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Anthony DeRosa DeRosa Builders Michael Church William Pitt Sotheby’s Kim DiMatteo The DiMatteo Group Maureen Hanley-Bellitto United Bank 2015-16 Directors Hocon Gas Bender Supply FourSquare Build & Design Doherty & DeLeo City Carting Hertz Construction Pella Commercial Wood Builders Life Directors JMC Resources The Greyrock Companies Preferred Builders Cannondale Building & Design Murren-Kane Construction ERI Building & Design Susquehanna Enterprises HBRA Staff Gina Calabro Executive Officer Deanna Hiller Executive Assistant HBRA of Fairfield County 2228 Black Rock Turnpike Suite 307 Fairfield, CT 06825 203-335-7008 hbra@buildfairfieldcounty.com www. buildfairfieldcounty.com Want to advertise? Contact the office for more information and rates. May 2016 | HBRA of Fairfield County | 3 17 Page: 6-7 8 10 11-13 14 -16 May General Membership Meeting New Members Associate Spotlight What’s Happening at the Fairfield County HBRA Builder News: CT Weighs Tougher Building Codes to Combat Climate Change Documentation and Contracts: Keep it Clear and Simple The Skills Gap is Hurting America’s Housing Market HBRA Training OSHA 10 Regular Features Page: 4 5 18-19 9 9 11 12 13 16 Back Cover Executive Officers Message Upcoming Events Member Benefits Sponsors/Advertisers 2 Please visit our Sponsors The DiMatteo Group Hocon Gas Ridgefield Supply United Bank Interstate+Lakeland Lumber East Haven Builders Supply Ring’s End Inside this issue... 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Congratulations to Peter Solheim, Head Building Official from the Town of Darien. See pages 6-7 for photos of the evening. If you have not already registered for the 70th Anniversary Annual Meeting you need to do so by May 25th. The evening will be an epic event honoring past presidents, the HBRA board and 2 of our members - Joanne Carroll and Scott Hobbs. Entertainment for the evening will be Carmen Ciricillo known as “The Construction Comic.” The Fiano Family Golf Classic is set for June 29th to benefit the NAHB BUILD-PAC. If you can’t make the event you can still donate - see page 5 for details. Some big events are also on the horizon - The Golf Outing on July 20th at Whitney Farms Golf Course, the September 7th Clambake at the Jackie Durrell Pavilion at Fairfield Beach and The Yankee Game and dinner on Arthur Avenue at Pasquale Rigoletto on September 29th. As always, if you have any questions, please call the office or email us at hbra@buildfairfieldcounty.com! Best, Gina Calabro gina@buildfairfieldcounty.com 4 | HBRA of Fairfield County | May 2016 ׉ 7cassandra://H1jJ-4dbc7wMRgK8v_BEhilQasVnXaqyn1MZeabdOowC`WCsK;5 ׉EXMay 24, 2016 September 7, 2016 Swimming Pools Chapter 42 & Appendix G – Part 2 Sponsored by: District 8 Officials Norwalk Inn & Conference Center 99 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 12:00 to 2:00 PM $12 fee payable at the door RSVP: Bill Ireland at (203) 854-7760 or wireland@norwalkct.org June1, 2016 HBRA ANNUAL MEETING Trumbull Marriott 180 Hawley Street, Trumbull, CT 6:00pm - 9:00pm $80 - Members/ Members Guests $120 - Non Members Click Here to Register July 20, 2016 HBRA Golf Outing Whitney Farms Golf Course 175 Shelton Road (Rt 110) Lunch, Cocktails, Dinner, Raffles, and Awards. 10:30am - 6:00pm $200/Golfer $800/Foursome $60/Dinner Only Click Here to Register Clambake at Fairfield Beach Jacky Durrell Pavilion 401 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield 6:00pm - 9:00pm This is a limited seating event. $50 - Members/ Members Guests Click Here to Register September 29, 2016 Yankee Game/Pre-Game Dinner Pasquale’s Rigoletto on Arthur Avenue Tickets- $180/pp Bus Leaves 3:30 – Westport Commuter Lot – Exit 18 off I95 Register by Friday, Sept. 15, 2016 Click Here to Register Fiano Family Golf Classic Support HBRA of Connecticut retain the #1 national fund raising event. Monday, June 27, 2016 TPC River Highlands Cromwell, CT • Evening Post-Play Reception • Sponsorship Opportunities Tax deductible sponsorships are available please contact us at 860-632-7863 2016 NAHB BUILD-PAC payment forms and golf tournament information coming soon. Questions call George at 860-632-7863 Can’t make the tournament? 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Member: Robert Fahey Pro Source of Stamford Proudly serves trade professional members offering superior flooring products Plumbing Works LLC Expertly installed residential and small business applications. Wernert Associates Inc. To provide our clients with the highest quality construction services. Member: Max Wernert ׉ 7cassandra://NiqqnZUUi0Hbs9JGzPz8X3KjAuFNMzaw_z4jgFYOgx4U`WCsK;5 ׉ELook no further for an insurance agent who can work with you to design an insurance portfolio just right for your business. If you engage in construction or remodeling of one or two family residences in CT then I want to talk to you. Our construction insurance program includes: • General Liability • • • Property Business Auto Inland Marine • Workers Compensation • Umbrella • Builders Risk Kim Marie DiMatteo, CIC, MWCA I have been in the construction insurance business since 1992. I know the markets, the products, and what’s right for you. 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Jacky Durrell Pavilion, 401 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield Register Online MEET THE MOST POWERFUL BUSINESS PARTNERS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. Kathryn A. Eren, VP, Cash Management Officer; Lisa Stuard, AVP Commercial Loan Administrator; Maureen Hanley-Bellitto, SVP, Commercial Team Leader; Gregory Pastor, Jr. VP, Commercial Banking Officer; Kim Karl, VP, Commercial Banking Officer; Deep community roots. Unrivaled market knowledge. Unmatched customer service. When a bank builds its commercial banking team around the values that truly make a difference in helping your business and community grow and prosper, that’s more than banking. That’s changing the way you bank. Talk to us today. 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Dannel P. Malloy’s recent executive order directing state agencies to strengthen building codes in response to climate change. Homebuilders aren’t opposed to stronger codes where necessary, particularly in wind-prone areas along the coast, but want decisions based on sound research and cost-benefit analyses. Most importantly, they don’t want regulations that price customers out of the market, said Bob Hanbury, a longtime builder and co-owner of Newingtonbased House of Hanbury Builders Inc., which does residential remodeling and additions. Hanbury is active in the industry, including serving on committees for the International Existing Building Code and on the board of the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Connecticut Inc. “The motives are good; we just want to make sure the outcomes are as good as the motives,” Hanbury said. In April, Malloy issued an executive order instructing the Department of Administrative Services, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Insurance Department to work with the Office of the State Building Inspector to ensure that the next revision to the State Building Code contains standards that increase the resiliency of new and renovated homes and buildings. Malloy hasn’t proposed anything specific, but said measures to consider include sealing seams in roof decks to guard against water infiltration if shingles blow off; stronger tie-downs of roofs to building structures; and impact-resistant glass in high-wind areas. Many measures to make buildings more resilient are relatively inexpensive, he said. He also cited research that every $1 spent on resiliency measures can save $4 in insurance claims. The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) backed Malloy’s recommendations. The institute released a report last year on the progress of 18 hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast in strengthening their residential building-code systems. Connecticut scored 88 out of a possible 100, ranking it fifth best among the 18 states, up from a score of 81 in 2012. Top-rated states have strong statewide residential building codes and regulatory processes for building officials, homebuilders and residential construction contractors, IBHS said. It evaluated 47 key data points to assess the effectiveness of states’ residential-building-code programs, including code adoption and enforcement; building official training and certification; and licensing requirements for construction trades that implement building code provisions, IBHS added. IBHS cited a study conducted by Texas A&M University on hurricane-related building requirements in Texas that found the benefits of adopting the code provisions exceeded the costs by a factor of 4.5 to 7. READ MORE hbra@buildfairfieldcounty.com May 2016 | HBRA of Fairfield County | 14 ׉ 7cassandra://eVKlpKjWcw1IGZ858_grG3iRmMXITANDMguglj0eMLkC`WCsT;5 ׉E RBuilder News Documentation and Contracts: Keep It Clear and Simple By Dennis A. Dixon | April 19, 2016 | Pro Remodeler Three essentials to ensure clear, factual, and detailed paperwork for remodeling projects as it’s signed and dated by both parties. So make sure that any selections made are accompanied by the client’s signature. Any contractor trying to win a battle with a homeowner, say about the color and texture of their newly installed driveway, which the client is now claiming is incorrect, will have an uphill battle without documentation. Thirty-plus years of construction experience, combined with lessons learned from involvement as an expert witness in construction litigation, has taught me that in any remodeling project, clear, factual, and detailed paperwork is worth its weight in gold, and a thorough construction contract promotes professionalism, protects your profits, and boosts your efficiency because it minimizes or eliminates confusion and the need for explanation. 1] Document it: Any and all paperwork, documentation (photos, video, even sound recordings), and “signed” changes are paramount in a legal defense. Everything else is secondary, if allowed at all. Also, in a lawsuit, the professionals are deemed to be exactly that: professional. The clients (homeowners) are assumed to be innocent and in the right until proven otherwise. Anything signed is valid—even a change order written on the back of a torn, dirty, envelope, as long Tip: Keep signed, approved sample selections in a labeled file box. For example, a paint color chip, laminate selection, 4-inch profile of the living room crown molding … with an accompanying note (in the case of the driveway color) that “Owner approved driveway concrete color and texture— example as seen Oct. 10, 2015, at 5978 Pine Cone Lane, Flagstaff, as produced by ABC Concrete.” 2] Keep it simple: Legalese in construction contracts can be confusing. It’s best to use understandable, simple English so both you and your customers can read and understand the parameters and procedures of the project as defined in the contract. Note: Some states require certain codicils in construction contracts, such as force majeure or an estoppel clause. Check with your attorney about what is and isn’t required for your locale. 3] Define it: The contract should define and explain project conditions, leaving little, if anything, to interpretation. Contractual paperwork should spell out policies, procedures, facts, figures, options, billing methods, payments, and ways to resolve conflict or misunderstanding. 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The knowledge and skills necessary to repair our toilets, install our furnaces and build our houses are dying on the vine. And, unless we want our grandkids growing up in primeval teepees, we need to work quickly to fix it. This trend has been building up for years. In the 1990s, the American educational system (no doubt with the best of intentions) discontinued vocational classes and began to encourage all students to pursue a four-year college degree, creating significant, if unintended, consequences. First, fewer students were exposed to career options in the skilled labor trades. Second, the profound emphasis placed on college-level education perpetuated the notion that skilled (i.e., blue-collared) labor entails physically demanding, yet mindless work. And third, industry succession responsibilities were transferred to business owners lacking the time and resources required to fully train and educate would-be workers. 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