May 4th & 5th

1. Dennis Rodriguez, AIA, Director of Product Development, Shea Homes—“Satisfying Customers through Quality Design”

2. Steve Piper, Managing Director, Platts, Electric Power Forecasting—“Power and Natural Gas Markets, impact of climate change legislation on prices, and how oil prices affect prices of certain building materials”

3. Steven A. Jones, Senior Director, McGraw-Hill Construction, Leader of MHC initiatives in Building Information Modeling (BIM), Interoperability, and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD),—“How building material manufactures can benefit by knowing about and integrating with BIM”

4. Dennis R. Humphries, AIA, Principal, Humphries Poli Architects—“Revitalization of downtown Denver: how it happened, significant drivers, noteworthy projects, etc.”

5. Dick O’Brecht, recently retired Executive Director, AGC of Colorado—“Attracting young people into the construction trades and the industry—training, education and safety; operating in an open shop market place”

6. Gerald L. Costanzo, President, Gerald L. Costanzo & Associates, Inc., Provider of high quality real estate consulting services to investors, developers, builders and product/service suppliers,—“Defining Your Unique Selling Proposition; Interviewing with Open-Ended Questions.”

Dinner was at Rioja, a Mediterranean restaurant. Some walked to Coors Field after dinner to see a Cardinals/Rockies baseball game. Tour on Tuesday afternoon was the Denver Mint.