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• Nail-It Before Year-End: Essential Tax and Incentive To-Dos for Contractors

  • When
    23 Oct 2025
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    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    Gibson's Oak Brook

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  This program will prepare you for year-end and arm you with practical insights and strategies to help your organization maximize opportunities and stay ahead of key tax and incentive considerations.

  What the speakers will cover:

  1. Identifying critical year-end tax and accounting planning strategies to optimize deductions and credits and manage cash flow
  2. Understanding the key federal and state tax law changes impacting construction firms in 2025, including Section 174 and R&D credits under “OBBBA” and the IL sales and use tax for leases of tangible property
  3. Discovering available federal and state tax incentives for construction firms, including energy efficiency, workforce development, and hiring credits

  Speakers:
  Alex Warner, Principal, Construction Tax, CliftonLarsonAllen

  Mike Boenzi, Partner, Forvis Mazars, US

  This program qualified for 1.5 hours of CPE in the field of Tax Accounting.

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• "Build Chicago" Awards Digital Program Book

  • When
    13 Nov 2025
  • Location
    Drake Hotel - Oak Brook

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  The 2025 "Build Chicago" Awards Celebration is going digital and your business can be front and center.

  Advertising in our new Digital Program Book puts your brand directly in the hands of construction financial leaders and industry professionals. This dynamic format offers more than traditional print ever could:

  • Wider Reach – Shared with attendees during and after the event, plus our entire CFMA Chicago community through email, website, and social media.

  • Accessibility – Viewable on phones, tablets, and computers, making your brand visible anytime, anywhere.

  • Enhanced Engagement – Drive traffic to your website, social media, or resources with clickable and interactive ads.

  • Longevity & Visibility – Your ad lives beyond the celebration, keeping your business top of mind.

  • Sustainable & Innovative – Eliminates paper waste while adding value with digital interactivity.

  Plus: Ads will rotate on-screen during the live event for maximum exposure.

  Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your business in the most visible way possible. Secure your ad space in the 2025 Digital Program Book today!

  Half Page: $250
  Full Page: $400
  
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• "Build Chicago" Awards Celebration Event

  • When
    13 Nov 2025
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    5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Drake Hotel - Oak Brook

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  Join us on Thursday, November 13, as we come together to celebrate our chapter and to honor our 2025 award recipients for their leadership and contributions in the Chicago construction industry. 

  Congratulations!
  
  Contractor of the Year
  
  

  General Member of the Year
  Dean O'Brien, CFMA Past President

  Associate Member of the Year
  Mike Stephens, CliftonLarsonAllen

  President's Award
  CIBC Bank

  
  

  Sponsorships are available. Click here to download the sponsorship flyer.

  Don't miss out on this year's Digital Program Book. Click here to learn more.

  
  

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• Practical Succession Planning for Construction Finance Leaders

  • When
    19 Nov 2025
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    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    Gibson's Oak Brook

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  Leadership transitions are one of the most critical risks a business can face and one of the most overlooked. Poorly managed successions cost U.S. companies nearly one trillion dollars each year in lost value, operational disruption, and leadership gaps. Despite this risk, nearly two-thirds of small and mid-sized firms, including many in the construction industry, still operate without a formal succession planning process. And when transitions do happen, nearly 40% of successors fail within their first 18 months due to poor preparation, unclear expectations, or lack of internal alignment.

  Who should attend?
  This program is for CFOs, Controllers, and the financial leads who advise these companies, the cost of not planning is real: disrupted operations, lost contracts and client relationships and overall valuation erosion.

  This session is designed to help you get ahead of those risks. You’ll learn:

  • A clear 3–5 year roadmap for effective succession planning
  • Key decision points and common pitfalls in CEO and founder-led transitions
  • How to define and assess internal readiness using a success profile for a targeted role
  • A real-world case study to prompt reflection and discussion

  Whether you're preparing your own company or advising clients, you’ll leave with tangible tools, fresh insight, and renewed confidence to lead or support an intentional transition process.

  Guest Speaker: David Sowinski, Ph.D., Partner, Vantage Leadership Consulting
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  This program qualified for 1.5 hours of CPE in the field of Business Management and Organization.

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• Economic Outlook with Anirban Basu

  • When
    16 Dec 2025
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    7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Gibson's Oak Brook

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  Monetary Masala
  

  Is the US economy headed for recession, or can America weather emerging trade wars, associated cost increases, and uncertainty?  This presentation focuses on US and regional economic performance with an eye toward identifying emerging risks to what has been the world's most envied economy.  Among the variables of interest are interest rates, employment growth, real estate valuations, and various leading economic indicators.

  Click to view Dr. Anirban Basu's bio
  

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