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September, 30 2010 - Construction Contracts and Laws

Ring's End Educational Resource Center
160 Avon Street, Stratford, CT
Instructor: Lawrence Rosenthal

Protect your business against legal problems with well-written contracts. Many construction or remodeling companies are too small to hire full-time legal staff so it's important to understand basic contract law. This course provides a step-by-step explanation of how contracts sustain positive customer and supplier relations, provide for resolution of disputes, and minimize the risk of litigation. You will learn about mandatory and optional provisions, warranties, and arbitration procedures. Special emphasis is given to troubleshooting contracts for unfavorable positions.

As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the basic elements of a contract • Identify the benefits and advantages of written contracts • Define the guiding principles of contract interpretation • Define and distinguish between the different elements of a sales agreement • Identify the risks of building on the customer's lot • Recognize the differences between construction contracts and sales agreements • Recognize the importance of a mechanic's lien contract • Identify some of the risks associated with modifying an existing structure on the customer's lot • Identify the rights and responsibilities of Contractor and Owner during construction • Identify differences between remodeling and other residential construction contracts • Describe the differences between an express and implied warranty • Describe the benefits of written warranties • Understand the importance of identifying independent standards for construction • Describe the steps in a typical warranty claim process • Identify general requirements of a subcontractor agreement • Be aware of special causes and explain when to use each one (conduit, paid if paid, and dragnet clauses) • Establish criteria for hiring a construction lawyer • Discover resources for construction law • Recognize the advantages and disadvantages to: negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation

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September, 28 2010 - Green Building for Building Professionals: Version 2

Interstate Lumber Educational Facility
1 Turnage Lane, Bethel, CT
Instructor: Peter Fusaro, CBG, GMB, CAPS, CGP

Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This 2-day course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. You will learn how green homes provide buyers 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.

As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:

• Locate and design green building development sites.
• Control moisture and durability for each component of the building envelope effectively.
• Employ resource-efficient materials to achieve comfortable, safe, and sustainable buildings.
• Strategize ways to meet, exceed, and verify green building energy efficiency requirements.
• Implement indoor and outdoor water conservation practices.
• Achieve indoor air quality.
• Consider green building objectives in a remodeling project.
• Explain a homeowner's and builder's role in effective operation and maintenance of a green home.
• Apply successful business management, marketing, and sales strategies to sell green.

This is the second version of this course... NEW and improved!

Click HERE to register!

September, 29 2010 - Green Building for Building Professionals: Version 2

Interstate Lumber Educational Facility
1 Turnage Lane, Bethel, CT
Instructor: Peter Fusaro, CBG, GMB, CAPS, CGP

Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This 2-day course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. You will learn how green homes provide buyers 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.

As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:

• Locate and design green building development sites.
• Control moisture and durability for each component of the building envelope effectively.
• Employ resource-efficient materials to achieve comfortable, safe, and sustainable buildings.
• Strategize ways to meet, exceed, and verify green building energy efficiency requirements.
• Implement indoor and outdoor water conservation practices.
• Achieve indoor air quality.
• Consider green building objectives in a remodeling project.
• Explain a homeowner's and builder's role in effective operation and maintenance of a green home.
• Apply successful business management, marketing, and sales strategies to sell green.

This is the second version of this course... NEW and improved!

Registration coming SOON!

October, 12 2010 - Advanced Green Building: Building Science

Ring's End Educational Resource Center
160 Avon Street, Stratford, CT

Instructor: John Barrows, CGB, GMB, CGP

This two-day course instructs builders and remodelers on proper building science techniques for constructing and remodeling high-performance homes. The high-performance ideal encompasses more than just energy efficiency-it's about potentially creating a more durable, environmentally responsible and sustainable living environment. By using case studies, detailed construction drawings and other resources found on GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, NAHB and BuildingGreen, LLC have developed this course to provide builders and remodelers with the highest-level information available. As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply building physics to building performance
• Translate building science into elements of design and construction
• Dovetail all features of high performance: energy efficiency, water efficiency, materials efficiency and indoor environmental quality Describe the high-performance home and its benefits to both your team and your clients
• Use all aspects of GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, including "My GBA," the site's project management tool, on individual projects and with your project team

Click HERE to register!

October, 13 2010 - Advanced Green Building: Building Science

Ring's End Educational Resource Center
160 Avon Street, Stratford, CT

Instructor: John Barrows, CGB, GMB, CGP

This two-day course instructs builders and remodelers on proper building science techniques for constructing and remodeling high-performance homes. The high-performance ideal encompasses more than just energy efficiency-it's about potentially creating a more durable, environmentally responsible and sustainable living environment. By using case studies, detailed construction drawings and other resources found on GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, NAHB and BuildingGreen, LLC have developed this course to provide builders and remodelers with the highest-level information available. As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply building physics to building performance
• Translate building science into elements of design and construction
• Dovetail all features of high performance: energy efficiency, water efficiency, materials efficiency and indoor environmental quality Describe the high-performance home and its benefits to both your team and your clients
• Use all aspects of GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, including "My GBA," the site's project management tool, on individual projects and with your project team

Click HERE to register!

November, 09 2010 - 2010 HOBI Awards

Join the best in your industry by entering Connecticut's only Home Building Industry Awards. Sponsored by the HBA of Connecticut, the HOBI Awards offers recognition to builders, remodelers and members of the housing industry for excellence in home design and construction, home technology, sales and marketing, home financing, and community service.

**DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010**

Click HERE for entry information and applicaiton

Contact Joanne Carroll, JMC Resources/ CT Builder, for questions: (203) 453-5420, jmcresources@snet.net

September, 14 2010 - EPA Lead Certification Class

Space is limited!

8:00am-4:00pm
Gene Burch, CMI from RTK Environmental Group
Interstate Lakeland Lumber
1 Turnage Lane, Bethel, CT

Click HERE to reserve your space TODAY!

Call the office with questions, (203) 335-7008

**SPACE IS LIMITED AND SEATS FILL QUICKLY... RESERVE TODAY!

November, 16 2010 - OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Course

8:00am-2:00pm

PRESENTED BY: The HBRA of Fairfield County, Steve LaBianco, CSP of The Hartford, & DiMatteo Insurance Service Center

Ring's End Educational Resource Center
160 Avon Street, Stratford, CT

Lunch sponsored by DiMatteo Insurance

Click HERE to register

November, 17 2010 - OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Course

8:00am-2:00pm

PRESENTED BY: The HBRA of Fairfield County, Steve LaBianco, CSP of The Hartford, & DiMatteo Insurance Service Center

Ring's End Educational Resource Center
160 Avon Street, Stratford, CT

Lunch sponsored by DiMatteo Insurance

Click HERE to register