Description

Many construction company owners and managers believe that if they manage their construction projects, the company will run itself. Nothing is further from the truth. Running the projects and managing the business require two completely different skill sets. Owners and managers must work in the business as well as on the business. To remain competitive and profitable, companies must examine and make every facet of their company as efficient as it can be. Participants will learn fundamentals of managing the business. Through discussion, exercises and examples, participants will be given tools to assist them with the business end of the business. 

This course will touch on challenges new company owners that have come from the field face. It explores those skills needed to run a project. Topics covered include the course of events from apprenticeship to business owner, surrounding yourself with brilliant people, your dashboard for success, and procedures you will need to implement.

President and Owner of C2 Consulting, Inc., Kathryn Crosby has ample knowledge of the mechanical contracting industry. Before creating C2 Consulting, Inc., she was the Vice President and CFO for a Utah-based commercial and industrial mechanical contractor. Crosby has served on the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) National Board of Directors and as Chairperson of the Project Managers Education Committee charged with oversight of the Institute of Project Management at the University of Texas—Austin. She currently serves on the faculty for the United Association’s Instructor Training Course in Ann Arbor, Michigan as well as the Institute of Project Management and the Construction Education Institute, MCAA’s National Education Initiative.