﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. - MN/ND Chapter Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.mnabc.com</link><description>News related to Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. - MN/ND Chapter</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. - MN/ND Chapter All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Excellence In Construction - Project Registration - 2024 5/8/2024  - 10/2/2024 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Register your Excellence In Construction Project online.Projects are due on September 10th&amp;nbsp;to the ABC office in Eden Prairie, MN. If you have questions, or need help, please contact Jeni Ankeny at the ABC office 952-941-8693.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Register Your Project: &lt;a href="https://web.mnabc.com/atlas/calendar"&gt;Click to register online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Application Form:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mnabc.com/Portals/5/2024EICEntry_1.pdf"&gt;&lt;u&gt;EIC Application (PDF)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.mnabc.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3008</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 15:48:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NCCER Virtual Certification - 09/2024 9/1/2024  - 9/30/2024 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;In these&amp;nbsp;courses, you will learn the history of NCCER and how the curriculum was developed, become certified to train, evaluate, or proctor&amp;nbsp;in the craft(s) that you have significant level of experience (i.e. journey-level of experience or greater, 4+ years), ensure that you are using the proper evaluation techniques for your training program and improve upon the ones currently in place, learn the skills needed to successfully manage a training program before, during and after the class, determine what makes a good communicator, a good leader and how to incorporate those qualities into your classroom.&amp;nbsp; Note: Proctor certification does not require 4+ years of experience in the trade/craft for which you will proctor exams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Depending on which certification you will be earning, these courses may consist of as many as two live-online six-hour sessions, one live-online three-hour session, and four self-guided modules.&amp;nbsp; All sessions are accessed through the NCCER LMS.&amp;nbsp; If you have trouble accessing any of the sessions, please contact ABC&amp;#39;s Tom Kennedy at tom.kennedy@mnabc.com or 952-208-4935&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.mnabc.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3038</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:01:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ABC's 2nd Annual Bismarck FEA Fun Shoot 9/12/2024 9/12/2024 3:30 PM - 9/12/2024 7:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="file:///Z:/Staff%20Files/ND%20-%20Dale/Logos/New%20ABC%20Logos/Minnesota-North-Dakota-02.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;You are invited to this year&amp;#39;s 2nd&amp;nbsp;Annual ABC Minnesota-North Dakota Clay&amp;nbsp;Shoot to support the Free&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;Enterprise Alliance and MN/ND ABC at Capital City Sporting Clays. After a couple years off, we are back again in 2024. This is a 50 shot fun shoot, so bring your gun and safety glasses.&amp;nbsp; Shells will be provided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;The FEA is the action arm for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and other&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;advocates of limited government, open and fair competition, and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;economically sound principles upon which America was built.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;This event is a great way to entertain your clients and reward&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;employees. Instruction and support will be provided.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;Following the shoot&amp;nbsp;will be a bbq dinner with beverage.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.mnabc.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3012</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 08:54:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ABC's North Dakota FEA Sporting Clays Shoot 9/19/2024 9/19/2024 3:00 PM - 9/19/2024 7:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;You are invited to this year&amp;#39;s ABC Minnesota-North Dakota Sporting Clays Shoot to support the Free&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;Enterprise Alliance of MN/ND ABC at the Dakota Sporting Clays.. This is a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;100-target tournament, so bring your gun and shells for a great time with&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;like-minded construction professionals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Shells are NOT available for purchase at the event)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;The FEA is the action arm for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and other&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;advocates of limited government, open and fair competition, and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;economically sound principles upon which America was built.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;This event is a great way to entertain your clients and reward&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;employees. Field a squad of up to 5 shooters (top 4 scores count).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;Partial squads and individuals are welcome and will be paired with others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;Following the shoot, once again, there will be a dinner provided by&amp;nbsp;Dustin and Joe Riskey and Auntie Rose BBQ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.mnabc.com/atlas/events/abcs-north-dakota-fea-sporting-clays-shoot-9192024-2996/register"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#c0392b;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:medium"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;Register Here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join our current sponsors:&amp;nbsp; Lunseth Plumbing &amp;amp; Heating, Holmes Murphy Construction, John T. Jones Construction and Florians Excavating, OECS Comply and RJ Zavoral&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.mnabc.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2996</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:08:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MN FEA Sporting Clays Shoot 9/24/24 9/24/2024 12:30 PM - 9/24/2024 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;You are invited to this year&amp;#39;s ABC Minnesota-North Dakota Sporting Clays Shoot to support the Free&amp;nbsp;Enterprise Alliance and MN/ND ABC at the Horse and Hunt Club in Prior Lake, MN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;This is a 100-target tournament, so bring your gun and shells for a great time with&amp;nbsp;like-minded construction professionals. &lt;b&gt;Please plan to bring your own shells; a limited number may be available at the Horse and Hunt Club.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;The FEA is the action arm for small businesses,&amp;nbsp;entrepreneurs, and other&amp;nbsp;advocates of limited government, open and fair competition, and the&amp;nbsp;economically sound principles upon which America was built.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;This event is a great way to entertain your clients and reward&amp;nbsp;employees. Field a squad of up to 5 shooters (top 4 scores count).&amp;nbsp;Partial squads and individuals are welcome and will be paired with others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Following the shoot, once again, there will be an incredible dinner. You won&amp;#39;t want to miss this one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:30pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Registration Opens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1:30pm - &lt;/strong&gt;Shoot Begins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin-top:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-variant-caps:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="orphans:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform:none"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="widows:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color:#535353"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;We would like to extend a big thanks to our current sponsors for this years event:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin-top:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Silver Level Sponsors:&lt;/strong&gt; Innovated Services&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin-top:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-variant-caps:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="orphans:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform:none"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="widows:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color:#535353"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bronze Level Sponsors: &lt;/b&gt;Elcor Construction,&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;MCI Paint &amp;amp; Drywall,&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;The Builders Group, Roers Companies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin-top:0px"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(83, 83, 83);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dinner Sponsors:&lt;/strong&gt; Peters &amp;amp; Kappenman, P.A., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;U.S. CAD, An ARKANCE Company&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(83, 83, 83);"&gt;, idcAutomatic&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin-top:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-variant-caps:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="orphans:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform:none"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="widows:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color:#535353"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beer Sponsor: &lt;/strong&gt;Grazzini Brothers &amp;amp; Co.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin-top:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-variant-caps:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="orphans:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform:none"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="widows:auto"&gt;&lt;span style="word-spacing:0px"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color:#535353"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Station Sponsors:&lt;/strong&gt; Glass &amp;amp; Mirror Minnesota, OECS, EquipmentShare, Schneider Consultants&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.mnabc.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3016</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:51:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thirsty Thursday Brew Tour - Downtown Axe 9/26/2024 4:00 PM - 9/26/2024 6:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Join ABC of MN/ND for a Happy hour at Downtown Axe in Grand Forks. Bring a potential member along too!&amp;nbsp; Pizza and a Beverage.&amp;nbsp;Come and have a drink on us and throw some axes.&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.mnabc.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3034</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:50:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rochester Thirsty Thursday - Little Thistle Brewing 9/26/2024 4:00 PM - 9/26/2024 6:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ABC Thirsty Thursday in Rochester, MN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us at Little Thistle Brewing for a happy hour Thirsty Thursday networking event. Great food and&amp;nbsp;fun.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.mnabc.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3009</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 09:53:05 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>