Consulting Estimators Round Table Annual Fall Southeast Conference

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October 22-23, 2018, at Hyatt Regency DFW in Dallas, Texas.

Consulting Estimators Round Table Presents its 2017 Fall Northeast Conference

Meeting the Challenges of Estimating Consulting in a Changing World

Consulting estimators face significant challenges in their practice today, from client demands and competition to cost pressures and professional liability for their services. Attend the CERT fall conference where CERT members, professional estimators, industry colleagues, state officials, attorneys and others will share their experiences on these issues and more. Dynamic programs will be presented by interesting speakers on a range of topics, including:

• Professional liability insurance for consultants
• Construction law and policy for estimators
• Construction claims valuation and forensic analysis for estimators
• Using Excel in your estimating practice
• Best Practices roundtable discussion
• And more…

Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Hartford/Windsor Marriott Airport
28 Day Hill Road
Windsor, Connecticut
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Cost: $150 per member.
Registration required by Tues., Oct. 17, 2017.

When: Friday, May 19, 2017
Topic: Teaching, Learning, and Presenting: How Sharing Our Knowledge Makes Us Better Estimators and Better Business Owners
Moderated By: Dan Frondorf, CPE, CDT, President and a CERT Founding Member, DG Frondorf and Associates LLC, VCEF Construction Estimating Consultants

Sharing knowledge and experiences are great ways to give back to the profession, increase your status as a subject matter expert, promote your business, and increase awareness of the importance of estimating as a necessary and meaningful part of the design and construction industry. There are many opportunities for CERT members to teach, author articles, present seminars, and to gain knowledge and grow professionally. Join us as we discuss how CERT members have availed themselves of the opportunities in the past, and how to do so in the future.

This Best Practices Conference call is presented by the CERT Education Committee. It is open to all members.

When: Friday, April 21, 2017
Topic: Responding to RFPs, Writing Proposals, Establishing Fees and Other Non-Revenue Work
Moderated By: Dan Frondorf, CPE, CDT, President and a CERT Founding Member, DG Frondorf and Associates LLC, VCEF Construction Estimating Consultants

Please join your colleagues as CERT examines those tasks that estimators must perform in order to get  work “in the door” before we start – much of which is unrecoverable if the work is not awarded. We will discuss the best methods to determine if a RFP is a good fit for your firm, shortcuts to establishing fees and determining time commitments, and ways to minimize lost revenue when “estimating the estimate”.