EVENTS and SEMINARS

Updated 3/08/2010 If you need a form to sign up for one of our events please call 650-591-4486 and we will fax you one. For a downloadable flyer you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have it you can download it for free from Adobe.com but almost all computers have it installed. . Events are open to members, their employees and their families.

 

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Call and get on the list for our offerings catalog which also has the signup sheet on the back. The catalog lists additional non-credit business seminars for construction. Call 650-591-4486 for your copy

Member Events - for members and their employees and familieis!

Cache Creek Casino Day Trip – Time to take a Friday off and have some fun! Catch the bus in the Exchange Parking lot and ride with your friends up to Cache Creek Casino. Have a fun day gambling and then get the bus back to the Exchange in the late afternoon. This is only $35 and you also get money and food coupons. This is a great getaway and one that you can bring you friends on. Don’t forget your mother in law! We leave Friday, May 7th at 8AM sign up with the enclosed form!

La Paz, Mexico – Fishing – Fish in Mexico from Thursday, July 22nd to Monday, July 26th, plus enjoy diving, snorkeling, kayaking and golf. It doesn’t get much better than this! Includes Air from SFO, Transfers, Taxes, Hotel and food on the boat (breakfast & lunch) for three days. We have had some AMAZING fishing in this area and if you like to fish you will love this trip. There is also a lot for your wife / girlfriend to do while you are fishing (if she doesn’t fish) so bring her along! Look in the photo at right and see if you can find the fish in the upper left hand corner! Use the flyer to sign up.

Office Space For Rent – You can rent one of our offices depending on your company needs. We have 180, 330 or 510 square feet depending upon how you split them up. If you want to be a part of the larger community of contractors and right next to the plan room this is for you!  This is an end unit with lots of light and windows and your car is right outside. Full service space including janitorial. Conference room, mail and package and right near 101.  The last tenant has done so well here they outgrew the offices in just a few years and moved to a larger building. Please call Tom or Leslie at 650-591-4486

 
Storage Space – We have one chain link fenced storage space in our rear area – its U lock and no hazardous material (gas, paint, etc.) but otherwise it’s the perfect place for those bulky items you don’t have room for but do not want to leave unprotected. Call Tom or Leslie at 650-591-4486

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Pheasant Hunting at Bird’s Landing is Back!  –Saturday, March 27th  At Bird’s Landing (about 1 hour away from San Carlos) – This is a guided hunt with 4 to 5 people to a dog and guide and both pheasant and chukar are in the fields. We normally all have our limits by noon and then we go back to the clubhouse for a steak BBQ and beer. While you are eating the ladies who work there clean your birds, pull out all the feathers  and put them in little plastic bags. Hunting just doesn’t get any better than this! A big part of what builders exchanges are all about is the friendship and doing things together!  Use the enclosed form.
Includes:  2 Pheasants, 3 Chukar, cleaned, Guide and Dog, & Lunch

Lien Law Seminar – California has excellent lien laws that protect your right to payment – BUT you must do certain easy to do things BEFORE a problem arises. Learn how to get and keep your lien protection. This seminar is a MUST for the person in your office who is in charge of pre-liens and billing. Construction Attorney Cathleen Curl is the regional expert on construction litigation. March 10th  9AM until about Noon. Bring your questions! Learn about the new changes coming up in 2011. Flyer Here

Small Claims Court – How you can successfully pursue a case in small claims court. March 31st   9:30 to 11:30 AM. How many times have you had a customer who owes you a few thousand dollars and you just let it go because the amount is too small to be worth the expense of going to court? The person who didn’t pay often knows this too. It’s just too expensive to use our legal system for the small stuff. Unless you use small claims court! Construction Attorney Cathleen Curl gives you the information (and trade secrets) you need to successfully win in small claims court. Justice shouldn’t have a price tag and small claims court is here for you. Learn how to use it and get those small debts paid!

How to Work Effectively With Architects – Form the working relationships you need to maintain a profitable repeat business relationship. Architects are also a good source of referrals! Topics include Communication, RFI’s, Schedules and Change orders. Taught by an Architect and an attorney. At the Exchange, Wednesday, April 7th from 9:30 AM to about Noon. Please use the flyer

Return To Work – One of the best ways to help employees who are injured is to get them back to work as soon as possible. This is one of those “everybody wins” things you can do. Our friends at State Fund are holding a seminar on RTW (Return To Work) on March 10th in Pleasanton.  It is Free and they will even feed  you if you get there a little early. If you have employees you really need to go to this. If you have an injury and you are a member of one of our groups (571 and 713) we have a professional claims assistant to assist you and/or your broker if you need help and ask for it. We support hundreds of group members with SCIF worker’s comp.

Beach Blanket Babylon – What does that mean? It’s a play in San Francisco – In fact it is the longest running play in the country. It’s a musical with lots of outrageous stuff and you must bring your ID because no one under 21 is admitted (it’s a little risqué in spots). If you haven’t seen Beach Blanket and its outrageous costumes and hilarious spoof of pop culture you are missing one of Northern California’s most important cultural events. Tickets are only $44 and we go on May 6th. Sign up with the enclosed flyer.
 

Stuff that's coming up - but not yet in print:

Green Construction 
Trip to Ireland
Trip to New Orleans


What do we do regularly?

Exchange members network through a series of events during the year. Some events are one time only and others are reoccurring. Click on the links below to learn a little about our reoccurring events and seminars.

Fishing - There ain't no fish in California - Try Mexico this summer!

Pheasant Hunting - We go to Birds Landing each Fall

Golf - Members get together each fall for the Exchange Tournament

Mexico - Every November we all go to Mexico to relax, drink and get wild

Paintball - Rambo on steroids, great for company team building!

Travel - International destinations!

Wild Boar Hunting - Try our annal wild boar hunt! Or an expedition for Caribou in Canada

Sporting Clays - Skeet on Steroids!

Theater and Opera - About six events each year - good seats, discount tickets and lotsa friends!

Seminars - Lien laws, contracts, safety, and more - Seminars run fall through spring.

Night at The Races - Go get lucky at Bay Meadows - every October

Christmas Party - Come over to the exchange for a great party just before Christmas!

Fun Train to Reno - Yeah! time to take the train to Reno and Gamble! February or thereabouts

Community Service - Donate toys to fixing houses with your fellow members

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