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SAVE THE DATE – 2021 Conference

Dear CERT member,
Our fall 2021 CERT conference will be held at the San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday August 24, 2021.
Join your fellow estimating consultants in San Antonio for a day-long conference as we get
reacquainted after a challenging year of virtual meetings and working from home! We will
discuss how the COVID slowdown impacted our businesses and the many new challenges
facing us as we get back to some version of normal; we will have guest speakers on
estimating related topics as well as our famous roundtable discussions about all the things
that we face in the everyday practices of our profession: finding clients, keeping them,
managing their expectations, getting paid, keeping up to date on volatile commodity pricing,
software trends, and more! Thank you to our allied association partner ASPE for welcoming
CERT as part of their overall 2021 annual Summit. To register for the event or to find out about sponsorship opportunities, contact Phillip Salisbury by email at psalisbury@blundall.com register via PayPal at https://www.certusa.org/cert-payment-portal/

Reserve hotel by: July 31, 2021 (room rate is valid Aug. 19 thru Sept 1, 2021)
Online: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1617909311762&key=GRP&app=resvlink

BEST PRACTICE CALL – Sep 4th 2020 Noon (Est)

Estimating Proposal Writing- What It Takes to Put Them Together – Date: September 4th 2020- Noon EST

The calls last about an 45 minutes on the topic with the last 15 minutes left for open discussion about whatever you want to talk about relating to what we do such as payment issues, teaching, etc. Contact Josh Huck for Zoom Meeting ID and password.

Host: Josh Huck
josh@estimaticainc.com​
estimaticainc.com

Best Practice Call – July 7th 2020 NOON (EST)

Marketing your Business – What Works and What Doesn’t – Date: July 17th 2020- Noon EST

With some businesses just starting and some being impacted by Covid negatively, marketing strategies can help grow new business and possibly help with business lost due to current events

The calls last about an 45 minutes on the topic with the last 15 minutes left for open discussion about whatever you want to talk about relating to what we do such as payment issues, teaching, etc. Contact Josh Huck for Zoom Meeting ID and password.

Host: Josh Huck
josh@estimaticainc.com​
estimaticainc.com

In Defense of Paper

As we continue to move towards a paperless society, CERT member Dan Frondorf makes a case for the importance of paper plans in today’s ever changing estimating world. Dan’s article was published in the March/April 2020 edition of Design Cost Data (DCD) page 23.

https://www.dcd.com/issues/issue

CERT Members Speaking & Teaching Engagements

CERT Members Speaking Engagements –

January 21, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Construction Cost Estimating Fundamentals”
Presented for Half Moon Education
Dayton, OH

February 6, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Important Trends in Construction Estimating” – a panel discussion
Presented to the ASPE Chapter 32 2020 Estimating Academy
Olathe, KS

February 6, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Earthwork Cost Estimating Fundamentals”
Presented to the ASPE Chapter 32 2020 Estimating Academy
Olathe, KS

February 6, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Site Utility Cost Estimating Fundamentals”
Presented to the ASPE Chapter 32 2020 Estimating Academy
Olathe, KS

February 24, 2020 (Rifka Malik)
“The Cost of Sitework”
Presented for Half Moon Education
Raleigh, NC

March 24, 2020 (Rifka Malik)
“Estimating and Comparing the Costs of Alternative Storm Water Detention Systems”
Presented to the NY State Society of Professional Engineers
New York, NY

March 27, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Construction Cost Estimating Fundamentals”
Presented for Half Moon Education
Nashville, TN

March 28, 2020 (Katy Kothmann Abraham)
“Leaders Prepared for Change”
Women’s Legacy Conference
https://www.lisamariegraves.com/conference
Willow Park, TX

April 17, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Site Work Construction Estimating Academy”
Presented for ASPE St. Louis Metro Chapter 19
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/site-work-construction-estimating-academy-tickets-98649706929?ref=enivtefor001&invite=MTkzNDMwOTEvZGFuQGRnZnJvbmRvcmYuY29tLzA%3D%0A&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&utm_term=eventimage&ref=enivtefor001
St. Louis, MO

May 13, 2020 (Josh Huck)
“Fundamentals of Estimating”
Presented for Half Moon Education
Arlington, TX

June 8, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Construction Cost Estimating Fundamentals”
Presented for CSI Columbus Chapter
Columbus, OH

June 19, 2020 (Josh Huck)
“Fundamentals of Estimating”
Presented for Half Moon Education
Manchester, NH

August 20, 2020 (Dan Frondorf)
“Building Confidence in Estimating” – a panel discussion
Presented for ASPE Chapter 38
Cincinnati, OH

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