Conference Education
Education for residential construction professionals has never been better! Discover the 2025 conference tracks, classes, and CEU opportunities here.
JLC LIVE conference program, featuring 9 tracks and over 40+ sessions designed to enhance your skills and business, will elevate you, your team, and your business to new heights of expertise in 2025.
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TH03: Incorporating Building Science Principles in New Construction: Pretty Good House with Dan KolbertTH08: RI CRLB 2.5 Hours - Sizing and Installing Deck Joists, Beams, and Footings [CRLB course # 1-284] with Mike GuertinTH13: RI CRLB 2.5 Hours - 2024 IECC: Residential Energy Code Update with Jon Erickson and Wade Ryan
FR03: Planned Ventilation: How to Provide Fresh Air with Doug HorganFR09: Building Science in Existing Homes: Pretty Good Reno with Dan KolbertFR15: The Future Is Panelized: Building Better with Precision, Performance and Efficiency in Mind with Will LentlieFR16: Healthy Homes: Indoor Air Quality and Your Health with Jon Erickson
SA03: Advanced Framing - Codes and Building Details with Mike Guertin
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TH04: The Remodeling Experience… An Overlooked Gem That is a Profit Machine! with Brian AltmannTH09: From Chaos to Control: Mastering Project Management with QuickBooks for Contractors with Samantha HallburnTH14: Recruit, Hiring, & Retain Engaged Employees With Very Little Money with Scott Beebe
FR04: Strategic Business Planning – Designing and Planning Your Future Business Transition: with David LupbergerFR10: Estimating Remodeling with Accuracy and Ease with Brian AltmannFR17: 4 Keys to Success: On-Site and In Business with Timothy FallerFR21: Learning To Cut Loose From Your Business For 30 Days While It Grows And Thrives with Scott BeebeFR22: Master Your Projects: Quickbooks Online and App Integration for Contractor Success with Samantha Hallburn
SA06: From Pre-Construction to Completion: Strategies to Keep Your Customers Happy and Engaged Panel with Adam Jackson, Elliott Wittstruck, Eric Fortenberrry, Jared Thayer SEE TIMES >
The successful completion of every construction project rests on the skills of the crews on site. Similarly, most building failures stem from either a lack of building knowledge or faulty materials (and without building knowledge, it’s difficult to identify faulty materials). These sessions will strengthen the skills and knowledge of everyone on the jobsite, helping to avoid setbacks and ensure quality jobs.
TH01: Air Sealing Simplified - You Don't Need a High GPA to Get a Low ACH with Stephen DeMetrickTH06: Stair Building For Carpenters with Mike KennedyTH11: Advanced Custom Roof Framing with Ryan Smith
FR01: Becoming a Proficient Roof Framer Part 1 with Loran StaraFR07: Becoming a Proficient Roof Framer Part 2 with Loran StaraFR13: Basics of Structural Repairs & Alterations with Jake LewandowskiFR14: Building Science Panel Q & A – Live! with Ben Bogie, Clay DeKorne, Doug Horgan, Stephen DeMetrickFR18: Deep Structural Retrofit with Jake LewandowskiFR19: Geometry of Stairs with Brian Campbell
SA01: The Risinger Build - From Concept to Completion with Matt RisingerSA04: Rot Repair Techniques and Applying These Methods to Interior Work with Brian Campbell
JLC LIVE En Español está de regreso por su segundo año! Tendremos clases sobre temas clave como Marketing, Gestión de Proyectos, Estimados, y Más. Además, podrás disfrutar de demostraciones técnicas en la sala de exhibición. No te lo pierdas!
JLC LIVE En Español is back for its second year! Including classes on key topics such as Marketing, Project Management, Estimates, and More. Plus, you can enjoy exhibitor demonstrations in the expo hall.
FRES01: Marketing 360° para la Construcción: Técnicas Infalibles para crecer en el Mercado Residencial with Luis Rivera FRES02: Gestión Eficaz de Proyectos en el Sitio de Construcción: Estrategias y Prácticas Clave? with Fernando Pagés Ruiz
SAES01: Desayuno con la Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Rhode Island with Oscar Mejias
SAES02: Desde el Plano hasta el Presupuesto: Dominando la Estimación de Construcción: Sus Técnicas y Herramientas Esenciales with Fernando Pagés Ruiz
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Whether you’re a lead carpenter, project manager or site supervisor, a construction firm’s ability to stay on schedule and within budget, even to stay profitable and grow successfully, is all in your hands. Change orders, project schedules, client progress meetings, subcontractor coordination and site organization are all in your domain, and essential for bringing a brilliant design to an outstanding completion
TH02: On Time, On Budget? You Choose! with Timothy Faller TH07: The Essentials to Managing a Project with John HourihanTH12: Mastering Managing From the Field with Mike Whalen
FR02: Managing & Leading Large Projects with Gregory WoleckFR08: You Can’t build a Schedule w/o a Budget, Here’s Why! with John Hourihan FR20: Customer Service From the Field with Mike Whalen
SA02: Using Metrics & Data to Manage Projects with Gregory Woleck
SA05: Building Diagnostic Toolst with Doug Horgan
Marketing tends to be the lonely stepchild of business practices for many residential contractors, and those who tackle it often get it wrong. It’s not about generating a ton of leads and getting any job. Instead, is about finding serious leads and getting jobs with customers that fit your company.
TH10: Maximizing Business Impact: Integrating Chat GPT & Video AI for Social Media and Digital Marketing with Shannon Vogel
FR05: Building Success: Leveraging TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Snapchat for the Construction Industry with Shannon VogelFR11: How to Turn Your Website into a Lead Generating Machine with JMark Harari
Homes are complex products and closing a sale on remodeling or building a home requires a wide range of skill sets and a strong understanding of your company’s services. Often, it also involves a seamless hand-off from sales to the design arm of your company.
The sessions in this track will help you design a sales and design process tailored to the distinctive talents within your company.
TH05: How to Identify and Qualify Your Best Customers: with David Lupberger
TH15: SketchUp in Practice: Essential Techniques for Residential Construction Professionals with Daniel Brown
FR06: Sales Strategies and The Human Psyche…Putting it All Together! with Michelle MerckFR12: Leveraging SketchUp’s New Matched Photo and AI-powered Drawing Tool, Diffusion with Daniel Brown
THMACSL: Massachusetts Construction Supervisor Licensing 6 CEU/Hour Workshop - Building & Energy Code Changes [MA CS Course #CS 4410] *Boxed Lunch Included*
This course has been approved by the Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards for 6.0 hours of Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License continuing education.
In this 6 hour program you will receive training on the most current edition of the Massachusetts building code changes in Chapters 3 & 4. During the 3 hour presentation of MA building code changes, we will also address how understanding the dew point and how to prevent it from ruining your assemblies. The 2021 IECC will be explained along with the MA Amendment changes. Our workman’s compensation presentation will bring you up to date with how protecting your workers actually is better for your business and its assets.
Continuing Education Hours: 6.0 Hours MACSL2 Hours Code: Building Planning – Changes to the Residential 1 & 2 Family Code – Chapters 3 & 4 – Reviewing the changes from the previous MA code edition.
3 Hours Energy: Energy Code – The Residential Energy code (2021 IECC) has been updated with MA Amendments (225 CMR22). Changes as well as new items that this code brings to the field are discussed during this module. We will discuss methods to create assemblies that breathe and stay dry using either chemical solutions or more organic solutions.
1 Hour Business Practices: Workmans Compensation – Bringing you up to date understanding of the MA Workman Compensation Regulations and rates.
