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A Letter from Your Membership Development Committee Leadership
Exciting times are ahead as we gear up for an incredible year of growth, celebration, and collaboration! This time of the year marks not only the approaching 2024 renewal season but also the continuation of this chapter’s monumental 50th anniversary. We’re thrilled to share our plans to make this year unforgettable for both our existing and future members.
Refer - As proud members of Associated Builders and Contractors Central Florida, you understand the unique value, benefits, and opportunities that our association provides, and we are ever expanding those benefits. We need you as a loyal ABC member to share with your fellow industry professionals how they too can benefit from our extensive network, resources, and community.
Recruit - The strength of our community lies in its diversity and expertise. We invite you to actively participate in our recruitment efforts. By reaching out to potential members and showcasing the advantages of joining ABC Central Florida, you contribute to the vibrancy and knowledge-sharing that define our association. Spread the word and help us expand our family of like-minded individuals dedicated to excellence in construction. Remember More Members More Clout!
Justin Stehr
Entech Innovative Engineering
Membership Development
Committee Chairman
Wade Brooks
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
Membership Development
Committee Vice Chairman
Renew - With 2024 renewal season approaching, we want to ensure a seamless and rewarding experience for each of you, our valued members. Your continued support is essential to this shared success, and we’re committed to enhancing the value of your membership. Please remember all employees of your company are members, share with them all the company and individual benefits and invite them to attend a Maximize Your Membership session with Membership Director, Catherine Wert (Cat). Stay tuned for updates on exciting new benefits, programs, and events designed to empower you and your employees professional journey.
A half-century of excellence is a remarkable milestone, and we’re planning a continued year-long celebration to honor this achievement. Look forward to a series of events, workshops, and initiatives that pay tribute to our history while propelling us into an even brighter future.
As your Membership Development Committee, we are humbled to head up the charge this year, as well as next. Reach out to Catherine, to engage in the many continued and enhanced benefits of your ABC membership and assist in growing our chapter.
Your member dedication has been the cornerstone of ABC Central Florida’s success, and we’re incredibly thankful for your unwavering support. Together, we’ll continue to build, innovate, and lead the construction industry for decades to come.
Stay tuned for more updates through your member emails, monthly newsletters, social media channels, and events. Here’s to a year of referrals, recruitment, renewals, and the grand celebration of our 50-year journey!
HOW TO GET STARTED?
COMMITTEE OPEN HOUSE
CONSTRUCTION LAW
CONSTRUCTION INSURANCE COVERAGE DISPUTES
Insurance policies provide essential protection to companies involved in all aspects of construction projects, and maintaining adequate insurance coverage is a core component of an effective risk mitigation strategy. When negotiating contracts in relation to construction projects, parties across the construction industry must ensure that the terms of their agreements address applicable insurance coverage to cover the risks associated with the project. From questions as to the type of coverage, policy interpretation, and issues pertaining to third-party and additional-insured claims, disputes can arise under a broad range of circumstances. Favorably resolving all types of insurance considerations, claims, and disputes requires experienced legal representation. Areas of Focus
• Resolving insurance coverage disputes between contracting parties and insurance companies at all phases of construction.
• Helping our clients evaluate insurance coverage, the viability of insurance claims and the risk of litigation arising out of an insurance coverage dispute.
• Drafting insurance provisions in construction agreements and working with a client’s insurance broker to maximize insurance coverage and allocate risk.
• Handling contract disputes between property owners, contractors, subcontractors and other parties related to insurance coverage, indemnification obligations, additional insured status, and related terms, and more.
• Litigating construction lien disputes involving allegations of nonpayment, nonperformance and related crossclaims and counterclaims.
About the Instructor: Leanne Palmer is Board Certified in Construction Law by The Florida Bar. As an expert in construction law, she handles a wide spectrum of commercial construction-related matters representing owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and design professionals, throughout all stages of a project. She has substantial litigation and trial experience that gives her a distinctive ability to better represent her clients on numerous matters. This includes assisting clients in contract claims, lien and bond claims, defect and design issues, payments disputes, bid protests, and delay claims. Leanne also has extensive experience in contract drafting and negotiation.
Leanne joined the firm in February 2013, not long after graduating valedictorian from law school, where she earned a record 14 book awards.
She also served as Chief Justice of the Moot Court Honors Board and Associate Editor of Barry Law Review.
Who Should Attend
• Owners
• CEO’s & CFO’s
• Project Managers
• HR Managers
REGISTRATION
Date Oct. 26, 2023
Time 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Includes materials and handouts, morning coffee and refreshments
Location 651 Danville Drive, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32825
Cost $55 CFC ABC Members; $75 Non-Members
Register online by Oct. 24, 2023
Sign up today - space is limited!
Basic Worker’s Comp Claims Management SAFETYTraining
Protocols associated with workers’ comp claims management are common. There is significant importance in handling a claim correctly from start to finish that every professional should know. This training will provide information in properly handling a claim and answer questions pertaining to the claims process.
Who should attend?
Safety management, field management (foremen/superintendents) project management, executive management will benefit by gaining this fundamental understanding of the workers’ comp claims management process. Even if attendees never have a direct role in managing a claim, this class will provide a deeper understanding the claim process and a more holistic view of a company’s business model.
You will learn:
• When is an injury compensable?
• Completing the First Report of Injury form
• Reading a DWC 20 Uniform Treatment form
• Completing an Average Weekly Wage form
• Defining a medical only claim
• Communicating with a claimant
• Eligibility for indemnity payments
• Calculating indemnity payments
• Reaching maximum medical improvement
• Understanding impairment ratings
• Considerations related to a one-time change
• Compensation calculation related to alternative employment
Presenters: Tim Bernardi, Safety Director, Mader Southeast and Michelle Delaney, LRA Insurance
For additional information call us or email training@abcf.org.
October 31, 2023 8:00 am - 10:30 am
ABC Office
651 Danville Drive, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32825
$55/Members Prepaid/Preregistered
$75/Non-members
BREAKFAST Builders' Builders'
Renew Your ABC Membership for Free!
When you join Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), you become part of the nation’s leading association for merit shop construction and construction-related firms.
Your Discounts Offset the Membership Fee
Every business is different, but every contractor has expenses. Here’s how much a typical contractor with 15 employees can expect to save in one year with just a few of the ABC member business discounts.
EXAMPLE OF COMPANY SAVINGS
Tap into exclusive discounts for ABC members and save on business services and products you’re already purchasing.
• General Motors – Save an additional $500$1,000 per vehicle
• Verizon Wireless – Save up to 22% on mobile phone plans
• FedEx – Save 50% on overnight delivery services
• Nissan – Save an average of $4,750 per vehicle
• Enterprise – Save up to 15% on vehicle expenses. GM and Nissan discounts apply.
• Aramark – Save 20% on safety apparel
• Hotel Engine – save an average of 26% across all major brands
• Procore – special member pricing on construction management software
• And More! – See all the programs at www.abc org/discounts.
* Vendors and discounts subject to change
Take advantage of great resources and programs to grow your business.
• Find A Contractor – Lists your business on ABC’s online member database with powerful search tools
• Accredited Quality Contractor – Shows prospective clients that you have achieved a high level of corporate responsibility
• Safety Training Evaluation Process –Improves your company’s safety practices and can lower your workers’ compensation insurance rates
• Excellence in Construction Awards –Showcases your company’s best projects
• Networking Events – Connects you with contractors and leaders in the construction field
• Peer Groups – Share experiences with contractors from across the country
“Our construction business has 18 employees. Currently, we’re saving $4,176 with two of ABC’s discount programs, which more than pays for our membership dues.”
—Pamela Volm
Annapolis
Contracting, Inc.
ABC provides resources to help you stay current with the information you need to make better business decisions.
• Construction Executive – The magazine for the business of construction
• ABC Newsline – Weekly electronic newsletter for merit shop contractors
• Local Newsletters – Print and electronic publications of regional interest
• Legal Resources – Get help on labor and construction law issues
• Construction Economic Update –Stay current on news that impacts your business
EMPOWER YOUR FIELD CREWS
Give your Upcoming and Current Leaders the Tools to Succeed
High-performing craft workers often receive ‘battlefield’ promotions to field leadership roles but lack the training and skills to effectively manage their crew. Trestles, a group of construction and technology experts, will conduct a 2-day Frontline Supervisor Development Training program in partnership with ABC Central Florida Empower your valued leaders to succeed by registering today!
WHAT WILL MY SUPERVISORS LEARN?
Attendees will learn how to effectively manage their field crews to maximize on-the-job performance The Trestles NCCER Certified Master Trainer incorporates industry best practices and 30 years of construction experience to this comprehensive 16-hour training course, with class materials and workbook provided by Trestles
TRAINING TOPICS
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Production "Pull" Planning
Short Interval Scheduling (SIS -
Involving a group activity and work with others to create a realistic schedule
Constraint Removal
Creating Work Packages
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Measuring Cost/Productivity
Continuous Improvement
Leadership Development
Lean Implementation
Planning and Scheduling
Labor Management
Communicating with the workforce
November 1 & 2, 2023
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM lunch will be provided ABC, 651 Danville Drive, Orlando, FL 32825
Construction Managers WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Frontline Supervisors
Foreman
Assistant Project Managers
Field Engineers
Project Control Managers
Project Engineers
Superintendents
Project Managers
A cancellation number will be issued for requests that are received by 5 p.m. on October 25, 2023 Any requests for a refund made after this date will not be processed
For additional information call us or email classes@abccf org
Ken is a NCCER Certified Master Trainer and has over 30 years of construction experience as a craft foreman, superintendent, project manager and Director of Corporate Training. Ken spent most his career designing and delivering best in class training for ENR top 100 companies. Ken has successfully trained hundreds of project managers, project engineers, and frontline supervisors in Work Package Management, Last Planner® pull-planning, and effective leadership Ken is very skilled at the transfer of knowledge to construction field personnel with all levels of experience.
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“Frontline had a large impact on the way i approached work and communicated with the workforce. The topics were well covered, easy to digest and relateable to most day to day activities on the job. Showing me how to breakdown complex activities and schedules into simpler and more manageable tasks as well as how to be a responsible leader made the class invaluable ”
--Michael Nelson, Field Operations Manager - Tri-City Electric
BLUEBEAM
Bluebeam Intro Launch Webinar
September 28, 2023 | 2 PM
Construction Estimating Principles & Application
October 5-6, 2023 | 1 - 5 PM
Bluebeam Baseline Basics
October 12, 2023 | 2 - 4 PM
Bluebeam Basic Materials Takeoffs & Estimates
November 2, 2023 | 2 - 4 PM
Bluebeam Advanced Materials Takeoffs & Estimates
November 9, 2023 | 2 - 4 PM
Bluebeam for Administrative Professionals
November 16, 2023 | 2 - 4 PM
Reading Construction Documents
November 27 & 29, 2023 | 2 - 4 PM
Meeting Room Rentals
Email: info@abccf.org
SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS
BUILDING Central Florida magazine offers members the opportunity to share their milestones achieved, unique partnerships, or inspiring community initiatives, with local businesses. For more information email: bcf@abccf.org
