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SUMMARY:AI Workshop Series #3 - The PM's Daily Engine: Automate the Admin. Run the Project.
DESCRIPTION:Turn contracts into task lists\, automate the repeatable paperwork\, and stay in control of the key decisions. \n\nYou can’t afford to lose hours to admin. But you also can’t afford to lose control. \nAs a PM\, you’re pulled in a hundred directions. Contracts\, RFIs\, emails\, meeting notes\, payment claims\, reports — the list never ends. The paperwork is relentless\, and it takes time away from what matters. \nThis workshop shows you how to use AI to automate the repeatable admin while you stay in control of the key decisions. You’ll learn to turn contracts into task lists\, log and organize project communications\, draft reports and payment claims with AI\, and set up recurring tasks so nothing falls through the cracks. \nWhy this matters: The admin never stops. But it doesn’t have to be all on you. This workshop gives you a system to handle the paperwork faster — so you can focus on running the project. \n\nYou will learn how to: \n\n\nTurn a signed contract into a working task list — every obligation\, its clause\, its deadline\, and who owns it \n\n\nLog and organize project emails\, RFIs\, instructions\, and meeting notes so nothing slips through \n\n\nDraft RFIs and client monthly reports straight from your tracked data \n\n\nBuild payment claims with AI while you set the percent complete — AI drafts\, you review and approve \n\n\nSet up recurring tasks to help keep projects on track \n\n\n\n👥 Ideal Audience: Project managers\, operations leads\, and estimators who have some familiarity with AI and want to automate the repeatable admin while staying in control of the key decisions. While it’s strongly recommended that you attend Session 1: Data That Actually Works\, if you missed it\, you can access the recording in ECAO’s Learning Centre. \n📅 Date: Tuesday\, November 3\, 2026 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST \n💻 Where: Live online via Zoom \n💰 Cost: $99 (tax incl.) per live session (includes recording) | $79 for recording only \n🔗 Click Here to Register \n\nYour Guide: Josh Turner\, PMP\, ContractorOS — An industry expert with hands-on construction experience who has figured out how to make AI practical\, rather than a tech guru with no site experience. \n\nNeed to Know: \n\n\nWhat to bring: A laptop and a working internet connection. Participants are encouraged to have a real project folder (specs\, drawings\, or data) to work with during the session. \n\n\nPayment: Online via PayPal or Invoice. \n\n\nCancellation: Full refund (4+ weeks)\, 50% (2–4 weeks)\, no refund (<10 days). Substitutions allowed. \n\n\nAccessibility & Questions: Contact Témoc Vega – tvega@ecao.org
URL:https://www.ecao.org/event-calendar/aiseries2026-3/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Training
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SUMMARY:AI Workshop Series #4 - Track Progress. Catch Delays. Stay Ahead.
DESCRIPTION:Build schedules\, track labour and delays\, and run weekly look-aheads to stay ahead. \n\nScheduling is where projects succeed or fail. And delays are where margins disappear. \nYou need to plan the work\, track progress\, and catch delays before they cost you. But the tools are clunky\, the data is messy\, and the GC’s schedule changes constantly. \nThis workshop shows you how to use AI to build schedules from production rates\, sequence\, and critical path — or work with the GC’s schedule. You’ll learn to turn voice notes into daily records\, track delay impacts\, and run weekly look-aheads to coordinate crews and catch roadblocks early. \nWhy this matters: Delays are inevitable. But getting blindsided by them is not. This workshop gives you a system to track progress\, catch delays early\, and support time claims when they happen. \n\nYou will learn how to: \n\n\nBuild your own programme or work to the general contractor’s schedule: structure\, durations from production rates\, sequence\, and critical path — AI does the first cut; you own the sequence \n\n\nTurn a supervisor’s voice note or quick write-up into a structured daily record of hours\, quantities\, and delays \n\n\nRun the weekly look-ahead as a working session to coordinate crews and surface roadblocks before they hit \n\n\nLearn why percent complete is yours to set — and why measuring progress by money spent is a trap \n\n\nTrack delays and their impacts\, so you can support a claim for time up the chain\, with the time and cost of each option \n\n\n\n👥 Ideal Audience: Project managers and operations leads who have some familiarity with AI and want to use it to support scheduling\, progress tracking\, and delay management. While it’s strongly recommended that you attend Session 1: Data That Actually Works\, if you missed it\, you can access the recording in ECAO’s Learning Centre. \n📅 Date: Wednesday\, November 11\, 2026 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST \n💻 Where: Live online via Zoom \n💰 Cost: $99 (tax incl.) per live session (includes recording) | $79 for recording only \n🔗 Click Here to Register \n\nYour Guide: Josh Turner\, PMP\, ContractorOS — An industry expert with hands-on construction experience who has figured out how to make AI practical\, rather than a tech guru with no site experience. \n\nNeed to Know: \n\n\nWhat to bring: A laptop and a working internet connection. Participants are encouraged to have a real project folder (specs\, drawings\, or data) to work with during the session. \n\n\nPayment: Online via PayPal or Invoice. \n\n\nCancellation: Full refund (4+ weeks)\, 50% (2–4 weeks)\, no refund (<10 days). Substitutions allowed. \n\n\nAccessibility & Questions: Contact Témoc Vega – tvega@ecao.org
URL:https://www.ecao.org/event-calendar/aiseries2026-4/
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SUMMARY:AI Workshop Series #5 - Manage Contracts\, Changes\, & Risks. Protect Your Revenue.
DESCRIPTION:Draft notices\, build variations\, handle time claims\, and mitigate risks.  \n\nChange happens on every project. The question is: do you get paid for it? \nContract management is where revenue is protected or lost. A missed notice\, a poorly priced variation\, or a time claim handled wrong can cost you thousands. \nThis workshop shows you the order that protects you: notice first\, prove entitlement\, then price. You’ll learn to use AI to draft notices the moment something changes\, build variations from contract rates\, handle time claims without double-counting\, and run back-to-back checks so you never carry a risk you can’t recover. \nWhy this matters: Every change on site is a potential revenue loss — or gain. This workshop gives you a clear process to protect what you’re owed. \n\nYou will learn how to: \n\n\nDraft the right notice to the general contractor or client the moment something changes on site \n\n\nBuild a variation with the entitlement case first\, then price it off the rates already in your contract — notice first\, prove entitlement\, then price \n\n\nHandle time claims and extensions of time properly\, without double-counting \n\n\nRun the back-to-back check so you never carry a risk down to your own suppliers or labour that you cannot recover from above \n\n\n\n👥 Ideal Audience: Project managers\, owners\, contract administrators\, and operations leads who have some familiarity with AI and want to use it to support contract management and revenue protection. While it’s strongly recommended that you attend Session 1: Data That Actually Works\, if you missed it\, you can access the recording in ECAO’s Learning Centre. \n📅 Date: Tuesday\, November 17\, 2026 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST \n💻 Where: Live online via Zoom \n💰 Cost: $99 (tax incl.) per live session (includes recording) | $79 for recording only \n🔗 Click Here to Register \n\nYour Guide: Josh Turner\, PMP\, ContractorOS — An industry expert with hands-on construction experience who has figured out how to make AI practical\, rather than a tech guru with no site experience. \n\nNeed to Know: \n\n\nWhat to bring: A laptop and a working internet connection. Participants are encouraged to have a real project folder (specs\, drawings\, or data) to work with during the session. \n\n\nPayment: Online via PayPal or Invoice. \n\n\nCancellation: Full refund (4+ weeks)\, 50% (2–4 weeks)\, no refund (<10 days). Substitutions allowed. \n\n\nAccessibility & Questions: Contact Témoc Vega – tvega@ecao.org
URL:https://www.ecao.org/event-calendar/aiseries2026-5/
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SUMMARY:Electrical Estimating Course 2 - Day 1
DESCRIPTION:Gain the confidence to bid accurately and win profitable work with a proven\, systematic estimating system. \n\nAre you confident in your electrical estimating skills in today’s competitive market? One missed labour unit or a forgotten job expense can turn a winning bid into a losing project. \nThis two-part\, live online workshop delivered by Suderman Estimating provides a time-tested\, step-by-step system that catches errors before they cost you\, so you can bid with clarity and walk onto the job site with confidence. \nWith rising material costs and tight labour markets\, a single 5% miss on a large commercial job can wipe out a month’s overhead. You can’t afford to estimate by instinct. This course replaces guesswork with a structured\, verifiable process – from your first takeoff to your final profit margin. \n\nYou will learn how to: \n\nCourse 1\, Day 1 – Estimating Fundamentals:\nWalk through real drawings and physically count every receptacle\, lighting fixture\, and feeder for an office and a plant. You’ll paste your counts into structured takeoff forms – supplied by us – and catch quantity errors before they become budget killers.\nCourse 1\, Day 2 – Pricing & Labouring:\nApply standard labour units to your counts\, then adjust them for site conditions and non-productive time. You’ll calculate material pricing\, add job expenses\, and apply mark-up – so you see your true profit number emerge on paper.\nCourse 2\, Day 1 – Advanced Industrial Estimating:\nMove up to 600-amp distribution\, QMQB panelboards\, switchgear replacements\, bus duct\, and 5KV service entrances. You’ll draft a complete estimate for a motor control centre with power and control wiring – tackling the complexity that scares most competitors away.\nCourse 2\, Day 2 – Quoting\, Change Orders & Unit Pricing:\nBuild a full quotation example\, then practise handling change orders and extras mid-job. You’ll also calculate the true hourly cost of your vehicles and equipment\, so your charge-out rates actually cover your fleet – and you’ll create unit pricing templates that speed up future bids.\n\n\n👥 Ideal Audience:\nElectrical contractors\, journeyman electricians\, maintenance electricians\, those looking to enter electrical contracting\, purchasing personnel\, engineers\, architects and technicians\, project managers\, and foremen. Course 1 is beginner-friendly; Course 2 builds on it directly and requires Course 1 as a prerequisite. \n📅 Date: \n\nCourse 1: Oct 27 & 28\, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET\nCourse 2: Nov 24 & 25\, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET\n(Course 1 is a mandatory prerequisite for Course 2.)\n\n🏠 Host: Suderman Estimating Systems Inc. \n💻 Where: Live virtual session (link provided upon registration) \n💰 Cost: \n\nCourse 1 only: $1\,090 + tax\nCourse 2 only: $1\,045 + tax\nBundle (both courses): $1\,985 + tax* – *you save $150\n\n🔗 Register here today: Visit sudermanestimating.com/ecao-online-electrical-estimating-courses/ to find the registration link. \n\nYour Guide: John F. Wiesel – With 45 years of experience in the electrical industry\, from journeyman and foreman to project manager\, estimator\, designer\, sales\, and vice-president of a major electrical mechanical firm\, John is a qualified international construction consultant with a broad knowledge base. He has taught this proven system to over 5\,500 contractors across Canada. \n\nNeed to Know: \n\nWhat to bring: A calculator\, notepad\, and laptop or tablet to follow along. All other materials\, including the labour manual\, print materials\, highlighters\, and scale\, will be shipped to you before the course starts.\nQuestions? Contact Suderman Estimating directly at info@sudermanestimating.com or 1-877-275-7194.
URL:https://www.ecao.org/event-calendar/electrical-estimating-course-2-day-1-4/
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SUMMARY:Electrical Estimating Course 2 - Day 2
DESCRIPTION:Gain the confidence to bid accurately and win profitable work with a proven\, systematic estimating system. \n\nAre you confident in your electrical estimating skills in today’s competitive market? One missed labour unit or a forgotten job expense can turn a winning bid into a losing project. \nThis two-part\, live online workshop delivered by Suderman Estimating provides a time-tested\, step-by-step system that catches errors before they cost you\, so you can bid with clarity and walk onto the job site with confidence. \nWith rising material costs and tight labour markets\, a single 5% miss on a large commercial job can wipe out a month’s overhead. You can’t afford to estimate by instinct. This course replaces guesswork with a structured\, verifiable process – from your first takeoff to your final profit margin. \n\nYou will learn how to: \n\nCourse 1\, Day 1 – Estimating Fundamentals:\nWalk through real drawings and physically count every receptacle\, lighting fixture\, and feeder for an office and a plant. You’ll paste your counts into structured takeoff forms – supplied by us – and catch quantity errors before they become budget killers.\nCourse 1\, Day 2 – Pricing & Labouring:\nApply standard labour units to your counts\, then adjust them for site conditions and non-productive time. You’ll calculate material pricing\, add job expenses\, and apply mark-up – so you see your true profit number emerge on paper.\nCourse 2\, Day 1 – Advanced Industrial Estimating:\nMove up to 600-amp distribution\, QMQB panelboards\, switchgear replacements\, bus duct\, and 5KV service entrances. You’ll draft a complete estimate for a motor control centre with power and control wiring – tackling the complexity that scares most competitors away.\nCourse 2\, Day 2 – Quoting\, Change Orders & Unit Pricing:\nBuild a full quotation example\, then practise handling change orders and extras mid-job. You’ll also calculate the true hourly cost of your vehicles and equipment\, so your charge-out rates actually cover your fleet – and you’ll create unit pricing templates that speed up future bids.\n\n\n👥 Ideal Audience:\nElectrical contractors\, journeyman electricians\, maintenance electricians\, those looking to enter electrical contracting\, purchasing personnel\, engineers\, architects and technicians\, project managers\, and foremen. Course 1 is beginner-friendly; Course 2 builds on it directly and requires Course 1 as a prerequisite. \n📅 Date: \n\nCourse 1: Oct 27 & 28\, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET\nCourse 2: Nov 24 & 25\, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET\n(Course 1 is a mandatory prerequisite for Course 2.)\n\n🏠 Host: Suderman Estimating Systems Inc. \n💻 Where: Live virtual session (link provided upon registration) \n💰 Cost: \n\nCourse 1 only: $1\,090 + tax\nCourse 2 only: $1\,045 + tax\nBundle (both courses): $1\,985 + tax* – *you save $150\n\n🔗 Register here today: Visit sudermanestimating.com/ecao-online-electrical-estimating-courses/ to find the registration link. \n\nYour Guide: John F. Wiesel – With 45 years of experience in the electrical industry\, from journeyman and foreman to project manager\, estimator\, designer\, sales\, and vice-president of a major electrical mechanical firm\, John is a qualified international construction consultant with a broad knowledge base. He has taught this proven system to over 5\,500 contractors across Canada. \n\nNeed to Know: \n\nWhat to bring: A calculator\, notepad\, and laptop or tablet to follow along. All other materials\, including the labour manual\, print materials\, highlighters\, and scale\, will be shipped to you before the course starts.\nQuestions? Contact Suderman Estimating directly at info@sudermanestimating.com or 1-877-275-7194.
URL:https://www.ecao.org/event-calendar/electrical-estimating-course-2-day-2-4/
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