Customer Service and Tarion Warranty, Mississauga (enroll here)
2020-02-24 - 2020-02-25 | Monte Carlo Inn, (Hwy’s 407 & 410), Monte7035 Edwards Blvd. Carlo Inn (Hwy's 407 & 410), Mississauga, ON, L5S 1X2, Canada
To enroll, click on the link below:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-selector/
The details of the Tarion registration process and a builder’s legal obligations for warranty coverage on new homes can be complex and distracting. This course lays out what the registration process involves, and how the builder engages with Tarion at the individual project level. We will clarify step-by-step what you as a builder need to do to comply with Tarion and your legal obligation under Ontario’s legislation for new home builders to provide warranty coverage. Both the dollar impact on you as a builder and the time lines involved will be clarified and explained.
The foundation for success for any builder depends on customer satisfaction. The subject touches virtually any contact you have with customers, and anything you produce for them. In this course we discuss how to make customer service a fundamental driver of all the things you do. Since most builders look to referrals as a critical source of new business, Customer Satisfaction is effectively your primary marketing tool. To do that job for you, it needs to be embedded in all that you and your employees do. We will explore how the owner / general manager can make that happen without having to be the one who must do all the work.
Tarion incorporates Customer Service in this education module for a good reason. Simply put, where customer service standards excel, your compliance with Tarion service standards will pretty much take care of themselves. In conducting your business in the most professional way, you will fulfill Tarion requirements as a matter of course.
This 20 hour classroom course is conducted over two full days. Tarion qualification exam will be administered at the end of Day 2 (examination fees are included in the basic course tuition).
Course fees $650+HST. A $100+HST deposit is required at time of booking. The remainder of fees ($550+HST) will be collected at the course and are payable by cash, e-transfer, cheque or credit card.
Clients who have enrolled in a previous MMI course are entitled to a reduced fee of $550+HST.
For course location see details at bottom of this page.
For alternative courses and dates please see our course calendar at:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-calendar/

Tarion FINANCIAL Planning and Management, Mississauga (enroll here)
2020-03-10 - 2020-03-11 | Monte Carlo Inn, (Hwy’s 407 & 410), Monte7035 Edwards Blvd. Carlo Inn (Hwy's 407 & 410), Mississauga, ON, L5S 1X2, Canada
To enroll, click on the link below:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-selector/

Tarion-Approved to fulfill the Financial Planning and Management training required for new home builder registration in Ontario. This is a comprehensive classroom course, designed to provide operating managers with the skills to plan, monitor and make decisions on all financial elements of a residential construction business. From the front-end demands of planning, budgeting and sourcing funds. Through cost control, cash management and financial supervision. To working with banks, accountants and formal financial reports. The course emphasizes understanding financial control more than the nuts and bolts of book keeping. The objective is to enable graduates to use financial information to assess their current situation, manage ongoing events and make sound plans for the future.
This 20 hour classroom course is conducted over two full weekdays. Tarion qualification exam will be administered at the end of Day-2 (examination fees are included in basic course tuition).
A deposit of $100 (+HST) is required to book space in this course. Remainder of course fees ($550 +HST), will be collected at the course and are payable by cash, e-transfer, cheque or credit card.
Clients who have enrolled in a previous MMI course are entitled to a reduced fee of $550+HST.
For course location see details at bottom of this page.
For alternative courses and dates please see our course calendar at:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-calendar/

Free Webinar, Update on Builder Licensing Reg's in Ontario (Enroll here)
2020-07-13 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
https://mmiproservices.com/course-selector/
Ontario law requires any business that builds new homes or develops a new residential property for sale must be licensed. In coming months the licensing authority will change. Up to now, the Tarion New Home Warranty Corporation has issued builder licenses and they remain the only authority for builder licensing at this time. But that is changing. By 2021 the licensing function will move to a new provincial body, The Home Construction Regulatory Authority.
That transition can lead to uncertainty for builders/contractors. Currently there is very little information available publicly about the new regulatory authority or how changes to licensing will be carried out. This webinar is will describe what is known about the new regulatory process, and how developers/contractors should proceed in coming months.
While change can be confusing and leave you uncertain of the correct path forward, there doesn’t need to be disruption to your plans. Take a couple of hours here. Get the facts and you can move your business forward with confidence that you can prepare for the coming changes.
This information is critical to new builders or developers who have not yet completed their licensing registration with Tarion. However, established companies will still find it informative to know what is happening with licensing in Ontario.

Managing Construction Job Costs
2022-05-18 13:00 - 2022-05-19 16:00
THIS COURSE IS HOSTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE OF CANADA
to enroll or for further information go to this link:
https://www.tcic.ca/pub/course_construction_job_cost_control.html
This is a professional development course for managers in all branches of the construction industry. It does earn education credit for Gold Seal certification. It is NOT part of the competency requirements for licensing through the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA).
This course explores the demands of cost control on construction projects, what causes errors and uncertainty and ways to gain control. Systems are outlined for tracking actual spending against budget, even while projects are underway. We look at how to use information to win a better result on current projects and improve financial planning for future projects.
The key to managing job costs is accurate timely information that can match spending to budgeted amounts. Trying to figure out what happened after the fact is no way to improve. These systems are not standard features of accounting programs. You may need to develop them for yourself. This course is intended to help you implement cost control systems and make them work for you.
Topics Covered:

Where inaccuracies arise, what makes cost tracking difficult
Relating your job profitability objective to company performance
Deriving useful lessons, even from missed objectives
Understanding the limitations of conventional accounting
Understanding the limits of construction software. How to make it work for you.
Methods for monitoring costs in real time
Matching actual to budgeted job costs
Matching spending status to job status
Taking advantage of Purchase Orders
Some cautions about Cost Plus / Time & Material work
Non-financial causes of cost overruns and how to prepare

Learning Outcomes:

Know how to zero in on where cost overruns occur
Monitor costs and budget status closer to real time and
Assess spending versus budget for specific phases of project
Connect more effectively with the whole management team
Understand how to continuously learn from each job and improve for the next
So that your control of job costs continues to get better over time

FINANCIAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, Live Webinar (Enroll here)
2022-05-31 08:30 - 2022-06-01 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, Toronto
https://mmiproservices.com/course-selector/
Approved by both the Home Construction Regulatory Authority and Tarion New Home Warranty Corporation to fulfill the Financial Planning and Management training required for new home builder licensing in Ontario. This is a live web seminar. The instructor is present with questions and conversation among attendees encouraged. The course is designed to provide operating managers with the skills to plan, monitor and make decisions on all financial elements of a residential construction business. From the front-end demands of planning, budgeting and sourcing funds. Through cost control, cash management and financial supervision. To working with banks, accountants and formal financial reports. The course emphasizes understanding financial control more than the nuts and bolts of book keeping. The objective is to enable graduates to use financial information to assess their current situation, manage ongoing events and make sound plans for the future.
This 16 hour course is conducted over two full weekdays. Licensing qualification exam will be administered at the end of Day-2 (examination fees are included in basic course tuition).
Course fees $550+HST. A deposit of $100 (+HST) is required to book space in this course. Remainder of course fees ($450 +HST), will be collected at the course and are payable by e-transfer, or credit card.
For alternative courses and dates please see our course calendar at:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-calendar/

Business Planning and Management, 2-Day Live Webinar
2022-06-07 08:30 - 2022-06-08 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, Toronto
To enroll, click on the link below:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-selector/

Approved by both the Home Construction Regulatory Authority and Tarion New Home Warranty Corporation to fulfill the Business Planning and Management training required for new home builder licensing in Ontario. This course provides an overview of the planning and general management needs of a residential construction business. Bringing together the disciplines of organization, product /marketing and finances into a coordinated framework for running a construction business in the most professional way. Emphasis is on explaining business fundamentals, and how they relate to a smooth operation. The objective is to free business owners from administrative detail by providing tools and understanding to build an organization that can get things done and support them in their more critical role of developing the business.

This 16 hour live webinar is conducted over two full days . The licensing qualification exam will be conducted at the end of Day 2. Examination fee is included in basic course tuition.
Course fees $550+HST. A $100+HST deposit is required at time of booking. Remaining fees ($450+HST) will be invoiced once the course had begun and are payable by cash, e-transfer, cheque or credit card.

For alternative courses and dates please see our course calendar at:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-calendar/

CUSTOMER SERVICE & TARION WARRANTY, Live Webinar (enroll here)
2022-06-13 08:30 - 2022-06-15 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, Mississauga , Mississauga, ON, Canada
https://mmiproservices.com/course-selector/
The details of the Tarion enrollment process and a builder’s legal obligations for warranty coverage on new homes can be complex and distracting. This course lays out what that process involves, and how the builder engages with Tarion at the individual project level. We will clarify step-by-step what you as a builder need to do to comply with Tarion and your legal obligation under Ontario’s legislation for new home builders to provide warranty coverage. Both the dollar impact on you as a builder and the time lines involved will be clarified and explained.
The foundation for success for any builder depends on customer satisfaction. The subject touches virtually any contact you have with customers, and anything you produce for them. In this course we discuss how to make customer service a fundamental driver of all the things you do. Since most builders look to referrals as a critical source of new business, Customer Satisfaction is effectively your primary marketing tool. To do that job for you, it needs to be embedded in all that you and your employees do. We will explore how the owner / general manager can make that happen without having to be the one who must do all the work.
Tarion incorporates Customer Service in this education module for a good reason. Simply put, where customer service standards excel, your compliance with Tarion service standards will pretty much take care of themselves. In conducting your business in the most professional way, you will fulfill Tarion requirements as a matter of course.
This 16 hour webinar is conducted over two full days.. It is conducted live with the instructor present for questions and conversation among attendees. Your qualification exam for builder licensing with the Home Construction Regulatory Authority will be administered at the end of Day 2 (examination fees are included in the basic course tuition).
Course fees $550+HST. A $100+HST deposit is required at time of booking. The remainder of fees ($450+HST) will be invoiced at the start of the course and are payable by cash, e-transfer, cheque or credit card.
For alternative courses and dates please see our course calendar at:
https://mmiproservices.com/course-calendar/
