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Friday, January 16

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Session 8: BIA Clay Paver Installation Seminar
F Adams
Instructor: Fred Adams, Fred Adams Paving Company, Inc.

The BIA Clay Paver Installation Seminar provides attendees with an overview of the major distinctions a paving contractor should be aware of when installing clay pavers. The discussion will address installation of extruded, dry-pressed and hand molded clay pavers. Clay pavers discussed will include square-edged and chamfered and lugged and non-lugged units. PAVE TECH’s Vocational Skills Training for Segmental Paver Installation course will be used as a reference. The nuances involved with constructing flexible interlocking pavements with clay pavers over sand and bituminous setting beds will be emphasized. Rigid pavements with clay pavers installed over mortar setting beds will also be discussed. This course is intended to highlight the major differences between installing clay pavers and concrete pavers from a contractor’s perspective.  This seminar qualifies for 1.5 CEU credit hours towards the ICPI Level II Concrete Paver Installer Program.

Session 9: How to Become a More Productive Field Leader
M Porter
Instructor: Monroe Porter, PROOF Management

Managing people has always been challenging.   Being a better field supervisor allows you to bring jobs in on time and build a better organization.  Gone are the days of merely trying to hammer out productivity.   Attendees will learn how to communicate more effectively, control conflict and meet production goals.   Unlike many theoretical management programs, this program offers techniques that can be put to immediate use.  This seminar qualifies for 1.5 CEU credit hours towards the ICPI Concrete Paver Business Professional Program.

Session 10: Preventing Silica Heath Hazards
M. Jacobs
Instructor: Milton Jacobs, Safety-Solutions Consultants

Silica dust exposure is a major area of emphasis by OSHA to prevent silicosis and other lung related health concerns.  This interactive workshop will help companies prevent health concerns for whose workers may be exposed to silica or dust from exposure during cutting and working with concrete and stone. Handouts with sample plans will be included.

Highlights include:

- Workshops on appropriate methods for dust control
- Basic methods to assess ventilation
- Use of respirators and dust masks- which are most effective, when and why
- Determining when a respirator plan is needed and how to prepare one
- How to establish and initiate a dust and silica exposure prevention plan
This seminar qualifies for 1.5 CEU credit hours towards the ICPI Level II Concrete Paver Installer Program.

Session 11A/11B: Estimating Strategies
CVanderKooi
Instructor: Charles Vander Kooi, Vander Kooi & Associates

The goal was to develop the “perfect” estimating system that recovers the “perfect overhead.” However, after bidding over a billion dollars in work personally, and conducting extensive research with clients and other consulting firms Charles decided that in reality there is not a perfect estimating system. As a result he has developed what he calls, “As Good As It Gets.” His system is a Multiple Overhead Recovery System (MORS) that is based on the premise that there are different variables on each and every job, not to mention the different expenses each company has that must be considered. Additionally there is a portion of your company’s overhead that must be recovered on each and every job.  MORS was developed to consider the changing variables that are unique to each company, and each job, and to allocate the proper amount of overhead to the material, labor, equipment, and subs throughout the year in order to make a profit.

Course Outline
Four things a good pricing system does for a company:
1) Allows you to track every dollar back to yourself through your estimates
2) Enables you to compensate for different variables on each job
3) Gives yourself control over the job after you get the contract
4) Educates yourself to make sound financial decisions

  • Labor Costing: How and why we figure in production hours instead of dollar amounts
  • Equipment Costing: Arriving at exact hourly and daily costs
  • General Conditions: Why they should be estimated on a job-by-job basis, and what they are
  • Labor Burden: Gives percentages of taxation on labor, or items that apply to labor
  • Overhead Allocation: Illustrates different methods to use to allocate overhead
  • Profit: Deciphers between four different considerations: need, risk, size and marketplace
  • The Ding Dong Factor: Emphasizes the need for a cost code for the people who hit below the belt

This seminar qualifies for 3 CEU credit hours towards the ICPI Concrete Paver Business Professional Program.

Session 12A/12B: Design and Construction of Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements - A Contractors Perspective
C. Taylor
Instructor: Chuck Taylor, Advanced Pavement Technology, Ecological Paver Division 

This 3 hour session will provide introduction to flexible segmental pavement systems as they compare to the Bio-aquifer storm system (BASS). Design criteria will be highlighted, material selection, manual and mechanical construction, maintenance, and frequently asked questions.

The following topics will be covered in detail:
I. Introduction to flexible segmental pavement systems.
II. BASS presentation.
III. Construction
IV. Maintenance
This seminar qualifies for 3 CEU credit hours towards the ICPI Level II Concrete Paver Installer Program.

Session 13A/13B: Managing Your Three Greatest Assets:  Customers, Employees and Equipment
TBass
Instructor: Tony Bass, Vander Kooi & Associates

In this program, Tony Bass focuses on proactively and strategically managing your customers, employees and equipment.  You will learn techniques such as marketing applications and strategies, communications, management, maintenance and installation team, equipment management and much more.

Course Outline

This seminar qualifies for 3 CEU credit hours towards the ICPI Concrete Paver Business Professional Program.