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2020 WPANECA
CONTRACTOR EDUCATION

MEMBER FEE - $0.00
NON-MEMBER FEE - $350.00 Per Participant, Per Day

2020 BOOTCAMP:
Wednesday: February 12, 2020
Session 1 - 9:00AM - 12:30PM - Overview of the Building Blocks of a Successful Contractor model, program objectives and expectations. Marketing, sales and business development will also be covered.
LUNCH WILL BE SERVED
Session 2 - 1:00PM - 4:30PM - Effective Pre-Construction Planning including estimating turnovers, pre-job planning, short interval scheduling, daily production targets, exit strategies and lessons learned processes.

VIRTUAL
Tuesday: October 13, 2020
Session 3 - 9:00AM - 12:00PM - Project Management Basics including contract administrations, submittals, RFI’s, drawing logs, knowledge management structures, and document control systems.

Wednesday: October 14, 2020
Session 4 - 9:00PM - 12:00PM - The Impact of Standardized Work including a case study on merit shop electrical contractors performing 75% of their labor hours in a controlled facility.

Tuesday: December 1, 2020
9:00AM - 12:00PM - Equipment Management Best Practices including system setup, establish a profit and loss statement by equipment category and each piece of equipment, use of telematics, preventative maintenance programs and asset acquisition and divestiture.

Additionally, scheduling basics including forward and backward passes as well as logic ties, resource loading, progress over rides, line of balance scheduling and building an effective WBS.

Wednesday: December 2, 2020
9:00AM - 12:00PM - Job Cost best practices including system setup budgets, SOVs, billings, collections, change control, and earned value analysis

TBD
Session 7 - 9:00AM - 12:30PM - Supply Chain management including the importance of managing all the “ing’s” such as finding material, pricing, ordering, inventorying, delivering, billing, etc. Additionally, an introduction to business strategy and supporting organizational structures.
LUNCH WILL BE SERVED
​Session 8 - 1:00PM - 4:30PM - Organizational and leadership development including effective communication, relationship building and team building.
At the conclusion of the level 100 program participants will have a basic understanding of a broad range of topics critical to contractor success.

TBD
Session 9 - 9:00AM - 12:30PM - Estimating Basics including plan reading, quantity takeoffs, material pricing, and assignment of job overhead.
LUNCH WILL BE SERVED
Session 10 - 1:00PM - 4:30PM - Estimating Basics continued including development of RFP’s and presentation skills training.
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All 2020 Courses will be lead by
Stephane McShane of Maxim Consulting.

Stephane McShane is a Director at Maxim Consulting Group responsible for the evaluation and implementation processes with our clients. Stephane works with construction related firms of all sizes to evaluate business practices and assist with management challenges. With a large depth of experience working in the construction industry, Stephane is keenly aware of the business and, most specifically, operational challenges that firms face. Her
areas of expertise include: Leadership development, executive coaching, organizational assessments, strategic planning, project execution, business development, productivity improvement, and training programs. Mrs. McShane is an internationally recognized
speaker, mentor, author, and teacher. Her ability to motivate, inspire, and create confidence among your work groups is extremely rare and very effective.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stephane possesses the rare combination of talent from being in the field as an apprentice, electrician, foreman, then working her way through each operational chair within a successful electrical construction firm. Her ability and drive defined her to be "best in class" at each position held. This talent is what makes her tremendously effective at operational and organizational
assessments today. She has successfully conquered every operational position from being an estimating trainee through executive management. She has built, trained, and led her teams to become the undisputed leaders in their markets. She is able to quickly identify organizational positives and negatives and assess appropriate action steps and throughputs.

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • ABOUT WPA NECA
    • STAFF
    • CONTACT
    • WPANECA EESP (501c3)
  • EVENTS
    • 2020 EVENTS
  • EDUCATION
    • CONTRACTOR EDUCATION
    • THE NEXT ACADEMY
  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
    • LOCAL & STATE
    • HARRISBURG TRACKED BILLS
  • RESOURCES
    • COVID-19 BUSINESS RESOURCES
    • ELECTRI RESEARCH
    • SOCIAL NEWS STREAM
    • CHAPTER MOBILE APP
    • EVITP CERTIFICATION
    • PSU STUDENT CHAPTER
    • SAFETY
    • INDUSTRY INFO >
      • NATIONAL NECA
      • IBEW LOCAL UNIONS
      • APPRENTICESHIP >
        • Local 5 JATC
        • Local 56 EETF
        • Local 712 JATC
      • ACADEMY FELLOWS
      • INDUSTRY LINKS
  • MEMBER INFORMATION
    • CONTRACTORS
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • JOIN WPA NECA