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University of California Riverside Extension

Construction Budget, Accounting and Contract Management
Course Number: MGT X471.3
Explore the methods commonly used for cost budgeting, procurement of materials, equipment and labor, subcontracting, as well as control of the various financial components of a construction project.
* Fundamentals of finance
* Cost management strategies
* Financial and managerial accounting issues related to construction projects
* Cash flow and revenues projection and payment scheduling
* Contract preparation and management
https://www.extension.ucr.edu/enroll/catalog/olr_course_details.php?crsid=4950

Blueprint Reading - Construction Drawings for the Building Trades
ENGR X455.01
Examines the development, use and analysis of blueprints for construction managers, general contractors, various building trades including plumbers, electricians and others. Topics include preparing blueprints, identifying common blueprint terminology and styles, industrial blueprint requirements, analyzing important features, use of blueprints on the jobsite, developing key questions and challenges to information in blueprints, liability and limitations of blueprints, cost factors and tradeoffs, interpreting design elements and features, codes, structural requirements and engineering fundamentals.
https://www.extension.ucr.edu/enroll/catalog/olr_course_details.php?crsid=18050

Fundamentals of Construction Costs, Estimating and Budgeting
Course Number: MGT X471.2
Overview of the procedures and techniques for estimating construction project costs.
* Preparation of quality surveys
* Material estimates
* Labor and equipment costs
* Pricing of contractor and subcontractor work from blueprints and working plans
https://www.extension.ucr.edu/enroll/catalog/olr_course_details.php?crsid=4949

University of Redlands, San Diego Campus

Supervisory Excellence, April 11-13, 2011
This three-day workshop helps supervisors develop more effective planning, management and performance management skills.
Supervisory Excellence Workshop flyer
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
* Apply diverse supervisory styles and approaches
* Effectively delegate
* Identify and use your strengths to manage people and tasks
* Strategize about how best to approach complex problems and situations at work
* Identify ways to engage other's strengths to continuously improve workflow and work dynamics
* Create new communication approaches to better manage work situations
http://www.redlands.edu/academics/school-of-continuing-studies/5865.aspx

Managing Differences through Workplace Inclusion, San Diego Campus
June 27 & 28, 2011
This two-day workshop provides an understanding of and appreciation for workforce diversity. In this course, you will explore methods for capitalizing on differences in the workplace through a strategy of inclusion.
Managing Differences Workshop flyer
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
* Define diversity and the history of terms used and misused over the years
* Increase understanding of the changing demographics in the country's workforce
* Discuss the strategic business case for embracing differences
* Examine the cost of not leveraging diversity
* Develop strategies and methods to increase diversity awareness
http://www.redlands.edu/academics/school-of-continuing-studies/5865.aspx

Westwood College

Construction Management Bachelor's Program (various classes)
http://www.westwood.edu/locations/california/anaheim-campus/