EDUCATION CORNER PREP - PROFESSIONAL REMODELER EXPERIENCE
PROFILE: STARTING POINT FOR THE CGR Required to obtain NAHB’s Certified Graduate Remodeler designation. This is a self-paced skills assessment. Advance registration required.
Tuesday, March 13 * 1P-5P Fee: $95 members; $293 nonmembers Registration closes on March 1 at 11 a.m.
BAR - BUILDER ASSESSMENT REVIEW: STARTING POINT FOR THE CGB
Required to obtain NAHB’s Certified Graduate Remodeler designation. This is a self-paced skills assessment. Advance registration required.
Tuesday, March 13 * 1P-5P Fee: $95 members; $293 nonmembers Registration closes on March 1 at 11 a.m.
SCHEDULING Credit: CGA, CGB, CGR Wednesday, March 21 * 9A-4P Instructor: Jeff Hunt, CGR, GMB, CAPS, CGP Fee: $195 members; $330 nonmembers CONTENT: The adage that “time is money” is especially true for the construction business. The ability to plan a project—to estimate both the cost and the time to complete it—is vital to your success. Proper use of scheduling will increase efficiency, team satisfaction, client satisfaction and profitability. Similarly, vendors, trade contractors and employees prefer to deal with an organized, well-managed company for one simple reason—it’s more profitable and they become more profitable. The goal of this course is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to use schedules effectively in your business. Whether you work in a large, sophisticated organization or in the smallest of companies, you’ll learn how scheduling can be a tremendously effective communication, project management, and business management tool.
As a graduate of this course, you will be able to: „ Explain the importance of scheduling as a business system „ Describe schedules and their basic components „ Explain how schedules are used as vital communication, project management and business management tools
„ Describe how schedules provide solutions for the unique challenges faced by small volume, custom and production builders, as well as remodelers
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Remodelers, land developers, architects, planners, designers, residential builders, commercial contractors, engineers, subcontractors and specialty trades, manufacturers and suppliers.
DOW CHEMICAL CO. DPIS ENGINEERING LLC
MASCO ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING PELLA WINDOWS & DOORS PERFECTION SUPPLY
UILD YOUR MIND UILD YOUR BUSINESS
28 ROY O. MARTIN LUMBER CO.
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT CO. THE STEVENSON GROUP TRENDMAKER HOMES
MARCH 2012 | HOUSTON BUILDER | GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION – BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
DESIGNATION COURSES DIVERSIFICATION:
NEW PROFITS FOR BUILDERS Credit: CGA, CGB, CGR Tuesday, March 27 * 9A-4P Instructor: Steve Zbranek Fee: $195 members; $330 nonmembers CONTENT: In today’s economic environment, home building firms may encounter many opportunities to diversify. Commercial development, remodeling, special use structures, light industrial or institutional projects—all may tempt a builder to seek new market niches. This course will help you to assess the possibilities and decide whether diversification is the right strategy for your company. As a graduate of this course, you will: „ Know what trends affect the industry „ Identify incentives to diversification „ Understand the risks of diversification „ Know how to quantify the benefits of a new niche
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Builders, custom builders, production builders
GREEN BUILDING FOR THE BUILDING PROFESSIONAL Credit: CGA, CGB Wednesday-Thursday, March 28-29 (Two-day course) Instructor: Dave Yelovich, CGB Fee: $375 members; $600 nonmembers CONTENT: This course discusses strategies for incorporating green building principles into homes, without driving up the cost of construction. Students will learn how green homes provide buyers with better value, lower energy costs, lower maintenance, better indoor air quality and better long term value. Techniques are also discussed for competitively differentiating your home products with increased indoor environmental quality as well as energy and resource efficiency. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Consumers, remodelers, architects, planners, designers, residential builders, commercial contractors, real estate brokers and agents, subcontractors, specialty trades, manufacturers, suppliers, mortgage professionals.
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