Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 4, 1 ʻApelila 2017 — Training helps build construction businesses [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Training helps build construction businesses

By Lisa Asato The Building Industry Association of Hawai'i wants to help you take your new or established construction business to the next level. The Construction Business Development Series "offers an opportunity for those in the construction industry to improve organizational skills, leam about legal concems, improve business operations, leam how to develop a business plan, and fine-tune project management skills," according to a news release. "The CBDS will cover broad entrepreneurial topics as well as those specific to construction, such as putting together a project bid." Classes are free and consist of five sessions from April 19 to May 8. Participants completing all five sessions will earn a certificate. Classes will be held at BIA-Hawai'i's Construction Training Center of the Paeihe, 94-487 Akoki St., Waipahu, HI 96797, as follows: > Session 1: Constructing a Business: Some Assembly Required covers the nuts and bolts

of starting a construction business. > Session 2: Insuring Success: Legal Considerations discusses completing a business plan, human resources for contractors, bonding,

surety, workers' compensation and banking. > Session 3: Accounting Your Finances features more on banking and a discussion with bank panelists. > Session4: Quantifying Success coversresponding to a bid, permitting projects, contracting subcontractors, and control and management of a project. > Session 5: The Finishing Touches offers lessons on insulating your business future, what clients want and tips from pros on business in real life. The series is made possible through a grant from the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Division and through organizational support from the Small Business Administration and BIA-Hawai'i. Space is limited. For registration and information, contact Barbara Nishikawa at BLN@ biaHawaii.org or 629-7505, or go online to www. biaHawaii.org. ■

The Building lndustry Association's free training helps construction businesses succeed. - Photo: Courtesy Building lndustry Association