Characteristics Telephone Seminars

Wood Use: Original and Cutting Edge ...e something, with enormous variability in its appearance, characteristics, and uses. Beyond physical properties, the emotional power that wood possesses in its history, organic qualities, and ability to counterpoint the hard edge of construction make it one of the most romantically useful parts of what we build. The way wood is finished, or unfinished, adds to the extreme visual variety and  more...

Reading and Understanding Soil Reports BenefitsJust because you have hired a consultant to provide a soils report does not necessarily mean it will be put to good use. Many of the terms and even the recommendations given in soils reports could use some explanation. This live audio conference will help you understand what type of soils report you may need, the technical terms found within the soils report, what is really the important  more...

Groundwater Control and Dewatering Methods BenefitsThe handling of groundwater is among the most complex of all construction problems. Controlling groundwater at construction excavations can be a critical matter when groundwater halts construction jobs or threatens bankruptcy of the project. Groundwater management falls into two major categories, either handling the groundwater before it enters the excavation or handling it after it enters  more...

An Introduction to L3Cs: Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies BenefitsThe current state of the economy has left many charities and businesses, all with great intentions, struggling for financial support. These organizations need to re-evaluate their business models to successfully adapt in this economic climate. This teleconference will provide advisors and business owners with a broad overview of a new hybrid for-profit/nonprofit business model: the  more...

Ground Failures and Other Groundwater-Related Property Damage BenefitsOne ground failure can destroy your professional reputation or decimate your life savings. A ground failure doesn't have to make the national news to be a catastrophic loss to a property owner. Ground failure mechanisms come in many forms - landslides, sinkholes, soil expansion, bedrock heave, soil collapse, erosion - all of which typically include water as a major contributing factor.  more...

Common Field Issues With Wood Building Structures ...ength and serviceability of these structures. Performance characteristics affected by these conditions include deflections, damaged finishes, decay, deterioration, weakened connections and resistance to wind and seismic loading. Wood structure building codes and materials are evolving quickly and some conventional practices and rules of thumb no longer apply. This teleconference identifies a  more...

Navigating the Troubled Construction Project: Recognizing, Analyzing and Handling the Risks nThe current economic downturn has given rise to a massive increase in the number of troubled construction projects. Whether trouble arises from the withdraw or lack of funding or a failure in performance of the contractors, subcontractors and suppliers to perform, the reality is that each project represents unique challenges that must be met head on. This teleconference presents the issues  more...

Payment Fraud nAs a business owner, how do you know your customers are who they say they are? How do you know if the payments they are making to you, using credit cards or ACH, are good? Fraud is on the rise, with a tough economy and the abundance of malware in the market today, it is only a matter of time before your company becomes a target. As a business owner you need to understand the signs to look for  more...

Reducing Insulin Errors ...s, practices that can be implemented to reduce errors and characteristics of a safety conscious culture. n nLorman Business Center, Inc. dba Lorman Education Services, Eau Claire, Wisconsin is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval Program Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing  more...

Estate and Gift Tax Audits ...ect of estate and gift tax return audits. Learn about the characteristics that trigger audits and why some estate and gift tax returns are more likely to be the focus of an internal revenue service examination. There will also be a discussion of how you can expect the IRS to approach and conduct the audit. The final section of the teleconference will be devoted to how you should handle the  more...