This session will provide insight on the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) regulations and compliance. The presenter will bring a unique insight and perspective in how to proactively manage compliance.

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This session will identify the primary reasons why friction exists in the communications between finance and operations, and how to eliminate much of this friction to achieve better working relationships.

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While “the cloud” offers unprecedented efficiencies in data collaboration and centralization, implementing cloud solutions is a daunting task, requiring due diligence and strategic change management. This presentation will highlight the risks of cloud technology and identify the resources and best practices to manage those risks.

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• Define the cloud, including current platforms, services, and devices
• Identify the biggest fears of data in the cloud and which ones are justified
• Explore the Cloud Security Alliance Big 9 Cloud Threats of 2013 and how they will affect your industry
• Discuss real case studies of how companies are successfully mitigating cloud threats
• Learn the technology tools and resources to manage and monitor cloud solutions

A simple and practical presentation based on questions construction executives should ask themselves when considering taking on new large work – even if it is only considered large for them.

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• Learn the hard questions to ask at the time of business development
• Discover what questions to ask yourself
• Discover what questions to should ask the business development and contract professionals on your team
• Learn the warning signs that don’t stop the project, but do make you stop and think
• Find out how to become a good business partner while performing your job

High-impact cyberattacks continue to rise for companies of all sizes – and the costs and damages are rising as well. What steps should companies take to prevent breaches, and how should they respond when an attack occurs? This expert panel discusses real-life stories, common challenges, and best practices to develop an effective cybersecurity risk management program.

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• Identify an inventory of all your cyber-related risks and why it is important
• Discover the steps you can take to mitigate these risks through IT-specific controls and processes
• Discover the types of insurance that can help manage the risk of damage from cyberattacks
• Learn what can be done from a legal standpoint if your company experiences a breach or cyberattack

Negotiation is a fundamental business skill. As a CFM, you are a negotiator of unsigned change orders, schedule extensions, new lease space for your expanded operations, or the conflict that could bring down your company. In this hands-on program, sharpen your skills by learning common negotiation behaviors, strategies, and tactics so that you can positively influence an outcome and change opponents into opportunities.

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Construction risk management is a specialized field and discipline. Today’s CFM’s are expected to possess increasing knowledge of surety, expertise in insurance coverage and risk management techniques. This Advanced Track session will focus on skills, tools and resources to improve your risk management awareness and acumen. The session format will combine brief presentations on insurance gap analysis, determining key leading indicators for safety and risk management, and acquiring insights into evaluation of your or your subcontractor's Surety. Each will have facilitated discussion focused on group learning and information exchange. Afterwards, you should be able to critique your company's risk management platform and develop an action plan for process improvement in strategic risk management.

It is no secret that skilled trades are experiencing an extreme labor shortage, which is hampering the ability of many Sub-Specialty companies to grow. By analyzing and clearly documenting the positions that are being left empty by an aging workforce and capitalizing on the desires of members of the younger generation for a meaningful career path that allows them to positively impact their community and environment, we can harness the energy of our youth into dedicated, long-term employees.

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Projections from both the contractor and construction user perspectives indicate severe workforce shortages now and potentially for the next three years. Coupled with construction unemployment at a 14-year low, the competition for people will only grow. This session will address the combined impact of workforce availability and pay on contractor recruiting/retention efforts. Participants will walk away with sound options to modify their pay programs while maintaining control over their available compensation dollars.

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There are many often-overlooked opportunities that can save contractors significant tax dollars, such as the 10% method, proper interpretation of the AMT for cash basis reporting, election of de minimis exceptions for the look-back method, current election of tangible property expensing amounts, costing to contracts to defer taxes, etc. This session will present the complicated tax rules that small and medium sized companies often overlook.

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