If all the education providers have to cover the same topics, what's the difference?
The difference is the Instructor: No other Instructor for any other education provider has a background like this - you benefit from the practical knowledge and experience of your Instructor, A.R. Pate, whose 30-year career in construction includes:
• Unique knowledge as a recent member of the Virginia Board for Contractors, reviewing and adjudicating hundreds of complaints
• 16 years successfully managing commercial, residential, industrial, aviation, transportation, and infrastructure construction projects
• Licensed attorney in Virginia with 12 years of experience in construction law, contracts, dispute resolution, and risk management
• 10 years of teaching architecture, engineering, construction, business, and law at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Northern Virginia Community College before starting Don't Build Until, LLC
• Criminal law and judicial procedure background as a former Magistrate in Fairfax County, Virginia
What do other education providers have to say about their Instructor? Do they sound like an Authority?
Ask them and compare. If you don't find the information on their websites, call the other education providers and ask about the construction, legal, business, and teaching background of their instructor - and how much experience do they have with DPOR and the Board for Contractors?
ACTUAL STUDENT COMMENTS:
"Was very patient with a lot of questions."
"I can't imagine someone else being more qualified to teach this subject."
"A great deal of real world experience in both construction and law. Takes concepts and brings them to the real world."
"Very enthusiastic, clearly a subject matter expert."
"Excellent teaching approach."
"Brings much knowledge to teaching. Takes the time to explain issues when needed and does this in a very professional way and easy to understand."
"Outstanding instructor. Intelligent, personable, taught at a level all could understand. Talked "to" the class, not "down" to the class."
THINK LONG-TERM -- This is someone you should meet for now . . . and for the future of your company
