NEXT CRCA MEMBERSHIP EVENT:

May 13, 2008

(Note: Each CRCA Member firm is entitled for one free attendee;

additional are $35)

Chicago Bears Great Chris Zorich shared with CRCA members his philosopy of giving back at the Nov. 13th, 2008 meeting.  To learn more about the Chris Zorich foundation, visit http://www.chriszorich.org/

Jack Jeffries (Lord Bissell & Brook) speaks to the Sept. 11, 2008 CRCA Membership Luncheon on Lien & Bond Rights and Warranties.  (Visit CRCA's members only section for more info.)

CRCA member Gary Eaton (Columbian Agency) discusses Insurance Industry Trends at the November 2006 Luncheon Meeting

NRCA's Tom Shahanah presents Risk Management Approaches

at the November 2006 Luncheon Meeting

CRCA's Safety Committee welcomes speaker Mike Connors, OSHA Region 5 Administrator (2nd from left)

Chuck Scislo (NRCA), Greg Spitzer (Legat Architects), Tom Bollnow (NRCA) and John Albrecht, (City of Chicago, Dept. of General Serv.) joined CRCA March 14, 2006 presenting on the LEED system and "Green" Building.

CRCA Contracts & Insurance Co-Chair John Lanzendorf

joins CRCA Sept. 13 membership meeting speakers (left to right) Elmer Gonzales (Zurich Insurance), Mike Ahern (CNA Insurance), Bill Cahill (Weibel & Cahill) with Jim Petry, CRCA C&I Co-Chair.

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CRCA Membership Meetings are held four times per year and feature time for relationship building / networking, lunch, plus industry leading speakers. Past topics include:

Legal Resources – CRCA Introduced a new document for members that focused on risk management through contracts. Leading Construction Attorney Stanley Sklar, Esq., Bell, Boyd and Lloyd presented a seminar to the membership that was valuable to contractors, manufacturers, distributors and manufacturers reps.

Insulation Price Escalation and Availability Issues – CRCA asked the Insulation Industry to present what the current situation is, why and how it occurred, plus an outlook to the future. David Spaulding, ATLAS Insulation presented this controversial topic very professionally, and from an industry perspective. CRCA announced its position paper on this important topic at this Membership Meeting.

Legislation – CRCA Members heard about HB 805, a bill that could affect workers compensation issues for all employers at the membership meeting. Jim Clune, Esq., Garafolo, Schreiber, Hart & Storm enlightened the group what the bill is, and how it could affect the contracting industry in Illinois.

CRCA Membership Meeting speakers have come to us from our own CRCA Membership, NRCA, MRCA, General Contractor and Architectural Associations, plus many other groups. CRCA Membership Meetings have been an industry tradition and learning ground for CRCA Members since the inception of the Association in the 1870’s.

Come to a CRCA Membership Meeting and find out what generations have been taking advantage of for over 100 years.

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