Posts

Showing posts from 2017

Happy New Year!

Image
Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.

Deadline Extended-Respond by December 22nd to the Salary Survey!

Image
Participation extended through December 22, 2017. Click here to take the survey You can also "cut and paste" the following link:  https://novisurvey.net/ns/n/zzqk4.aspx   Please visit the home page of the Valley of the Sun Chapter website for further details and another link to the survey.

CFMA Super CPE Days - Wednesday, December 13

Image
Work In Progress: Making WIP Work for You  (1.5 CPE credits) 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Eastern (8:00-9:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by: Linda Clifford & Rod Barbour Field of study: Accounting Effective Contract Negotiation for Financial Managers  (1.5 CPE credits) 1:00-2:15 p.m. Eastern (10:00-11:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by: Ryan Hiss & Kristin Kapp Field of study: Business Law Lean Accounting for Construction  (1.5 CPE credits) 3:00-4:15 p.m. Eastern (Noon-1:15 p.m. Pacific) Presented by: Phil Zak, CCIFP; Travis Hendrick; & Jim Mourich Field of study: Accounting Emerging Issues: An Update on FASB Activities (1.5 CPE credits) 4:30-5:45 p.m. Eastern (1:30-2:45 p.m. Pacific) Presented by Tim Wilson, CCIFP Field of study: Accounting   $42 each session/CFMA members $62 each session/Non-members

CFMA Super CPE Days!

Image
Tuesday, December 12 Creating a Pain-Free Injury Claim Management Process (1.5 CPE credits) 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Eastern (8:00-9:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by Michelle Walker, CCIFP & Eric Pach Field of study: Personnel/Human Resources  The Numbers That Matter to the People Who Matter  (1.5 CPE credits) 1:00-2:15 p.m. Eastern (10:00-11:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by Marj Weber, CCIFP; Warren Hennagin, CCIFP; Kristine Newman, CCIFP; Scott Baxter, CCIFP; & Jim Bracy, CCIFP Field of study: Specialized Knowledge  The Contractor Pay Bubble: Can It Keep Expanding or Will It Burst in 2018? (1.5 CPE credits) 2:30-3:45 p.m. Eastern (11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Pacific) Presented by Jeff Robinson Field of study: Personnel/Human Resources Hiring Process Strategies to Improve Results & Manage Risk (1.5 CPE credit

1st Construction Financial Management Student Competition

Image
CFMA recently sponsored the first   Construction Financial Management Competition   held in Las Vegas prior to the AGC/CFMA Annual Conference. Teams of undergraduate construction management students from Colorado State University and Auburn University attempted to solve a real-life construction financial problem, complete with an in-depth report and in-person presentation of the mock project. Teams were required to provide a two-part technical report. Section One of the report included a financial evaluation of their firm, establishing their character, capacity, and capital strength. Section Two included the cash-flow analysis of a mock project. JE Dunn sponsored the problem statement for this competition. A judging panel representing a wealth of industry experience and perspective was organized to score the participants’ reports in two phases. The first phase included a 90-page PDF of the two-section written report. The second phase was an in-person presentation by the team and an in

2017 CFMA VoS Golf Tourney Recap

Image
Update by Dave Miller: November 8, 2017, VOS chapter of CFMA hosted its 27th annual golf extravaganza at the Orange Tree Golf Resort.    I joined 144 of my closest friends for a beautiful day of golf and fun. Yes, we had a full sell out, 36 foursomes.    Back by popular demand was the golf ball launcher and beat the pro holes. The pace of play was really good for a fully booked tournament.   Lessons I learned while chairing the CFMA 2017 Golf Tournament : Golfers do not like "dry" bagels .... "Gimme dat cream cheese!!!" The golf ball launcher is a blast ... the engineer I was playing with spent the rest of the round sketching a drawing to build one himself. The beverage cart was "out of vodka" at 9:15 am ... whaaaaaat ??? Sue Hammontree can gather some swag, man she has lots of connections. The generosity of our member companies and people is overwhelming!:   We

Give the Gift of Your Time This Holiday Season!

Image
This Friday , December 1, 2017 4-6pm       Be a part of this valuable effort to pack food for so many malnourished children around the world.   Phoenix Convention Center - Hall F   South Building 33 South 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004   Email Diana Bujnovsky to sign up:  Diana.Bujnovsky@jokake.com

Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention November Newsletter

Image
NOVEMBER 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS Mark Your Calendars Have an event coming up? Send it to suicideprevention@cfma.org to be added to this section and the Alliance event page. December 14, 207: TAUC’s State of the Union Construction Industry Forum January 23, 2018: Suicide Prevention Summit hosted by the Central Indiana Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the Indiana Subcontractors Association (ISA), the Coalition for Construction Safety (CCS), and the Indiana Construction Roundtable (ICR) April 18-21, 2018: 51st Annual American Association of Suicidology Conf