by Jessica Gillette | Jan 23, 2025
BLUEPRINT READING 101
Begins Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 4:00PM – 7:00PM
Enhance your personal and professional value by enrolling in ABC-VA’s Blueprint Reading 101 for the Construction Industry. This comprehensive course is structured for the beginner and covers all phases of a construction project. Participants will discuss the phases of construction including site, landscape, architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical.
All employees in the construction industry can benefit from this course. Knowing and understanding the blueprint language is a highly marketable skill and will make anyone an invaluable resource to their company.
SCHEDULE
Eight-Day Program:
May 6, 13, 20, 27
June 3, 10, 17, 24
4:00PM – 7:00PM
COST
Member – $370
Non-Member – $540
Includes textbooks and blueprints
SUBSTITUTION/CANCELLATION POLICY
Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual can no longer attend. Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 48 hours in advance.
Questions?
Contact Shaye Currie
by Jessica Gillette | Jan 22, 2025
BLUEPRINT READING 101
Begins Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | 4:00PM – 7:00PM
**SOLD OUT!!**
Enhance your personal and professional value by enrolling in ABC-VA’s Blueprint Reading 101 for the Construction Industry. This comprehensive course is structured for the beginner and covers all phases of a construction project. Participants will discuss the phases of construction including site, landscape, architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical.
All employees in the construction industry can benefit from this course. Knowing and understanding the blueprint language is a highly marketable skill and will make anyone an invaluable resource to their company.
SCHEDULE
Eight-Day Program:
Oct 14, 21, 28
Nov 4, 11, 18
Dec 2, 9
4:00PM – 7:00PM
COST
Member – $370
Non-Member – $540
Includes textbooks and blueprints
SUBSTITUTION/CANCELLATION POLICY
Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual can no longer attend. Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 48 hours in advance.
Questions?
Contact Shaye Currie
by Jessica Gillette | Jan 22, 2025
BLUEPRINT READING 102
Begins Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | 4:00PM – 7:00PM
This course is designed to advance those with the fundamental skills and theories from the basic blueprint reading class (Blueprint 101) that is essential for print reading experience in heavy commercial construction. The textbook and actual project drawings used for this course present and reinforce the concepts of elements commonly found on prints of large structures.
The topics to be covered in these sessions include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Working Drawings and Drawing Concepts
• Types of Construction
• Specifications
• Sitework
• Structural Steel Construction
• Reinforced Concrete Construction
• Mechanical and Electrical Systems
• Finish Construction
• Trade Competency Tests and Review Questions
SCHEDULE
Eight-Day Program:
Aug 5, 12, 19, 26
Sep 2, 9, 16, 23
4:00PM – 7:00PM
COST
Member – $370
Non-Member – $540
Includes textbooks and blueprints
SUBSTITUTION/CANCELLATION POLICY
Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual can no longer attend. Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 48 hours in advance.
Questions?
Contact Shaye Currie
by Jessica Gillette | Jan 22, 2025
BLUEPRINT READING 101
**FULL. Please email Shaye Currie for waitlist and/or register for our next Blueprint Reading 101 workshop on August 5.**
Begins Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 4:00PM – 7:00PM
Enhance your personal and professional value by enrolling in ABC-VA’s Blueprint Reading 101 for the Construction Industry. This comprehensive course is structured for the beginner and covers all phases of a construction project. Participants will discuss the phases of construction including site, landscape, architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical.
All employees in the construction industry can benefit from this course. Knowing and understanding the blueprint language is a highly marketable skill and will make anyone an invaluable resource to their company.
SCHEDULE
Eight-Day Program:
February 18, 25
March 4, 11, 18, 25
April 1, 8
4:00PM – 7:00PM
COST
Member – $370
Non-Member – $540
Includes textbooks and blueprints
SUBSTITUTION/CANCELLATION POLICY
Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual can no longer attend. Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 48 hours in advance.
Questions?
Contact Shaye Currie
by Jessica Gillette | Jan 21, 2025
PRECONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SUBCONTRACTOR
**This class has been cancelled. Please email Kristen Altermatt with any questions.**
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 8:30AM – 1:00PM
Monty Lay, Director of Preconstruction, and Justin Tony, Estimating Executive, will deliver an interactive discussion on factors to consider before bidding projects to your customers. This course is designed for new sales, business development personnel, and estimators in the subcontractor industry. Topics of discussion:
1. The role of preconstruction in the overall construction project lifecycle.
2. The “Go/No-Go” decision process for potential opportunities.
3. Identifying key milestones and deliverables
4. Analyzing the RFP bid specifications, drawings, and addenda.
5. The importance of early involvement and collaboration.
6. Preconstruction planning and estimating.
7. Creating a risk management plan.
8. Gathering accurate cost data and pricing information
9. Defining general requirements, general conditions, indirects, and overhead.
10. Contingency planning
INSTRUCTORS
Monty Lay, Director of Preconstruction, ColonialWebb
Justin Toney, Estimating Executive, Old Dominion Group
LOCATION
ABC-VA Central Virginia Training Facility
1600 E Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228
COST
Members $85
Non-members $125
Lunch provided
CANCELLATION/SUBSTITUTION POLICY
Please note that a reservation constitutes a financial commitment unless cancellations are made 48 hours in advance. Substitutions are welcome at any time if the originally registered individual(s) are no longer available.
COURSE CONTACT
Kristen Altermatt
