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Crow Construction takes part in 'Managing Growth' program.


Crow Construction Company joined with other major builders in a program to educate small, minority and women-owned owned contracting firms on how to effectively manage their business and compete successfully for contracts, in the "Managing Growth" program sponsored by the Regional Alliance for Small Contractors (RASC RASC Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
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For the program, held at the World Trade Center, Crow Construction Company developed a six-week, 18-hour course designed to teach participants how to market their services and negotiate for and obtain construction contracts. Crow executives volunteering their time included: Charles Charles, archduke of Austria
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, senior vice president; Jack Mannen, business development manager: Jodi Bourque, business development coordinator, John Lichau, purchasing manager A Purchasing Manager is an employee within a company, business or other organization who is responsible at some level for buying or approving the acquisition of goods and services needed by the company. ; Michael Gabbay, construction executive; and Howard Rosen, Esq., Levine, Morgulas & Foreman.

Crow's course included classes focusing on such issues as business development, market trends for today's construction market, paperwork preparation and pre-qualification forms, insurance bonding and alternative financing, contracts and related documents, negotiations for fair pricing with suppliers and prime contractors, and cost control.
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Title Annotation:aimed at education of small, minority and women-owned contracting firms, sponsored by Regional Alliance for Small Contractors
Publication:Real Estate Weekly
Date:May 13, 1992
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