Date
2014
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Event
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| January 14 |
Bidding on State Projects
Issues and Concerns
Legislative and Administrative
Forum for Subcontractors
Panel
Commissioner Donald DeFronzo
CT Department of Administrative Services
Dan Filomeno, Acoustics, Inc.
Bill Flynn, Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Steve Kaplan, Michelson, Kane, Royster & Barger, PC
Are you a subcontractor that wants to bid on state projects, but is frustrated by MBE Issues, Retainage, Building Officials, Pass Through Claims, Statute of Limitations or Affirmative Action Plans? Then you should plan to attend this roundtable to discuss state bidding construction issues.
CSA expects several legislators to join the roundtable discussion.
Click here to register online.
Click here to download an invitation and registration form. |
Maneeley’s ,
S. Windsor, CT |
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Recent Events |
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| December 16 |
How to Collect Your Money Bonding and Retainage | A seminar for subcontractors
Presented by:
Beth Mercier and Paul Fitzgerald
Michelson, Kane, Royster & Barger, PC
Getting paid in the construction business is always a challenge for subcontractors. This seminar will provide you with the information you need to manage your payment issues and strategies in order to get paid promptly, and fully.
Register for this seminar and learn how to collect the money you are owed for the work you have performed. Beth and Paul will provide you with the necessary tools you need to get paid, and your colleagues in attendance will share strategies on how to resolve payment issues.
Click here to download an invitation and registration form.
Click here to register online. |
Hartford Square Building
Second Floor Conference Room
8:00 am - 9:30 am |
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| October 8 |
CSA “Nine and Dine”
Golf and Dinner Meeting
Topic: New DAS Competitive Bidding Threshold
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Rolling Greens Golf Club and Case Mia on the Green Restaurant
Rockly Hill, CT
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
| April 8 |
Gold Circle Awards --
CSA 2013 GC Report Card Results Dinner
The contractors with the highest rated scores from the CSA 2013 Contractor Report Card were honored during at the CSA Gold Circle Ceremony scheduled for April 8, 2014.
The top rated contractors for 2014 are:
Bartlett Brainard Eacott, Inc.,
Downes Construction Company
A/Z Corporation
As a service to the state’s subcontractors CSA created a Contractor Report Card to analyze the business practices of general contractors. Twenty-nine contractors were rated in the report card. The surveys were completed anonymously.
Contractors were rated on ten criteria including:
• Management of the delivery of materials to the project;
• General oversight and control of the project;
• Compliance with statutory, code and inspection requirements;
• Coordination and management of work schedules;
• Management of the requisition and billing process;
• Timely payments to subcontractors;
• Knowledge and experience in performing the work;
• Change order management;
• Overall performance; and
• Close-out and final payment/retainage. |
Hawthorne Inn
Berlin, CT
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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| February 25 |
Construction Manager at Risk –
Prequalification, Bid Issues
Speaker:
Kevin Kopetz, Attorney, DCS/DAS
Sponsored by
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| January 14 |
State Construction Projects for 2014
Featuring
Allen Herring, Chief Engineer
Department of Construction Services (DCS) |
Hawthorne Inn
Berlin, CT
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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| December 10 |
Complying With The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) Affirmative Action and Contract
Compliance Laws
Speaker: Claudine Howard, C. A. Howard Associates, LLC
Sponsored by
and
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Hartford Square Building
Second Floor Conference Room
8:00 am - 9:30 am |
| October 29 |
MBE Set-Aside Requirements for State and Municipal Construction Contracts in Connecticut - Are they legal?
Plan to attend the CSA October 29th Dinner Meeting to learn more about Phase 1 of the Disparity Study that has concluded that state and municipal MBE requirements for public construction projects in Connecticut are illegal.
Disparity Executive Summary
Disparity Keypoints
Sponsored by
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Hawthorne Inn
Berlin, CT
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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| September 24 |
Annual Meeting
Tour of Gateway Community College and Dinner
Click here to see photos
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Gateway Community College
New Haven, CT
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
April 9
5
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Nasty Contract Clauses & Release
of Claims Subcontractors BEWARE!
(Knowledge is Power!)
Featuring
Steve Kaplan and Beth Mercier
Michelson, Kane, Royster & Barger, PC
Sponsored by
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Hartford Square Building
Second Floor Conference Room
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