Small Business Council

Under SB 1343, all California companies with five or more employees must provide sexual harassment training to all employees. Non-supervisory employees must receive at least one hour of sexual harassment training, and supervisors must receive two hours of sexual harassment training. This training must be renewed every two years and be provided to any new hire within six months of their hire date or promotion to a supervisory position. This course meets the state-mandated requirements.

This course will review the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration drug and alcohol testing regulations for drivers with a CDL.

What You Will Learn

• Pre-employment testing.
• Random testing.
• Post-Accident testing
• Reasonable suspicion testing
• Supervisor required training.

Target Audience

Managers of commercial motor vehicle drivers

Instructor

Dave Helge, Idealease

In this class, participants will learn about different types of indemnity clauses, how subtle differences in indemnity clauses can have large impacts, and how California law limits indemnity and defense obligations owners and general contractors may extract from others. The interplay between indemnity and insurance will be explained, and typical insurance requirements will be analyzed for type of coverage, reasonable limits, acceptable and unacceptable exclusions, and differences in additional insured endorsements. The role of subrogation waivers will also be considered.

This class will cover mechanic's liens, stop payment notices, and bond claims. You will learn practical tips to get paid!

What You Will Learn

• Mechanic's liens
• Stop payment notices
• Bond claims
• Practical tips

Target Audience

Everyone: even if you are not responsible for collections in the company, it is good to have at least a basic understanding of time frames and requirements.

Instructor

Janette Leonidou, Leonidou & Rosin Professional Corp.

This course will introduce the concepts of insurance, surety, and risk management for construction companies and projects. We will review specific insurance coverages, types of surety bonds contractors can expect to see in their contracts, establishing and enhancing safety programs, ways to mitigate risk, and turning your insurance program into a profit center.

This class will be an overview of the BIT (Basic Inspection of Terminal) program with a brief history and how it has evolved into what it is now. You will gain and retain Compliance with the California BIT Program.

This session takes on changes and extra work for which subcontractors may have rights to be paid and given extra time, such as changes in scope, cost increases, unforeseen conditions, and force majeure. Participants will review language setting up processes and requirements for requesting and documenting the extra work, the amount charged, and the time to be given, and conclude with notice and waiver provisions, their consequences, and how to avoid them.

What You Will Learn

This class will cover UCON members' most frequently asked certified payroll questions and common pitfalls. Including Compliance requirements of Labor Code 1776, which is covered by certified payroll and contractor registration; apprenticeship requirements. FFC will walk attendees through finding prevailing wage determinations, completing necessary forms, and accessing other resources. The last 30 minutes of the meeting will be a moderated Q&A with Ruby Varnadore. Attendees can pre-submit their questions or ask during the session.

Every Contractor performing prevailing wage work at either the State or Federal levels must be willing and able to work within Awarding Body’s and third party Labor Compliance Programs to achieve compliance. A Prevailing Wage Specialist will present this 2-hour overview.

Here we discuss subcontract clauses impacting scheduling issues—including schedule control and input, coordination, sequencing, efficiency, and acceleration—compensation and/or liability for delays, consequential and liquidated damages, and damages waivers.

What You Will Learn

• Explore ways subcontractors may seek shared control over schedule and handling of consequences when schedule problems happen
• Learn to negotiate clauses that allocate and mitigate damages for schedule problems

Target Audience

Prime and sub contractors

CLASS WAS RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 16 TO JUNE 8 - THE COURSE RECORDING IS AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS IN THE UCON EDUCATION LIBRARY

Performing accurate quantity and material takeoffs is essential to arriving at the proper project price and procuring materials and construction services. This overview of principles and techniques will guide participants through various takeoff exercises, arriving at quantities and materials required for several essential construction elements.

Explore standard and master contract forms and how they are used. Learn the power of inclusions, exclusions, and conditions in proposals and how they influence subcontract terms. Identify traps for the unwary that expand scope and liability, such as responsibility for the design and unforeseen conditions, and learn how to avoid them.

This class covers detailed topics and best practices for construction accounting and finance.

What You Will Learn

• The basics of construction revenue recognition, WIP schedules, and balance sheet
• Understanding key cash flow issues
• Being familiar with financial issues related to unapproved change orders/claims
• Understanding the importance of job cost control and estimated costs to complete

Target Audience

Construction accounting managers, project accountants, project management

In this opening session, the discussion will include the different types of contracts, from lump sum to design-build, explore clauses addressing the owner’s responsibilities for financing disclosures, time for processing submittals, RFIs, change orders, and payments, and the contractor’s right to stop work.

What You Will Learn

• Learn about different types of project delivery structures
• Understand contract clauses defining Owner obligations and how to negotiate them

Target Audience

Owners, developers and prime contractors

The construction industry has specific project documentation, communications, and correspondence requirements that demand focused efforts. The major pieces of construction correspondence will be the launching pad for this workshop. Participants will deal with everything from the basic rules of grammar to industry-specific documentation requirements.