[Durham INC] Durham Offers Small Business Classes Beginning Feb. 14

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

 

 

 

For Immediate Release: January 24, 2012

 

 

 

Durham Offers Small Business Workshop Beginning Feb. 14

Free Workshop Series Designed to Support Small Business Growth and
Development; 

Fourth Seminar Set for February 14 - March 20   

 

What:              "Scheduling and Estimating" - Seminar #4 in Workshop
Series for Small Businesses 

 

Who:               City of Durham Equal Opportunity and Equity Assurance
Department and Skanska USA Building

 

When:             Every Tuesday from February 14, 2012 to March 20,
2012, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  

 

Where:            Skanska USA Building 

4309 Emperor Blvd., Suite 200 

Durham, N.C. 27703

 

Fast Facts:

*         This training will be conducted in partnership with Skanska
USA Building, and will concentrate on enhancing the scheduling and
estimating skills of small construction business owners. 

 

*         The training will extend for eight weeks and will be conducted
on site at Skanska's location on Emperor Boulevard. Highlights of the
training will include: blueprint reading, construction plans and
specifications, construction bid documents, quantity take-offs, pricing,
and computer-estimating programs. 

 

*         Classes will be taught by professionals from Skanska's
Estimating Department. Participation in these classes will be limited
and will be managed on a first come, first served basis.

 

*         This seminar series was developed by the City's Equal
Opportunity/Equity Assurance Department to provide technical assistance
services to local, small businesses for this fiscal year. These free
workshops are open to all interested small business owners and
entrepreneurs. 

 

*         Participants must be committed to attending all eight of the
"Scheduling and Estimating" classes and are asked to pre-register by
visiting the City's website at  
http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/as/eoea/Pages/training_request.aspx or by
contacting Vincent Wingate, senior equal opportunity/equity assurance
specialist with the City's Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance
Department, by email at Vincent.Wingate at DurhamNC.gov or by calling (919)
560-4180, extension 17241. 

 

About the Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance Department

The City of Durham's Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance Department is
responsible for the implementation of the City's Equal Business
Opportunity Program. Responsibilities include implementation of race and
gender neutral measures to facilitate the participation of Small
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (SDBE) in City contracting activity,
recruitment, certification, and maintenance of SDBE data bank, business
development, City project compliance, monitoring, and reporting. To
learn more, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/as/eoea/Pages/Home.aspx.  

 

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