From category archives: ABC Academy & GA Articles

United Academy Overview - Part 2

Date: Friday, October 14 and 21, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 1:00 p.m. (ET) / 12:00 p.m. (CT) / 11:00 a.m. (MT) / 10:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Loretta Foley, Director of United Academy, United Rentals 
Category: Training and Education  
PRESENTED BY ABC's STRATEGIC PARTNER - UNITED RENTALS 



WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
Come learn how United Academy can help your chapter provide quality training and credential tracking to your members. In this webinar, we will cover the United Academy value proposition, address the expectations for pilot program, and showcase a demo of various training United Academy has to offer.

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Managing Responsibilities and Risks using AIA Subcontract Agreements

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Josh Ballance, Esq., Senior Manager and Counsel, AIA Contract Documents Content
Category: Training and Education  
PRESENTED BY ABC's BUSINESS PARTNER - AIA 

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
Join us as we explore contractual relationships, key provisions, and responsibilities of both parties when entering in AIA Document A401-2007, AIA Standard Form of Agreement Between Contractor and Subcontractor. Attendees of this course will explore special issues of interest including warranties, guarantees and consequential damage provisions and will become familiar with AIA bid bond, performance bond and payment bond forms and how to use them effectively with subcontractors.
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Will Intelligent Specs Change Your Business?

Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Jason Norris, Strategic Advisor, Procore Technologies, Inc.
Category: Training and Education  
PRESENTED BY ABC's NATIONAL EVENT SPONSOR - PROCORE

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Dive into the latest new release, Intelligent Specs, with Procore’s Strategic Advisor, Jason Norris. Gain time (and space on your shelves) as we walk you through the latest technology designed to reduce waste and increase collaboration.
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United Academy Overview

Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 1:00 p.m. (ET) / 12:00 p.m. (CT) / 11:00 a.m. (MT) / 10:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Loretta Foley, Director of United Academy, United Rentals 
Category: Training and Education  
PRESENTED BY ABC's STRATEGIC PARTNER - UNITED RENTALS 



WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
Come learn how United Academy can help your chapter provide quality training and credential tracking to your members. In this webinar we will cover the United Academy value proposition, special programs offered, and the ABC Chapter Pilot. Pilot participants will be selected based on webinar participation and demonstrated interest.
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The Importance of Real-Time Accounting: Keep Your Projects in the Black

Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Jennifer Howard, Strategic Advisor, Procore Technologies, Inc.
Category: Training and Education, AQC  
PRESENTED BY ABC's NATIONAL EVENT SPONSOR - PROCORE

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
How much is information management costing you?

You would be surprised at how much outdated accounting solutions cost. When you add up the expense of miscommunication, wasted time waiting for accurate budgets or approvals, and inefficiencies in the office, it’s secretly eating into your profit margins. Jennifer Howard formerly from Colin Construction, has the most important tips to reducing costs, improving budget accuracy, and integrating the latest software to enable teams to move faster, with up-to-date information, to ensure a more seamless project completion and delivery.

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Hosting Successful Lawmaker Visits to ABC Jobsites

Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 30 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: John Mielke, ABC of Wisconsin Chapter President
  Nick Novak, Director of Marketing and Communications, ABC of Wisconsin
 
Category: Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
This webinar will provide an overview and best practice tips to help Chapters successfully host a site visit by lawmakers and other elected officials.

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The Influence of Technology on Workforce Development

Date: Monday, July 25, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Gregg Schoppman, Principal, FMI Corporation 
Category: Training and Education  
PRESENTED AND SPONSORED BY ABC'S STRATEGIC PARTNER - VIEWPOINT 



WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
This webinar looks at the contemporary influences that motivate workforce teams today. Today’s workforce is increasingly made up of millennials, a generation widely known for embracing state-of-the art solutions, making technology a major motivating factor. Results of the 2015 AGC workforce development survey indicated that, 73 percent of respondents will be hiring and replacing professionals in their organization and 55 percent experience challenges filling key project management positions. 

Join us for this free webinar that explores how technology will give you the leg up on recruiting and retaining your project workforce and learn how to benefit from this generation’s strengths of bringing about change and adopting technology into new processes.

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STEP - World Class Safety Programs

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 3:00 p.m. (ET) / 2:00 p.m. (CT) / 1:00 p.m. (MT) / 12:00 p.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Greg Sizemore, Vice President of EHS and Workforce Development, ABC National 
Category: Training and Education, AQC  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
In this webinar, you’ll learn the first steps to take to improve safety performance, understand leadership commitment required and you will learn the importance of the role of cultural transformation in achieving world class safety. We will be using ABC’s award winning Safety Performance Report as a learning tool throughout the webinar.
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Achieve Project Control through Mobile Data Capture and Reporting

Date: Thursday, June 30, 2016 Watch Now
Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Barry Frangipane, Product Manager, Mobile Solutions, Viewpoint 
Category:  Training and Education  
PRESENTED AND SPONSORED BY ABC'S STRATEGIC PARTNER - VIEWPOINT 



WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
While many contractors have made great strides in using mobile devices and apps to collect information from the job site, not everyone is effectively utilizing this data to analyze performance, track exceptions and ultimately improve project controls based on management KPIs.  In this webinar, we’ll discuss how contractors have taken advantage of tools like Viewpoint’s Field View to manage processes and tasks on site and in the office.

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2016 The Year of Marijuana Medical Marijuana Today: Federal/State Laws

Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Time: 1:30 p.m. (ET) / 12:30 p.m. (CT) / 11:30 a.m. (MT) / 10:30 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Faye Caldwell, Attorney at Law, Caldwell Everson PLLC
Category: Training and Education  
Presented by ABC's Strategic Partner - CNA

LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this webinar, you will understand the science behind Medical Marijuana and the debate associated with it. Read the rest of entry »