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Xactimate Training Week Is Coming! April 8th – 11th!

This year, in addition to offering our popular standard Xactimate Mastery Training Class like last season, we will also be offering a Level 1 Certification Class to give you even more industry credibility! Contractors have found that getting Certified as a user in Xactimate has helped with the discussion of estimates with adjusters. The Certification status holds authority with adjusters in the property insurance industry as 98% of adjusters are NOT Certified as users in Xactimate! Contractors who have become Certified have reported back that they had an easier time with the back and forth with adjusters as well as getting to speak to the right type of adjuster at the insurance company.

April 8th & 9th – Estimate Mastery Xactimate Training Class  

  • Advanced Estimating Concepts – Use of Macros and Sketch Integration
  • Insurance Process – Working Through Objections
  • Roof Sketch and Importing Diagrams (Eagleview Integration)
  • Photo Documentation and Annotations
  • Tips and Tricks in Navigation
  • Organization of Supplements – Adjuster Friendly Reports
  • Exploring the Impact of different reports

April 10th & 11th – The Level 1 Certification – Learn skills to pass the Certification Exam at the end of the class

  • Understanding the 4-step estimating process in Xactimate
  • An overview of Xactimate Sketch windows and use the Sketch workspace and Sketching an interior and roof Sketch
  • How to add line items and use Sketch workspace dimensions for the interior/roof to fill the quantities in the estimate
  • What line items include and exclude – the key to making sure you’re adding the right items to the estimate
  • How to quickly find the line items you need and stop wasting time building estimates
  • How to add O&P, a company header and opening statement to make sure your estimate looks professional
  • What reports you should be running to turn your estimate in to the insurance company or for a customer meeting

There is a strict limit of 25 attendees per session to maximize learning and answer individual questions

first come first served so register early!

Cost is $595 for CAM members and $695 for non-members. There is an additional $85 registration fee to Verisk due the day of the Certification exam. This is still a significant savings from the usual Xactimate Estimate Mastery Certification.

Training will be located at: Wells Fargo Plaza – 7900 Xerxes Avenue SouthSuite 215 Bloomington, MN 55437

Xactimate Estimate Mastery Classes are from 8 am – 4 pm each day

Continental Breakfast and Lunch provided.

11th Annual CAM Golf Classic – Thursday August 22nd, 2024

Our “just for fun” Golf Classic with mulligans, putting string and all your favorite “game enhancers”! We will be back at Oak Marsh Golf Course in Oakdale for this fun event. Its a great course and you will need all the help you can get as you play one of the most challenging courses in the area!

9:30 – Registration Opens

10:30 – Boxed Lunch Available

11:30 – Shotgun Start

Drawings & Awards Banquet to follow – We promise to shorten this portion substantially!

CAM Day At The Capitol has been CANCELLED

Due to the short Legislative Session, difficulty getting meetings set, construction and most importantly the lack of any relevant issues/bills being addressed, we have cancelled the 2024 Day At The Capitol.

We will keep everyone posted if there are any updates or relevant changes legislatively. Thanks to everyone that registered and we will schedule another date for next years session.

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The Contractor’s Association of Minnesota (CAM)

The Contractors Association of Minnesota (CAM) was formed in 2009 by a group of concerned construction trade partners responding to proposed legislation by the insurance industry that was harmful to contractors working on storm-related events. CAM is a continually evolving group of professional contractors, distributors, and manufacturers who want to encourage positive change for the future of our industry.

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A strong membership in the industry is important to the CAM’s success. Being a member of CAM means you are taking the next step to better your business and your professional self! As a member, you will have the opportunity to share technical data and marketing information within the top residential and commercial exterior professionals in your area.

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Testimonials

“I joined CAM to have a voice at the Legislature. For so long it seemed that contractors were at the mercy of insurance companies. They had money and power and clout to have laws written in their favor, and it seemed that the ones getting hurt were the homeowners. Your average homeowner doesn’t deal with claims often, and doesn’t realize the slow erosion of coverage and rights that we see every day. Our voice holds the insurance industry accountable. I also joined CAM to promote professionalism. There are a lot of really good contractors out there who do their best for homeowners, and sharing tactics and best business practices only improves the industry as a whole.”

Tracy Dahlin, Iron River Construction

“We were thrilled to join CAM because we believe in what they do for us!! Knowing that our support is in good hands with CAM allows us to focus on what we do best – Exterior Construction. From the beginning, CAM went to work on the behalf of contractors to ensure that we got paid in a timely manner from mortgage companies, and have continued to endure battles at the Capitol with legislation and insurance companies to protect our rights. These measures are so crucial to our business, and all too scary to think what we would have to deal with on a daily basis without this group looking out for us! We will definitely continue our support of CAM for years to come…”

Joe Halstead, Allstar Construction & Maintenance

“I have appreciated the professional cooperative working relationship with the leaders and members of CAM over the years.”

Charlie Durenberger, Department of Labor & Industry, Head of Enforcement

“I have been involved in CAM since its inception. As an attorney who works primarily with construction contractors, and frequently with exterior renovation contractors, I value CAM as an organization that promotes best practices for contractors and continues to protect the consumer at the legislative level from the continuing attempts by property casualty insurers to restrict the ability of insureds to have their own construction advocate and receive full payment for restoration of a covered loss.”

C. Alden Pearson, Attorney at Law

“It is truly an honor to have our company affiliated with the CAM. In and industry laden with unwarranted stereotypes and constantly scrutinized, ever changing codes and regulation. It is of utmost importance to align with advocates for truth and transparency. All too often in our 20 years in this business we as owners have embraced the “go it alone” mentality while navigating the policy and law constantly changed by the state and the insurance companies. It’s hard enough to trudge through running a legitimate business itself let alone averting the mine fields that are constantly laid before us in this industry. I am grateful for our relationship with the CAM and look forward to many fruitful years of future affiliation. Thank you for your countless hours of due diligence that have enabled our company to adhere to and stay abreast of  an ever changing industry that we have chosen as our life’s work.”

Client, Ashco Exteriors Inc.

“I have had the pleasure of working alongside CAM and several of its members for years as an attorney who primarily represents general contractors and homeowners in disputes with their insurance companies.  CAM is an invaluable resource to general contractors.  It provides them a voice before the legislature, a place to dialogue about business and industry trends, and it serves as a liaison between contractors and regulatory agencies like the Minnesota Departments of Labor and Commerce.  CAM’s dedication to establishing industry wide best practices and promoting the interests of its members makes it a “must join” for any general contracting business.”

Tim Johnson, Attorney at Law
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