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Committee Chair Orientation

Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 Watch Now
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: Dave Chapin, National Chair
  Mike Bellaman, President and CEO  
Category: Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
ABC has an exciting year planned for 2016, and our committees play a crucial role in that plan. To help you and your committee achieve success in the coming year, ABC has designed an orientation webinar for committee chairs. Whether this is your first year as chair or you’ve served in this capacity for years—everyone will benefit from attending this webinar. We will discuss how committees enable the Association to achieve strategic goals, tips for leading a successful meeting, new resources and opportunities in 2016 and much more!
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What’s New with AIA Contract Documents?

Date: Tuesday, December 1, 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: 30 minutes
Fee: Free
Speaker: Hasti Hejazi, Director, Global Innovation Education, The American Institute of Architects
  Courtney Holmes, Director, AIA Contract Documents Marketing & Sales, The American Institute of Architects
 
Category: Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
In October 2015, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) released an updated version of AIA Contract Documents software.  During this informational webinar, ABC members will receive an overview of the recent release of agreements and guides available to AIA Contract Documents customers, learn about the forms most often used by contractors, and view a brief software demonstration. Read the rest of entry »

Safety & Health Program Best Practices

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 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: Taylor Sikes, Director of Product Development, American Safety Council
Category: Training and Education, AQC  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
American Safety Council, a leader nationally in web-based safety training, will discuss the key components of a Safety & Health Program, including program best practices, resources available to ABC members, and the roles and responsibilities in administering a Health & Safety Program.  
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Beyond LEED: Expanding World of Green Building Certification

Date: Wednesday, October 7, 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: Nash Emrich, Consultant, Paladino and Company
Category: Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Many new certifications are emerging, some focused on specific components of the building industry and others focused on encouraging a certain impact or result.   This webinar will discuss many of these relatively new certification programs and also take an in-depth look at several of the programs gaining traction in the market – LEEDv4, WELL Building Standard, and Living Building Challenge.
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The Contractors Plan is Expanding

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 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: Adam Bonsky, EVP of Government Markets, Fringe Benefit Group
  Karen deMontigny, Eastern Regional Vice President, Fringe Benefit Group   
  Kevin Jackson, Vice President of Marketing, Fringe Benefit Group    
Category: Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION 
Since 2009, over 500 ABC members have adopted The Contractors Plan, provided by the Fringe Benefit Group, to assist them with their Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage compliance and retirement plan needs. Now we've teamed up with ABC National to broaden the scope of our offering by providing a total benefits solution uniquely designed for construction contractors including a full suite of benefits with ACA compliant major medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement and HRA plans, all managed through one benefits adminstration platform.
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Construction Technology Forecast: Harnessing Integration, Mobile, Sensors and Augmented Reality

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 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: James Benham, CEO, JBKnowledge, Inc. 
Category: Training and Education  
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
In this dynamic session on the 2015 Construction Technology Forecast, James Benham sorts through the latest trends in building technologies, identifying short-term fads and long-term game changers from mobile apps to augmented reality and drones. Mr. Benham will also discuss the statistics behind the third annual Construction Technology Report, revealing how over 1,000 construction professionals are employing and integrating technology on building projects.
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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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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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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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