by Jessica Gillette | Jan 21, 2025
OSHA 30 HOUR COURSE
Begins May 8, 2025 | 8:00AM – 4:00PM
Would you like to learn how OSHA regulations affect your jobsite? Enroll in our OSHA 30-Hour course and prepare yourself for the OSHA inspection you are not expecting. OSHA 30-Hour is structured for anyone in a supervisory position in the construction industry but also provides comprehensive safety training for all workers. Safety training is a necessity in this industry and is increasingly becoming a requirement on many projects. Knowing OSHA regulations ensures jobsite safety and prevents mishaps and OSHA fines. The OSHA 30 Hour Course combines important textual information with relevant, real-life examples from the field and video presentations. Enroll and learn OSHA regulations and receive your OSHA 30-Hour completion card.
SCHEDULE
4-Session Course: May 8, 13, 15 & 20, 2025
8:00AM – 4:00PM
Continental breakfast, pre-packaged snacks, coffee/water and boxed lunch provided
LOCATION
ABC-VA Central VA Training Facility
1600 E Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228
COST
Member – $495
Non-Member – $695
CANCELLATION POLICY
Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 72 hours in advance. Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual(s) can no longer attend.
Questions?
Contact Sherrie Dickerson
by Jessica Gillette | Jan 21, 2025
24-HOUR COMPETENT PERSON FALL PROTECTION TRAINING
Begins February 18, 2025 | 7:30AM – 4:00PM
In Accordance with ANSI Standard Z359.2
(Conforms to the 24-Hour Training Requirements of the EM-385-1-1 2014 Edition)
This 24-hour training is in accordance with 29CFR 1926 and EM-385-1-1, introducing students to the USACE EM385-1-1 Safety & Health Standards, as well as Virginia and Federal Construction Safety Standards and Regulations covering Fall Protection. This course includes classroom instruction in addition to the required 8-hours of practical hands-on training.
Topics Include:
– An integrated study of hazard recognition and abatement principles related to falls on construction worksites.
– Available equipment, equipment use, maintenance, storage and inspection requirements to maintain compliance
– Basic rescue techniques and emergency action procedures
– The study of compliance issues and challenges facing safety professionals including mishap and case study analysis, Virginia and Federal general safety standards, worksite inspections, interfacing with compliance officials, vertical and horizontal standards, and common construction industry compliance issues are also discussed.
Additional Topics Include:
– Equipment selection, Inspection and Donning
– Fall Prevention/Restraint/Arrest
– Fall Hazard Elimination
– Passive v. Active Systems
– Fall arrest rescue systems
– Selection and usage on non-certified anchorages
– Authorized persons’ duties and responsibilities
– Competent persons’ duties and responsibilities
– Testing of fall protection equipment
– “Hands-On” scenario of fall protection systems
– OSHA and ANSI Standards of Fall Protection
Who Should Attend:
Anyone required to manage a safety program or who is responsible to be the on-site Competent Person, including Safety Managers, Safety Directors, Onsite Managers, Supervisors, Section Leads and Responsible Persons.
What To Bring:
Bring your personal fall protection harness with you to class. Doing so will provide the opportunity to learn how to properly wear your personal equipment you’d like to bring to class, it can be inspected as well (i.e. lifelines, lanyards, anchorages, etc.) Bringing in some of your own gear to class will provide you with practical experience suing your own equipment in addition to the equipment provided in class.
**Class is limited to 24 students.**
LOCATION
ABC-VA Central Virginia Training Facility
1600 E Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228
COST
Member – $595
Non-Member – $800
SCHEDULE
3-Day Course
February 18, 20 & 27, 2025
7:30AM – 4:00PM
Pre-packaged snacks, coffee/water and boxed lunch provided
CANCELLATION POLICY
Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 72 hours in advance.
Questions?
Contact Sherrie Dickerson
by Jessica Gillette | Dec 18, 2024
PROJECT CLOSEOUT SEMINAR
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 2:00PM – 4:00PM
Learning how to successfully close out a project is an essential aspect of this business. Each student will leave with the skills and confidence to create and implement a logical process and an efficient environment that will promote a complete close-out. This seminar is for administrative employees, superintendents, and project managers of general contractors and specialty contractors.
Attendees will learn:
• The “Ten Commandments” of project close-out
• Project close-out strategy
• The project close-out timeline
• Field operations specifics
• The engineering close-out matrix
• The financial close-out matrix
• The project close-out scorecard
• The 10-month walk-through process
• The instructor’s focus will be teaching this organized and logical process and providing students with a solid basis to improve closing out their projects.
INSTRUCTOR – Eric Rash, Submittal Manager, Heartland Construction, Inc.
As Submittal Manager, Eric is responsible for overseeing the submission and approval process of technical documents, including shop drawings, product data, and samples for construction projects. This role involves ensuring all submittals comply with project specifications and contract requirements, coordinating with architects, engineers, contractors, and suppliers to facilitate effective communication and timely approvals.
LOCATION
ABC-VA Hampton Roads Training Facility
530 Independence Parkway, Suite 500, Chesapeake, VA 23320
COST
Members $67
Non-members $97
CANCELLATION POLICY
Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 48 hours in advance. Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual(s) are no longer available.
COURSE CONTACT
Contact Jamie Carrow
by Jessica Gillette | Dec 18, 2024
SUBMITTAL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 11:30AM – 1:30PM | Lunch provided
Learn to correctly complete the submittals process insuring on-time and in-budget construction. This seminar will provide information on the responsibilities of suppliers, subcontractors, general contractors, architects, and engineers. Attendees will learn how to create proper submittal packages from start to finish using contract documents as well as learn key details that can save the company time and money.
This seminar is geared towards subcontracting firms and supplier companies who would like more insight into how the submittal process works and how they can achieve timeliness and success with their packages. Learn the role and importance submittal packages have in the construction process and how to achieve an approval the first time.
INSTRUCTOR – Eric Rash, Submittal Manager, Heartland Construction, Inc.
As Submittal Manager, Eric is responsible for overseeing the submission and approval process of technical documents, including shop drawings, product data, and samples for construction projects. This role involves ensuring all submittals comply with project specifications and contract requirements, coordinating with architects, engineers, contractors, and suppliers to facilitate effective communication and timely approvals.
LOCATION
ABC-VA Hampton Roads Training Facility
530 Independence Parkway, Suite 500, Chesapeake, VA 23320
COST
Members $67
Non-members $97
Lunch provided
CANCELLATION POLICY
Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 48 hours in advance. Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual(s) are no longer available.
COURSE CONTACT
Contact Jamie Carrow
by Jessica Gillette | Dec 18, 2024
EXECUTIVE SAFETY ACADEMY: THE CONFERENCE FOR FIRM LEADERSHIP
Thursday, February 27, 2025 – Friday, February 28, 2025 | 8:00AM – 2:00PM
The road to world-class safety starts HERE.
ABC Virginia invites you to attend the Executive Safety Academy, a two-day immersion into developing leadership commitment to safety as a core value from the C-Suite down, and implementing the leading indicator systems and processes that are required to achieve world-class safety performance.
Learning Takeaways:
– How Leadership Plays Into Implementing a Successful Safety Cultural Transformation
– Implementing Core Leading Indicators to Improve Safety Performance
– Change Management: Making Concepts a Reality
– Personal Commitment
– and much more
Session 1: The Road Map to World-Class Safety
– Dissatisfaction with Current Performance
– Leadership Commitment
– Cultural Transformation
– Deliverable: Transformation Plan or Company and Individual
Session 2: World-Class Systems and Processes
– World-Class Results
– Best Practice Systems and Process
– Balanced Scoreboard
Who Should Attend?
Owners, Principals, Vice Presidents, Operations and Division Managers
This course is NOT intended for crew leaders or job superintendents. Due to the nature of this class, registrations are subject to approval by ABC-VA and the class instructor. This is to ensure the target audience is reached.
INSTRUCTOR
Dave Thompson, Safety Director, Bruce Howard Contracting, Inc. – Dave Thompson has been involved in the construction industry for 35 years and has been a safety professional for twenty-two of those. He is the Safety Director for Bruce Howard Contracting, Inc., of Williamsburg, VA, and the Lead Instructor for ABC-VA Hampton Roads. Dave also sits on the VA State Corporation Commission’s Advisory Committee for Miss Utility representing excavators and holds a CHST.
LOCATION
ABC-VA Central Virginia Training Facility
1600 E Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228
COST
Members $325
Non-members $525
Continental breakfast and lunch provided both days
CANCELLATION POLICY
Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 72 hours in advance. No-shows and anyone who does not complete the course will still be financially responsible. Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual(s) can no longer attend.
Questions?
Contact Sherrie Dickerson