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May 14 Seminar Provides Tools to Find Local Stimulus Projects
The upcoming NAHB audio seminar, “Stimulus Opportunities for Builders: Exploring Commercial Opportunities in the Stimulus Package,” will provide participants with the tools they need to find stimulus construction opportunities in their local areas.
The hour-long seminar, featuring industry attorneys and builders with knowledge of the stimulus package and experience in government-related construction projects, will begin at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 14.
Panelists in the seminar will:
- Simplify the economic stimulus package and highlight the sections relevant to the construction industry
- Provide resources for participants to find stimulus-related construction projects in their area
- Explain how stimulus-related projects affect business management requirements such as the Davis Bacon Act
- Discuss their extensive experience as subcontractors and general contractors on public and private projects
- Offer alternative government project options not related to the stimulus package, such as military housing
Panelists include Dennis Ehlers, of McManus, Schor, Asmar & Darden, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Carl Harris, of the Carl Harris Company, Inc., Wichita, Kan.; Fred Hoppe, of Hoppe, Vogt & Barrows, LLC, Lincoln, Neb.; and Natalie Hansen, of Actus Lend Lease, Nashville, Tenn.
Ehlers, who has winnowed down the more than 400-page stimulus package statute and extracted key information to save builders research time, will give builders “a concise, practical way to cut through the legalese and get to the heart of what opportunities are there for their companies and how they can quickly find and capitalize on them.”
Harris, who will moderate the audio seminar, will discuss his company’s current government projects and offer advice on how to work on similar projects. “As a builder who’s been doing government projects for 24 years, I’m here to tell my colleagues not to be overwhelmed by the federal bureaucracy,” he said.
Hoppe will discuss contract law in construction and commercial real estate and Hansen, who manages a large, privatized military housing contract, will discuss government housing projects that are not related to the stimulus package. She hires custom builders as subcontractors.
The seminar, sponsored by the National Commercial Builders Council (NCBC) and The University of Housing, also will include questions that were submitted from the audience last week.
To Register
The registration fee for the audio seminar is $79.
To register online, visit www.nahb.org/stimulusopportunities.
For more information, e-mail Kisha DeSandies at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8455.
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