Becoming a Business: Whether you’re starting out or you just want to know how to organize your business this is your starting point. Emphasis here is on what a functional organization looks like. We study demands from outside interests (e.g. government, your banker, insurance etc), recognizing priorities, where risks lie and how to be prepared.... Read more »

Getting Professional: Even an established construction business can become so focused on the job site that the “office work” fails to keep up. Simultaneous projects can demand more attention than one person can provide. Hiring staff brings whole new dimensions of management and regulatory challenges. The owner can’t be everywhere and active on everything so... Read more »

Adjusting For Growth: In a project-based business like construction, growth comes in large blocks, bringing sudden demands for resources, financing, and management attention. There’s no such thing as test-marketing. If you decide to take new work, extend your scope of services or enter new markets, you need to be ready for what comes. At this... Read more »

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... Read more »

MMI is presenting at this, the largest trade show and conference in Canada dedicated to the building and property management industries.  Whether or not you attend the MMI presentation (described below), you will find a trip to the trade show worthwhile.  It runs 8-5 November 29&30 and 9-1 on Friday, December 1.  This is the... Read more »

Approved to fulfill the Business Planning and Management training required for new home builder registration 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... Read more »

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... Read more »