Build. Protect. Profit. — Business Growth Workshop for Contractors
About this Event
Build. Protect. Profit.
Business Growth Workshop for Trade Contractors
Ready to build a stronger, more profitable contracting business?
Build. Protect. Profit. is a private, in-person workshop created exclusively for established general and trade contractors who are serious about growth. This event is designed for owners, partners, general managers, and key decision-makers with approximately $5M–$10M+ in revenue, 15–50 employees, and 10+ vehicles.
Spend the day learning from 7 expert speakers covering the areas that matter most: operations, risk, insurance, job costing, hiring, safety, sales, marketing, systems, and growth planning.
This is not a boring seminar or vendor pitch. It is a hands-on, high-value business workshop built to help contractors sharpen their strategy, protect their company, improve profitability, and scale with better systems.
Connect with other serious contractors, walk away with practical tools, and leave with a clearer plan to take your business to the next level.
Limited to 50 seats. If you are ready to work on the business — not just in it — this is the room to be in.
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Welcome
🕑: 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
The Contractor Risk Playbook
Host: Mike Gallaugher
Info: Before a contractor ever starts a job, risk is already being created through contracts, insurance requirements, certificates of insurance, subcontractor relationships, vehicle exposure, workers’ compensation, and jobsite responsibilities. This session helps contractors understand the common gaps that can lead to uncovered claims, contract disputes, delayed jobs, audit problems, and unexpected financial loss.
Attendees will learn what COIs do and do not prove, why additional insured and waiver of subrogation requirements matter, how subcontractor insurance can create hidden exposure, and why cheap or incomplete coverage can become expensive. The goal is to help contractors protect the business before the job begins.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Price It Right: Job Costing, Cash Flow & Contractor Profit
Host: Bryan Eto
Info: Many contractors stay busy but still struggle with cash flow and profit. This session helps owners understand where money leaks from the business before, during, and after a job. Attendees will learn how job costing, labor burden, material costs, overhead, change orders, collections, and pricing decisions directly impact profitability.
The session will focus on helping contractors know their numbers, price work with confidence, avoid underbidding, track job profitability, and build better financial discipline as they grow. The goal is to help contractors stop measuring success by how busy they are and start measuring it by whether each job is actually profitable.
🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Hiring, Safety & Workers’ Comp: The People Side of Risk
Host: Jon Cordoba
Info: A contractor’s greatest asset can also become one of its greatest risks: its people. This session helps contractors understand how hiring, onboarding, training, safety practices, driver habits, jobsite controls, and workers’ compensation claims all connect to profitability and long-term growth.
Attendees will learn how better employee standards, safety expectations, incident reporting, return-to-work practices, and documentation can reduce injuries, claims, turnover, and insurance costs. The goal is to help contractors build stronger crews, safer jobsites, and better systems for protecting both employees and the business.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Lunch
🕑: 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM
Better Estimates. Better Customers. Better Profit.
Host: Cory Holman
Info: Winning more jobs does not always mean winning better jobs. This session helps contractors improve how they qualify leads, prepare estimates, present proposals, define scope, address assumptions and exclusions, follow up, and handle price objections.
Attendees will learn how a stronger sales and estimating process can reduce confusion, protect profit, avoid bad-fit customers, and create a more professional buying experience. The session will focus on helping contractors sell value instead of competing only on price, identify their most profitable job types, and build a repeatable process for winning the right work with the right customers.
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
The Marketing Blueprint
Host: Jacob Fann
Info: Contractors do not need marketing that looks good but produces nothing. They need a practical system that helps the right customers find them, trust them, choose them, and refer them. This session focuses on the local marketing tools and habits that matter most for trade contractors.
Attendees will learn how to improve their Google Business Profile, generate more quality reviews, use jobsite photos and before-and-after content, strengthen website credibility, build referral relationships, and track which marketing efforts actually create customers. The goal is to help contractors build a stronger local reputation, attract better leads, and turn completed jobs into future growth.
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM
Get Out of the Chaos: Systems That Help Contractors Scale
Host: Andrew John
Info: Growth can create chaos when too much still depends on the owner. This session helps contractors understand how to move from daily firefighting to repeatable systems that support better communication, accountability, customer experience, and profitability.
Attendees will learn how to identify owner bottlenecks, document key processes, improve scheduling and dispatch, strengthen job handoffs, clarify team roles, manage change orders, use technology wisely, and create a simple operating rhythm for the business. The goal is to help contractors build systems that reduce confusion, improve execution, and allow the business to scale without losing control.
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
From Notes to Action: Your 90-Day Contractor Growth Plan
Host: Zanzibar Vermiglio
Info: A workshop is only valuable if the ideas turn into action. This closing session helps contractors take the key lessons from the day and convert them into a clear, practical 90-day plan.
Attendees will identify their biggest risks, profit leaks, operational gaps, and growth opportunities, then choose the priorities that matter most. The session will guide contractors through setting realistic 30-, 60-, and 90-day action items, assigning ownership, defining deadlines, and creating simple accountability. The goal is for every attendee to leave with a written plan they can begin using immediately to strengthen, protect, and grow their business.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 199.00 to USD 249.00
