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Landrun Chapter 80 Newsletter Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Vol. 6; Issue 10 May 2019 OKC Meetings on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Everyone is welcome Lunch and Program included, $20, credit cards accepted. No Regular Meeting in December

Ingrid's Kitchen, 3701 N. Youngs Blvd, Oklahoma City

Recent News & Announcements

Chapter Officers 2019-2020 President & Newsletter: Phyllis Battle [email protected] Vice President: Mike Phillips [email protected] Secretary: Anna Howard [email protected] Treasurer: Joe Nashert [email protected] Exec.Secretary & Awards: Rick Martin [email protected] Program: Robbin Baker [email protected] Certification: David Battle [email protected] Membership: Asradee Stevens [email protected] Nomination: Lani O’Reidy [email protected] Social Chair: Scott Berger [email protected] Collegiate & Scholarship: Erik Williams [email protected] Fundraising: Phillip Brandt [email protected] See us at: www.aspeokc.org National Website

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Read below: OKC Marathon SW-NW Regional Report Conceptual Estimating Membership Benefits

Thank you to our sponsors of the 10 Year Anniversary Dinner

Chapter 80 Election Results

Ecospan Composite Floor System

Vulcraft/Vulcor Group

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LOCAL LANDRUN NEWS May 2019 Chapter 80 Newsletter

May Meeting Ecospan System NUCOR, Vulcraft Verco Group James Freiberg Speaker at Spring Regional

June Meeting Scissortail Park Jobsite tour Tailgate lunch - RSVP required.

July – No Meeting Scissortail Park Jobsite – Let’s try again!

August Meeting Pvilion – Lightweight Solar Constructions, AIA “Wired Skins” Photovoltaics & Lightweight Structures for sustainable architecture

September Meeting Armstrong Flooring with Dennis Scott

2019 Program Calendar Oklahoma City, OK

ASPE 2019 Summit

Kansas City, MO June 19-22, 2019

Conceptual EstimatingGood, Bad & the Ugly

No reservations needed for regular meetings*Sign in & Social at 11:30 Program at noon. Credit cards accepted.

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Anna Howard, CPE, led our April Meeting, and led a lively discussion of the Conceptual Estimating challenges for the estimator. She said it is both a science and an art, because of the complexity of each project and the level of experience required of the estimator. The Conceptual Estimate is a very important tool and should be included from the inception of any project. So, she asked, how do you price a building project? Although there are estimating software programs out there on the market, it doesn’t substitute for a qualified estimator. She emphasized the importance of asking the right questions of your client and obtaining adequate information. Also, what looks like a bad estimate may in reality be insufficient information provided by the client to the estimator. She asked attendees to tell a story or two of their experiences, which included a few referencing the use of a narrative, or historical data of their own. All of which only emphasized the importance of obtaining a good, experienced estimator. Anna is an ASPE member and currently serves as Secretary of our

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Read What Chapter 80 Members are doing around town On April 28th David Battle ran his first full marathon in this year’s OKC Memorial Marathon. Years ago David assisted the Design Team for the Memorial with his cost consulting , and worked with Hans & Tori Butzer, the Award winning Architects for the project. On left, see the article reprinted from the Oklahoman. Photo shows David with his grandkids who were proud of their Papa! Send in YOUR STORY to be featured in an upcoming Chapter Newsletter to Phyllis Battle

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Chapter 80 2019-20 OfficersLook at our great team!

Phyllis Battle, President Mike Phillips, VP Anna Howard, Secretary

Joe Nashert, Treasurer

Robbin Baker, Program Rick Martin, Executive Secretary & Awards

David Battle, Certification

Asradee Stevens, Membership

Lani O’Reidy, Nominations Scott Berger, Social

Phillip Brandt, Fundraising

Erik Williams, Collegiate & Scholarship Ed Harris, Past

President

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2019 NW/SW Regional Report

Mike Phillips, Chapter Vice President, attended the SW-NW Spring Regional. He spoke briefly at our April Meeting about his experience. Here are a few of his comments:

The Regional was good to meet other people from the Western US and expand your network of contacts. There were approximately 25 people in attendance.

On Friday, they had two presentations in the morning. One was on concrete additives for quicker curing to achieve lower RH numbers for fast paced projects. The other was on building automation integration. Both sessions were informative. Read about the Friday afternoon Bid Simulation in the next column.

On Saturday morning we had National business and worked on a slide show presentation of ideas to help Chapters continue to stay current on topics, maintain membership and also add membership. This document will be combined with others from the Regionals and eventually be sent out to all the Chapters for reference for their use.

11th Hour Bid

Simulation

Friday afternoon, they held the 11th hour bid simulation. We split up into 5 groups, each having at least one person from a GC in each group. The other estimators were from suppliers and subcontracting backgrounds. It was an enjoyable experience to show the subs how we, as a GC, evaluate and scope out bids on bid day and make necessary communications as needed for clarifications to the quotes. We were looking for missing items/scope, overlap of scopes with other trades, sales tax, addendum acknowledgement, and so on. The “bids” are handed out in 5 different phases during the simulation, so it represents the “waves” of bids a GC actually receives on bid day, and it keeps things interesting and under pressure to meet the deadline. We were actually completing our bid form just minutes ahead of the deadline, and one team made it with seconds left on the time clock. I am proud to say, that our team was the closet to the actual bid amount that is predetermined for the competition.

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2019 Member Discounts with: ASPE On-Line Classes ASPE Job Board On Center ConsesusDocs Craftsman Books Davis-Bacon Wage Rates Doc-U-Sign DCD Magazine Firestone Pipeline Suite Software ProEst Software Walker’s Building Estimator’s Reference Book

ASPE Membership Benefits Educational ProgramsOnline classes Chapter meetings

“Estimating Today” National magazine with valuable information and articles by other ASPE members!

Certified Professional Estimator – CPE Continuing education

Associate Estimating Professional – AEP Brand new certification available this year

Networking A business development tool while building professional relationships

Standards & Ethics Promotes highest in the practice of construction estimating

Don’t forget to renew your membership today!

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Monthly First Wednesday

See you!

Plan to go this year to the National Summit. Last year all meals were included, and this year you can drive to it from OKC! Let’s fill up a car and go together!

CHAPTER 80

10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

January 2009 – 2019

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