ARP - Associated Reserve Planners provides quality training for reserve professionals. The 2021 conference schedule included a variety of presentations. ARP’s goal is to help reserve professionals improve their skills to provide their best services for their association clients. ARP education addresses a wide variety of reserve study topics. Our training on the reserve study process is unequaled - because a complete understanding of the process is the foundation of reserve studies - all technical training rests on this foundation. The reserve study process involves multiple disciplines and it is rare for reserve professionals to have high level skills in all areas.
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Maintaining Paved Surfaces |
Michael Frank
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Michael Frank is a recognized paving expert who has consulted with many associations and created their paving maintenance plan for them. Because he is a well-regarded independent consultant who does not act as a paving contractor, many paving contractors also rely on his expertise in creating paving maintenance plans. This course discusses pavement construction, common defects in paved surfaces and the best maintenance activities to perform for various climate and road use conditions. |
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Investing Reserve Funds
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Nico March
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Investing reserve funds requires not only extensive knowledge of the various investments vehicles available to associations, but also requires community association industry knowledge and experience regarding limitations imposed by governing documents, state law, and application of the "business judgment" rule. Nico march has decades of experience and is a nationally recognized expert on investing reserve funds. |
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Highrise Reserve Studies
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Andy Henley Gary Porter, RS, FMP, RRC, CPA
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High rise reserve studies are a class of properties that require far more extensive knowledge of the reserve professional due to the many unique mechanical systems that are an integral part of high-rise buildings. This course looks at all of the primary mechanical systems of high-rise buildings and is a basic course designed to inform reserve preparers of the systems they are likely to encounter and on which they must be knowledgeable on order to perform their analysis. Each of these mechanical systems is worthy of a multi-hour course on their own, and ARP is committed to presenting those courses in the future. Andy Henley is vice president of Pro Tec Building Services which provides maintenance services for more than 700 associations. Pro Tec is recognized as the leading maintenance service provider in the community association industry. Gary Porter is a reserve professional who has performed numerous high rise reserve studies. |
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Highrise Structural issues
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David McDermott, AIA
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Given the recent collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Florida that occurred just two months prior to this conference, this presentation could not be more timely. David McDermott is a San Francisco based architect who has performed numerous PCAs (Property Condition Assessments) of existing buildings and is a recognized expert who has participated as a speaker in multiple international architectural and building panels. In this presentation Mr. McDermott discusses basic construction methods, design techniques, and building materials unique to high rise properties. |
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Country Club Reserve Studies
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Gary Porter, RS, FMP, RRC, CPA
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This presentation focuses on the unique requirements of golf courses. While recognizing that clubhouses and other recreational facilities such as sports courts could be stand-alone presentations themselves regarding country club operations, this course focuses on the most costly and least understood aspect of operations, the golf course. This presentation looks at the different types or "classes" of golf courses, the various irrigation sources, and discusses construction details of bunkers, greens, and tee boxes. Mr. Porter has performed numerous golf course reserve studies of all types, from the "primitive" courses to one of the most highly regarded country clubs in the U.S. rated as a "top ten" country club. |
