Daniel Patrick McGahn, Executive Vice President, Konarka Technologies will discuss how advances in nanotechnology and materials science have led to the development of new photovoltai ...

Multi speaker session featuring Greg Cunningham, AIA, LEED AP, who is co-principal of Enovity, Inc., Kristin Heinemeier, P.E., Ph.D., Senior Engineer with Print Map

 With Stanley Mazor, Principal, Mazor Design.  Mazor will describe a four phase design and construction project re-creating a ...

With Udaya Patnaik.     Green Construction approaches like LEED have helped us to make our buildings more environmentally friendly and realize new efficiencies.  Perhaps one of the greatest impac ...

By Carrie Strahan architect,  National Park Service.  The Presidio – Crissy Field Warming Hut in San Francisco. The National Park Service (NPS) partnered with the Golden ...

With Stephen Scott, EMF Consultant/Electrical Contractor with EMF Services.   Within the last decade EMF Management in building wiring systems has become an important component of healthy building practices. Th ...

Mike Price (PolishedCrete) will be doing a demo session on polishing concrete. Polishing concrete is a advanced chemical and mechanical means of transforming a concrete slab su ...

With Theron Roschen, PE, Principal Civil Engineer, Sacramento County DOT.    California generates 30 million scrap tires annually. Over the last 12 years, the Sacramento ...

By Doug Peters.  The first phase of mobile for the construction industry provided basic mobile capabilities, typically browser based or “always-connected” applications for Palm-based PDAs. While this con ...

Edward L. King,  Vice President/Operations for ISI Inspection Services, Inc. will speak on Special Inspections. These are building code mandated and are over and abov ...

With Bruce Arthur.  This session will explore Low Impact Development and use oflandscape a water feature which diverts rainwater downspouts through a wetland and series of cascades ending in a rain garden. This pres ...

Joe Cota, a successful contractor and instructor at San Jose City College wil be doing a session addressing management and administration contractors.Session Objectives 1. What do you n ...

With Mike Einstein.  The concept of the “smart home” – a house where tasks such as turning lights on to a pre-set level, adjusting the thermostat, starting up the morning coffee and more, are contr ...

By Ted Schwartz.   Even on its best days, being a Contractor in California is a risky and time consuming business. The challenges confronting Contractors of any sized business today are greater and more complex ...

By Deisy Bach.  This seminar provides tools and recommendations designed to help employers identify and address the risks and requirements of their recruiting process, and helps them hire and retain quality per ...

By Ani Kortikar, CEO Netramind, Inc.  Whether you are an architect, contractor, home builder or a company selling to a geographically confined area—like the Bay Area or Northern California, you’ll want t ...

Wtih Mark Simmons.     If you're looking for new and more efficient ways to grow your business--and to stand out in a crowded marketplace--I would like to show you an extremely powerful way for you to ...

By Alfred Firato of HIRE-SAFE.  “Don’t let the next applicant fool you!” Learn about: • How Criminal Background Checks can protect you • The enormous hidden cost of Negligent Hiring & ...

By Juilo Ruiz, Jr.  Much is said by both safety personnel and organizational leadership about devoting time energy and resources to establish the "foundation" of a construction safety program which is norm ...

With Karen Smith.   Construction disputes are inevitable. No matter how skilled the tradesman, how tight the contract or how good the current relationship, every professional encounters strife with owners, subs ...