Seminars
Construction Risk Advisory Seminars
Avoid costly construction mistakes before your next project.
Construction projects create a unique problem for property managers, association boards, and ownership groups: you may only undertake a major construction project occasionally, while the contractor does it every day.
The purpose of the Largo Construction Management seminar is to give owners and managers the information they need to ask better questions and recognize construction risk before signing a contract or approving a project.
Who the Seminars Are For
- Property Managers
- Community Association Managers
- HOA and Condominium Boards
- Association Staff
- Building Owners
- Ownership Groups
- Developers and Capital Partners
Common Pain Points
- • Incomplete scopes of work
- • Bids that cannot be compared properly
- • Contractor exclusions
- • Change orders
- • Contractor cash-flow problems
- • Improper draw schedules
- • Schedule delays
- • Contractor no-shows
- • Incomplete drawings
- • Poor communication
- • Responsibility gaps
- • Project closeout and final payment
What the Seminar Covers
How to Structure a Complete Scope of Work
Understand what contractors need in order to provide comparable bids.
How to Compare Bids
The lowest number on the bid sheet may not represent the lowest final project cost.
Contract Gaps
Identify missing responsibilities, exclusions, allowances, and unclear language.
Change Orders
Understand why they occur and how better pre-construction planning can reduce them.
Draw Schedules
Learn how to connect contractor payments to measurable project milestones.
Contractor Screening
Know what to examine before entrusting a contractor with a major project.
Scheduling
Understand how unrealistic schedules and poor coordination affect project cost.
Risk and Liability
Recognize where responsibility may shift among the owner, manager, designer, contractor, and subcontractors.
Project Closeout
Know what should be completed before final payment is released.
Why Tony Fania
- • Third-generation construction professional
- • 115-year family construction legacy
- • More than 40 years of hands-on construction experience
- • Experience with major commercial and institutional projects
- • Former New Jersey General Contractor
- • State of New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor's License
- • Former Real Estate Licensee
- • Penn State Modular Construction Certificate
- • Independent owner's-side perspective
Seminar Formats
15–20 Minute CAM Introduction
Complimentary introductory discussion for management personnel.
Manager Briefing
Focused construction-risk discussion for management leadership.
Board / Management / Association Staff Seminar
Approximately 60–90 minutes, including questions and discussion.
Programs can be tailored to the construction issues most relevant to the organization.
Schedule a Seminar
Largo Construction Management provides construction advisory and educational services. Tony Fania is not a Florida-licensed contractor and does not perform contracting services in Florida.