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Understanding the Results of ABC’s 2022 Workforce Development Survey

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
ABC Chapters and Members Only

By maintaining digital records of essential compliance documentation, your team can ensure that every file you need is at your fingertips at any time. Digital lien waiver management simultaneously ensures compliance while enabling speed and efficiency—all of which lead to faster payments.

According to the results of the 2022 Workforce Development Survey, ABC member contractors invested $1.6 billion to provide more than 1.3 million course attendees with craft, leadership and safety education in 2021.

Get a detailed look at the results and understand the practical takeaways for members and chapters developing the merit shop construction workforce of the future.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Stahler McKinney, FMI, Senior Consultant
As a senior consultant in FMI’s strategy practice, McKinney advises a broad range of clients throughout the built environment, including contractors, architects, engineers, technology suppliers and construction materials producers. His focus is primarily on strategic thinking and a go-to market approach, helping clients make informed strategic choices and develop plans for implementation. McKinney also works closely with a number of industry associations.

Protect Profit Margins and Reduce Risk With Contracting Partners

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

You use digital tools for nearly every other facet of your life—why not apply them to your business, too? From subcontractor prequalification to paying subcontractors on time, digital tools enable speed and efficiency while saving you valuable time and money.

By maintaining digital records of essential compliance documentation, your team can ensure that every file you need is at your fingertips at any time. Digital lien waiver management simultaneously ensures compliance while enabling speed and efficiency—all of which lead to faster payments.

Join this webinar to learn:

• • Best practices to maintain compliance consistently
• • Easier and more efficient ways to manage lien waivers
• • Strategies to reduce risk with contracting partners

SPEAKER INFO

Chris Boyd, Vice President of Product, Built Technologies
Chris Boyd serves as vice president of product at Built, where he’s been leading product strategy and delivery teams since 2015, starting as the first product manager at the company.

Make Work-in-Progress Work for You

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

An accurate and timely work-in-progress report is one of the most essential tools a contractor can use to optimize cash flow. WIP reporting provides construction companies with the insight needed to determine if active jobs are underbilled or overbilled, allowing you to stay on top of every project and maximize profitability.

In this session, we will discuss:
• Five common mistakes that compromise cash flow and job profitability
• What work-in-progress is and the essential values needed to produce an accurate report
• How to get started right away to make smarter day-to-day decisions
• Tips to better manage cash flow, produce accurate financial statements and grow bottom-line profits

SPEAKER INFO

John Meibers, Vice President and General Manager, Deltek
John Meibers has been a leader at Deltek + ComputerEase for more than 20 years. In today’s rapidly changing, fast-paced world, a big part of his role is to ensure that Deltek + ComputerEase equips its more than 6,000 customers with the most cutting-edge technology to efficiently run their businesses. Prior to joining Deltek + ComputerEase, Meibers spent 10 years working as a controller for a large mechanical contractor.

Heat Stress: The Science, Politics and Ramifications

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
ABC Members Only

Summer is around the corner and temperatures are rising. Preventing illnesses and injuries related to heat exposure on the jobsite is critical. Jobsites are dynamic and people are affected by heat differently, so having a plan, supervision and knowing the signs of heat stress is vital.

Join a panel discussion that will cover topics such as how heat affects the body, OSHA’s focus on heat-related illnesses and preventative practices used both in vertical and horizontal construction. When it comes to heat stress on the jobsite, there’s no one-size-fits-all program, so learn how some of ABC’s safest members and partners are meeting the complexity of the challenge.

SPEAKER INFO
 

	Paul Allen, Industrial Hygienist, CNA Insurance Paul Allen is product consulting director for industrial hygiene at CNA Insurance. A safety professional with over 30 years of experience, Allen is also a certified industrial hygienist, a certified safety professional, an associate in risk management, a construction risk and insurance specialist and an accredited office ergonomics evaluator. Allen is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Professionals, a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and a member of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
	Emily Cook, Senior Safety Manager, Clark Construction Emily Cook is senior safety manager for Clark Construction. Prior to Clark, Cook served in various safety roles in the industry. In addition to her safety roles at numerous general contractors, Cook served as a compliance officer for the state of Maryland before returning back to the private sector to specialize in the underground utility industry.
	Jason Kibler, Health, Safety & Environment Director, Davis Construction Jason Kibler is health, safety and environment director at Davis Construction. In his role, Kibler is responsible for the overseeing and implementing progressive safety standards that keep Davis’ projects safe. With a passion for knowledge and skill development, Kibler also frequently works with Davis’ internal Corporate Knowledge Center to develop, teach and enhance safety education programs.
	Corey Rimmer, Assistant Vice President, CNA Insurance Corey Rimmer is assistant vice president of the risk control construction segment for CNA Insurance. In this role, Rimmer leads the direction, management and oversight of the risk control function within CNA’s construction business segment. With more than 18 years of experience in insurance risk control, Rimmer has served as a risk control consultant as well as risk control director, in which he worked to develop other risk control staff through coaching, mentoring and training.
	Chris Shertzer, Health, Safety & Environment Director, Allan Myers Chris Shertzer is director of health, safety and environment for Allan Myers, specifically focused on Maryland and Delaware operations. Shertzer has dedicated almost two decades to Allan Myers, a large infrastructure contractor that constructs projects of all sizes throughout the mid-Atlantic. Allan Myers projects span from paving and excavation projects to residential, commercial and industrial site development, water and wastewater treatment plants, and pipelines, roads, highways and bridges.
	Joe Xavier, Senior Director of Health and Safety, Associated Builders and Contractors Joe Xavier is senior director of safety for ABC National. Xavier has served in leadership, quality, health, safety and compliance roles since 1992. Most recently, Xavier was CEO of Summit Sustainability Solutions, advising construction, manufacturing and hospitality clients in the mid-Atlantic region on safety and health risk control and prevention. His company was a member of ABC of Greater Baltimore and facilitated the chapter’s Safety Professional Peer Group.

Construction Executive's “2022 Mid-Year Construction Economic Forecast”

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors, returns for his “2022 Mid-Year Construction Economic Update and Forecast,” in which he’ll review the year to date and demystify the ever-changing economic landscape. Basu will address the biggest concerns for contractors, including, but not limited to, the cost of labor and materials and the impact of the $1 trillion infrastructure package, in addition to presenting his exclusive commercial construction forecast.

Basu will also discuss portions of the general economy affecting contractors: inflation (or “stagflation”), the Federal Reserve's interest rate increases, unemployment and labor figures and how changes in consumer demand influence shifts in market sectors.

Sign up for this 60-minute presentation followed by 30 minutes of live Q&A. You may submit questions in advance while registering for this webinar.

SPEAKER INFO

Anirban Basu, Chief Economist, Associated Builders and Contractors
Anirban Basu is chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm headquartered in Baltimore. In 2014, Gov. Larry Hogan appointed him chair of the Maryland Economic Development Commission. He lectures at Johns Hopkins University in global strategy and has also taught international economics, urban economics and micro- and macroeconomics at Hopkins.