From monthly archives: September 2015

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Eliminating Field Errors & Increasing Profits with New Technologies

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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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: Greg Dukya, Sr. Product Specialist, On Center Software
Category: AQC, Training and Education  
Sponsored by On Center Software 


 WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
A recent On Center survey has found that up to 75% of contractors still rely on a dated combination of manual data collection and spreadsheets for their estimating, and this leads to costly errors. Emerging cloud based solutions for estimating and takeoff eliminate field errors by providing one safe, always accessible, always current repository for an entire project. Join us for this 45 minute session to discuss these future opportunities. 
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Estimating Webinar - Part 1

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015
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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: 90 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Pat Oda, Neeley Construction & Cabinet Co. 
  Melody Derrick, General Contractor, Estimator and Project Manager
 
  James Walsh, Finishing Systems 
 
  Rory Woolsey, The Gordian Group
 
Category: AQC, Small & Emerging Webinar Series  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
This webinar will be presented from the viewpoint of a general contractor, subcontractor and professional estimating firm. It will identify how an estimate can be formulated and developed into a proposal to present to a customer. The ABC Emerging Contractors Manual will be used as a reference, with all materials reviewed in detail. Additional forms will be supplied as tried and true samples to supplement those provided in the manual. The sections covered in both Webinars from the manual include: Estimating and Bidding Operations; Select Subcontractors and Suppliers; Evaluating Projects Critically; and Selecting Projects Carefully. 

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Overcome the Challenges of BIM Data

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015
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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: Brad Hartnagle, Account Executive, Assemble Systems 
  Patrick Davis, National Customer Success Manager, Assemble Systems
 
Category: Training and Education  
SPONSORED BY ABC BUSINESS PARTNER - ASSEMBLE SYSTEMS


WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
The rise of BIM continues to revolutionize the AEC industry. However, there still remains an overarching issue for many BIM users — how to realize the promise of BIM by leveraging and disseminating crucial model data locked up in the authoring tool. With Assemble, AEC team members can easily view, analyze and share model-based building information without having to fully understand BIM authoring applications.
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Choosing the Retirement Plan that Maximizes Benefits to your Company

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET)/ 1:00p.m. (CT)/ 12:00 p.m. (MT)/ 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Karen deMontigny, Regional Vice President, Fringe Benefit Group
Category: Training and Education  
PRESENTED BY ABC'S STRATEGIC PARTNER - FRINGE BENEFIT GROUP 


WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Choosing the right retirement plan begins with what the company wants to accomplish. Is it a tool to recruit good employees, retain employees, increase employee retirement savings, increase owners and highly comp contributions or reducing bid costs on government work? How much responsibility/liability is the company willing to assume in the plan? We'll also look at what various plans cost the company and the employee. 
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Everything You Should Know about E-Verify and FAR E-Verify

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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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: Bruce Buchanan, Attorney, Siskind Susser PC
Category:    
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
This webinar will educate attendees - which should include HR professionals, owners, and other management officials – about E-Verify, FAR E-Verify and state laws related to E-Verify and FAR E-Verify.

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Managing Growth - Why Some Contractors Succeed and Others Fail

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015
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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: 90 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Sam Carradine, The Surety and Fidelity Association of America
  Edin Zukanovic, Construction Bonds, Inc., a Division of Murray Securus
 
Category: AQC   
SPONSORED BY PROCORE 


WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Most contractors that fail do so after they have had some degree of success. This webinar will identify the most common reasons why contractors, especially small contractors, fail. The webinar also will provide suggestions on how to avoid these situations and the various management approaches and techniques that help ensure contractor success. The instructor will present real-world examples of contractors that have succeeded by avoiding common pitfalls.

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Lien Waivers: the Hidden Risks You Can’t Ignore

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015
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Time: 11:00 a.m. (ET) / 10:00 a.m. (CT) / 9:00 a.m. (MT) / 8:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Matthew C. Bouchard, Partner, Lewis & Roberts, PLLC
Category: Business Development, Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The only thing standing between you and your monthly draw is the lien waiver the party who owes you money is demanding before it will release payment.  As you put pen to paper, do you know what risks you could be accepting?  This webinar will help you understand those hidden risks and develop a strategy for managing them.
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How to Complete the 2015 National Safety Excellence Award Application

Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015
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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: Panel of Previous NSEA Winners
Category: Business Development, Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Learn how to successfully complete and submit the 2015 ABC National Safety Excellence Award application, as well as the key components necessary to compete and win the award.
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Killer Contract Clauses

Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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Time: 12:00 p.m. (ET) / 11:00 a.m. (CT) / 10:00 a.m. (MT) / 9:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 60 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Angela Stephens, Attorney, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Category: AQC, Business Development, Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
This session will discuss those killer contract clauses and the legal and practical approach of how to address such clauses before you sign the contract and, after you have signed a contract with such killer clauses, how to address them during the performance of your contract.
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