Upcoming MCA Education Offerings

PMR 500-Creating Highly Effective Foreman/Project Manager Partnerships
March 14, 2017, 12 - 4 PM
Instructor: John Koontz

It’s never been more difficult to make a profit on construction projects than in today’s market. Fewer projects means more bidders and lower profit margins. Budgets are much tighter but customer expectations remain just as high. Therefore project managers and foremen have no margin for error and must be on the same page from project beginning to project end and operate as one. In this seminar, John Koontz will identify and explain the top 10 components that define a great partnership. He will then show how these components specifically apply to critical project management topics such as planning, scheduling, cost control, productivity, fabrication, contract management, documentation, change order management, customer management and servant leadership. View the flyer for PMR 500.

MGT 235-Leading Self and Others through Change
March 24, 2017, 8 AM - 12PM
Instructor: Dr. Russ Rogers

It’s been said, "If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less." Change is upon us...and all indications are that more is on the way. So, what are we learning about how change works, about resilience and resistance, about being change-ready and about navigating planned versus unplanned change? Through this session, we’ll explore these facets of change with an emphasis on strategies/best- practices for application–both personally and as an organization.
View the flyer for MGT 235.

EST 110-Basics of Estimating Part I

March 31, 2017, 8 AM - 4 PM
Instructor: Keith Rahn

Role of the Estimator: Investigate how bid strategies are developed for companies and how estimators implement that strategy. We will look at bidding documents and procedures for evaluating the project; such as procurement, analyzing/ visualization, pre-bid conference, addendums and preparing bid documents.

Take-Off and Pricing in the Relationship to the Project Delivery System: Investigate how bid strategies are developed for companies and how estimators implement that strategy. We will look at bidding documents and procedures for evaluating the project; such as procurement, analyzing/ visualization, pre-bid conference, addendums and preparing bid documents.

Effective Estimate Procedures: Gain an understanding of proper procedure and organization of putting an estimate together. Topics included are stripping of material and equipment, material/equipment pricing sheet and final bid summary documentation. Attendees will be presented with a project to practice estimate techniques learned. View the flyer for EST 110.

View the full course schedule for March for even more education opportunities. Contact the Builders Association at 773-444-0465 to register, or for any additional questions you may have regarding the MCA courses.