Workshops
In-person workshops have returned! Construction Institute has started offering in person workshops for professionals in the industry. These workshops will also be streamed live for those who cannot attend in person. Discounted prices for members.
AIA LU's
Construction Institute is an AIA Registered Provider, CCM Recertification Point Provider and NY-Professional Engineering approved sponsor of CE.
Upcoming Workshops
Building and Managing Schedules
Presenter: George Fink |
May 14, 2024
10:00am-12:00pm |
Building and Managing Budgets
Presenter: John Hilf |
May 16, 2024
10:00am-12:00pm |
Project Change Management
Presenter: John Hilf |
May 16, 2024
1:00pm-3:00pm |
Managing Projects- The Basics
Presenter: Lewis Finkel |
May 29, 2024
10:00am-12:00pm |
Presentors:
George Fink - Berkeley Research Group (BRG)
George Fink is a Managing Director of Berkeley Research Group (BRG) with over twenty years of expert construction consulting experience and forty years of industry experience. This experience spans project management, scheduling, inspection, estimating and coordination on hotel and hospitality, residential and housing, multi-use high rise, transportation, wastewater, education, healthcare, federal, courts and corrections, and energy projects. He is an expert in schedule delay analysis, insurance claims, cost entitlement, construction deficiencies and construction management standards of care. Fink has taught scheduling classes to the ABA Construction Forum and numerous government, state and local entities, in addition to CLE certified classes to numerous law firms.
John O. Hilf - P. E. Tucker Mechanical/Emcor Group Inc.
John has been involved with the Construction Institute since his arrival in Connecticut in 2015, attending seminars and as a member of the Education Committee. John is currently the New York Group Manager for Tucker Mechanical and has also served as Tucker’s Major Projects Group Manager and Operations Manager. The best thing about Tucker Mechanical, John thinks, is the mentoring environment present from the fab shop to the office and into the field. John’s career in construction spans more than four decades. In that time, he has played leading roles in a variety of high-profile projects in North and South America and Europe. From international airports to sophisticated ethanol processing plants to industrial equipment manufacturing shops, and robotic welding and paint finishing operations, John has a wide breadth of experience with projects, people, organizations, and governmental agencies. He has worked on projects in markets including automotive, robotics, healthcare, power generation, and institutional. His familiarity with project delivery includes EPC, design-build, integrated project delivery, cost plus, and lump sum. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and is certified in the Project Management Process.
Lewis Finkel - Professional Construction Services
Lewis Finkel, F.C.P.E., is a Certified Professional Estimator with over 50 years of construction experience. He is President of Professional Construction Services, a company that provides estimating for Architects, Facilities Managers, Municipalities and Construction Managers. Mr. Finkel graduated from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a Construction Management Minor. Mr. Finkel is a past National President and a Fellow of the American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) and a past National President of the Consulting Estimators Round Table (CERT). Lew has been teaching for thirty years, at the college level he has taught construction estimating and related topics for continuing education courses at Capital Community College, Norwalk Community College and currently for the professional development curriculum of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has retired from teaching construction estimating after eleven years in the Construction Management degree program at Central Connecticut State University. He has been a speaker at the National Convention of the American Society of Professional Estimators, The National Convention of the American Institute of Architects and the National Convention of the Construction Specifications Institute. He has been on the International Taskforce that issued the 2010 edition of the CSI UniFormat classification system. He was a work group leader for the OmniClass classification system. He is a member of the Cost Effective subcommittee of the Whole Building Design Guide of the National Institute of Building Sciences. In the Construction Institute he was chairman of the Technology Committee which presented programs on the cutting edge of technology for the AEC industry, teaching many workshops and as a longtime member of the Board of Directors. Teaching is a passion for him and seeing the light bulb go off in someone whether an undergraduate or a seasoned professional is one of the most satisfying things imaginable.
George Fink - Berkeley Research Group (BRG)
George Fink is a Managing Director of Berkeley Research Group (BRG) with over twenty years of expert construction consulting experience and forty years of industry experience. This experience spans project management, scheduling, inspection, estimating and coordination on hotel and hospitality, residential and housing, multi-use high rise, transportation, wastewater, education, healthcare, federal, courts and corrections, and energy projects. He is an expert in schedule delay analysis, insurance claims, cost entitlement, construction deficiencies and construction management standards of care. Fink has taught scheduling classes to the ABA Construction Forum and numerous government, state and local entities, in addition to CLE certified classes to numerous law firms.
John O. Hilf - P. E. Tucker Mechanical/Emcor Group Inc.
John has been involved with the Construction Institute since his arrival in Connecticut in 2015, attending seminars and as a member of the Education Committee. John is currently the New York Group Manager for Tucker Mechanical and has also served as Tucker’s Major Projects Group Manager and Operations Manager. The best thing about Tucker Mechanical, John thinks, is the mentoring environment present from the fab shop to the office and into the field. John’s career in construction spans more than four decades. In that time, he has played leading roles in a variety of high-profile projects in North and South America and Europe. From international airports to sophisticated ethanol processing plants to industrial equipment manufacturing shops, and robotic welding and paint finishing operations, John has a wide breadth of experience with projects, people, organizations, and governmental agencies. He has worked on projects in markets including automotive, robotics, healthcare, power generation, and institutional. His familiarity with project delivery includes EPC, design-build, integrated project delivery, cost plus, and lump sum. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and is certified in the Project Management Process.
Lewis Finkel - Professional Construction Services
Lewis Finkel, F.C.P.E., is a Certified Professional Estimator with over 50 years of construction experience. He is President of Professional Construction Services, a company that provides estimating for Architects, Facilities Managers, Municipalities and Construction Managers. Mr. Finkel graduated from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a Construction Management Minor. Mr. Finkel is a past National President and a Fellow of the American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) and a past National President of the Consulting Estimators Round Table (CERT). Lew has been teaching for thirty years, at the college level he has taught construction estimating and related topics for continuing education courses at Capital Community College, Norwalk Community College and currently for the professional development curriculum of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has retired from teaching construction estimating after eleven years in the Construction Management degree program at Central Connecticut State University. He has been a speaker at the National Convention of the American Society of Professional Estimators, The National Convention of the American Institute of Architects and the National Convention of the Construction Specifications Institute. He has been on the International Taskforce that issued the 2010 edition of the CSI UniFormat classification system. He was a work group leader for the OmniClass classification system. He is a member of the Cost Effective subcommittee of the Whole Building Design Guide of the National Institute of Building Sciences. In the Construction Institute he was chairman of the Technology Committee which presented programs on the cutting edge of technology for the AEC industry, teaching many workshops and as a longtime member of the Board of Directors. Teaching is a passion for him and seeing the light bulb go off in someone whether an undergraduate or a seasoned professional is one of the most satisfying things imaginable.