Getting Paid & Managing the Cash Flow | LIVE, ONLINE Training

Facilitated by VICA’s most in-demand course instructor, Debbie Hicks, this course puts you front-and-center with a training team of 3 ICI practitioners. You’ll walk through each stage of the RFP process with these real-world experts, and hear the perspectives of a Project Owner, Consultant and Contractor at each step in the process. Walk away with practical tips and tools to support your next successful proposal. Part of our "Managing Construction Series" of courses.

More and more frequently private sector companies and government organizations are releasing RFPs as part of their procurement process and moving away from traditional bidding. In this hands-on course you’ll work on a real RFP case study and walk through the steps of developing a successful response. Plus, get practical checklists, spreadsheets, and how-tos you can use when you’re back on the job.

Are your Business Management skills up to scratch? Build valuable skills in finance, marketing, and personnel management, as well as learn how to improve your business and management systems! This course will give you the tools you need to apply strategic planning in your own workplace and become a more efficient and effective business leader.

Learn how to design and read various construction financial reports and improve financial systems within your organization. You'll walk away from this course with a solid understanding of accounting processes as they relate to construction projects.

Avoid financial and legal mistakes that commonly result from misunderstandings of the Builders Lien Act! Join us for this short, content-packed course that will help you understand the rights, remedies, and processes created by the Builders Lien Act.

Walk away from this workshop with the foundational legal know-how to navigate through a project’s tender and construction phases.

Learn the basics of bonding and insurance in construction.

Become a subcontractor of choice for Lean projects! This course will get you started using Lean on your projects immediately. Designed for all members of your team, including forepersons, superintendents, project managers and company owners.

Get a first-hand walk-through of the pull planning process and learn practical strategies for overcoming common challenges in implementing production planning in your projects.

Free for VICA Members! Hosted by EllisDon & VRCA, join this session to get the inside scoop on bidding Canadian federal government contracts that require security clearances and learn how to register with the Contract Security Program (CSP).

This workshop covers the unique contractual conditions when a Project Owner employs this Project Delivery Method and essential insights for improving your chances of success with Design-Build. We will focus on the crucial clauses in the CCDC 14 + 15 contracts and the fundamental elements of Design-Build for project success. Delivered by a training team of ICI practitioners, you will gain insight into the technical skills, as well as the challenges and opportunities from each partners’ perspective.

Have high overhead costs, underbidding, and low productivity eaten up what remains of your modest profit margins? In this course, instructor Wayne Newell draws upon 35 years of financial and construction contracting experience to help you recognize problem projects, identify unwanted expenses, increase productivity, manage overhead expenses, and address labour shortages.

Many contractors have labour productivity concerns, high overhead costs, below-budget profits and one continuous headache with cash-flow. If you’re responsible for any aspect of profitability in your company and you’ve never been trained to read, produce and analyze financial reports, you need to take this course to discover where expenses and profits are hiding. This course will teach you your numbers and how to use them.

Business success is not an accident, it is planned – yet, very few construction companies regularly practice any type of strategic planning. Strategic planning will transform your business. Imagine being able to make better than average profits, expand your capacity, ensure success and build a healthier company. This course was designed to do just that. It isn’t a miracle cure, it’s a program that teaches the fundamentals of strategic planning to construction professionals.

Lay the groundwork for a respectful, inclusive and supportive workplace. Improve talent acquisition and retention, safety, and productivity in this 2-hour, live, facilitated online course designed for owners, executives, and HR leaders in the construction and trades-related Industries.

This hands-on course is a comprehensive overview of managing risk within the construction industry. You will learn how to create and apply a risk management plan and walk away with practical tools you can use to mitigate and manage risk on your projects.

This intro course will walk you through contract documents used at various stages of a project, from what is required to form a valid contract, the components in a tender call/invitation to tender, document hierarchy, to change orders and directives, and more! *Please note, this is an introductory-level course.

This course is a comprehensive overview of budget cost estimating for construction projects and the various processes, procedures, pitfalls, and risks involved.

Due to the complexity of modern-day construction, many projects encounter issues that lead to claims and disputes between the parties. Almost none go according to plan. Knowing how to best prepare for potential claims and disputes; before, during and after the construction phase of a project, is crucial to maximizing the likelihood of recovering damages.

Canada has announced a $155 billion tariff package in response to the U.S. tariffs. These countermeasures aim to protect and defend Canada's interests, consumers, workers, and businesses. Even though businesses are already feeling the impact of these tariffs, this training will cover what to look for in terms of potential impacts on a business.

Learn four steps to boost profits this quarter…taught by a down-to-earth small business CFO!