Topic: AACE Power Forum: Managing Contingency in Multi-Project Programs
Presenters: Rachel Fleming (MBP), Albert Brier (Dokainish & Company), Roger Bradfield (Dokainish & Company)
Date: Friday, April 24
Time: 12:00 PM ET
About the Topic
Many capital efforts in the electrical power sector (generation upgrades, transmission expansions, modernization initiatives) are delivered as multi‑project programs, yet the industry lacks consistent guidance for quantifying risk and managing reserves at this larger scale. This session highlights why project‑level approaches often misrepresent true program risk and how fragmented reserves can undermine funding confidence and decision‑making. Drawing on work prepared for the AACE 2026 Conference & Expo, the presenters outline practical insights into integrated contingency thinking and its importance for strengthening financial governance across complex power programs.
About the Speakers
Rachel Fleming, Service Line Manager, MBP
Rachel Fleming has over 12 years of experience in the construction industry. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Duke University. A licensed Professional Engineer with a Civil-Construction concentration, a certified Construction Manager (CCM), and a CM-Lean professional, Rachel brings valuable management and analysis skills to all phases of the construction process, including owner’s representation, program and project management, transition to operations, risk management, CPM scheduling, and facilitation.
Albert Brier, Director, Project Controls, Dokainish & Company
Albert Brier, PMP is Director, Project Controls at Dokainish & Company. He is a project controls leader with extensive experience delivering complex capital programs across infrastructure, energy, and large-scale developments. Albert has served as a schedule and risk subject matter expert on portfolios exceeding USD $10B, supporting organizations in improving governance, funding confidence, and decision-making under uncertainty. His work includes portfolio-level planning, quantitative risk analysis using Monte Carlo techniques, and the development of program-wide reporting and control frameworks. He has led project controls and execution roles on complex, multi-contractor developments, including large mixed-use facilities and early works programs involving heavy civil, utilities, and modular construction. Albert regularly designs and implements practical risk, cost, and schedule controls that bridge project delivery and executive oversight. As a PMP-certified professional, Albert focuses on translating risk theory into applied frameworks that project managers and PMOs can use in real operating environments, particularly where many small projects roll up into large, high-stakes programs.
Roger Bradfield, Technical Director, Dokainish & Company
Roger Bradfield, P.Eng, B.Eng(Hons), PMP, PMI-RMP is Technical Director at Dokainish & Company, specializing in risk, cost, and schedule management across oil and gas, mining, nuclear, energy, infrastructure, and construction sectors. His career spans the full project controls lifecycle, from capital cost estimation and master schedule management to Monte Carlo risk modelling and risk register development, on projects ranging from multi-million to multi-billion dollars across Canada. Roger shapes how organizations understand and respond to risk on complex capital programs. He's led risk strategy across provincial construction programs, set standards for Risk Management Plan development, and building the integrated cost and schedule models that give leadership teams the confidence to make high-stakes decisions. Roger brings a direct, practitioner's perspective to risk management, focused on applying established methods and developing better ones, grounded in the realities of complex capital programs.