Two of the real estate industry’s leading speakers, Steve Easley and Susan Raterman, CIH, will be featured at an upcoming seminar sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia.
The seminar is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18, at the Windham Peachtree Hotel and Conference Center in Peachtree City. The event will begin with registration and a continental breakfast at 8 a.m., and the seminar, which will be in the facility’s amphitheater, will start at 8:45 a.m.
Ensley, who will give a presentation on “If Walls Could Talk: Better Design and Building Practices to Reduce Mold and Moisture,” is an internationally recognized construction consultant who specializes in solving building science related problems and helping builders reduce their construction defects and call back costs. He has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry and was a professor of building construction and contracting for 10 years at Purdue University.
Raterman, whose topic is “How to Respond to Mold and Related Claims: Recommendations for Building Industry Professionals,” is the founder/president of The Raterman Group LTD, an industrial hygiene and environmental hazard consulting firm. Her company specializes in the areas of comprehensive industrial hygiene consulting, indoor air quality evaluations, mold investigations, asbestos and lead hazard assessments and remediation oversight, and environmental site assessments.
Cost for the seminar is $25 per person for Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia members and their affiliates. Space is limited, and reservations should be made no later than Friday, Nov. 12, by calling 770-716-7109.
The Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia serves builders in Fayette, Coweta, Spalding, Meriwether, Heard, Pike, Upson, Lamar, Butts and Jasper counties. More information about the group can be obtained by calling Sandy Boda, executive officer, at the association office.
