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Allegheny County Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, founded the Construction Contractor Institute in 2011. The purpose of creating this program is to provide business development skills and raise the level of technology to certified firms in the construction industry cluster. Because the construction industry can be volatile at times, businesses that are not current in business process and technological advances will not tend to succeed.
This Institute provides eight weeks of classroom support and 24 months of case management. The case management will include business roundtables with industry experts, technology workshops, business coaching and learning effective marketing and networking for this industry.
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Week 1 - March 17, 2011
Guest Speaker – Ruth Byrd-Smith, Director of Allegheny County Department of MWDBE
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Week 2 - March 24, 2011
Guest Speaker – John Deighan, Chief Purchasing Officer
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Week 3 - March 31, 2011
Guest Speaker – Karen Womack, Risk Manager
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Week 4 - April 7, 2011
Guest Speaker – Elizabeth Bowers, PA Department of General Services Western Regional Office Bureau of Minority & Women Business Opportunities
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Week 5 - April 14, 2011
Guest Speaker – James W. Martin, SI Business Associates
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Week 6 - April 28, 2011
Guest Speaker – Dane Yancic, Business Development Specialist, Allegheny County Economic Development
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Week 7 - May 5, 2011
Guest Speaker – Joanne Quinn-Smith aka TechnoGranny
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Week 8 - May 12, 2011
Graduation Day
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Participating Contractors
(The following video links are YouTube videos) |
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A & R United Contracting Inc.
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Around the Clock Cleaning
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Gil Berry and Associates
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 LW Ltd.
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TLC Logistics, Inc.
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