Thanks for considering my seminars for your CEU requirements.

Presenting CEU Seminars in Florida is a competitive business. I know that it's not enough that I'm a nationally recognized speaker, that I consistently receive some of the highest speaker evaluations at industry trade shows, that I have complete command of my subjects or that I can keep you interested and entertained for an entire seminar day, so I've decided to include some of my best software programs as an extra incentive to convince you to attend my seminars above my competition.

I've sold hundreds of these programs, forms and references in the past several years, but I'm going to give these proven products away for FREE to everyone who attends any of my CEU seminars this summer.

All these programs, forms and references are in Microsoft Excel format. Each program includes a professional installation program that will effortlessly install the correct files on your computer automatically at your command. Distribution of the software will be made at the seminar by providing you with the website address where you may download the files, and the keycodes to unlock the installation programs.

Excel Forms Library

I get so many requests for my free forms that I decided to make them available on the website just to make it easier on me.  The FREE library of Excel forms includes many forms that go along with my other software, such as the collection of timesheets for use with TimeTrax, or the rubber stamp patterns for use with QuickBooks.  The collection includes Bid File Inserts, Mileage Log, Vendor Invoice, Design Agreements and my popular Confirmation of Instruction form, plus others I add all the time.  All the forms are in Excel format, so you can edit them to suit your needs.  I originally offered them individually, but over the internet it was more efficient to bundle them all together as one download.  The installation program will install them into a new folder and put an icon on your desktop to make them easy to find.   Retail Price $95.00   FREE to all Seminar Participants!

Manpower Productivity Study

Labor is one of the hardest things to estimate, largely because there are no established productivity rates to use as a consistent base. Many popular national construction costs manuals provide manpower productivity rates, but in a multiple of formats (units per crew per day, board feet per man hour, etc.) that make it difficult to compare. In addition, it always seems that no single manual provides all the necessary rates, and in many cases the details regarding each rate leave questions at to interpretation.

The Manpower Productivity Study addresses this problem head on. The study establishes and defines a number of common construction tasks, identifies the corresponding productivity rates from eight national construction cost manuals, converts each rate to the same man hour per unit factor, compares each manual's resulting rate side-by-side on a bar graph with additional graphs for the average and adjusted averages. This process reveals that while many rates are fairly close, some manual rates were so deviant from the norm that they received additional research that sometimes resulted in a restated rate based upon a different interpretation of the manual, or in some cases they were simply excluded from the final results as being incorrect. As a final test, each rate was plugged into a written scenario that provided a "reasonableness" test of the number by converting it into a real world statement.

The end result of this study is a through set of final manpower productivity figures that are intended to be used as a basis for accurately estimating manpower requirements for concrete, masonry and carpentry trades. The rates are used in our UnitCost spreadsheet to calculate construction costs and are expected to be employed by PowerTools Software in a number of additional estimating programs in the near future. Retail Price $95.00   FREE to all Seminar Participants!

UnitCost

UnitCost is a fully automated Excel spreadsheet that calculates unit cost for a number of common structural components. The program puts your local material and labor rates into a series of computer models for demolition, concrete, masonry, framing and finish carpentry. The user may view and modify the master takeoffs or the models as desired. Updates are easy: When the price of an item such as concrete changes, the user enters the new price into the materials list and all the models are instantly updated. The customized menu provides commands for previewing or printing any individual page or the entire report in book format with a cover page.   Retail Price $95.00   FREE to all Seminar Participants!

QuickBooks Pro Chart of Accounts

My QuickBooks Pro Chart of Accounts and MasterCode Cost Code System was developed in consultation with Builders all over the country. The Chart of Accounts provides a comprehensive master plan with accounts to accommodate almost every conceivable situation. The MasterCode Cost Code System is specifically designed to meet the requirements of specification cataloging, estimating and job cost accounting with the specific goal of facilitating the process of using historical unit cost information from bookkeeping to estimate future projects. This Excel file includes both systems in full charts with notes, plus numerous one-page reference charts such as Income Accounts, Balance Sheet Accounts, Overhead Codes, Cost Codes, Top 100 Cost Codes, Workers Comp Codes, all in both numerical and alphabetical formats. Many of these Reference Charts are designed to be printed on colored index paper and laminated for continuous office or field use. The Excel format allows you to easily edit the lists and charts to suit your purpose.   Retail Price $95.00   FREE to all Seminar Participants!

TimeTrax for Excel

Processes employee timecard information and calculates complete and accurate payroll costs by project and cost code, including payroll taxes, insurance and employee benefits.  Get job cost reports that include the full payroll labor cost in every line item.  Records and tracks billable hours for specified projects and prints complete Billable Hours Reports.  Creates dozens of reports including Payroll Cost by Project and by Employee, Payroll Transfer Schedule and others.  TimeTrax for Excel will pay for itself with the Workers Compensation audit capabilities alone. Take charge of your payroll labor cost today!   Retail Price $95.00   FREE to all Seminar Participants!