Facilitated By: Mr. Brad Chin, Senior Project Manager, MMM Group

Speaker Line Up Includes:

• Ms. Lee-Kelly-Chin, Project Director, Kenaidan Contracting Ltd
• Mr. Compton Cho, Director of Estimating, Bird Construction
• Mr. Craig Lesurf, General Manager, Walsh Canada
• Mr. Shaun McPherson, VP and National Director, Performance Security, AON Reed Stenhouse

Understanding the Pitfalls and Practices of Tendering in the Construction Marketplace

In this workshop you will gain an overview of the entire tender process with an emphasis on demonstrating how proper procedures can avoid costly situations for all parties. The facilitator for this course along with the guest speakers are seasoned industry professionals who can provide real insight on the entire process of tendering in the construction marketplace. This is surely a workshop you should not miss!

Workshop topics include:

• Complete cycle of a project: forms of project delivery and pre-qualification process
• Performance security options: Bid bonds, performance bonds, Labour and material payment bonds
• Tender legalities
• Bid closing time legalities
• Tender period: basics of preparing a bid, managing tender forms and tender closing day
• Sub-trade tenders: preparing trade estimates, handling addenda and bid strategies
• Bid analysis and review: procurement methods and contract award
• Operations input into estimating: project planning and documentation

If you are an owner, consultant, general contractor, trade contractor, supplier or manufacturer you surely don't want to miss this opportunity!

The seminar was presented by experienced professionals [and] covered a wide spectrum of ethical and contractual issues which make up the project life cycle. I highly recommend this workshop to owners, builders, developers, architects, consultants, suppliers, subcontractors, manufacturers and general contractors.

– Wael Samain, MJ Dixon Construction Ltd.