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SUMMARY:Finance in Construction
DESCRIPTION:Finance in Construction is a hands-on\, half-day workshop designed for construction professionals who want to better understand the financial forces driving their business. Presented by industry veterans Matt Waller (Pope Waller) and Cliff Spickler (INSURICA)\, this workshop translates complex accounting concepts into practical knowledge you can apply on the jobsite and in the office — starting the very next day. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re a project manager\, field superintendent\, estimator\, or business owner\, this workshop gives you the financial literacy to make smarter decisions\, protect your company’s profitability\, and understand what your numbers are really telling you. \n\n\n\nKey Takeaways \n\n\n\n\nThe difference between Cash\, Accrual\, Completed Contract\, and Percentage of Completion accounting — and why it matters for your bottom line\n\n\n\nHow the Percentage of Completion method works and how to calculate revenue earned\, overbillings\, and underbillings on any job\n\n\n\nWhy overbillings are your friend and underbillings are a warning sign — and how to spot the difference\n\n\n\nHow everyday field decisions — billing timing\, subcontractor invoices\, cost re-estimates — directly impact your company’s reported profitability\n\n\n\nWhat profit fade is\, how it happens\, and how it silently erodes margins across a job’s life\n\n\n\nHow to read and use a Work in Process (WIP) schedule to monitor job health across your entire backlog\n\n\n\nHow working capital is calculated and why it determines how much work your company can safely take on\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Info\n\n\n\nDate: October 22\, 2026Time: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AMLocation: Arizona Builders Alliance Training CenterAddress: 1475 N Scottsdale Rd\, Suite 120\, Scottsdale\, AZ 85257 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitators \n\n\n\n\n\nMatt Waller\, CPAPartnerPope Waller\n\n\n\n\n\nCliff SpicklerPresident & Branch LeaderINSURICA
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/finance-in-construction-2/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
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URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-10-21/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261014T110000
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-10-14/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261007T110000
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
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URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-10-07/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261006T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261006T153000
DTSTAMP:20260409T225241Z
CREATED:20260204T224112Z
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SUMMARY:Construction Basics Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/construction-basics-program-3/2026-10-06/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261001T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261001T153000
DTSTAMP:20260602T154819Z
CREATED:20260602T150507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T154819Z
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SUMMARY:Project Manager Development Program (PMDP)
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URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/project-manager-development-program-pmdp-3/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260930T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260930T150000
DTSTAMP:20260603T161442Z
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
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URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-09-30/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260923T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260923T150000
DTSTAMP:20260603T161442Z
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
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URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-09-23/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260916T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260916T150000
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
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URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-09-16/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260909T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260909T150000
DTSTAMP:20260603T161442Z
CREATED:20260603T161442Z
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-09-09/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260909T073000
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SUMMARY:Leadership Breakfast: Introduction to the Opioid Business Toolkit Project
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO REGISTER VIA CFMA WEBSITE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSep 9\, 2026 – 7:30 AM (MT) – Evie’s Pavilion (located at the Papago Golf Club) 5595 E Karsten Way\, Phoenix\, AZ 85008.Breakfast included with registration7:30 AM – Breakfast Available and Networking7:50 AM – 8:00 AM – Announcements8:00 AM – 8:50 AM – Program Event8:50 AM – 9:30 AM – Networking \n\n\n\nThe construction industry faces one of the highest rates of substance use disorder of any profession\, including opioid-related overdose and deaths\, yet many leaders feel unprepared to respond. \n\n\n\nThis candid panel brings together three perspectives: a professional in long-term recovery\, an HR leader specializing in recovery-friendly workplaces\, and a construction executive who has implemented practical solutions within her company. Attendees will explore how to reduce stigma\, support recovery\, strengthen retention\, and manage risk while maintaining accountability. \n\n\n\nAttendees will also be introduced to the free Opioid Business Toolkit (developed by Valley Leadership and supported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health)\, offering policy templates\, supervisor training\, employee education\, and Narcan awareness at absolutely no cost. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re responsible for finance\, operations\, HR\, or executive leadership\, you’ll leave with practical ideas and free resources to build a healthier\, more resilient workforce. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives – After attending this session\, participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n1. Recognize how opioid use disorder and substance use challenges affect the construction workforce\, organizational performance\, employee retention\, safety\, and business costs — including the staggering $58 billion annual impact on Arizona’s economy alone. \n\n\n\n2. Identify practical strategies for developing recovery-friendly workplace policies that balance accountability\, compliance\, and employee support\, and learn how the free Toolkit makes implementation straightforward. \n\n\n\n3. Evaluate the financial and operational benefits of investing in recovery-supportive workplace practices\, including impacts on productivity\, turnover\, absenteeism\, and workforce stability. \n\n\n\n4. Apply lessons learned from a construction company that successfully implemented recovery-friendly practices to strengthen organizational culture and support employees while maintaining business performance.Free Resource Available to All AttendeesThe Opioid Business Toolkit is available at no cost to any organization. Get started at oudbiztoolkit.org or connect with the Valley Leadership team at the event to begin your onboarding. \n\n\n\nThe Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: https://www.nasbaregistry.org/    \n\n\n\nPrice \n\n\n\nMembers: $50.00Non-members: $50.00 \n\n\n\nPanelists:\n\n\n\nPaige Soucie is a marketing and communications leader with more than 15 years of experience supporting startups\, small businesses\, and mission-driven organizations through strategic marketing and growth consulting. For the past five years\, she has served as Director of Marketing at Valley Leadership\, leading brand strategy and communications. She also leads Valley Leadership’s Opioid Stigma Reduction Impact Team\, helping organizations adopt recovery-friendly workplace practices and reduce stigma around substance use disorder. \n\n\n\nKate Kucharski is a human resources professional with more than 15 years of executive leadership experience in the roofing and hospitality sectors\, bringing deep expertise in workforce strategy\, compliance\, and organizational culture. She currently serves as Director of Business Engagement & Wellbeing at Valley Leadership\, where she partners with Arizona employers to strengthen workplace practices that support employee wellbeing. In this role\, Kate leads employer outreach and partnerships for Valley Leadership’s Opioid Business Toolkit\, a grant-funded initiative designed to help organizations reduce stigma around substance use disorders\, implement supportive policies\, and connect employees and their families to critical resources. She works closely with business leaders\, HR teams\, and industry associations across Arizona to expand awareness\, provide practical HR guidance\, and promote recovery-friendly workplace practices.  \n\n\n\nDavid Perez is an Industrial Broker with Colliers specializing in tenant representation throughout the Phoenix market. In addition to his work in commercial real estate\, David is deeply involved in community leadership and recovery advocacy through Valley Leadership\, where he serves on the Impact Team for the Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Toolkit initiative. Drawing from his own lived experience and over six years in recovery\, David is passionate about helping organizations better understand substance use disorder\, recovery-friendly workplaces\, and the importance of support systems that create second chances. Prior to commercial real estate\, he spent years working in construction\, behavioral health\, nonprofit partnerships\, and community outreach focused on recovery and workforce development. \n\n\n\nMichelle Walker\, CCIFP\, SPHR is the Vice President of Operations at SSC Underground\, based in Phoenix\, AZ.  In her role\, she is responsible for the accounting/finance\, risk management\, and human resource/employee benefit functions of the company with a primary focus in workforce planning and development.  She works closely with the ownership as a member of the executive team on strategic planning\, succession\, compliance\, safety and IT matters.  \n\n\n\nMichelle’s combination of business acumen and passion for people have merged together as a founder and past chairman of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention where she works to build awareness in the industry of the suicide risk to the workforce\, and creates resources to help implement suicide prevention in the construction workplace.   She has presented at dozens of events to address the topic of suicide prevention in construction.  Michelle has been an active member of CFMA since 2009 and is past-president of the Valley of the Sun Chapter and is a frequent presenter at the national conference. 
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/leadership-breakfast-introduction-to-the-opioid-business-toolkit-project-program-developed-in-collaboration-with-valley-of-the-sun-cfma-valley-leadership/
CATEGORIES:Education,Networking,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260903T083000
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SUMMARY:Project Manager Development Program (PMDP)
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URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/project-manager-development-program-pmdp-2/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260902T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260902T150000
DTSTAMP:20260603T161442Z
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program-2/2026-09-02/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260901T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260901T153000
DTSTAMP:20260409T225241Z
CREATED:20260204T224112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T225241Z
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SUMMARY:Construction Basics Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/construction-basics-program-3/2026-09-01/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260826T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260826T150000
DTSTAMP:20260817T155731Z
CREATED:20260603T154256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T155731Z
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Training Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/supervisory-training-program/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale,Tucson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260806T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260806T153000
DTSTAMP:20261020T223000Z
CREATED:20260602T150428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T223000Z
UID:10000321-1786005000-1786030200@azbuilders.org
SUMMARY:Project Manager Development Program (PMDP)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/project-manager-development-program-pmdp/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260804T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260804T153000
DTSTAMP:20260409T225241Z
CREATED:20260204T224112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T225241Z
UID:10000304-1785846600-1785857400@azbuilders.org
SUMMARY:Construction Basics Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/construction-basics-program-3/2026-08-04/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260617T130000
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SUMMARY:Making Better Decisions Under Pressure | As a Leader in Construction
DESCRIPTION:This interactive Lunch & Learn training session will be led by Cynthia Wrasman\, CEO of Kefi Catalyst\, a ProAdvisor Coach. The program will focus on improving decision-making for construction leaders operating in high-pressure environments.The curriculum centers on a framework that balances intrinsic human needs\, extrinsic task results\, and systemic procedural rules based on the MindScan assessment. \n\n\n\nBy analyzing real-world regional challenges such as extreme heat\, labor shortages\, and aggressive schedules\, participants learn to identify their natural leadership biases and stress responses. \n\n\n\nThe course utilizes interactive scenarios and self-assessment tools to help leaders at all levels move beyond their default habits toward a more integrated leadership approach.Ultimately\, the material emphasizes that effective management in the construction industry requires a strategic equilibrium between safety\, productivity\, and contractual compliance.  \n\n\n\nAs part of this training\, you will complete a MindScan Assessment to gain insight into your personal thinking and decision-making profile. After registering\, you will receive a link to complete the assessment\, which takes approximately 20 minutes.  \n\n\n\nPlease complete the assessment by Friday\, June 12\, 2026. A copy of your results will be provided during the training session. Lunch to be provided. \n\n\n\nCynthia Wrasman | CEO of Kefi Catalyst | ProAdvisor Coach \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Info\n\n\n\nDate: June 17\, 2026Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PMLocation: Arizona Builders Alliance Training CenterAddress: 1475 N Scottsdale Rd\, Suite 120\, Scottsdale\, AZ 85257
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/making-better-decisions-under-pressure/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260608T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260612T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155911Z
CREATED:20260403T222101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T155911Z
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SUMMARY:OSHA 30-Hour Construction Course
DESCRIPTION:Build safer jobsites and stronger teams with this OSHA 30-Hour Construction Course designed for construction leaders. Ideal for supervisors\, superintendents\, project managers\, foremen\, and safety professionals\, this training focuses on maintaining safe and compliant worksites. \n\n\n\nParticipants will learn how to identify\, prevent\, and correct jobsite hazards while gaining a practical understanding of OSHA construction standards (29 CFR 1926). The course blends required topics with real-world applications to strengthen safety awareness and risk reduction. \n\n\n\nDelivered in a live classroom setting\, the experience encourages discussion\, problem solving\, and shared insights from across the industry. By the end of the program\, attendees will be better prepared to promote a culture of safety\, reduce incidents\, and lead with confidence. \n\n\n\n\nEvent Info\n\n\n\nDates: June 8-12\, 2026Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: Arizona Builders Alliance Training CenterAddress: 1475 N Scottsdale Rd\, Suite 120\, Scottsdale\, AZ 85257
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/osha-30-hour-construction-course/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260602T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260602T153000
DTSTAMP:20260409T225241Z
CREATED:20260204T224112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T225241Z
UID:10000314-1780403400-1780414200@azbuilders.org
SUMMARY:Construction Basics Program
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/construction-basics-program-3/2026-06-02/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260522T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260522T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155340Z
CREATED:20260407T155036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T155340Z
UID:10000297-1779436800-1779465600@azbuilders.org
SUMMARY:OSHA 10-Hour Construction Course
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/osha-10-hour-construction-course-2/
CATEGORIES:Education,Scottsdale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251015T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251015T090000
DTSTAMP:20260327T220925Z
CREATED:20250710T210532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T220925Z
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SUMMARY:Wage Against the Machine: Outsmarting Certified Payroll Chaos
DESCRIPTION:Project Manager Development Program [Cohort 1]\n\n\nOctober 15\, 2025\, 8-9am\n\n\n\nLocation: Webinar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrevailing Wage Course\n\n\n\nThe session will cover: \n\n\n\n\nWhat is Certified Payroll and Why Does it Matter?\n\n\n\nAdvantages of Certified Payroll for Small Businesses\n\n\n\nBreaking Down the Certified Payroll Process\n\n\n\nCommon Challenges and How to Overcome Them\n\n\n\nTools and Strategies for Simplifying Certified Payroll\n\n\n\nAvoiding Costly Mistakes\n\n\n\nEmbracing Compliance for Long-Term Success\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLed By\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGary Zimmermann\n\n\n\nDirector of Strategic Partnerships at eBacon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAubrey Roach\n\n\n\nVP of Operations at eBacon \n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://azbuilders.org/event/wage-against-the-machine-outsmarting-certified-payroll-chaos/
CATEGORIES:Education,Tucson,Webinar
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