Construction Contract school training courses in Detroit, MI (public, in-house or online)

A study of contracts, the Michigan builder’s licensing statute, mechanic’s liens, real estate law, warranties, construction financing, and taxes designed to introduce the student to the areas of the law he should be familiar with in the construction industry. Contains material that will help student prepare to take the Michigan Residential Builders License Examination.

This 2-hour interactive online course will provide a general introduction to construction contract law. The discussion will include basic principles of contracts in general, as well as key aspects of construction contracting, including contracts between project owner and contractors, and between owners and their design professionals. The relationships between contractors and design firms and the potential responsibilities and liabilities that design firms may have to contractors, lenders and oth...

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This 2-hour interactive onlinecourse will review in detail the four most widely used standard form design-build contracts -- those families of documents developed by the American Institute of Architects (’AIA’), the Design-Build Institute of America (’DBIA’), Associated General Contractors of America (’AGC’) and the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (’EJCDC’) (including the soon-to-be-released second edition of EJCDCs forms).

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Cash flow is the life blood of your firm and lack of cash is the primary cause in 92 percent of all bankruptcies. Increasing cash flow, managing cash, and using cash to your best advantage is as important to your business as superior architecture or design work. This 1-hour interactive online course helps you develop the skills needed to price your services to ensure profitability on every job. There is a test at the end.

This is the first chapter of the Financial Management for the A/E/C...

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After completing this course, you will be able to:

Clearly define the factors critical to establishing a project budget
Avoid common project budgeting pitfalls across all budget methods
Effectively prepare subconsultants contracts for your project budgets
Develop a project expenditure curve to monitor manpower requirements, schedule, and budget status
Utilize worksheets and sample rate calculations
Monitor manpower utilization, revenues, project completions, and overru...

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