Project Controls Expo 

Nationals Park, Washington DC | October 6-8 

The Project Controls Expo brings together all stakeholders in the project delivery sector with the objective of advancing and developing project controls. The event is supported by over 7,000 major corporations, 10,000 professionals, and 700+ expert speakers, who all create a significant impact on the global project controls community.   

We look forward to our second year attending and sharing PMA’s project controls innovations through our booth and presentations. Visit us at booth 127 and talk to Alex Neary about our latest developments!

Presentations

Integrated Master Scheduling and Virtual Design-Construction for Coordinating Major Airport Capital Programs

Presented by Angel Arvelo (PMA Consultants) & Johannes Mueller (AECOM)  

10:10 am – 10:45 am, Tuesday, October 7

Coordinating major capital projects at a large city airport requires advanced project controls and digital tools to manage complexity, minimize disruptions, and protect the passenger experience. This presentation describes the development of an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) that consolidates multiple construction schedules into a unified framework, enabling early identification of critical interfaces and impacts on airport operations. By integrating project BIM models into a federated digital environment and holding regular stakeholder meetings, the team can proactively analyze interdependencies, resolve conflicts, and ensure constructability. A single source data environment ensures consistent, up-to-date information, improving communication and decision-making. Detailed phasing plans and 4D models simulate construction operations and traffic impacts, supporting scenario planning and stakeholder engagement. Virtual design and construction (VDC) deliverables consolidate project information and anticipated impacts, helping maintain a cohesive, passenger-friendly environment. This integrated approach demonstrates how IMS, BIM, and 4D modeling drive efficiency, reduce delays and cost overruns, and support successful delivery of complex airport capital programs. 

The Integrated Delay Theory

Presented by Dr. Gui Ponce de Leon (PMA Consultants) 

3:00 pm – 3:35 pm, Tuesday, October 7

In scheduling practice, when a delay knowingly occurs, the contemporaneous schedule is used to predict impact on completion, even though it is not reasonable to consider a deterministic schedule early finish date a quality prediction of when the project will be completed. If the delay remains unresolved and late completion actualizes, the contemporaneous predictive schedules, rather than the fully progressed update (FPU), are reused in post-completion delay analysis—an incongruity that relies on predictions based on what was supposed to happen when predictions are unnecessary and off-base as the factual durations, dates, and total floats are available from the FPU. Absence of delay analysis methods using the FPU has stymied the development of delay theories that consider the algorithmic properties of FPUs and the limited predictive value of deterministic schedules. The Integrated Delay Theory (IDT) advances current art by mining both the forensic properties and stochastic causal modeling properties of the graphical path method (GPM) schedules.  

Massport: Using Technology to Improve Program Management

Presented by Dareen Salama (Gryps), Maria Itati Moguilner Costantini (Massport), & Nick Baldasarre (PMA) 

3:00 pm – 3:35 pm, Tuesday, October 7

Complex portfolio of capital projects across aviation, maritime, and real estate. Managing these projects efficiently requires harmonizing data from disparate systems and ensuring all stakeholders are aligned with accurate, timely information. Gryps and PMA partnered with Massport to help achieve just that. At the core of this partnership was a shared goal: unify data across legacy platforms and build a program-wide source of truth for smarter, faster decision-making. One of the early priorities was solving for fragmented cost data across Oracle Primavera P6 and PMWeb. Gryps worked with PMA and Massport to integrate these systems and deliver unified, program-wide cash flow visualizations—complete with dynamic budget breakdowns by cost codes. These dashboards not only improved visibility into budget versus actuals, but also helped project controls and finance teams proactively manage risk across dozens of active jobs. Gryps, PMA, Massport also developed a program-wide labor rate tracker, which became critical in maintaining billing integrity. By aggregating labor rates from across vendors and tying them to historical trends, the tool provided an automated way to flag outliers. This empowered Massport to ensure contractors remained within expected billing norms, strengthening cost oversight and compliance. This partnership between Gryps, PMA, and Massport has dramatically improved transparency and coordination across their capital program. Executives now have real-time access to the metrics that matter most, enabling faster, evidence-based decisions across planning, procurement, and project delivery. Through data integration, custom analytics, and AI-powered insights, Massport has set a new standard for public sector capital program management. 

Network with PMA  

PMA is proud to share that Saumil Maniar will be attending this year’s Project Controls Expo USA as a Subject Matter Expert (SME). With deep expertise in project controls, Saumil will be available on-site to share insights, connect with fellow professionals, and contribute to the broader dialogue around advancing best practices in the industry. His presence underscores PMA’s commitment to thought leadership and knowledge-sharing within the project controls community.