EDUCATION CALENDAR

Learn how to improve the management and business systems in your construction company.  This course will cover all areas of a construction business including strategic planning, business planning, marketing, operations, HR management, financial reporting, bonding and insurance and risk management.  

Format: Two days (16 hours) of in-class instruction, plus an optional online component to be completed after the in-class course. The online component will be based on the in-class material. It may include some research, reading, and answering questions (7-8 hours) that will be marked by the instructors.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Understand the strategic planning process and how to implement it within their context
• Understand the importance of a business plan and how to prepare one
• Understand the participants within the construction industry – their roles, responsibilities and limitations
• Formulate a marketing plan and understand the marketing mix
• Develop a human resource management plan
• Develop an employee performance evaluation system
• Formulate a financial plan, budgets, ratios  and break-even analysis
• Understand bonding and insurance for construction companies
• Use risk management tools to identify risk and how to mitigate risk

AUDIENCE:

Construction Owners, Managers, Estimators, Supervisors.

INSTRUCTOR:

Tim Williams, MBA, B.Econ., CPA, GSC, is the President of BGC Partners Inc. BGC Partners provides training services tailor made for the construction industry. Tim has worked with numerous construction companies for over twenty years. He is a Gold Seal Certified project manager. He is an experienced and sought after trainer who has trained construction owners and managers on behalf of construction industry associations across Western Canada.

Note re COVID-19: VRCA is continuing to monitor the evolving impact of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and will follow the advice of public health officers regarding mass gatherings. In the event there is risk associated with bringing members together, we may cancel or postpone an education course or event, including the Construction Leadership Forum. In those instances, we will notify registrants immediately and apply flexibility to any registration changes.

CREDITS:

This course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) for five (5) credits towards Gold Seal certification for in-class attendance and acceptable completion of the online course component. Two (2) credits for in-class attendance only. 

Upon successful completion of the classroom you would be eligible for sixteen (16) Informal CPD points with BC Housing - Licensing and Consumer Services.

 

This course has been approved by Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) for fifteen (15) non-core units towards AIBC’s Continuing Education System

Fee Includes: Student manual, digital certificate upon completion, complimentary Wi-Fi access, lunch and free parking.

Cancellation & Substitution Policy: Payment is non-refundable for cancellations made within 7 business days of the course, or non-attendance on the day.  Transfer to another date is not accepted. Complimentary substitution of another member of your company is accepted. 

If VRCA has to postpone or cancel courses due to insufficient enrolment, VRCA will refund the registration fee or, if possible, the attendee may choose to move to an identical session in the future.