Los Angeles Community College District Sustainable Building Program

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Los Angeles Community College District
Sustainable Building Program
Outreach and Training Programs for Diverse/Small
Businesses(SBE DVBE)
California Construction Expo August 13, 2009
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Introduction

• Program Objectives
• Educational Training Opportunities
• Get Connected!
• Contact Information

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Objectives

• To achieve the Board of Trustees 28 outreach
  goal for small, disabled-veteran, local and,
  emerging business enterprise (SBE/DVBE/LBE/EBE)
  that will increase economic development
  throughout the greater Los Angeles region.
• Plan and facilitate hands-on educational
  classes for small contractors and professional
  services to build capacity and take your business
  to the next level CONTRACT READY!

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Contractor Boot Camp

• Training designed to provide attendees with basic
  tools perform work with LACCD on formal and
  informal contracts. Workshop covers key business
  concepts in the following areas
• SBE/DVBE/MBE Certification
• Contracting and Bidding Process
• Labor Compliance
• Insurance and Bonding
• Contractor Invoicing
• Technical Assistance
• Requirements to Attend must be licensed with
  CSLB and in business for at least one (1) year.
• Schedule Monthly, Wednesday, 5PM 9PM, at
  College Campus
• Graduates receive a Certificate of Completion
• Advocate for small projects with facilities
  directors
• Invitation to matchmaking events

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Building Estimating Class

• A comprehensive coarse which assist professional
  service and contractors with improving their
  construction cost estimates on various topics
• Schedule Bi-annually (Spring and Fall) 10-week
  Mondays from 530PM 830PM
• Nominal Tuition 100 (includes materials, and
  refreshments)
• Graduates receive Certificate of Completion

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Access To Capital

• WHERES THE MONEY?
• Class is designed to provide educational
  resources and business growth
• Learn about
• Credit Crunch
• What you Need to Know About Your Credit
• Alternative Financing
• Schedule Bi-annually (Spring and Fall) 10-week
  Mondays from 530PM 830PM
• Attendees receive Certificate of Completion

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Mock Bid Sessions

• These small group sessions are designed to
  provide potential bidders with identifying key
  elements to submitting an effective bid
• Review specs and plans
• Practice Take-Off Sheet
• Submittal Requirements
• Project Size 50K to 1M
• Schedule Quarterly PM 2 hours
• NO COST
• Graduates from estimating and training classes
  are given preference to attend.

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Matchmaking With Primes

• Platform allows the small contractor to meet
  large contractors to market their skills and
  project history for possible match on LACCD
  opportunities.
• Requirements to Participate
• Completed Boot Camp and/or Estimating Classes
• OCIP Completed
• EMR below 1.24
• Schedule Quarterly 2-3 hours various
  locations

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www.Build-laccd.org
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Small Business Outreach Program
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Outreach Program Success

• The dollar figures below represent the value of
  contracts or subcontracts awarded to Local,
  Small, Emerging and Disabled-Veteran businesses
  as of June 2009.
• Board Adopted L/S/E/DV Participation Goal 28
• Total Contract Values (AE and Construction)
  1.5 Billion
• Total L/S/E/DV Contract Values 965,997,720

There is no double counting for businesses
whose classification meets multiple criteria
(i.e., Local AND Small, Emerging or DVBE).
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Outreach Team

• Donetta Pickett, Program Manager (213)
  590-0499donetta.pickett_at_build-laccd.org
• Diana Ho, Outreach Coordinator (310)
  344-5556diana.ho2_at_verizon.net
• Eric Galeana, Outreach Coordinator
  [phone]eric.galeana_at_build-laccd.org
• Henry Levya, Outreach Specialist [phone]
• Henry.leyva_at_build-laccd.org
• Gilbert Buchanan, Outreach Specialist (626)
  533-1186
• Gilbert.buchanan_at_build-laccd.org

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• Thank You!
• LACCD invites your participation
• Join us as our contractors!
• Be part of our successful project team!
• Let us be your preferred partner