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“Prevailing Wages”

Posted on Sunday, March 14th, 2010
April 6, 2010
11:30 amto1:30 pm

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Glen Schaffer, Paul Stout, & Ms. Renie Colwell

Mr. Glen Schaffer is President, CEO of Professional Services Consulting Group, LLC. (PSG), Director of Marketing and Education for the Associated General Contractors of America San Diego Chapter, Inc. (AGCSD) and a CA licensed Insurance Broker/Agent (#OD96557). PSG is a Service company founded in 2005 providing consulting, certified payroll reporting, benefit plans, outreach, etc. to the construction industry. An Independent Contractor since 2001 for AGCSD and his responsibilities include Membership recruitment, Membership retention and Marketing, Apprenticeship Trust and the AGC San Diego Plan Room, he also oversees planning, promoting and scheduling of Continuing Education Seminars and Workshops that the AGC provides for the1, 400 member companies.

Glen has 35 years in the construction industry and 25 years of which in Sales and Marketing. He is also very well versed in the workings of Prevailing Wage Law, Davis Bacon Act and McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act and how the Employer Contributions (Fringe) can work for individual companies as well as Bona Fide Benefit Plans to meet state and federal requirements.

Mr. Paul Stout is a construction project manager, estimator LEED Accredited Professional, Facilitator, Seminar Instructor and the AGC of America’s 2009 National Instructor of the Year, bringing more than twenty-five years of practical, hands-on construction experience into the seminar/workshop and consulting arena. From Laborer to Project Manager, Paul advanced through the ranks to learn the industry from the inside out. He was a crew Foreman or Project Superintendent for five years, an Estimator for more than five years and a Project Manager for more than ten years. Paul has managed projects from the position of both Subcontractor and Prime Contractor (GC).

Paul has written, produced and presented many components for Certificate Series Programs for Foremen, Project Managers, Estimators, and Project Engineers. Since the year 2000, Paul has conducted 14 construction project management software training sessions, and presented hundreds of seminars and workshops in 60 US cities, spanning 22 states.

Paul is the founder and Director of Education Development for Power Summit a national training company. His understanding of the construction process, vast experience and dynamic presentation skills enables him to write and present seminar material with authority and conviction. Since 1999, Paul has presented or facilitated more than 450 construction training seminars, workshops and partnering sessions in 60 US cities spanning 22 states. His experience and personal qualities make him a popular choice for Partnering and Event Facilitation, consulting and in house training assignments.

Ms. Renie Colwell is the President of CJR Concrete, Inc., a Woman-Owned Business Enterprise, Renie Colwell brings commitment and dedication to the construction industry. As a result of years of “phone calls” asking for assistance in understanding prevailing wage and “certified payroll” – Renie Colwell and partner Glen Schaffer founded Professional Services Group, LLC to support their construction colleagues. Staffed with a team of experienced construction experts, PSG is dedicated to educating and providing support and innovative solutions for the construction industry. PSG can assist in day-to-day operations including certified payroll reporting, labor compliance, fringe benefit implementation and other related issues.

Renie Colwell brings a demonstrated record of success and commitment to the construction industry for the past 14 years and has chaired PAC funds in San Diego County which will result in close to $1 Billion dollars in construction contracts. Additionally, Renie is also over-seeing the social enterprise component of Helping Hands For Freedom’s NEW Employment Program, a program established to place returning women veterans and disabled veterans successfully back into the work-force.

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METAKAOLIN

Posted on Thursday, February 18th, 2010
March 9, 2010
11:30 amto1:30 pm

New Event Date: March 9th

This event will be a sell out at 40 so please make your reservations early.

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Ken McPhalen—Manager Technical Services for Advanced Cement Technologies

Ken has served in the pozzolan industry for over 25 years in various technical and sales management capacities. He has also provided consulting services World wide. He has extensive experience with metakaolin, fly ash, silica fume, and other natural pozzolans. Working closely with Federal and State agencies (such as Caltrans) he promotes the benefits of using metakaolin in high performance concrete applications. He sits on various research advisory boards and is a member of ACI 232 – Fly Ash and Natural Pozzolans in Concrete.
Metakaolin Presentation will include the following:

History of Metakaolin
Mining/Manufacturing/QC
Pozzolan Comparisons
Industry Standards and Specifications
Technical and Environmental Benefits
Project Summaries
Other Applications
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