCMs that the construction industry needs? The only way to meet this challenge effectively is with a comprehensive approach to industry education and career advancement. This approach begins before graduation from college, when students can study our SOP, join a student chapter, work with faculty who understand the SOP, and become Construction Managers in Training. The next step is to create a strong mentoring relationship, and this calls for a serious commitment on the part of our established practitioners to working with young people to help them advance. Mentors provide many things to their junior colleagues. Sometimes the need is as simple as a pep talk, but the mentor is also a source of sophisticated technical advice, specific problem-solving support, advice on career decisions and even job referrals. It’s also the mentor’s responsibility to convey to the junior practitioner the vital importance of the CMAA Code of Ethics and its practical application. CMAA is preparing to move forward with a CM rating system that will provide invaluable guidance to CMs and their employers to help them identify and take advantage of the best available continuing education opportunities. All of these activities lead directly to certification. We need to maintain our focus in this area and continue both to recruit new practitioners and to enhance the educational resources we offer them. The industry is expecting it, and we must respond.

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