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Heather, Thank you so much for doing a crossover podcast with us. WE appreciate you and the research you are doing to support our industry! You all ROCK!!

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GET CONNECTED, EDUCATED & START NETWORKING! www.forum.womentalkconstruction.com sign-up and introduce yourself! We can't wait to connect with you in our trusted forum of amazing people. (SHARE THIS WITH YOUR PEERS AND COLLEAGUES) If you are interested in being certified and getting free services to help your business grow, I would highly recommend reading and using the following notes: The Link - Messer Construction is one of the larger contractors who require WBE/MBE participation. Every customer has their own unique need. This link Link - SBA Offices is the office that will show you step by step how to get certified. It will take 1/10th of the time going through here if they're as good as other states. If you are in South Carolina, Spittin@clemson.edu Sherry Pittinger will support you if you have needs with certification. Tell her Christi sent you 🙂 When it comes to federal government contracts, you may want to contact your APTAC…there are many workshops included on this Website - APTAC as well. Also, this Training - Ascent, free in 2021 for the first time, is available for you. The women in our area who are successfully winning government bids have used this website to gain valuable insight into operating their businesses in government purchasing. 84 Lumber likes to provide a starting point and to make connections for small businesses with resources and government officials who are qualified as well as make introductions to our customers and connections, like Messer Construction when they are working on projects in a particular area. If you are interested in doing business with 84 Lumber or being included in the database they share with customers, government officials, supplier diversity managers, and city/county purchasing agents, please register here - 84 Registration

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How wonderful Nina! Plan to attend our next two meetings, one will be at BMW (date TBD) November something. Then our January 26th luncheon 11:30-1pm. We look forward to meeting you soon. At this time, we are looking for support for sponsorships, social media scheduling and social campaign activities to build our WCB Brand.

The last few years have been a ride of a lifetime. A dream of helping others and 84 Lumber 's commitment to communities have enabled us to make an impact on many small, women, and minority owned businesses. Racquel Sparks won the "Next Generation Builder" award in New York. We've been working with her and supporting her for almost one year. I was also honored among so many other amazing women, to win an award for "Outstanding Women" which was quite a shock from the group of ladies who were more than qualified for the same honor. It matters to invest in people. We love making a difference and seeing growth of women and minorities in business. Thank you to everyone for your unwavering support! Women Builders Council is an excellent place to get connected and grow as a woman in business and construction. Very well done organization, if you need more information on how to get involved, let us know. Thanks to our customer @Delmar VA Veterans for attending with us. Also to Vivian Mandala of CMC Networking and her amazing MWBE construction businesses who also joined us, we were so happy to meet you. Last but not least Chris Kempner from Peconic Solutions, you are amazing and I want to be like you when I grow up. ❤️. Build your network! Surround yourself with people who you value and they value you. You are the result of the people you surround yourself with. #growth #people #business #construction #thankyou #networking #like #veterans #grateful #network

Hey there!!! Wondering "Why to get Certified" and "Where to find FREE resources to Build your business". This information could be the difference between you having little success and A LOT of success. These tools and free resources are not always easy to find! Let us know if you use them and if they helped you!! Shout out to us on SOCIAL MEDIA, please. Tag Angela and Christi and of Course, Women Talk Construction. There are plenty of certifying agencies that do not require paying a fee - such as DOT DBE/MBE/WBE & HUB (Historically Underutilized Businesses). For those of us SBEs just starting - go free! Your states will help you grow! https://www.messer.com/subcontractors/diverse-suppliers/ [messer.com] The link above is one of the largest companies in construction that require WBE/MBE participation. Every customer has their own unique need. The link below takes you to the Small Business Development Center which is the office that will show you step-by-step how to get certified. It will take 1/10th of the time going through here if they're as good as other states. Let me know how they do for you in your state. https://www.sba.gov/offices/district (there is an office in every area to assist and make your certification process very easy) When it comes to federal government contracts, you may want to contact your APTAC…there are many workshops included on this website as well. https://www.aptac-us.org/ [aptacus.org] Also, this training is free as of 2021 for the first time. [https://ascent.sba.gov/ [ascent.sba.gov]? The women who are successfully winning government bids have used this website to gain valuable insight into operating their businesses in government purchasing. We are here to provide you with a starting point and to make connections for small businesses with resources and government officials who are qualified as well as make introductions to customers and connections when they are working on projects in a particular area. 84 Lumber has a registration portal where they are sharing your XBE business with Prime Contractors on projects. 84 Lumber has 100,000+ customers. If you'd like to sign up to be included in their database for doing business as a vendor, customer, installer, or database customer connection, please follow the link. 84 Lumber cares about Women and Minorities and helping them grow their businesses. Please check out all of the other resources on our website at Resources — Women Talk Construction Podcast Your friends, Angela & Christi

Samantha, I'm so glad we were able to help you navigate that contract yesterday! Thank you so much for reaching out here. We are here to help and support you.

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Hey Melody! You are going to knock it out of the park. I've seen your work and it's amazing 👏 🙌 😍

Aspen Square Homes is currently accepting resumes for a Purchasing Coordinator. The selected candidate will provide support to construction managers in all purchasing and budgeting activities. The selected candidate will coordinate these processes with sales, operations, accounting and vendors. Job Duties and Responsibilities:  Manage and complete the Permit process for upcoming home starts  Create all necessary budgets and purchase orders for all construction starts with budgets customized for address specific jobs.  Coordinate cost establishment process between the field and vendors to achieve the goals of having budgets entered and checked for accuracy within  Validate requests from the field for extra material by validating cost requested know cost for accuracy and communicate any changes to vendors as needed.  Process change orders in a timely manner ensuring production is not held up, creating the appropriate budgets and issuing the EPOs with proper reason codes.  Research and resolve all problem invoices with the goal of reducing problems by improving accuracy of takeoffs and orders and/or training vendors in working within our system.  Other duties as requested (i.e., vendor calls,). Minimum Qualifications:  Systems knowledge is preferred (e.g., Construction based software packages)  High School Diploma required.  An organized and detail-oriented person is a must  A minimum of one-year construction or purchasing experience is preferred, preferably with a Homebuilding Company, but is not required.  Customer service and/or order entry experience preferred.  Prior experience with MS Office Software required (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).

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Podcasts are BOOMING. Do you want to be an EXCEPTIONAL guest? Do you want to know how to shine? Do you want to know how to be a DESIRABLE guest? Let's share! If you're interested in a virtual meet up on this topic, please comment and if there's enough interest I will set it up.

84 Lumber, Women Talk Construction, & Women Confidence Builders were honored to donate to this new Veteran's renovation!! @Laura Biggerstaff @AGardner Dear David & Christi, As we are starting to complete the home that was upfitted for a Veteran, I wanted to share the pic of the deck with the generous lumber that was donated by 84 Lumber. Thank you again so much for this kind donation to our Leadership Class project. We are so grateful and thankful, words just aren’t enough. Attached is a pic of the completed porch. P.S. We have not yet laid the baseboard, inside modeling, trim etc yet we are getting close though. 😊 Starting to paint next week. Please join us on Wed, August 24th at 10:00 at 16 Judson St Greenville for our ribbon cutting/dedication of the home. We surely hope you both can be there! Kindly, Amy Amy Albert Greenville Chamber Investor Development Manager IMG_0471 (1).heicIMG_0471 (1).heicIMG_0471 (1).heic

Sadly, Be aware and watchful!! https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2022/06/ftc-florida-act-keep-deceptive-grant-claims-bae?utm_source=govdelivery

St. Nicks Alliance has 2 different construction programs that train 16-24 year olds and 18+ year old olds to enter into the field of construction. We’ve graduated 2 cohorts in the last 2 months and in our last graduation we had 2 female guest speakers in construction trade present to the diverse class. https://www.stnicksalliance.org/workforce

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The Best Construction Podcasts in 2022 (billd.com) The blog is amazing but the most amazing thing is that we didn't know anything about this and this organization is from Austin, TX. The author is from Anchorage, Alaska. Keep sharing your voice and keep pushing your dreams, you can make a difference!!! Celebrating today!!

Good morning, SAVE THE DATE: Women's Executive Luncheon by Women Confidence Builders - 8/30/22 - 10am-1pm - Lunch and speaker start at Noon, early shopping from women owned businesses 10am-noon! Angela and I wanted to send a quick note to say "hello" and Thank you. We are so excited to say that you've been making a big impact in non-traditional roles by being the voices of those who are occupying the space. We are so proud of you for sharing and supporting women in construction and for supporting the workforce of the future. We have seen some big changes and thanks to all of you we hit 1000 DOWNLOADS on Wednesday. The most exciting news is we were notified the podcast won an award for efforts to help the workforce, which will be announced soon . We've been so fortunate to have EXCELLENT guests and to get some awesome sponsorships . Several publishers are contacting us and sharing this important topic, however, there is still MORE WORK TO BE DONE and we have a long way to go. If you haven't already done so, please sign up in the forum and introduce yourself. There are so many connections being made behind the scenes. Six women found jobs in the first 7 days! One was working for someone who really treated her poorly and now she's with a company who respects, admires, and is training her to fill a role she has always wanted in the construction industry. That's what this group is all about. Yesterday in a message on the forum we introduced a woman owned business to one who was looking for her kind of services and now they are both excited to be working with women owned companies. That's just a few of the things that have happened in three months and we have over 7500 people monitoring this forum and reaching out to those who introduce themselves and their businesses. We have just started adding calendar events to the calendar in hopes that we will see you at an event soon. We have also started to post bidding opportunities for work with government agencies and with developers, general contractors, friends, woman owned businesses, etc. Thank you again for building this community of awesome people, sharing opportunities in unity. We are #bettertogether. If you have requested to be on our podcast, we have your information and we will try to contact everyone as soon as we have a spot. At this time, we are only publishing 4 podcasts a month. The first several months we have focused on the men and women who have supported and encouraged our efforts to make our industries a better place. Once we share all of their amazing stories, we will be reaching out to you too! If you are feeling encouraged, we would love to hear how the forum and podcast has supported you, we will likely share those stories on social media to encourage other women. If you have any ideas and comments to help make our podcast more valuable for you and for your friends and family who need support, please let us know. Keep changing the world! WE are so proud of YOU!! #impactnotinfluence Christi Powell & Angela Gardner

Karin, we hope your business grows quickly! Thank you for sharing 😊