Calendar of Events

Regional Alliance For Small Contractors

Calendar of Events

The Regional Alliance conducts several events throughout the year for the purpose of recognizing significant accomplishments by our members or client organizations and to provide networking opportunities for members to meet key executives of prime contractors and other firms to explore business opportunities. Most events must be reserved in advance to assist with planning. RSVP can be through the below link or by calling the Regional Alliance at 212-268-2991. There is no charge for most training programs, workshops and seminars. Payments for networking events, annual Charter Member dues and contributions may be sent to the Regional Alliance for Small Contractors, 625 8th Avenue, Second Floor, North Wing, New York, NY 10018. All checks must be made payable to: The Fund For the City of New York.

Upcoming Events Schedule - be sure to click on flyers for more info, qualifications and prerequisites, etc. Some courses are NO FEE, courtesy of the sponsoring agency. Be sure to see the flyer for further information on any fees or refundable deposits. Secure PayPal payment is available

Event Date

Event Description

NOTE: All New Jersey Transit Computer Courses made be registered on a single registration form. Using PayPal, please use one form, but click Pay Now once for each requested course.

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

March 5, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

NJ Transit
One Penn Plaza East, 5th Floor
Newark, NJ

Intuit QuickBooks Pro - Introductory Level
Registration Fee: $25 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

Participants will learn how to use the QB Navigator and menu bar to perform job accounting. The course not only covers how to record a job's time and material consumption, but how to summarize that information into a report. You will also use the Navigator to perform all aspects of basic bookkeeping.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

Port Authority of NY & NJ

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

Saturdays
March 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

Pace University
One Pace Plaza
Park Row, Opposite City Hall, NY

Construction Management Certificate
Registration Fee: $100 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to fax Registration Form!!)

Closed Out - No Availability

The Construction Management Certificate program. This innovative program is sponsored by The Port Authority of NY & NJ. The program will lead to a certificate in Construction Management and qualifies for 22.5 hours of continuing education (NYS Approval #C-1420).

The objective of this program is to present and discuss the management of construction projects during their accomplishment in the field. The coursework is designed for contractors, engineers, designers and others in the construction industry. The course covers the fundamentals of construction management which includes construction cost and estimating, blueprint reading, project scheduling and contract administration.

Participants must attend all four sessions to receive a certificate.

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

March 8, 10, 17, 22, 24 and March 29, 2010
4:00pm to 9:00pm

Port Authority Bus Terminal. 625 8th Ave., Times Square Hall, 2nd Floor South Wing (betw. Drago Shoe Repair and NJ Transit Offices)
New York, NY

OSHA 30 Hour Program
Registration Fee: $300 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

The Regional Alliance for Small Contractors is offering the 30 Hour OSHA Training sponsored by NJ TRANSIT. This program is specifically designed for safety directors, foremen, field supervisors, and other personnel responsible for construction activities with an awareness of construction safety. Upon successful completion and attendance at each session, participants will receive a U.S. Department of Labor OSHA construction safety and health 30 hour course completion card.
The program will be held in six (6) sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The 30-hour program is an OSHA approved course that trains participants on the requirements of the OSHA standards and construction work practices. This course is a comprehensive safety program designed for anyone involved in the construction industry. The program provides complete information on OSHA compliance issues and is designed to help you recognize safety hazards on the job. See Registration Brochure (link below) for specific topics to be covered.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

March 16, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

NJ Transit
One Penn Plaza East, 5th Floor
Newark, NJ

Microsoft Excel - Introductory Level
Registration Fee: $25 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

Closed Out - No Availability

This session will provide an overview of working with a spreadsheet program. Participants will learn the elements of workbooks, worksheets and the different data types such as creating formulas for calculations. Designing and protecting worksheets as well as linking multiple worksheets to maximize efficiency will be reviewed.

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

March 19, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

NJ Transit
One Penn Plaza East, 5th Floor
Newark, NJ

Intuit QuickBooks Pro - Intermediate Level
Registration Fee: $25 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

Closed Out - No Availability

The participants will learn to use major menu bar functions such as Lists, Activities, Reports and Help. Standard accounting transactions will be reviewed to create invoices, apply cash, issue purchase orders, write checks and issue credits. You will learn how to create standard reports and graphs, how to delete transactions and correct errors. Prior experience with Intuit Quickbooks is required.

Regional Alliance

2010 Contractors' Clearinghouse

March 26, 2010
8:30am to Noon

Con Edison
4 Irving Place
19th Floor
NY, NY

The Regional Alliance for Small Contractors presents our annual Contractors'Clearinghouse

SPECIAL FEATURE: MEET THE CM PANEL with
Jay Badame, Regional President and COO, Tishman Construction Corporation
and
Ralph J. Esposito, Executive Vice President, Tishman Construction Corporation

This is your opportunity to meet and speak with old friends and new business contacts. Speak one-on-one with prime contractors and CMs, government agency reps, owner/developers and other vital business connections. Get our updated Clearinghouse Resource Book with contacts and contract for all the local agencies and major developers.

Potential table sponsors may call for registration information to 212-268-2991. Watch here for registration form, due shortly.

Click here for event Flyer and Registration Form

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

March 30, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

NJ Transit
One Penn Plaza East, 5th Floor
Newark, NJ

Microsoft Excel - Intermediate Level
Registration Fee: $25 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

Participants will learn spreadsheet terminology, using formulas, entering and editing labels and values. The course will progress to working with more advanced features of Excel, such as entering functions, macros, formatting text and columns. It will also cover the relative and absolute referencing of cells. In this course, you will learn to create charts and enhance your spreadsheets and reports.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

Saturdays
April 3 and April 10, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

Port Authority Bus Terminal. 625 8th Ave., Times Square Hall, 2nd Floor South Wing (betw. Drago Shoe Repair and NJ Transit Offices)
New York, NY

Blueprint Reading and Construction Cost Estimating
Registration Fee: $50 for NJ Transit certified DBEs or $75 of others (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

This intensive Blueprint Reading workshop will expose participants to the skills of understanding and reading architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical construction drawings. Participants will also learn how construction drawings are used to implement the construction process. They will get an overview of construction drawing basics and a thorough overview of the construction process from site work to foundations, structural, interiors and finishes.

The Estimating workshop will expose participants to the resources necessary to learn how to estimate the construction costs of building projects, making use of modern technology and following the methods employed by successful general contractors. The workshop is intended for the person who is beginning to learn the process of cost estimating in a construction organization. The workshop will also be of interest to construction managers, supervisors, and practicing estimators who, from time to time, may wish to refer to a source of estimating data.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

Port Authority of NY & NJ

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

April 6, 2010
10:00am to 4:00pm

One Madison Avenue, 5th Floor - Classroom A
(Between 23rd and 24th Street) New York, NY 10010

Microsoft Excel - Introductory Level
Registration Fee: $25 (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

Closed Out - No Availability

This session will provide an overview of working with spreadsheet program. Participants will learn the elements of a workbook and worksheet and the different data types such as creating formula for calculatins. Designing and protecting worksheets as well as linking multiple worksheets to maximize efficiency will be reviewed.

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

April 9, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

NJ Transit
One Penn Plaza East, 5th Floor
Newark, NJ

Microsoft Excel - Advanced Level
Registration Fee: $25 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

This course covers more advanced features of Excel and how they can help you manage your financial information. You will learn how to create what if statements that analyze if spreadsheet data meets certain criteria. You will also learn how to create macros to perform a series of functions using a single command. You will also learn how to analyze and calculate large amounts of data using Pivot tables.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

NJ Transit / NJIT

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

April 17, 24, May 1 and 8, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

NJIT Campus
University Heights
Exact Venue TBA
Newark, NJ

Construction Management Certificate
Registration Fee: $100 for NJ Transit certified DBEs or $150 for all others (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to fax Registration Form!!)

The Regional Alliance for Small Contractors in partnership with New Jersey Institute of Technologies is offering a Construction Management Certificate program. This innovative program, sponsored by NJ TRANSIT, will lead to a certificate in Construction Management and 1.6 Continuing Education Units to each student who successfully completes the course.
The objective of this program is to present and discuss the management of construction projects during their accomplishment in the field. The coursework is designed for contractors, engineers, designers and others in the construction industry. The course covers the fundamentals of construction management which includes construction cost and estimating, blueprint reading, project scheduling and contract administration.
Eligible candidates must be certified as Minority, Women, Small/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (M/W/S/DBE) with NJ TRANSIT. All others will be considered only if space is available.
Course Topics include: Blueprint Reading, Estimating, Project Scheduling and Contract Administration

In order to receive a certificate of completion, you MUST attend all four sessions from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

Port Authority of NY & NJ

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

April 29, 2010
10:00am to 4:00pm

One Madison Avenue, 5th Floor - Classroom A
(Between 23rd and 24th Street) New York, NY 10010

Microsoft Excel - Intermediate Level
Registration Fee: $25 (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

Closed Out - No Availability

Participants will learn spreadsheet terminology, using formulas, enterign and editing labels and values. The course will progress to working with more advanced features of Excel such as entering functions, macros, formatting text an d columns. It will also cover the relative and absolute referencing of cells. In this couse, you will learn to create charts and enhance your spr

Port Authority of NY & NJ

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

May 6 and May 10, 2010
10:00am to 4:00pm

One Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, Classroom A (betw 23rd and 24th Streets)
New York, NY

Primavera Project Management
There is no fee for this course

The Primavery Project Management siftware training will provide individuals with scheduling skills required to deliver a critical project on time and within budget. As an effective business owner or project manager you will learn how to organize scarce resources, control project change, identify project life cycle, maximize team performance. In real world scenarios you will learn to create project timelines, produce and manage a project plan, establish project management processes and implement team monitoring skills.

Identical Course offered May 7, see below.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

Port Authority of NY & NJ

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

May 7 and May 11, 2010
10:00am to 4:00pm

One Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, Classroom A (betw 23rd and 24th Streets)
New York, NY

Identical Course offered May 6, see above.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

Port Authority of NY & NJ

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

May 15 and May 22, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

Port Authority Bus Terminal. 625 8th Ave., Times Square Hall, 2nd Floor South Wing (betw. Drago Shoe Repair and NJ Transit Offices)
New York, NY

Blueprint Reading and Construction Drawings
Registration Fee: $50 for Port Authority certified M/W/D/SBEs or $75 of others (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

This intensive workshop will expose participants to the skills of understanding and reading architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical construction drawings. Participants will also learn how construction drawings are used to implement the construction process. They will get an overview of construction drawing basics and a thorough overview of the construction process from site work to foundations, structural, interiors and finishes.

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form

NJ Transit

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

May 17, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm

NJ Transit
One Penn Plaza East, 9th Floor
Newark, NJ

Construction Contract Law
Registration Fee: $50 per person (payable "Fund for the City of NY") by check or use PayPal button (be sure to send Registration Form!!)

Construction is a complex and constantly changing endeavor that can often be described as a "problem in progress." What separates the successful from the unsuccessful is the ability to timely and effectively deal with construction law problems. In this seminar, we will discuss some legal issues relating to construction projects that affect small businesses -- fundamentals of construction contracts, contract disputes, late payment/collections, construction lien law, etc. Course is lead by Harry Chan of Wilson & Chan, a firm heavily involved in representing firms in all aspects of the construction industry

Click here for Registration Brochure and Form