The 19th Annual ConE Reunion will be held on Thursday, October 9th from 5:00 - 8:00 pm at Exile Brewing Company in downtown Des Moines.  If you are a graduate of the ISU ConE program, you don't want to miss this great annual event!  If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Jeff Stone at stone@whitfieldlaw.com or (515) 288-6041.

The 2nd Annual Sporting Clay Builders' Classic events proved to be a huge success with members.  The events in both Eastern Iowa and Central Iowa featured a shooting demonstration from past Olympians Mark Weeks and Josh Richmond - both of whom are also part of the US Army National Team.  After that humbling experience, participants got a chance to warm up with a Flurry Shoot before heading out to the 12-station courses in which shooters tested their accuracy and skills at the various stations which were designed to present a wide variety of targets to simulate field shooting. 

The Eastern Iowa event was held at Highland Hideaway Hunting in Riverside and the Central Iowa event was at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee.  In total, 105 shooters participated in the events. 

MBI would like to thank LMC Insurance and Risk Management for being the Headlining Sponsor.  Their continued support is greatly appreciated and helped make this event a success.

MBI would also like to recognize Heartland Finishes, Inc.; King's Materials, Inc.; The Skold Companies; Shermco Industries and Stew Hansen Chrysler for their tremendous support and sponsorship of the events.    

Finally, MBI appreciates the support of the following station sponsors:

HPC, LLC; Knutson Construction Services; McComas Lacina Construction; Midwest Builders Casualty; Neumann Brothers, Inc.; Rathje Construction; Star Equipment, Ltd.; Stetson Building Products; The Weitz Company; Wells Concrete; and WORKSAFE.

CLICK HERE to check out some of the photos from the event.

In 2013, MBI introduced this interactive and unique approach to leadership training. The Leadership Experience class meets once a month on a Thursday and Friday, over a four month period of time. The four sessions are organized into learning experiences, with each including a pre-session assignment, lessons by the presenter, role play, team exercises and networking time. Complementing each session, Tom Emison provides private leadership coaching over the phone. Becoming a great construction leader does not boil down to what you know technically, nor is it about who you know. It is about ... you: your character, your ability to lead yourself and others; your influence in good times and bad; and your individual career journey.

CLICK HERE to view the brochure and to register.

Have you seen where the MBI Annual Conference extension is being held in 2015?  The all-inclusive, and all luxury, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic is the location for MBI Out-of-Country Excursion this winter.  After reading the predictions of how terrible this winter will be, the white sand beaches and deep blue ocean that the Dominican Republic has to offer sound awfully inviting!  We invite all members to join the membership on this conference extension to the tropics - February 26 - March 3, 2015.  The MBI education program, the location and the social activities that the trip has to offer has already started attracting an excellent cross section of MBI member firms.  Plan now to get away from the Iowa winter and enjoy a great time meeting new people, renewing old friendships and networking on the beaches of Punta Cana!  Click here to view the list of those signed up so far for the trip.  For questions, please contact Laurie Delmott at 515-657-4383 or ldelmott@mbionline.com.

Punta Cana Brochure

Punta Cana Registration Form

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