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MASONRY The Beauty of Block, Brick & Stone How to be a Successful Mason Contractor

CAM ANNUAL REPORT CAM Celebrates 122 Years of Service to the Construction Industry

CAM Hosts the School Facilities Roundtable Plus: Hooked on Slate at 1351 Hill Street’s Student Housing Facility in Ann Arbor

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44 Raise Your Hand

CAM Magazine Presents the School Facilities Roundtable

16 Go Green!

Plante & Moran, PLLC Explores Green Building Trends in Michigan

18 CAM Annual Report

CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT

CAM Celebrates 122 Years of Service to the Michigan Construction Industry

26 Design & Construction Expo 2008 A Recap of This Year’s Show

32 On The Jobsite

Building for Success at Sherman Elementary

MASONRY

52 Hooked on Slate

1351 Hill Street’s Student Housing Facility in Ann Arbor

34 Shoptalk

Block, Brick and Stone Bring The Mall at Partridge Creek to Life

40 Making Your Own Luck

Being a Successful Masonry Contractor in 2008

42 On the Scaffold

A Mason’s View of the U of M Museum of Art Addition, and the Crittenton Hospital Addition

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NEWS was responsible for approximately 500 employees engaged in asphalt and concrete production and in paving Michigan’s and Florida’s highways and runways. As chairperson of the Michigan Road Builders Association’s Safety Committee, he was instrumental in the development of a set of industry Best Practices, resulting in the distribution of documents used by the paving industry. As CAM’s manager of education and safety services, Forgue has continued to be a driving force for improved safety on construction sites across Michigan. He began the Safety Alert Program, a series of published alerts describing actual accidents and offering readers practical prevention strategies. Many CAM members are using the alerts as toolbox talks on their own jobsite. Forgue also established the CAMSAFETY Committee, a group of 21 full-time construction safety professionals that meet monthly to discuss safety-related topics. He also helped develop the annual Construction Safety Training Workshop, a one-day, hands-on work-

CAM’s Education and Safety Manager, Joe Forgue, Named Safety Professional of the Year

Joseph M. Forgue, manager of education and safety services for the Construction Association of Michigan (CAM), has been named Safety Professional of the Year by the Greater Detroit Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. A dedicated safety professional for over 10 years, Forgue’s knowledge base, strong leadership, and deep sense of personal commitment has made him a “go to” person for construction safety in Michigan. Under Forgue’s leadership, the CAMSAFETY Program has become one of the premier construction safety programs in the state of Michigan. The CAMSAFETY Program has even received international recognition, having been granted the prestigious Management Award from the International Builders Exchange Executives Association in 2007. Forgue launched his safety career as safety director at Ajax Paving where he

shop put on by CAM and the Building Industry Association. The workshop offers workers in the field the opportunity to learn practical and site-related safety information. Forgue has been active in the safety field as teacher, author, and leader. As an OSHA Outreach Instructor, he conducted five OSHA 30-hour classes in 2007. He is co-author of the “Leading Indicators” chapter of Construction Safety Management and Engineering. As a leader, Forgue is current president of the Greater Detroit ASSE. Active in numerous professional safety organizations, Forgue is a committee member in the Construction Division of the Michigan Safety Conference, as well as a member of the Oakland University Safety and Health Industry Advisory Committee and the safety committee for the Management and Union Serving Together (MUST) program. Forgue has been a safety watchdog for over 35 years, first working to ensure safe streets as a City of Troy police office for 25 years before joining the mission to create

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Industry Mourns Roy Seelbinder

The industry mourns the passing of Roy Alton Seelbinder, owner of Troybased Seelbinder Construction Company. A builder specializing in church construction, Seelbinder was a former chairman of the Masonry Institute of Michigan. He passed away Jan. 15, 2008. He is survived by his wife, Carol, three children and seven grandchildren. Memorial services were held at the Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Bloomfield Hills.

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SAFETY TOOL KIT Leading Indicators

An associate of mine recently asked me to co-author a chapter for a textbook called, “Construction Joseph M. Forgue Safety Management Manager of Education and Engineering” & Safety Services published by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Our chapter covered what is commonly referred to as “Leading Indicators.” Most of us evaluate the effectiveness of our safety program through benchmarking our lost workday case rate, recordable case rate, and/or experience modification rating (EMR). All are good indicators in their own right, but all have one thing in common: they are evaluating what’s already happened. It’s sort of like rowing downstream while sitting backwards in the canoe. There’s an old adage that synopsizes this type of evaluation: “If you

always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got.” Not too eloquent, but you get the drift. What the theory of leading indicators does is forces us to look forward so that we have a better chance of seeing what’s coming. I will explain this concept in more details in the next few Tool Kits but I wanted to get you started on looking forward rather than behind when evaluating your safety program. We all know that safety - and indeed all risk management - is about preventing loss. If we do not spend the time and energy needed to identify where the hazards lie, prevention becomes all but impossible. Over the next several months I will give you a better idea on how to use leading indicators and, thereby, make your safety program as effective as possible. If you have any questions about this or any other safety issue you can always find me at the end of 248-972-1141 or at [email protected].

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Students from 37 schools throughout the State of Michigan converged on Rock Financial Showplace in Novi in late January to compete in the 2008 Michigan Regional Future City Competition sponsored and coordinated by The Engineering Society of Detroit. Future City is meant to ignite students’ interest in math, science, and engineering, and to challenge young minds to apply concepts to real world solutions. This year’s competition included a record 20 schools from the City of Detroit. The competition challenges seventhand eighth-grade students to design a city of the future using SimCity software. Each team (students, a teacher, and an engineer mentor) builds a model of that city using a team-based approach. This year students were asked to design their cities based on the theme of “Keeping Our City’s Infrastructure Healthy: Using Nanotechnology to Monitor City Structures and Systems.” THE AWARD-WINNING SCHOOLS INCLUDE: First Place: Royal Oak Middle School, Royal Oak Second Place: St. John Lutheran School, Rochester

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Third Place: Power Middle School, Farmington Hills Fourth Place: St. Valentine School, Redford Fifth Place: Mayville Middle School, Mayville

Many companies and associations in the design, engineering and construction industry sponsored a variety of awards to nurture and inspire a new generation, including: • Power Middle School, Farmington Hills, Most Creative Use of Materials, Construction Association of Michigan • Novi Middle School, Novi, Best Place to Raise a Kid, an award created, sponsored and presented by Barton Malow Company • Northville Christian School, Northville, Best Architecture & Engineering Design, Harley Ellis Devereaux • St. John Lutheran School, Best Engineered Project, NTH Consultants, Ltd. • St. Joseph School, Lake Orion, Best Planned City, Walbridge Aldinger Company • Dearborn Heights Montessori, Dearborn Heights, Best Use of Green Principles, U.S. Green Building Council, Detroit Regional Chapter • St. John Lutheran School, Rochester, Cool City, American Institute of Architects, Detroit Chapter • Hillel Day School, Farmington Hills, Most Healthy Community, Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. • MacArthur K-8 University Academy, Southfield, Most Sustainable Building, Lawrence Technological University • Novi Middle School, Novi, The William Barclay Parsons Excellence Awards, Parsons Brinckerhoff

Below is a list of only a few of the many projects demonstrating the creativity of today’s generation of students: • Millennium City, formerly known as the City of Detroit, in the year 2160 • A colony on Mars in the year 2132 • A city that operates on tidal turbines with smart houses to thwart typhoons • A city in Alaska that consists of three sections: underground, underwater, and on

land, all accessible by tubes containing elevators and mass transportation • A New York City with indestructible bridges and dome-shaped covers to eliminate pollution. • Funding for the competition was provided by the Skillman Foundation, the Ford Motor Company Fund, and the DTE Energy Foundation, as well as by numerous companies and individuals.

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Nancy D. Marshall, President, Aluminum Supply Company, Wins “2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award” for Second Year in a Row

Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine, recently announced that Nancy D. Marshall, president/CEO of Aluminum Supply Co., Inc., has won a 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award. Marshall became the president of the Detroit-based, familyowned business in 2005. Aluminum Supply is celebrating 60 years in business as a fabricator and distributor of architectural metal building products. The company provides custom fabricated metal wall panels, metal roof systems, masonry flashing, glazing accessories, aluminum extrusions and other products “Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipients must demonstrate that they have fast-growth businesses, they mentored or actively support other women and girls involved in entrepreneurship, and they stand out as leaders in their communities,” Smiley said. “Many of these women are also leaders in the key organizations that support the growth of women’s entrepreneurship. We have the privilege of bringing together the nation’s finest women business owners to recognize and celebrate their accomplishments.” Award winners were recognized in five categories related to their annual sales volume. Marshall ranked in the third category with an annual sales volume ranging from more than $5 million and up to $10 million. Smiley congratulated

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Marshall on the tremendous success she has achieved with her business and for being an outstanding role model for other women entrepreneurs. Smiley further said, “We are proud to recognize Marshall as one of the finest women entrepreneurs in North America.” Marshall was recognized during a three-day tribute in honor of the winners held from February 28 to March 1 at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Enterprising Women, headquartered in Cary, NC, is the nation’s only womenowned magazine published exclusively for women business owners that chronicles the growing political, economic and social influence and power of entrepreneurial women. The magazine provides a friendly meeting place, a public forum, and a national stage for the critical issues confronting women’s businesses and daily lives from the unique perspectives and experiences of entrepreneurial women. For more information, please visit http://www.enterprisingwomen.com or call 919-362-1551.

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Lights Out! Save Money, Save Energy, Save Birds

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Metropolitan Detroit has joined a growing list of organizations and building owners in supporting the Detroit Audubon Society’s (DAS) Project Safe Passage - Great Lakes. The initiative is a voluntary drive requesting building organizations, government agencies and property owners to turn off lights in tall buildings (floors above the 5th story) from 11 p.m. to dawn during spring and fall migration to prevent night migrating birds from colliding into lighted buildings. Experts conservatively estimate that 100 million birds die annually in North America during spring and fall migration, said Rochelle Breitenbach, “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

DAS board member. Some place the loss at close to a billion. After habitat loss, death by window collision is the second leading cause of bird mortality in North America. DTE Energy is one of the companies on the Detroit Audubon Society’s Safe Passage Honor Roll. They have not only saved birds, but also have shaved over $15,000 annually from their electrical bill by turning off lights during migration periods, said Breitenbach. Gov. Granholm issued a proclamation of support designating March 15 to May 31 and August 15 to October 31 as Safe Passage Great Lakes days. The City of Southfield also issued a resolution of support for Project Safe Passage, encouraging business owners, building owners, and property owners to cooperate with the program. Toronto, Chicago, New York City, and now Minneapolis have similar Safe Passage initiatives in place to encourage building owners to turn off the lights from the second weekend in March through May and from the second weekend in August through October between

11 p.m. and dawn. Breitenbach offers a bird’s eye-view of a lighted building: “Birds use the stars and moon to navigate, but when they encounter a tall, lighted building their navigation system becomes confused. Some circle the building endlessly until they fall to the ground, either dying of exhaustion or being eaten by predators. Others actually collide with the window and die. Some survive the collision, but will sustain a type of closed head injury, making them far less functional.” According to the DAS website, “By turning out these lights, not only will the birds be spared, but also money and energy will be saved, plus pollution will be reduced. It will be a win-win situation for building owners/operators and for the birds that will be able to continue their long migration flights with one major hazard removed.” DAS also hopes to address the issue of clear glass expanses, which also pose a hazard to birds on a daily basis. “The use of fritted glass and other strategies that break up reflections seems to help,” said Brietenbach.

MGM Grand Detroit Named “Development of the Year 2007” By Americas Lodging Investment Summit

MGM Grand Detroit has been named “Development of the Year 2007” by the 2008 Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), the lodging industry’s

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premier hospitality event held this year at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. MGM Grand Detroit is an $800-million destination development of MGM MIRAGE. ALIS nominees are considered for this prestigious honor based on outstanding business performance in various industry sectors. Beginning with a pool of 30 prestigious luxury properties and narrowed down to a final three by the ALIS nomination committee, MGM Grand Detroit was voted “Development of the Year 2007” by a group of conference sponsors and presented with the award on January 29 by committee chair Pat Ford. Co-hosted by the American Hotel & Lodging Association and the Burba Hotel Network, the two-and-a-half-day event featured an extensive array of seminars and panels hosted by leading experts and investors discussing important trends, identifying new opportunities, and honoring various lodging industry luminaries and the outstanding transactions of the year. Delivering unrivaled rooms and suites, celebrity chef restaurants, the only resortstyle spa in southeastern Michigan, and 30,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, MGM Grand Detroit is now one of the premier hotel and entertainment destination in the Midwest. In addition to creating a new must-see destination, the MGM Grand Detroit is a boon to the local economy, generating approximately 3,000 jobs and making it one of the top employers in the area.

Correction

In the February 2008 issue of CAM Magazine, Lark Photography took the photo appearing on page 15, “Max Fisher Music Center, Detroit”. We had mistakenly identified it as being provided by the George W. Auch Co. CAM Magazine regrets the error.

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Green Building Trends in Michigan By David de Steiger, Management Consultant, Plante & Moran, PLLC

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reen Building is a topic that has swarmed the construction industry of late. Its efforts are to generate energy and resource savings, promote environmental stewardship, comply with governmental regulations and incentives, and to improve conditions for occupants. But where does Michigan lie in all of this, and what should builders do to stay ahead of the curve? In this article we will explore these and other related issues. GREEN BUILDING GUIDELINES Green Building, also known as sustainable building, is measured by three different standards: LEED, Green Built, and Energy Star. LEED The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED promotes a wholebuilding approach to sustainability, assessing five key areas of human and environmental health: • • • • •

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LEED rating systems are in place for New Construction, Existing Buildings, Commercial Interiors, Core & Shell, Schools, Retail, Healthcare, Homes, and soon Neighborhood Development. Projects earn a certain number of points detailed in the rating system under each of the five key areas listed above to achieve the status of LEED Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum. Projects can be registered online or by mail with the USGBC to apply for LEED certification. Additionally, individual building professionals can achieve LEED Professional Accreditation by passing the LEED AP exam. Many state and local governments are mandating LEED certification for construction projects or offering incentives for such. In Michigan, one such mandate is currently in place. Executive Order #2005-4 was signed by Governor Granholm on April 22, 2005, requiring that all state-funded new construction and major renovation projects over $1,000,000 be built in accordance with LEED guidelines. While this is the only LEED regulation currently in place, national trends suggest that more expansive requirements are sure to follow. GREEN BUILT Green Built Michigan (www.greenbuiltmichigan.org) is a voluntary certification for homes, abiding by the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB)

Model Green Home Building Guidelines. This certification contains the following seven key principles for design and construction of a home: • Lot Design, Preparation & Development • Resource Efficiency • Energy Efficiency • Indoor/Outdoor Water Use • Indoor Environmental Quality • Operation, Maintenance & Homeowner Education • Global Impact

A home can earn a Bronze, Silver, or Gold rating based on points accumulated in each category. A starting point for a Green Built certified home is to meet the requirements of the EPA ENERGY STAR home program. ENERGY STAR ENERGY STAR (www.energystar.gov) is an energy efficiency standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to qualify buildings, plants, homes, and products. Qualifications for each vary, but new homes for example, must be at least 15% more energy efficient than homes built to the 2004 International Residential Code (IRC), and include additional energy-saving features that typically make them 20-30% more efficient than standard homes. Individual products are perhaps most renown for carrying an “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

ENERGY STAR certification and include appliances, heating & cooling systems, home electronics, office equipment, lighting, commercial food service, and other commercial products. Use of these products in buildings and homes can contribute to the other certifications. WHEN TO GO GREEN? While Green Building carries many benefits for the builder, occupant, and community at large, there is an associated cost with doing so. LEED certification, for example, adds 4-11% of the project’s construction costs, depending on stringency of the existing code and the size of the project, according to “Analyzing the Cost of Obtaining LEED Certification” from Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants. Over half of these are “hard” costs coming from the investments in alternative systems, practices, and materials, while the remaining are “soft” incremental costs for design, documenting compliance, and verifying compliance through the commissioning process. Green Building certainly makes sense for occupants who plan to own the building for a period of time. After a few years, the savings in energy alone are likely to pay off a significant portion of the additional costs to build. Generally, larger projects tend to absorb “greening costs” better than small projects. Aside from cost incentives, the green building movement is likely to grow as individuals and organizations wish to promote environmental stewardship and healthy living. Along the same lines, state and local governments will likely do more and more to mandate or encourage green building practices. Whichever the case, it is in the best interest for Michigan builders to at least familiarize themselves with Green Building techniques and certifications, while jumping on opportunities to take on green projects. This experience will provide a leading edge in bidding on the wave of future Green Buildings. David de Steiger, a consultant with Plante & Moran, PLLC, provides operations improvement, systems, and cost management consulting services to companies in the construction, real estate, and manufacturing industries.

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CELEBRATES 122 YEARS OF SERVICE to the Michigan Construction Industry By Amanda Tackett, Editor Photos By John Lacy Photography

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he 122nd Annual Meeting of the Construction Association of Michigan was called to order by CAM president Kevin Koehler. Held February 5th, the first day of the Design & Construction Expo at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, over 300 CAM members were in attendance. “The theme of today’s meeting is ‘Standing Strong Together to Keep Michigan Building’,” said Koehler. “After 122 years of service to our industry and our membership, CAM continues to stand strong with our members ensuring the growth and future of the construction industry in Michigan.”

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This year ’s meeting featured an appearance by guest speaker Mr. Dana Johnson, chief economist from Comerica Bank. In his speech, Mr. Johnson commented on the current and projected health of the Michigan economy, and how that may impact the construction industry. Several awards were also presented at the Annual Meeting. The Don Purdie Scholarship, given to a deserving college student from Ferris State University each year so that he or she can pursue a career in construction management, went to Heather Goebel, a third-year construction management student. CAM President

MEET THE 2008 BOARD: Pictured above from left to right: Ted McGinley; Bob Michielutti, Jr.; Jacqueline LaDuke-Walters; Jim Capo; Brian Brunt; Jeff Cohee; Kevin Koehler; Andy Martin; John O’Neil; Brian Kiley; Rick Cianek and Stephen Auger (not pictured: Glenn Parvin).

Kevin Koehler, CAM Chairman Randy Brooks, Don Purdie Jr. of Detroit Elevator Co., and Professor Lee Templin from the College of Technology at Ferris State University, presented the award. Also presented were the 2007 safety awards, given to companies that achieve excellence in their safety programs through injury rates and experience modification ratings well below construction industry standards. In the under 150,000 work-hour category the winners were: “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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Gold Level – Christman Concrete Industrial Floors; Silver Level – Doring, Inc.; Bronze Level – Pipe Systems, Inc. In the 150,000 to 500,000 category the winners were: Gold Level – Hatzel & Buehler, Inc.; Silver Level – Adamo Demolition Company; Bronze Level – Spence Brothers, Inc. In the over 500,000 category the winners were: Gold Level – Skanska USA Building Inc.; Silver Level – Power Process Piping; Bronze Level – Commercial Contracting Corp. Finally, the member with the lowest EMR was John Carlo Company.

CHANGING OF THE GUARD The association’s new officers and directors, who will serve on the 2008 Board of Directors, were installed at the meeting. CAM’s new Chairman of the Board is Jeff W. Cohee, operations manager for the construction firm, Frank Rewold and Son, Inc., Rochester. A veteran of the construction industry, Cohee holds a Masters degree in Public Administration. He currently serves on the City of Rochester Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Board of Directors, and as Chairman of the Site Development Committee of the DDA. Each year, three newly elected Board Members replace three retiring Board Members. This year, those retiring are Vice Chairman Thomas Doyle of Plante & Moran, PLLC; Vice Chairman Nancy Marshall of Aluminum Supply Company; and 2007 CAM Chairman Randy Brooks of Temperature Engineering Corp The three newly elected members of the CAM Board of Directors for 2008 are Stephen Auger of Stephen Auger + Associates Architects, Inc., Lake Orion; James Capo of DeMattia Group, Plymouth; and Jacqueline LaDuke Walters of LaDuke Roofing & Sheet Metal, Oak Park. CAM’s newly elected Vice-Chairmen are Rick Cianek of Fraco Products, Ortonville, and Ted McGinley of M.C. Gutherie Lumber Company, Livonia. The new treasurer will be Bob Michielutti Jr., of Michielutti Brothers, Inc., Eastpointe. The other current members of CAM’s Board of Directors are: Brian Brunt of Brunt Associates, Wixom; Brian Kiley of Edgewood Electric, Inc., Madison Heights; R. Andrew Martin of F H Martin Constructors, Warren; John O’Neil, Sr. of W.J. O’Neil Company, Livonia; and Glenn Parvin of Custom Architectural Sheetmetal Specialists (C.A.S.S.), Detroit.

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Stephen Auger, president, Stephen Auger + Associates Architects, Inc. Stephen Auger has worked in the construction industry for 24 years, 13 of which have been as president of the architectural firm Stephen Auger + Associates Architects, Inc. (SA+A). The firm, located in Lake Orion, is a full service architecture, design, planning and interiors firm. Steve attended Northern Michigan University and Lawrence Technological University, receiving Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Architecture degrees. He is actively involved with the American Institute of Architects (AIA); the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB); National Trust for Historic Preservation; New Urban Congress; Automation Alley; Orion Area Chamber of Commerce; and is currently Chair of the Village of Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority. He is also active within the Association of Consultants for Liturgical Spaces (ACLS) and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art & Architecture. James Capo, vice president, Design/Build, DeMattia Group Jim Capo has 23 years of experience in the field of architecture and design. For the last 19 years, he has worked at DeMattia Group, Plymouth, an ISO 9001 Certified, full-service real estate development, architecture and construction firm. Jim’s position as VP of Design/Build allows him to serve as DeMattia’s liaison between the architectural, construction and real estate development departments. Jim received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Detroit (U of D), and has also earned his Masters in Architecture from U of D/Mercy. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects – Michigan Chapter; a past chairman of the Royal Oak Signage Variance Board; and is a board member of the Williamsburg Homeowners Association. Jacqueline LaDuke Walters, project manager/estimator, LaDuke Roofing & Sheet Metal Jacqueline LaDuke Walters represents the fourth generation of roofers in her family-owned and operated company. She has worked in the construction industry for the past nine years. Jackie has served on committees for the Southeast Michigan Roofing Contractors Association (SMRCA) and promotes that organization at public expositions and industry shows. Jackie graduated with honors from Western Michigan University, earning a Bachelor ’s degree. She is certified by the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) as a Construction Industry Technician (CIT), and she is also a certified residential builder in the state of Michigan. “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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CAM ANNUAL REPORT: CAM PUBLIC RELATIONS/GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS: In February, the Proposed 2% Services Tax prompted CAM to begin an e-mail campaign to its membership explaining the tax and including a survey. Over 650 CAM members responded to the survey, with 97.1% in strong opposition to the proposed tax. CAM’s correspondence with Governor Granholm expressing these views had a direct hand in quashing the proposed tax. This Government Affairs campaign received recognition from the Michigan Society of Association Executives in September, winning the Diamond Award for Best Government Relations Project by an association in its budget class. In addition to the Proposed 2% Services Tax, other CAM legislative alerts were issued in July for the Michigan Business Tax, and for Executive Order No. 2007-1 in October. In early August CAM, in partnership with Plante & Moran, mailed the questions of the Biennial Survey to the CAM Membership. Results from Owners, Contractors, Suppliers, Architects and Engineers were analyzed, compiled in booklet format, and distributed in January of this year. The 2007 Biennial Survey not only reflected the current construction climate in the state of Michigan, but also contained an 18-month forecast for our industry.

planroom was upgraded to version 5.0. This has allowed several new features to be released, the most impressive of which utilizes OCR, or Optical Character Recognition technology, to virtually READ specifications and present the user with a list of projects that pertain to them. This feature also hyper-links specification sections, allowing users to jump directly to the documents that apply to their trade.

CAMSAFETY: CAMSAFETY continued to grow in the scope of their work and in their influence on the construction safety “scene” in southeast Michigan. This included helping members evaluate, write and update Accident Prevention Programs; site safety audits; and passing along

THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INFORMATION GROUP (CPIG): Consisting of three departments - The Newsroom, the Planroom, and the CAM-Online Planroom - the Construction Project Information Group maintained its number of projects reported on in 2007, despite the overall decline of bidding projects available industry-wide. The CAM-Online Planroom has allowed subscribers the opportunity to convert from hard copy to electronically delivered reports. The online planroom allows subscribers instant access while controlling production costs. CPIG introduced a new product, the E-CPV, an electronic version of the Construction PreView report that is delivered via e-mail. Subscriptions for this service almost tripled in 2007. In November of 2007 the CAM-Online Visit us at www.cam-online.com

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useful safety information through their Safety Alert series. CAMSAFETY also conducted many hours of job specific, onsite safety training. In April, CAMSAFETY held their second annual Construction Safety Training Workshop at the Wixom Sports Center. The day was aimed at providing hands-on training in areas such as fall protection, trenching and shoring, power tool safety, and scaffolding. Participants were able to actually shoot “Hilti” guns, try on fall protection equipment, and assemble scaffolding. In 2007 CAMSAFETY began the process of developing “Best Practice” documents. These relatively short but comprehensive documents give members guidance in developing the best safety program they can by sharing information from some of the safest companies in the country. Working closely with the CAM Safety Committee in 2008, CAMSAFETY hopes to continue to grow as the premier safety services provider for the Michigan construction industry.

CAMTEC: The educational division of CAM, CAMTEC, presented nearly 120 classes, presentations and educational sessions in 2007, with an attendance well over 1,100 students. CAMTEC added classes on estate planning, insurance management and employment law. In July and October 2007, they partnered with Plante & Moran to present four sessions discussing the new Michigan Business Tax. These proved extremely popular with nearly 200 students signing up for these informative sessions. CAMTEC has taken their show on the road and presented training classes at member’s facilities and jobsites more frequently than ever before. Their motto is that they will go wherever they can to improve the knowledge base in the construction industry.

CAM E-NEWSLETTER: The CAM E-Newsletter was sent to the membership twice monthly over the past year. It fulfilled its purpose of keeping the members connected to all the up-to-date happenings at CAM, while keeping production and distribution costs in check. Links in the e-newsletter take members directly back to the CAM website.

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CAM WEBSITE: www.cam-online.com is the place where members will find everything they need to know about their association and their industry. The home page features the latest construction industry-related news and links. Members can access the Buyers Guide, the online news service, and CAM program information. Plans for 2008 include a complete website revision with even more features and user-friendly access.

CAM LABOR RELATIONS PROGRAM: In its fifth year, the CAM Labor Program continued to be the largest provider of labor relation services in Michigan. 330 union contractors who employ Carpenters, Laborers, Operating Engineers and/or Cement Masons in Southeast Michigan are presently participating in the CAM Labor Program. All benefits of the Labor Program are available at no additional cost. Participating contractors receive informational bulletins relating to current developments in the areas of labor relations; advice regarding the proper interpretation of collective bargaining agreements; assistance in resolving disputed issues with labor unions related to both contractual and non-con¬tractual matters; advice regarding proper work assignments; and assistance in resolving conflicting work claims. CAM’s Labor Relations Program will continue to grow as union contactors realize the quality and extent of the assistance available. This year, CAM welcomes Steven Hyder to its staff in the position of assistant director of labor relations.

CAM BUYERS GUIDE: In 2007, CAM distributed 16,500 Buyers Guides to contractors, architects, buyers and users of construction throughout the state – 3,200 at last year’s Expo alone! The CAM Buyers Guide is the premier directory of the Michigan Construction Industry. The 2008 directory contains over 2,000 categories and subcategories, and 10,678 classified listings. An ongoing, up-to-date version of the Buyers Guide is available online, featuring automated searches and website links. “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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CAM MAGAZINE: 2007, CAM In Magazine held its third annual Special Issue Award Ceremonies at Design & Construction Expo. Commemorative plaques were awarded to each architect and general contractor whose projects appeared in the Special Issue 2006. In September, CAM Magazine received the Michigan Society of Association Executives’ Diamond Award for Best Association Magazine in its budget class for the fourth time.

MEMBERSHIP: 2007 proved to be even more challenging than last year. However, the membership department has been able to level off its cancellations by members and maintain a retention rate close to 80%. One area affected by the current economy is the number of

new applications submitted for members, which is down 20%. Our goals for 2008 are to continue working hard to assist our members with the goods and services we have to offer and also to continue to bring in new members to our association.

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The 23rd Annual Design & Construction Expo was held at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi. With the goal of becoming an industry-wide event, events included were CAM’s 121st Annual Meeting, CSI’s monthly meeting, the WRIF Tool Box Tournament, a VIP Reception, the CAM Magazine Special Issue Awards, an expanded CAMTEC set of educational classes, and Architectural Alley helped bring in an increased attendance to the exhibitors who participated in the show. In September, Design & Construction Expo received recognition from Michigan Society of Association Executives when it received the Diamond Award for excellence in meetings and expositions.

In 2007, CAM Members continued to take advantage of the many cost saving programs offered at CAM. In 2007 CAM added eliquidMEDIA International Inc. and McLeod USA to our growing list of preferred providers.

SOCIAL EVENTS: In 2007 our dedicated marketing staff, assisted by strong committee support, facilitated many social events for CAM Members. The Men’s Bowling Double Classic, afternoon and evening Bowling Leagues, four Summer Golf Tournaments, two Sporting

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This past year, CAM-COMP provided Workers' Compensation Group Self Insurance to 350 contractor employers, and their annual collected premium was 6.5 million dollars. Loss ratios continued to be very favorable, and resulted in substantial premium refunds to the CAM-COMP membership equaling 42 million dollars. Services include expert claims consultants who provide aggressive "Fair But Firm" claims handling. CAM-COMP has highly qualified safety consultants who are experts in construction field loss control services and provide a variety of methods to prevent losses from happening. Their safety-training library grew substantially in 2007, and now offers 65 different construction safety-training videos at no charge. CAM-COMP partners with the CAM Safety Program and offers the online Safety Library and Safety Cornerstones to its members at a discounted price. The “Built On Safety” program provides monthly cash rewards to employees for remaining accident free and at no additional cost to CAM-COMP members.

CONSTRUCTION FEDERAL CREDIT UNION (CFCU): Since 1974, Construction Federal Credit Union has focused on improving the lives of those it serves: the Construction Association of Michigan members and their families. Under the leadership of new president James Finn, CFCU has continued as a full-service banking institution - offering everything you have come to expect – along with new, state-of-the-art offerings, as well. These include: personal and business checking and savings accounts; direct deposit; free online Home Banking; free online Auto Bill Pay; free check images in online Home Banking; the CFCU VISA card with interest rates as low as 6.87%; 1st and 2nd mortgages; home equity lines of credit; commercial loans; IRAs; certificates of deposit with highly competitive rates; note loans; and personal loans. CFCU believes in CAM and its mission, and has an unbreakable allegiance to CAM and its members.

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DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION EXPO 2008 RECAP:

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square feet of display space, 141 exhibitors, and over 3,000 attendees. The event got underway early the first day with the 4th annual VIP Breakfast Reception and Show Preview with guest speaker Mr. Tim Skubik, senior capitol correspondent in Lansing. The

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Expo officially opened at 10:00 am with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by CAM President Kevin Koehler, 2007 CAM Chairman of the Board Randy Brooks, and 2008 Chairman Elect Jeff Cohee. The Catholic Central High School marching band played the National Anthem and other patriotic selections, marching throughout the exhibit hall to kick things off with spirit. Shortly afterwards, the 122nd CAM Annual Meeting and luncheon took place in one of Rock Financial Showplace’s beautiful banquet halls. This year’s meeting included guest speaker Mr. Dana Johnson, chief economist with Comerica Bank. Following Mr. Johnson’s speech, there were several award presentations and a big-screen video presentation of the 2007 CAM Annual Report. This was followed by the induction of the new 2008 Board of Directors. Other events on Tuesday included the CSI Reception and Dinner Meeting. Themed, “Casino Night at Expo”, the dinner meeting featured many of the players involved in the construction of Detroit’s three new casinos. They presented highlights of the casino projects that won a huge volume of exciting work for Michigan’s construction community. Many exhibitors at Design & Construction Expo 2008 launched new construction-related equipment, tools and services. “Contractors, designers, and construction buyers were be able to actually see, test and learn about the newest equipment, products and services available,” said Ron Riegel, CAM manager of expositions. “Architectural Alley was again an exciting part of the show. This special section displays products and information on the latest offerings for architects, engineers, specification writers and designers.” Architectural Alley was also the site of the 4th Annual CAM Magazine Special Issue Awards on Wednesday, February 6th. This well-attended event presented plaques to the general contractors and architects who worked on the 12 awardwinning projects featured in Special Issue 2007. CAM Magazine is the official publication of the Construction Association of Michigan. CAM President Kevin Koehler and newly elected CAM Chairman Jeff Cohee presented the plaques at the ceremony. The staff of CAM Magazine was also present.

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THE 12 WINNING PROJECTS OF CAM MAGAZINE SPECIAL ISSUE 2007:

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St. Patrick School, North Campus Contractor: Contracting Resources, Inc. Architect: Lindhout Associates Architects

Allen Park High School/Allen Park Center for the Arts Contractor: McCarthy & Smith, Inc. Architect: French Associates, Inc.

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he 3rd annual WRIF Tool Box Tournament was held on February 6th, the second day of the Design & Construction Expo. This year's winners included two previous winners, Kevin Vogel and William Maroney. Mark Deems completed this year's top three winners' list. Competing for the title of "Best Overall Construction Worker", the contestants showed their prowess in several events such as "Construction Obstacle Course", "Nuts & Bolts", "The Screw Off", and others. This year, first prize was awarded to Kevin Vogel, of Advance Wall: $1,000 cash, a Carhartt jacket from Swann's Clothing in Howell and a Toolbox from Brafasco. Second prize was awarded to Mark Deems of Deems Construction: $500 cash, a Carhartt jacket from Swann's Clothing and a $75 gift pack from Brafasco. Third prize was awarded to

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Many CAM Members are involved in an ambitious plan to rebuild or renovate every school in the Toledo Public School District. The $822 million project, known as “Building for Success”, is projected to take 10 to 12 years to complete and is being undertaken with a combination of state and local funds. The Lathrop Company/R. Gant, LLC/Barton Malow joint venture, Toledo, is overseeing construction. Design is the responsibility of Allied Toledo Architects, a Toledo-based joint venture of Munger Munger + Associates, Inc., SSOE, The Collaborative, Duket Porter MacPherson and other smaller specialty firms. Sherman Elementary is a small, but very significant, component in the overall plan. Project architect Munger Munger + Associates, Toledo, developed a design to blend the new school

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with quaint Victorian homes in a nearby neighborhood, while general trades and sitework contractor FH Martin Constructors, Warren, tackled the complex task of translating intricate architectural flourishes usually associated with high-end residential design into solid reality on a much larger building, among other challenges. Appropriately massing the three-story, 53,000square-foot building was another difficulty to be overcome. “The building doesn’t have a typical school façade, it is softened quite a bit,” said David E. Wolfe, AIA, of Munger Munger + Associates. “There are some pediments and even an oriel window on the East side of the building. Some of the porches are reminiscent of residential structures surrounding the site. We also used the roof profile to limit the height visually. Shingles are “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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Porches at Sherman Elementary are reminiscent of residential structures surrounding the site.

Ornate stone medallions from the existing school were installed on the new Sherman Elementary.

introduced on a slope with a flat roof above. The effect really fools the eye, but it did present a number of challenges for FH Martin.” The roof profile helps to reduce the scale of the school, which is already relatively small by modern school standards. Grouping classroom volumes with nearly nine-foot ceilings into a threestory building while abiding by a 35-foot zoning code height limit, made for a tight squeeze. The project team compensated by installing ductwork with a wider aspect ratio and creating many overlay drawings to maximize space between floors. In spite of these cramped quarters, it was the fascia details associated with the roof profile that presented the biggest challenges. “It is a very intricate fascia design,” said Dean Handrow, project manager for FH Martin. “With every other school that I have worked on, there is one piece of metal coping. Here there are four, and everything needs to fit together perfectly.” Significant field fabrication was needed to craft a fascia design that replicates old-world craftsmanship of nearby homes on a larger scale. Sherman Elementary is being built on parkland Visit us at www.cam-online.com

The roof profile helps to reduce the scale of the school, which is already relatively small by modern school standards.

adjacent to the existing school, which will temporarily house students during the construction process before the building is ultimately demolished and the ground it sat on is swapped over for park use. The existing school fit in well with the neighborhood and it is also serving to ease the transition to the new school. Ornate stone medallions from its exterior have been installed on the new school. The workmanship of a bygone era is prominently displayed outside Sherman Elementary, while all the technology expected in a modern learning environment can be found inside. Toledo Public Schools has even formed a groundbreaking partnership with the Boys & Girls Club to include space for activities at the school. A separate entrance to this portion of the building allows for different hours of operation and rooms other rooms that could be used for after school activities are clustered nearby, allowing for shared access. Despite the many innovations, the school is currently on track to complete its construction schedule in June 2008 [at press time].

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Shoptalk This warm and welcoming fireplace of cultured stone is the focal point of Partridge Creek.

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BLOCK, BRICK AND STONE BRING THE MALL AT PARTRIDGE CREEK TO LIFE By Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor

acomb County’s first major shopping center in thirty years is well worth the wait. Built by Skanska USA Building Inc., Southfield, The Mall at Partridge Creek is a 600,000-square-foot shopping Mecca with the intimacy of a small village. Park your car at the perimeter of Partridge Creek and leave the frenzied traffic behind. Walk the “streets” of this open-air enclave of shops, courtyards, and restaurants, all brought to life by the craft of brick and stone. Built to a human scale, this pleasant little “town” of mainly single-level buildings is clad in walls of beautifully patterned decorative brick and site walls of cultured stone. A stone fireplace is the focal point of this village tucked inside the middle of suburbia. The warm fire burning in its hearth and its stone chimney rising 32 feet into the air creates a sense of welcome and possesses a certain north woods charm. “It is probably the only mall in Michigan with a free-

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standing, outdoor fireplace,” said Charles Costella, president of Monte Costella & Co., the Novi-based masonry contractor responsible for building a significant portion of the fireplace and two fountains, plus the CMU foundations and the site walls for this 55acre development on the northern edge of Clinton Township. Hobbs + Black Architects, Ann Arbor, designed this latest Taubman retail development using “materials and colors that reference the regional character to make locals feel comfortable and introduce visitors to what the area has to offer,” said Timothy M. Andres, AIA, vice president of the firm that also designed an open-air mall in Richmond, Virginia called Stony Creek Fashion Park. The cultured fieldstone fireplace is possibly a reminder of Michigan’s rural past. The fireplace, along with heated sidewalks, is certainly a means of managing Michigan’s often chilly and fickle weather.

Local companies placed much of the masonry products that bring this mall to life. Livonia-based Williams Panel Brick, the largest manufacturer and largest installer of engineered thin brick systems in the country, installed approximately 45,000 square feet of thin brick at Partridge Creek as a subcontractor to Skanska USA Building Inc. An international company firmly rooted in Michigan, Williams Panel Brick blanketed this exciting new retail venue with two of its patented systems invented and manufactured in its Livonia facility. The company also installed 10,000 square feet of the cultured stone at Partridge Creek, placing 5,200 square feet as a subcontractor to Monte Costella and the remainder for a variety of build-outs under Sachse tenant Construction & Development Corp., Birmingham, said Greg Francis, co-founder, vice president-construction, Williams Panel Brick. “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION Visitors, shoppers and moviegoers can now enjoy this refreshing new center, but during construction, the entire team on the ground had to use every management tool in their belt to meet an aggressive schedule. The task: D’Aloisio Masonry placed 60,000 grouted and insulated block as the backup system for MJR Theater, one of the three anchors of the mall, along with Parisian and Nordstrom. D’Aloisio laid 70,000 brick as part of the cinema’s single-wythe, 4-inchthick brick walls, said D’Aloisio. The schedule: D’Aloisio placed the masonry walls of the theater in only 5.5 weeks. “We had an aggressive schedule and we made it using a high-lift masonry grout procedure for the 28- to 32-foot-high wall,” said D’Aloisio.“In high-lift, the wall is grouted after completion instead of grouting every 4 feet as in low-lift masonry grouting.” Taking the high route fast-forwarded construction of the cinema and allowed it to open its doors in time for Thanksgiving 2007. “If done properly, high-lift masonry grout is probably the most efficient way to go in masonry,” said D’Aloisio. Accelerating the job even further, all the concrete for the grout was placed by a mechanical pump rather than by hand. Together, high-lift grouting and mechanical grouting cut production time in half. “These two methods Visit us at www.cam-online.com

give you the advantage of more production, but you have to pay attention to quality,” said D’Aloisio. “If not practiced correctly, you will have quality disadvantages.” D’Aloisio Masonry has once again proved itself worthy of the trust MJR has placed in the able hands of this 35-year-old masonry firm. Designed by Utica-based Paradigm Design, the new MJR Theater at Partridge Creek sports two brick types: light Endicott brick as an accent brick for the round turrets and Glen Gary for the brick wainscot skirting the building and the brick pilasters subdividing the upper reaches of the building skin. Cream-colored EIFS and red tile accents complete the exterior façade. Like the rest of Partridge Creek, the MJR Theater is tasteful and inviting rather than a glitzy or garish commercial structure. “You know it is a theater, but its purpose is expressed in a subtle manner,” said D’Aloisio. B & B Tile and Marble, Fair Haven, installed the theater’s exterior ceramic tile. Other subcontractors who shaped the exterior cladding include Troy Metal Concepts, Wixom, light-gauge framing, carpentry and sheathing, steel doors and hardware; DRV Joint Sealants, Shelby Township, exterior sealants and damp proofing; Saylor’s, Ottawa Lake, EIFS as a subcontractor of Troy

Metal Concepts; Madison Heights Glass, Ferndale, glass, glazing and storefront aluminum; Duross Painting, Warren, painting; La Belle Electric Services, Macomb Township, lighting; Phillips Sign & Lighting, Harrison Roncelli Township, illuminated signage. self-performed the cast-in-place concrete walks and cast-in-place structural concrete. MULTI-TASKING ON THE JOBSITE The trades working on the mall proper had to manage multiple jobsites to meet the aggressive schedule. Individual shops create the mirage of a streetscape between the three anchors, but what seem like separate streetfront stores are actually part of several large buildings. Monte Costella was on site for almost the entire duration of the job, working on multiple buildings at the same time and coordinating work in both the rough and finish stages. In the rough stages, the Novi firm first placed the CMU foundation walls around the entire perimeter of this village of shops. The company also installed the brick veneer at Parisian, the block backup for all the landscaping walls, and the block backup for the perimeter walls of two outdoor courtyards, namely the Garden Court by Nordstrom and the Orchard Court near Parisian. “Altogether,

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Another local contractor is D’Aloisio Masonry & Construction, Inc., the Farmington Hills-based company that installed the brick and block backup for the mall’s 14-screen MJR Theater. The company has provided traditional masonry for every MJR Theater built in Michigan over the last ten years, said Anthony D’Aloisio, vice president of the firm that worked as a subcontractor to Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights, in building this latest MJR venture. It took the proverbial village of contractors to raise this development out of the ground and build its varied walls. Beyond shopping, this unique community meeting place contains a bocce ball court, a children’s play area, a pop-jet fountain, a special dog zone, and a large patio area overlooking a 300-year-old Oak tree saved for posterity.“At Partridge Creek, we incorporated several unexpected amenities to create an atmosphere that does not exist at other centers and encourages people to stay a little longer and come back more often,” said Andres. So bring the kids, bring your dog, shop and enjoy a game of bocce ball at this new retail center recently opened in fall 2007.

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SHOP AROUND THE CAMPFIRE Monte Costella’s work created the building blocks of Partridge Creek and cloaked the upscale mall in cultured stone through Williams Panel Brick. But Monte Costella’s work began with a rare material for a masonry company, namely paper. As part of a Taubman requirement, the masonry firm contracted with an architect for the preparation of shop drawings for all the masonry walls, including Parisian, the landscape walls, and the intricate fireplace as the focal point of the mall. “Typically we don’t provide shop drawings for masonry walls,” said Charles Wilson, vice president, Monte Costella. “In this case, we contracted with Tiseo Architects, Inc., Livonia, to prepare shop drawings showing all the components from electrical and block backup to the stone caps. We had to detail everything that went into the walls, and every trade involved worked off of our drawings.” From top to bottom, the stone fireplace is the most intricate and detailed work in the development. The fireplace may have a rural charm but its construction, managed by Skanska, is far more sophisticated than the

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old country fireplaces of natural fieldstone and mortar. The soft glow and welcome warmth of a roaring fire burns below a large precast lintel above the fireplace opening. The entire base or hearth is formed of large precast pieces - some 8 inches thick and about 8 to 10 feet long – with block infill installed around the precast,” said Wilson. Added Giummi,“Cross-membered precast Ts and beams form the inner ‘guts’ of the fire-

the fireplace, while other subcontractors installed various components of this toasty campfire in the middle of a shopping mall. Royal Restoration & Waterproofing, LLC, Livonia, caulked the fireplace and provided caulking for the site walls throughout the mall; Pontiac Ceiling & Partition Co., LLC, Pontiac, installed the chimney’s metal flue and metal framing; Alpha Electric, Inc., Sterling Heights, handled the site electrical work; and the gas line work was done by Guideline Mechanical, Inc., Clinton Township, through E&S Construction Engineers, Pasadena, MD. Edwards Cast Stone provided the cast stone accents for the chimney and fireplace coping and the cast stone cladding for the lintel and hearth. Edwards supplied all 170 cubic feet of cast stone employed throughout the project as caps for the walls of cultured stone on block backup, said Charles Costella. Two, glazed decorative chimney caps imported from England and designed in the English Windsor style top the fireplace, added Costella. PHOTO COURTESY OF HOBBS+BLACK ASSOCIATES, INC.

we installed over 41,000 CMU units,” said Charles Costella. Rick Giummi, project estimator, was one of Monte Costella’s project coordinators responsible for juggling rough and finish work in multiple locations. “We started right out of the dirt, placing all the block foundations approximately 3 to 4 feet under the ground. As we began finishing that, other trades would follow, then we would fallback to these areas and follow in turn with our final finishes.” For finish work, Monte Costella installed 96,000 modular face brick for Parisian and contracted with Williams Panel Brick for installation of 5,200 square feet of cultured stone for the landscaping walls, the courtyards, and the fireplace. Monte Costella worked closely with Skanska to keep the job on schedule. “We worked with a great team at Skanska,” said Giummi. “We maintained constant communication between our office, the site and the Skanska team who worked constantly to prevent problems from developing. They had a hectic schedule and things had to flow perfectly with no mistakes. We kept in contact with Chris Toma, Skanska’s project engineer-project manager, daily, sometimes twice a day, throughout the summer of 2007.” Kenneth E. Duty was Skanska’s senior project manager for this upscale, innovative mall.

Monte Costella & Co. installed the fountain base of this charming fountain using eight radius precast pieces fabricated by Edwards Cast Stone.

place base. The large precast beams were needed to support the tall chimney stack rising above, which is formed of metal framing and a metal flue.” The project team doted on every detail of the fireplace. Monte Costella shepherded the shop drawings through every step of the approval process, and worked with a bevy of other trades to ensure every piece and facet of the fireplace fit together. “The work was very detailed,” said Giummi. “All the work was based off of our shop drawings, from the electricians installing the accent lights to the plumbers bringing the natural gas line to the right spot for the gas logs. We also worked along with the metal stud contractor on the chimney’s metal framing and metal flue.” Monte Costella placed the firebrick inside

THE ROCK MAKERS Mother Nature can take a vacation from rock making. Improvements in cultured or man-made stone and the work of skilled installers at Williams Panel Brick – the largest distributor of cultured stone in Southeast Michigan - have produced a fireplace of cultured fieldstone virtually indistinguishable from natural fieldstone. Greg Francis, vice president of the firm, explains cultured stone manufacture:“Slag, a byproduct of the steel manufacturing process, is used as a base and mixed with cement to create a lightweight cementitious material. Coloring agents are added to the mix and the mix is poured into a mold made from natural rock. After curing and removal from the mold, this man-made stone is delivered to the jobsite. Constant improvements are boosting the quality of cultured stone, including adding pieces of actual granite, quartz and other natural stone to the manmade product.” A beautifully made product in the hands of a skilled installer makes for a quality installation. Williams used eight cultured stone installers at the peak of the Partridge Creek job, calling upon the expertise of a dedicated team that focuses exclusively on cultured stone installations. Kevin “Rock Dog” Stackpoole,Williams’ lead foreman who has been with the company for over 20 years, handled the quality installation of cultured stone on the fireplace at Partridge “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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Creek. The installer first places a moisture barrier, followed by a galvanized wire lath attached via mechanical fasteners. Actually placing cultured stone to closely resemble the look of natural stone is a craft requiring an artisan’s eye and sensibility.“The installer has to take into account the different shapes, colors, tones, and styles of the stone,” said Francis.“Placing the stones in the right pattern and finding the right fit takes the work of an artisan to get it to look natural. It is amazing to watch them. They will pick up a stone and turn the stone in their hand, just looking at the fireplace and visualizing the proper placement. They will look at the rock and take a piece off with a hammer and chisel, look at the stone again and take another piece off and then “butter” it with a mortar-based adhesive and then place it on the wall.” Just like a stone installer turning a rock in his hand, Williams Panel Brick is constantly turning over its patented products in its own mind. In this case, Williams is currently working on a patent for boosting moisture control in cultured stone applications, making it the third patent for this evolving company. Williams Panel Brick also installed cultured stone on the block backup of the landscape walls, kiosks, and the bases of the entry signs for The Mall at Partridge Creek. As a main advantage, cultured stone is much lighter than the handiwork of Mother Nature. “It is roughly 12 lbs. per square foot,” said Francis.“Real stone is probably 10 times that weight. Cultured stone provides the rugged look of stone without the weight, meaning you typically don’t have to install a footing or a foundation to support the weight of natural stone. The majority of savings are in the construction of the structure, itself.” A DISPLAY OF DECORATIVE BRICK The Mall at Partridge Creek is a canvas for the display of decorative thin brick (typically half-inch-thick) and the handiwork and invention of Williams Panel Brick. Endicott, Glen Gary and Metro brick all converge at Partridge Creek and earn a place on these wonderfully patterned upper walls. Soldier courses of cream and blue-colored brick mark expanses of conventional reddish-orange brick; diamond patterns and white accent brick enliven other sections of wall. “This is one of the more complicated designs that we’ve ever been

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Insulock Thin Brick System is field assembled, meaning the 4 x 8-foot sheets of styrofoam are processed in the shop. Heated tungsten wires generate brick and drainage channels in a sheet of typically one-inch thick Styrofoam and are then transported to the jobsite; the bricks are then applied in the field. At Partridge Creek, the Insulock was used as the base for the more detailed, diamond pattern wall expanses with brick placed in more than one plane. The more intricate

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involved with,” said Francis. “The installation has 11 different colors of brick, three different manufacturers, four different sizes, including modular, utility and jumbo.” At Partridge Creek, the thin brick was typically a half-inch-thick with some two-inch-thick brick as accents projecting from the wall. Williams Panel Brick built 8 or 9 different mockups panels prior to beginning actual installation. “Those mockups were somewhat modified and then approved after review by Hobbs + Black, Taubman’s repre-

This unique shopping destination features a pop jet fountain and walls of cultured stone.

sentative, and Skanska,” said Francis. “Once in the field the thin brick is almost exclusively placed on light-gauge steel framing and dens glass with one small area on block where the buildings abutted one of the anchor stores.” Williams Panel Brick used both of its two patented systems at Partridge Creek. Developed by Francis’s grandfather in 1974, the R-Brick Panel System is factory assembled at the firm’s Livonia facility. A computer-controlled machine cuts the 16-inch-high by 48-inch-long panels with a tongue in groove channel on all four sides. Another machine applies a proprietary adhesive to the Styrofoam sheet; the 36 bricks per panel are then hand applied and the panels are stacked robotically, explains Francis. The R Brick Panel System was used behind the flat expanses of decorative brick. Developed by Francis himself in 1990, the

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wall features brick pilaster details, coined accent brick projecting beyond the wall face, and corner returns. “It would be difficult to do with the R Brick system,” said Francis. “We used a field assembly system with the foam first applied to the wall, the attachment of metal clips to the steel studs, the application of adhesive, and then placement of the bricks by hand. Field assembly ensures all the pieces fit together properly. “The structural performance of both systems is totally dependent on the mechanical attachment back to the steel studs,” continued Francis. “Basically, metal clips are screwed back into the steel studs. The bricks are then grouted and tooled so that it forms a brick joint.” The Insulock’s mechanical attachment, the proprietary adhesive, and its slightly undersized brick channels work together to ensure proper performance.

WORKING ON THE WALL Williams Panel Brick mobilized in the field in January 2007, working straight through a brutally cold February, because engineered thin brick systems are virtually immune to the vagaries of weather. “Because we can install the product without grout, we can install the system in virtually any temperature in any weather,” said Francis. Laying brick systems rapidly off of a mobile lift, Williams was then able to take advantage of an unexpected warm spell at the end of February 2007 and quickly move back down the same walls to begin grouting. At Partridge Creek, the other advantage was “brick installation could continue across the large expanses of the entire façade without much structural support below other than the columns for the future tenant spaces, because our systems weigh about 7 pounds per square foot versus 35 to 40 pounds per square foot found in typical brick veneer,” said Francis. As the only thin brick manufacturer with an installation division, the 40-year-old firm has installed its engineered thin brick systems on such prominent projects as Comerica Park, Greektown Casino, the Second Baptist Church of Detroit, and the atrium in Ford Field. Originally a familyowned business, Williams Panel Brick is now one of the few employee-owned companies in the region, giving its field team a sense of ownership and the customer a sense of comfort. Basically, Hobbs + Black’s intent in designing thin brick and metal studs was to avoid installing an expensive supporting structure. “One of the key elements to keep this mall successful over a long period of time is to provide flexibility of space as tenants come and go over the lifetime of the mall,” said Andres, Hobbs + Black. “As such, the lower 13-foot section of the mall is left open for the tenants to infill with their branding and identity, while the upper portion of the façade maintains the integrity of the overall design. The thin brick system lends itself well to this approach by avoiding expensive supporting structure yet being up out of reach and avoiding damage.” As one of the finishing touches for this singular retail experience, Monte Costella installed two fountains to add to the inviting ambiance of this pleasant enclave of shops. Edwards Cast Stone fabricated the eight radius precast pieces of the fountain base and walls in relatively small four to five foot sections, aiding Monte Costella in achieving the tight tolerances and proper alignment “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

needed for the fountains. Once the radius pieces arrived on site, Monte Costella began installation. “We had to place a gasket seal underneath the fountain wall before we set the precast pieces down,” said Wilson. “We then mortar and caulk them into place to prevent any leaks. It was quite an operation, because we had to lay everything out before we set it in place to make sure the pieces would fit tightly and properly.” Innumerable firms poured their energy and exercised their craft in the creation of the intricate subsystems and beautiful finishes of this new shopping experience and economic stimulus for Macomb County. On the exterior, Albanelli Cement Contractors, Livonia, installed the concrete sidewalks within the ring road. As subcontractors to Clinton Township-based John Carlo Inc., the WH Canon Company, Romulus, installed the concrete pavers throughout the mall’s plaza that resemble brick-paved expanses; Goyette Mechanical Co., Flint, installed the snowmelt system beneath the pavers; and Broadcast Design & Construction, Inc., Mt. Clemens, installed the plaza’s planter curbs and concrete. Beeler Construction, Inc., Menomonee Falls, WI, is the construction manager for Parisian. Chicago-based W.E. O’Neil Construction is the construction manager for the third anchor, Nordstrom; High Concrete Group LLC, Denver, PA constructed Nordstrom’s precast tilt-up walls. Celebrating 20 years in business, Premier Electronics, Inc., a fire alarm and life safety specialty firm based in Clinton Township, provided a fire alarm system for Nordstrom under contract to Ferndale Electric Co., Ferndale; for Parisian under contract to Venture Electrical Contractors, Inc., Waukesha, WI; and for the main mall buildings under Maryland Electric Co. Inc., the Clinton Township-based firm that installed the electrical system for the main mall buildings housing nearly 90 retail and restaurant tenants. Patrons of The Mall at Partridge Creek are the glad recipients of these efforts. Whether walking the heated sidewalks free of snow in winter or sitting and enjoying the welllandscaped courts in summer, some visitors to Partridge Creek may well find the chore of shopping become a pleasure and the dedicated shopper may well deepen their addiction.

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Being a Successful Masonry Contractor in 2008 Requires By Joe Neussendorfer

y friend, the late Ralph J. Stephenson, PE, used to remind me that to be successful in the construction industry you had to create your own luck. “The harder I work, the luckier I get,” he used to say. Nothing could be truer in 2008 as the masonry industry faces another economic roller coaster ride. How can you create luck for your masonry business? You start by utilizing the downtime to focus on those areas of your business that really need attention; aspects that receive very little, if any, consideration when times are busy. What are those areas?

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DEVELOP A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR SUPPLIERS Brick, concrete block, cement and other companies that provide the necessary materials and tools used in your masonry contracting business need to be treated in a respectful and courteous way. Listen to any suggestions that they may have regarding their materials and services. Many times, a thorough discussion with them on a given project can save you money. REALLY KNOW THE GEOGRAPHY WHERE YOU ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING AND NEW AREAS WHERE YOU WANT TO BUILD Any significant amounts of new construction that will get underway in 2008 will take place in developmental “hot spots.” These “hot spots” are where populations have shifted to, and the categories of new construction built in those areas support such shifts. Current “hot spots” are the Hall Road (M-59) and I-94 area in Macomb County, the

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Grand River & M-59 area, and the Square Lake Road-Telegraph Road area. Masonry contractors who are not currently building in these areas need to educate themselves about the area through participation in local Chamber of Commerce and Builder Association events. Also, CAM’s construction reports should be scrutinized, not just for projects that appear of interest, but for all projects in given “hot spot” areas. A more careful analysis can yield valuable contact information for follow-up.

their industry, such as the Mason Contractors Association and the Construction Association of Michigan, should contact those groups to receive information and consider membership.

UTILIZE THE INTERNET AND OTHER INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES TO KEEP UP ON NEW TRENDS AND MATERIALS IN THE MASONRY INDUSTRY There are many useful websites that will assist mason contractors update their marketing and business development strategies. The following are but a few that the writer has found to be of extreme value:

• Commercial Construction (new and rehab) • Retail Construction (new and rehab) • Healthcare (hospitals, medical offices) • Educational Facilities • Banks • Food Marketplaces

www.bia.org (Brick Institute of America) www.ncma.org (National Concrete Masonry Association) www.mim-online.org (Masonry Institute of Michigan) www.masonrysystems.org (Masonry promotion website) www.mvtechonline.com (Masonry Educational Information) www.smps.org (Society for Marketing Professionals) In addition, mason contractors who are not members of an association representing

2008 MARKETING FORECAST Now that we have taken a look at the ways a mason contractor may improve their “luck,” it is time to examine those categories of construction that should do well in 2008. The most activity will take place as follows:

Michigan’s construction industry will still be severely depressed but the aforementioned activities should keep mason contractors focused on doing work that can be a little more profitable when the “harder I work, the luckier I get” factor is utilized. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Joe Neussendorfer is president and CEO of U.S. Construction Research and the Construction Answer Man Service. He is a life member of the Detroit Economic Club, past president of the Masonry Institute of Michigan, past executive director of the Mason Contractors Association, and a former economic consultant to Michigan Governors William Milliken and James Blanchard. He may be reached at www.constructionanswerman.org “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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On the Scaffold The wall system actually consists of two systems. Benner describes each system: The majority of the project is a 16-inch concrete structure sprayed with 60-mil air barrier and 3-inch ridged Dow corning cavity mate insulation. These layers, plus a 3-3/8-inch air space and 1-5/8-inch limestone, provide the 24-inch wall thickness. The second system is 1-5/8-inch limestone veneer, 3-3/8-inch air space, 3-inch cavity mate insulation, and a sprayed-air barrier on 1/2-inch plywood fastened to 6-inch metal studs.

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Masonry Contractor: Davenport Masonry, Inc., Holt Construction Management: Skanska USA Building Inc., Southfield Architect: Design Architect - Allied Works Architecture, Portland, Oregon; Associate Architect - Integrated Design Solutions, Troy.

The scope of work for the exterior limestone entailed spraying liquid air barrier on all concrete walls behind the stone cladding and on exterior plywood behind the metal panels, and the laying of 2,200 pieces of dolomite limestone. One core challenge was the addition’s cantilever concrete walls that received the stone veneer. “There was a 21day cure before the shoring poles could be removed and our work could begin,” said Rick Benner, Davenport Masonry. Another challenge for Davenport was coordinating its work with four different contractors.

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DAVENPORT LAYS 2,200 PIECES OF DOLOMITE LIMESTONE FOR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSEUM OF ART ADDITION

The above photo shows a 1 x 1/8-inch stainless steel strap anchor attached to the concrete backup with a 3/16 x 3-inch Tapcon screw.

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Shown above is a relief iron flashed with a pre-bent stainless steel flashing that has the lap splices connected with Lap-Rite sealant and stainless steel rivets.The vertical counter flashing is Grace Perm-A-Barrier flashing. “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

R.C. NOWAK PLACES MASONRY FOR CRITTENTON ADDITION

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Masonry Contractor: R.C. Nowak & Co., Garden City Construction Manager: Barton Malow Company, Southfield Architect: Albert Kahn Associates, Inc., Detroit

It’s tough. It’s waterproof. And it works.

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Available through:

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R.C. Nowak & Co. is placing the masonry for an addition to an existing two-story building at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester. The project adds another two stories to the existing structure. Shown above, Jako Beylerian, Bricklayers Local 1, is working on the wall made of metal studs, Dens glass sheeting, a vapor barrier, and brick veneer.

Davenport, shown above, is the base course of stone that will be bearing the weight of the stone above. This course of stone has 3 x 3-inch x 3/8inch stainless steel clips bolted to the stone with a type T-31 bolt, which sits on a 6 x 12-inch galvanized relief iron. This stone has double the straps to reinforce the bearing course. Visit us at www.cam-online.com

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Raise Your Hand

CAM Magazine Presents the School Facilities Roundtable By David R. Miller, Associate Editor ny competent schoolteacher can respond to questions like, “How do you spell porcupine?” or “May I use the restroom?” so children merely need to raise their hands to obtain the answers they are seeking. Construction professionals are not so lucky, as the uncertainty surrounding their industry has them asking more challenging questions. Many are looking to school construction to provide a steady flow of work during difficult economic times, but what will the future bring? How will school construction change in the coming years? What can contractors do to prepare for these changes? How can contractors break into this dynamic market segment? CAM Magazine recently assembled a group of experts to answer these questions. Detroit City Schools, Utica Community Schools, Grand Rapids Public Schools and

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Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, the top four school districts in Michigan in terms of 2006-2007 student enrollment as reported by the Michigan Education Directory, were invited to send a representative to the CAM Magazine School Facilities Roundtable (construction manager McCarthy & Smith, Inc., Farmington Hills, represented Plymouth-Canton Community Schools). Barton Malow Company, Southfield, and TMP Associates, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, were also invited to participate, as these companies were selected as construction manager or architect on more school projects reported on by CAM’s Construction Project Information Group than any other firms. No group could be better qualified to respond to the raised hands of Michigan contractors seeking insights on school facility trends.

IT’S GOOD WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Economists may debate whether Michigan has entered a recession, but most recent economic news has been far from encouraging. Many Michigan families are cutting back on shopping or dining out, which has obvious implications for contractors who work on retail or restaurant facilities. Education, on the other hand, must take place even in the bleakest of times, and facilities must be maintained and built to support this. Contractors who avoided school construction in the past may choose to enter this market segment as a way of coping with reduced opportunities elsewhere. This can be a sound business strategy, but contractors need to understand what they are getting into. “A benefit to doing school work that contractors might want to consider is that the “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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Unlike other owners, voters essentially sign off on school projects well before the first shovel hits the dirt. They voted to approve the project at a certain funding level, and if that level is exceeded, the money simply is not there. Any unanticipated expenses must come from the district’s operating funds, which could literally deprive children of books and other supplies. The community depends on design and construction professionals to make sure this does not happen. They also insist on a safe environment, as contractors employed on school projects will often work near children. “Contractors will need to comply with district policy regarding background checks for anyone employed by the school district,” said Nate Taylor, chief of facilities and auxiliary services for Detroit Public Schools. “Contractors who already provide services in a K-12 school system or university setting should already be performing background checks on staff. If not, they will certainly be required to do so in order to work in school environments.” Some people simply should not be around children and they may have a criminal background to prove it. Taylor pointed out that no one can really be sure about

their coworkers unless they see them 24hours a day. He is sure that background checks have turned up a few surprises and have thwarted workers who should not be working near children. To protect the public, and themselves, contractors must perform background checks on any employee who works near school children. Contractors need to consider staffing requirements well in advance because this requirement can limit their ability to bring additional workers, who have not been checked, to a jobsite. Design and construction professionals employed on school projects must also be able to accommodate changing trends. EMBRACING CHANGE Like any other type of facility, schools reflect the time in which they are built. Schools also tend to be used for many years, so adapting older buildings to fit newer educational models is fairly common. Such was the case with Grand Rapids Public Schools, where the average building is 65 years old. “Most of our elementary and middle schools were built in a very institutionalized way,” said John Helmholdt, spokesperson for Grand Rapids Public Schools. “They were

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funds are guaranteed,” explained Brent Bohlinger, senior project manager for Barton Malow. “Even though the profit margins are lower, regular payment of the contractors’ invoices enables a company to stay in business in a challenging market.” The profit margins are lower because work for the public sector is publicly bid, thereby increasing competition. This competition will likely intensify as more contractors seek to replace revenue from other market sections. Contractors also need to secure bid, performance and payment bonds. Districts can waive the bonding requirement for projects with values under $50,000, but fewer are opting to do this given the current instability of the industry. Bohlinger pointed out that many bonding companies are managing risk by reducing the value of the bonding capability of contractors, thus curtailing the volume of work that can be undertaken by many companies. Contractors may take steps to improve bonding capacity, but this is sometimes a lower priority than simply obtaining work in tough economic times. More often, school projects will be out of reach for smaller firms because of insufficient bonding capability. Everyone at the CAM Magazine School Facilities Roundtable agreed that the state of the Michigan economy makes it more challenging to pass building levies. This will force at least some districts to renovate existing facilities instead of building new ones, which could result in projects of a more manageable size for smaller contractors. Of course, they also need to keep their pencils sharp, as many larger companies are now bidding on this work just to keep afloat. Joint venturing also provides opportunities for smaller contractors, as construction managers are prohibited by law from self-performing work for Michigan school districts. No matter how they end up working on their first school project, contractors need to be aware of some key factors that differentiate school construction from other work. “Schedule is crucial,” explained Mark Davey, assistant superintendent for auxiliary services for Utica Community Schools. “In an industrial setting, if you don’t get a project done on time, it might mean that the production of something will be delayed. With a school, you are talking about children. If a school is scheduled to be completed so 500 or 600 elementary school students can start attending in September, and it doesn’t happen, you’re not affecting things – you’re affecting children.” Cost overruns are another huge factor.

School Facilities Roundtable participants, from left to right: Brent Bohlinger, senior project manager for Barton Malow; William McCarthy, president of McCarthy & Smith; Gary Jelin, AIA, vice president of TMP Architecture; Nate Taylor, chief of facilities and auxiliary services for Detroit Public Schools; David Miller, associate editor of CAM Magazine; and Mark Davey, assistant superintendent for auxiliary services for Utica Community Schools. Not pictured: John Helmholdt, spokesperson for Grand Rapids Public Schools. CAM MAGAZINE

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built like boxes stacked on top of each other. There were lots of nooks and crannies with hallways that twisted and turned. That design didn’t incorporate customer-friendliness or ease of access. From a security standpoint, we also didn’t have open campuses that let teachers and principals look down a hallway to see what was going on.” The community recently passed a $165 million bond issue for new construction and renovation. New buildings were built to reflect the latest facility trends while some older structures underwent extensive renovations with the same goal. In some cases, the renovations were quite extensive. For example, Harrison Park Elementary School, built in 1919, was essentially gutted to adapt the building to modern educational tech-

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niques. In the years since Harrison Park Elementary was built, architects have learned to design for change. “We need to ask if a building can be altered as we are designing it,” said Gary Jelin, AIA, vice president of TMP Architecture. “We can’t fill a building with bearing walls and other components that are hard to move. People will want to make changes; there is no doubt about it. Today’s great idea can be tomorrow’s foolish idea, even though it seems valid at the time.” Open school plans, which were popular in the 1970s and 80s, are the classic example. Schools built at this time often featured a centrally located media center with classrooms that were open to the surrounding corridors. Movement in the hallways proved to be a distraction for classroom activities, so many districts have added interior walls to schools that were built during this era. Depending on the design of the building, this could be a quick fix or it could turn into something a little more complicated. “Many of the open classrooms had a unique shape,” said William McCarthy, president of McCarthy & Smith, Inc. “They didn’t lend themselves well to a traditional 30’x30’ room. Open classrooms are also usually in a round setting, so the structure can become too regimented when you try to put walls in. The new arrangements can take some getting used to.” HVAC distribution can be another factor, as there may be a single thermostat for a large portion of the building. Adding walls can drastically change the circulation of air in the space, so re-routing some mechanical systems may be necessary to provide a comfortable environment. Providing code-compliant access and egress from each room also complicates the process. Since many Michigan school districts were growing in the 1970s and 80s, many districts are still wrestling with this problem. Today, the trend seems to be toward decentralization. Instead of grouping similar classrooms together, in a science wing for example, spaces are grouped to encourage interaction between different disciplines. Elementary and middle schools are already built this way, and high schools are beginning to embrace this trend because it more accurately mirrors the working world. Instead of setting aside an hour for their math tasks and an hour for their communication tasks, graduates will be asked to use all their abilities at once after they enter the workforce. Newer high school designs focus on developing the integration skills that Visit us at www.cam-online.com

make this possible. It is anybody’s guess as to whether the decentralization trend will continue, but architects are designing schools with the understanding that it probably will not last forever. Changing curriculum requirements can also create a need for additional space for a particular type of class. Spaces are designed to be more generic, facilitating easier changes from one discipline or another. In some cases, unused utility lines are

even being added to allow for a future renovation to a science lab. Space for potential future science labs is also often situated on the second or third floor, allowing for easy access to underfloor utilities without cutting through concrete. Although school facilities may change in the future, there are two trends that are unlikely to go away anytime soon. The society in which we are building our schools is getting greener and meaner.

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Visitors at modern schools are often forced to enter through a lobby area where their reason for being on school grounds can be scrutinized. This entry area at Saline High School resembles a corporate lobby, which creates a familiar setting to diffuse hostility. Construction manager Granger Construction Co. worked with project architect TMP Associates, Inc. to create a secure environment at the school.

GREEN AND MEAN Schools reflect the society that built them. Two social trends that are currently driving school design are environmental consciousness and school violence. School districts carry some unique challenges as they strive to build greener facilities. “I don’t think there is any district that we are working with that doesn’t have at least some interest in green design,” said Jelin. “This can be a challenge with schools because of some of the upfront costs. An investment is typically needed for green design. It may not be a big investment, and it can provide for a payback in the future, but it still may be difficult to buy sustainability upgrades that would be better for the building when you are working with a very restrictive budget.” The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) provides an accepted national standard for green facilities with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®)“ Green Rating System, but certifying projects under LEED adds additional costs. Even so, Jelin believes that school districts will con-

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tinue to embrace LEED as a national standard that is independently reviewed. A project team can claim that any school is green, but an increasingly knowledgeable public is growing more likely to challenge this claim. Public familiarity with LEED can make it a valuable tool for winning over skeptics. Contractors who are hoping to work on schools must also develop a thorough understanding of LEED, as jobsite activities play a vital role in obtaining certification. Contractors must scrutinize waste leaving the site to ensure that it meets recycling guidelines. LEED can also impact how equipment can be used on a site. Materials are another concern, as they must meet the standard and their suitability must be documented properly to obtain points towards a rating. Fortunately, increased demand and a more experienced supply chain have simplified green material procurement in recent years. Specifying green materials for a project sometimes entails paying a premium, but increased demand has brought prices down. Green products are also of a higher

quality now, as trial and error in the field has demonstrated which materials work well. “Products can have a brilliant marketing campaign, but they may or may not live up to their claims,” said Taylor. “The best way to find out what works is to talk to colleagues in different parts of the country. Your colleagues will usually give you a good opinion on what works and what doesn’t.” As underperforming products suffer unfavorable reviews, the products that do perform well will naturally rise to the top. Regional differences are a factor in determining how successfully green technology can work in a school setting, so areas with a similar climate are the best locations with which to share information. Geothermal systems, for example, work best in environments where heating and cooling are required, making Michigan a great location. Districts can also find out which green techniques pay for themselves very quickly, like occupancy sensors for room lighting, and which represent more of a long term investment. Green techniques that help to conserve energy will likely gain popularity as energy costs continue to rise. This popularity will result in additional performance data, which will assist school districts in making facility choices that are financially sound. The public expects a high level of stewardship with tax dollars, but it also trusts districts to safeguard an even more precious resource. Every school facility must be designed with the safety of children in mind. Forward-thinking school facility designers were already looking for ways to break large schools into more manageable units before the Columbine High School massacre of 1999, but the tragedy obviously injected a sense of urgency into these efforts. The idea is to create “smaller learning communities” within the larger building to emphasize a sense of belonging to something among students as opposed to simply feeling like a number. Instead of working from a front office, school administrators are spread through the building, thereby providing students with a familiar group of adults to relate to. Groups of students spend the majority of their time in their own areas, which can have their own unique color scheme or name, and share specialized spaces like auditoriums or gymnasiums with all students. School designers work to prevent violence by creating facilities that complement educators’ efforts at monitoring students. Students who interact with the same adults “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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in a comfortable setting every day might be more likely to seek help, for themselves or a classmate, before violence erupts. Educators can also react to situations before they get out of hand, due in large part to enhanced sight lines in newer schools, or security camera upgrades in older facilities. Facilities can also lend themselves to enhanced security by letting administrators control access. Schools generally need to be open to the public, but newer designs create a carefully controlled opening. Instead of entering through any door of their choosing, visitors are forced to enter through a lobby area, where their reason for being on school grounds can be scrutinized. These entry areas often resemble corporate lobbies to create a sense of familiarly that can diffuse hostility. Once inside the building, access can be controlled with electronic key cards, which are quickly replacing metal keys in school settings. Access to sensitive areas can be decided on an individual basis, provided only at certain times, and changed quickly. Lost key cards can also be deactivated instantly, thereby preventing unauthorized access without replacing locks. Controlling access and facilitating monitoring of activities are preventative steps, but facility planners must never loose site of Columbine High School’s most important lesson – school violence can occur anywhere.

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The pool at Hartland High School (construction manager Barton Malow, architect Kingscott Associates, Inc.) above, and the theater at Saline High School below, are available for community use. Allowing greater public access can increase public support for school projects.

THE OTHER GREEN School districts seeking funding for capital improvement projects, or even money for basic maintenance, can face an uphill battle getting support from families facing tough economic times. “Even people who want to be supportive of schools and education are being impacted by the economy,” said Bohlinger. “They

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School districts are increasingly turning to outside experts to develop comprehensive emergency response plans. Law enforcement or military personnel often scrutinize facility plans and suggest changes to make schools more secure. Access to phones inside classrooms and cell phones can also facilitate a much faster response to emergencies and many districts work with local law enforcement agencies to maximize this benefit. “Working with local officials to make sure that they are aware of the building has been a big help,” said McCarthy. “Sometimes the doors are even numbered on the outside, so if an incident is reported at entrance number 12, responders know exactly where they are needed.” Working with emergency responders can be a literal lifesaver, but the entire community must be represented in the planning process.

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may not be able to translate their support into a financial commitment.” There are a number of ways school districts can increase the likelihood of getting needed funds. Taking advantage of various financing options are one possibility. “When facility work is needed, districts need to look at financial vehicles like bond issues and sinking funds,” said Davey. “Communities are supportive of these because they relate to their situations at home. A person might take out a home equity loan to re-roof their home or put a new furnace in. The parallel to that is a school district seeking a bond to re-roof a school, re-pave parking lots or replace boilers.” Bond issues have an added appeal for voters who question how well their tax dollars are being spent. “Bond dollars are raised locally and spent locally,” said Helmholdt. “They create local jobs and they circulate in the local economy. If you’re going to pay taxes, it’s better to do it locally because you have better control and

accountability. School districts clearly can’t rely on Lansing or Washington, D.C. to solve our educational challenges.” Community needs are also better understood at the local level and school districts are reaching out to involve everyone in the building process. Typically, only 20 to 25 percent of the families who reside in a school district have children who attend schools within the district. Voters who might be inclined to vote against a new school can be swayed if the building includes a community center, fitness facility or pool for everyone to use. An increasing number of districts are exploring facility options that allow greater public access inside new buildings. Major employers also have a vested interest in assisting with the effort to build better schools, as some students will go directly from high school to the workforce. Privatepublic partnerships can ease the financial burden on taxpayers while tapping workforce expertise to better prepare students for the job market. Many districts are working to create specialized high schools that

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focus on skills needed in a particular industry. Like bond dollars, corporate funds donated to build these schools stay in the local area and also benefit the community by better preparing graduates for jobs that will be available locally. Depending on the local job market, these schools can include commercial kitchens, industrial spaces or mock hospital rooms, so the design and construction these schools will clearly call for some fresh thinking. School districts that are served by a good public transportation system stand to benefit most from this trend, as students can be given a choice of schools based on their aptitude or interests. School design will certainly change in the coming years. While some changes are predictable, others will undoubtedly come as a surprise. Contractors who are cognizant of the likely changes and flexible enough to adapt to the unexpected ones, stand the greatest chance of continuing to serve, or making a successful transition into, the school facilities market.

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he new kid on the block at 1351 Hill Street is a contemporary building rising three stories in one of Ann Arbor’s historic neighborhoods. Custom cut from slate blocks, the building’s unique slate siding blends into this community of late 19th and early 20th century homes set amid the wooded hills fringing the University of Michigan campus. The project features an uncommon application of a traditional material, literally approaching the use of this timeless stone product with a clean slate. Once reserved almost exclusively for roofs and floors, the slate-sided building is probably one of the first structures in Michigan to boast such a singular exterior skin. “There is probably not another building in the whole state of Michigan that has

This off-campus student housing facility is probably one of the first applications of slate siding in Michigan.

slate siding,” said Steven Brouwer, president of A.R. Brouwer Co., LLC, the Dexter-based construction management firm that built this off-campus student housing facility for Campus Realty. A.R. Brouwer began construction in July 2006, building this new student housing facility on the site of an old fraternity house that had been previously demolished after suffering the ravages of fire. Below grade, A.R. Brouwer inherited a site filled with the debris and rubble of the old fraternity house as well as a large cistern. “We pumped out the cistern and filled the opening with 25 to 30 yards of concrete to hold up the foundation,” said Brouwer. The project team then placed the concrete spread footings and CMU foundation walls for the slab-on-grade “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

building. “By far the most challenging aspect was the building’s slate and glass enclosure and all the sub-systems that supported those two systems,” said Brouwer.

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Installation of flashings behind the vertical bars entailed coordinating the work of the masonry and glazing contractor. “The flashings behind the long pieces of vertical aluminum had to be interfaced with the slate,” said Brouwer. “Also, Ushaped decorative aluminum channels were installed to separate the slate from other areas of slate and from the glass windows, including four large expanses of storefront glass. All had to be coordinated to make a watertight system.”

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HANGING LOOSE The Philadelphia-based architectural firm, KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP, modified proprietary systems used in Europe to clad this 12,500-square-foot building in green slate quarried in northeastern Pennsylvania. Essentially, most of the slate shingles are attached to rows of horizontal extruded aluminum channels or bars by custom stainless steel hooks. A.R. Brouwer contracted with Pinnacle Engineering of nearby Manchester to produce the thousands of custom hooks needed to secure the slate. The custom stainless steel attachment is hooked at both ends, creating an attachment resembling a Christmas tree ornament hook. “The top of the hook is first attached to the aluminum Z bar and then the piece of slate is set down onto the bottom part of the hook to hold it in place,” explained Brouwer. “The hook supports the slate from the underside.” Over the last six years, KieranTimberlake has designed several slate-clad buildings on the campus of Cornell University in New York State. “Some of the Cornell buildings have a similar slate cladding, but they were mechanically attached,” said KieranTimberlake project architect, George Ristow, LEED AP. “At 1351 Hill, the majority of slate pieces are loosely hung by means of these stainless steel hooks, except for the top course, which is screwed or mechanically fastened to the substrate. Most of the courses overlap, thus the course above supports and helps hold in place the course below. Because the top course has no slate above it, stainless steel screws or mechanical fasteners are needed.” Both hooks and screws are loosely hung and installed to prevent shingle loss from lateral wind loads. Paul Koch, president of Koch Masonry, the Dexter-based masonry company that installed the slate and its support system, explains, “Shingles don’t give; they snap and fall. This flexible system allows for the movement of this steel building in high winds. Plus part of the building is on stilts (a sixcar parking area is directly under a portion of the building), so the building could move even more than your average structure.”

A STUDY IN SLATE Before field installation, Brouwer and Koch created a training template for the masonry crew. The 4 x 6 template contained all the wall components needed for placement outside the steel studs, beginning with a layer of 3/4-inch plywood sheathing and an ice and water shield as damp proofing. The next step in the creation of this unusual wall is installation of vertical aluminum bars visibly separating the building exterior into distinct bays.

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Custom hooks were hung on a grid of extruded aluminum channels shown above.

Next in line was installation of the horizontal aluminum Z bars, followed by the hooks, and at last placement of the subtly colored, gray-green slate shingles with splashes of purple highlights. All the slate shingles – each measuring about 13 x 18 inches with 13 x 8-inch exposure after placement - were custom cut from big blocks of slate with some modified in the field with a tile saw. Today, this beautifully variegated slateclad building on the corner of Forest and Hill streets is definitely at home among the stately brick and stone buildings of this locally designated historic district. “I know Campus Realty is very happy with it,” said Bruce DeKracker, building manager for Campus Realty, the 50- to 60year-old firm that has 40 student rental properties throughout Ann Arbor. Beyond aesthetics, the slate offers a durable, incredibly long-lasting, low maintenance building skin. “If a panel is damaged or broken, replacement is easily accomplished without extensive labor, equipment or preparation,” said Ristow. “Replacement is basically just a one- or two-person task. Plus, the system functions as a rain screen. The system creates a cavity between the slate and the damp proofing. We are not attaching directly to the damp proofing, which can create pressure differentials leading to the infiltration of moisture.”

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BEYOND A BLANK SLATE Altogether, KieranTimberlake’s design wonderfully attains two core goals: making a beautiful building and maximizing the amount of rental space. “The real challenge of the design was to maximize the rentable space, but still fit in with its local context and operate at a human, architectural scale by offering a sense of variety and depth,” said Ristow. “Essentially, we wanted to provide architecture rather than just a dumb shell.” The building at 1351 Hill is certainly not a dumb shell or a blank slate. Rather than create a “homogenized volume,” said Ristow, the expanse of stone is broken into bays via vertical aluminum channels and punctuated by window openings varying in size, subtly shifting in plane, and placed at varied levels on the building face. “The building is subtle in its play of details,” said Brouwer. “Some windows – even the large windows on the east and west – project slightly towards the street while others recede slightly into the building.” Adding interest, interior bamboo panels are visible through the four large expanses of storefront glass, almost turning an interior feature into part of the building’s exterior skin. The slate tile – beautiful but thinskinned – offers a rare cladding and aids the cause of carving out the greatest

amount of rental space. “At about 5/16ths of an inch, the stone material is very thin and the cavity behind it is in the range of no more than an inch,” said Ristow. “We are evoking the solidity of stone but using a thin wall system that maximizes the amount of rental space.” The building’s compact mass and its structural frame also make more room for renters. The building’s structural frame is composed of tubular steel columns with open web engineered wood trusses on the second and third floor. The electrical, heating and plumbing systems run through the open web of the trusses called castellated beams. Without infrastructure coiling above or below the beams, “the ceiling heights are increased and the floor thickness is reduced,” said Ristow. “This was another way to maximize the amount of not only the square footage of the building but the volume of the building, itself.” The open web wood trusses helped the project more easily meet the zoning board’s height limitation of three stories, added Brouwer. He describes the building’s inner structure at all levels: “The first floor is a concrete floor, the second and third levels are wood trusses with plywood, and steel beams and bar joists are placed at the roof, which is a fully adhered EPDM system.” “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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• Soil Formed Foundations – Poured Brick Walls, Inc., Brighton • Building Flatwork – Concrete Construction, Inc., Howell • Site Flatwork – GM & Sons, Inc., Whitmore Lake • Masonry/Slate Labor – Koch Masonry, Inc., Dexter • Structural Steel – Providence Steel & Supply, Inc,. Howell • Structural Steel – Ann Arbor Fabrication, Dexter • Wood/Plastic Materials – Chelsea Lumber Company, Chelsea • Wood/Plastic Materials – Fingerle Lumber Co., Ann Arbor • Exterior Rough Carpentry – Conquest Construction Co., Inc., Livonia • Interior Rough Carpentry – Cowhy-Hayes Construction, Inc., Clinton • Finish Carpentry – Woodmasters Frame & Finish, LLC, Manchester • Finish Carpentry – Doors & Drawers, Dexter • Building Insulation – Simon Insulation, Inc., Lansing • Slate Materials – Williams & Sons Slate & Tile, Inc., Wind Gap, Pa. • Slate Hooks – Pinnacle Engineering Co., Inc., Manchester • Membrane Roofing – Bloom Roofing Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor • Waterproofing – Water-Tite, Inc., Wixom • Doors, Frames & Hardware – Frames, Doors & Hardware, Inc., Jackson • Overhead Doors – Pinckney Door Sales, Pinckney • Glass & Aluminum – Modern Mirror & Glass Co., Inc., Roseville • Glass Shower Doors – WolverineMoore Glass, Inc., Dexter • Ceramic/Quarry Tile – Robert Stinnett, Hartland • Painting & Drywall – C & B Painting, Ypsilanti • Fire Protection – Ann Arbor Fire Protection, Inc., Ann Arbor • Plumbing – Mastercraft Plumbing, Inc., Whitmore Lake • HVAC – S & M Heating Sales Company, Southfield • Electrical – Ashcott Electrical, Inc., Whitmore Lake

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E-Z Drill Model 210B Series On-Grade Concrete Drills Reach 18-Inch Depth from 4-Foot Patch

E-Z Drill’s line of on-grade concrete drills includes two easily positioned models that drill to a standard 18-inch depth. The Model 210B and Model 210B-2 feature a compact frame, allowing each to operate within a 4-foot area. The units have been specifically designed for straight-line drilling on a level subgrade, and are well suited for airport work, lane additions and large patchwork jobs. Offering third-generation quality, the enhanced single-gang Model 210B can operate within 6 inches of a corner and drill a 3/4-inch hole 9 inches deep in about 15 seconds. The Model 210B-2 also drills within 6 inches of a corner and provides an inexpensive option for a twogang system. Both units are totally pneumatic, with the 210B requiring 100 cfm and the 210B-2 requiring 200 cfm. An optional vertical conversion kit enhances the series’ versatility, allowing each unit to switch from a horizontal drill to a vertical drill within 20 minutes. As with the complete line of E-Z Drill products, the on-grade drills offer numerous features to increase production and help prevent downtime. Quick-release bit guides correspond with any style of bit for a fast, simple exchange, while vertical height adjustment levels enable each unit to drill on center whether the slab is 6 inches or 24 inches thick. E-Z Drill’s patented roller bearing feed system eliminates friction while drilling, increasing speed and productivity. Drill carriages easily can be replaced, as needed, with basic tools, and quick coupler air fittings further simplify maintenance. Regulators on the 210B-2 allow the operator to set the optimum drilling speed for

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each individual drill. Dual-purpose guide wheels on the 210B help with positioning the drill during operation and can be quickly flipped down and used for transporting the unit. Both on-grade models feature components to protect the machine, as well as the operator. Carriage locks secure the drill and bit in place when the air supply is off or disconnected, and auto-lock couplers automatically secure the air supply hose onto the drill coupling so that the connection does not need to be manually pinned. Individual oilers help the drill motor last longer by lubricating each drill from separate reservoirs. A balanced lifting point increases safety during loading and unloading by helping to prevent a load shift, and lifting handles provide proper leverage to lessen any injury risk while increasing productivity. On-grade models operate on the subgrade, allowing work to continue without obstructing the traffic lane. Another advantage offered by on-grade units is that they are lighter to load and unload than slab-rider models. In addition to the Model 210B and Model 210B-2, the E-Z Drill on-grade line includes the smaller Model 65B, Model 85B and Model 110B. For more information on E-Z Drill’s complete line of concrete drilling and doweling equipment, contact E-Z Drill, P.O. Box 517, 4615 W. Lakeview, Stillwater, OK 74076; call 800-272-0121; fax 405-372-1429; e-mail [email protected]; or visit the website www.ezdrill.com.

Chicago Pneumatic Introduces CP 0017 Vibration-Reduced Chipping Hammer

The new vibration-reduced CP 0017 SVR chipping hammer from Chicago Pneumatic Construction Tools features

several upgraded components for greater wear resistance. The added durability makes the unit an ideal tool for chipping, light demolition, and repairing concrete, stone and brickwork. The CP 0017 SVR replaces two previous CP chipping hammer models that utilized a rubber vibration isolator. The new chipping hammer features a strong steel spring vibration isolator assembly that limits vibration levels to just 2.7 m/s2, offering increased operator comfort and productivity. The unit also features a standard D-type ergonomic trigger handle. The new vibration isolator assembly is easily maintained and is much more durable under stressful working conditions. Several other internal components have also been improved for increased reliability and longer service intervals, resulting in lower overall service costs. Two versions of the hammer are available, both equipped with a screw cap tool retainer and small shanks to keep the units lightweight. The CP 0017 SVR 3R weighs 20.5 pounds and has a 0.68-inch round shank, while the CP 0017 SVR 3H features a 0.58-inch hex shank and weighs 21 pounds. Both CP 0017 SVR models require 36 cfm of air and can produce up to 1,900 blows per minute. The units are compact at a length of 21 inches and deliver a 3-inch tool stroke during operation. More information can be found at www.cpconstructiontoolsusa.com.

Barrier-1 Topical System Solves Moisture Issues

Existing interior concrete slabs that suffer from recurring moisture and mold problems can be permanently repaired by installing the Barrier-1 topical system. This three-step process creates a chemical seal preventing moisture intrusion from hydrostatic pressure and capillary action. A microbial additive inhibits any potential mold growth. The Barrier-1 topical system is a threestep process that densifies and totally reconditions the concrete floor surface. “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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the tool and its bits offer significantly greater product life. A sensitive variable speed trigger offers an operating range of 1-1,700 RPM and 0-4,400 BPM to give users precise control in almost any situation. Control and versatility are further enhanced by the included 360degree auxiliary handle with built-in depth gauge and ergonomically designed pistol-style padded grip. The 11258VSR offers two modes of operation – hammer mode and rotation-only mode. For quick conversion for wood or metal drilling, Bosch offers a convenient snapin 3-jaw chuck adaptor as an accessory. ®

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Users have long turned to two-speed hammer drills as a low-cost alternative to rotary hammers for small-diameter concrete drilling. The new 11258VSR Concrete Drill from Bosch Power Tools and Accessories offers another option for concrete drilling. The 11258VSR performs up to 50 percent faster than an HPP 2speed hammer drill when drilling 3/8” diameter holes into concrete. Compared to a hammer drill, the solid 11258VSR offers significant reductions in both noise and vibration and the drill powers its way through concrete with almost no force from the user. Bosch’s 11258VSR also offers durability in concrete drilling. Because of the 11258VSR’s burly SDS-Plus chuck and purpose-built hammer mechanism, both Visit us at www.cam-online.com

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Dressta 555C Extra Delivers Power and Performance

The newest addition to the Dressta lineup is the 555C Extra wheel loader, featuring a new turbocharged, in-line six-cylinder Cummins QSM11 engine. This 10.8 liter Tier 3 certified engine delivers 319 net horsepower (238 kW) at 2100 rpm or 330 net horsepower (247 kW) with minimum fan usage. Maximum torque is 1,235 lb-ft (1674 Nm) at 1400 rpm. This 6.5 yd3 size wheel loader can come equipped with buckets ranging from 5.5 yd3 to 11.0 yd3 (4.2 m3 to 8.4 m3) and has an approximate operating weight of up to

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hydraulic controls, and internal wet disc brakes. A full complement of individually replaceable gauges and warning lights keep the operator on top of operating conditions. The comfortable “picture window” cab offers exceptional visibility in all directions. Visit www.dresstanorthamerica.com for more information. 66,380 lb (30110 kg). Dressta has added a new cooling module and upgraded the hydraulics system to allow for a variable speed fan that provides greater cooling and potentially more horsepower. The battery has been moved to the rear of the machine above the steps for easier access. The steps are now painted gray instead of yellow. The 555C Extra features an electrically controlled, full power shift, four-speed countershaft transmission driven by a double universal joint from the torque converter providing proper ground speed matches for all operations. Other major features of the 555C Extra include hydrostatic steering, single lever

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Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC has announced its RideRite air helper spring kits are now available for the new Dodge Sprinter. The Dodge Sprinter Ride-Rite kit offers maximum load support and ride comfort by using air pressure to adjust Firestone's durable springs to compensate for varying loads and road conditions - maintaining a quality ride at all times. Firestone's Ride-Rite kit works by keeping the vehicle level, so it helps maintain brake effectiveness, reduce tire wear and bottoming out, level off-center loads (individual inflation valves allow for separate side-to-side adjustment) and increases vehicle stability. A pair of Ride-Rite air springs can provide up to 5,000 pounds of load leveling capacity. (Note: Air springs do not increase the load-carrying capacity of the vehicle. Do not exceed the vehicle's recommended Gross Vehicle Weight Rating [GVWR]). Firestone's new Dodge Sprinter RideRite kit is a no-drill kit and is easily installed. It comes with a two-year limited warranty and includes everything needed for installation (typically takes between one and two hours). The system's reinforced double convoluted air springs install between the frame and the axle. Firestone also offers the Air-Rite™ air accessory system to complement the new Ride-Rite kit, which enables drivers to make air pressure adjustments with a push of a button installed on the dashboard. Trained technicians are available tollfree (800.888.0650) to answer any product application, installation or warranty questions Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Ride-Rite air helper springs are part of Firestone's Complete Suspension Solutions, which also offers Sport-Rite™ and CoilRite™ air helper springs. For more information, visit www.ride-rite.com. “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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The American Institute of Architects Michigan (AIA Michigan) has announced the election of Detroit architect Stephen E. Smith, AIA, as its 2008 president. Other elected AIA newly Michigan Officers include Ronald R. Campbell, AIA, the historic preservation architect for Oakland County (Waterford) as vice president; Douglas W. Smith Kueffner, AIA, of Wigen, Ticknell, Meyers & Associates Inc. (Saginaw) as secretary; and Alan H. Cobb, FAIA, of Albert Kahn Associates Inc. (Detroit) as treasurer. Dennis M. King, FAIA, of Harley Ellis Devereaux (Southfield) sits on the board as past president and Frederick F. Butters Esq. FAIA, of Thomas M. Keranen & Associates PC (Bloomfield Hills) as regional director. The American Institute of Architects Detroit (AIA Detroit) announced the election of Detroit architect Mark Nickita, AIA, NCARB, as its 2008 president. Other newly elected AIA Detroit Officers include Jeffrey R. Zokas, AIA, of Harley Ellis Devereaux (Southfield) as vice president; Raimundas Cekauskas, Harley Ellis AIA, of Nickita Devereaux (Southfield) as secretary; and Jacquelyn Arredondo, AIA, of Fanning/Howey Associates Inc. (Novi) as treasurer. Cynthia Pozolo, AIA, of Albert Kahn Associates Inc. (Detroit) serves as past president. The board of directors of civil engineering and surveying firm GiffelsWebster Engineers (GWE), Rochester Hills, announced that Loren Crandell was selected to become the next president and CEO effective Jan. 1. In this position, Crandell oversees the day-to-day manageCrandell ment of GWE. He succeeds Keith Mayer, who remains with the firm as a principal and chairman of the board.

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After 25 years of service, Jim Ellis, vice president of Barton Malow Specialty Contracting and co-founder of the Rigging Division, retired on January 31, Ellis began his 2008. career with Barton Malow in 1983 when he was asked to establish Barton Malow Rigging along with John (Big John) Wozniak. Ellis’ commitEllis ment to safety, vocational training and cordial labor relationships are well known in the industry. As a board member of the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association and Ironworkers Apprenticeship Board, he helped develop an apprentice program specifically for riggers. Wade Trim, a firm providing engineering, surveying, planning, operations, landscape architecture, and construction services, has made the following announcements: Melissa MacGregor has joined the MacGregor firm’s Bay City office as a business development specialist where she is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with the city, county and township clients in central Michigan; Jeremy Powell, Powell RLA, of Wade Trim’s Taylor office, has earned his Landscape A r c h i t e c t u r a l Registration; and Dennis Randolph, PE, PTOE, AICP, has joined the firm’s Grand Rapids office as Randolph practice manager of the Traffic Engineering Group. Barry Wood, one of the co-owners of Lansing-based Keystone Design Group, was granted the Gold Medal Award by the American Institute of Architects MidMichigan Chapter at their recent awards celebration. Wood This is the chapter’s most

prestigious individual accolade, in recognition of an individual’s contributions to AIA Mid-Michigan and for outstanding achievement in the profession. Keystone Design Group also earned the Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor bestowed by AIA Mid-Michigan and presented for consistently producing distinguished architecture. Robert Smith, AIA, from the Lansing office of Hobbs + Black Architects, was presented with the President’s Award at the 2007 American Institute of Architects Mid-Michigan Chapter (AIA MidMichigan) Design and Recognition Awards Celebration. The American Institute of Architects’ MidMichigan chapter (AIA Mid-Michigan) honored two members of Lansingbased Studio [intrigue] Architects at its 2007 Design and Recognition Awards Celebration. The organization presented Studio [intrigue] Architects founder David VanderKlok, AIA, with its Young Architect Honor, and Ylli Bodinaku, AIA, with its Associate Member Honor.

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Daniel N. Tyrer, of Southfield-based Neumann/Smith Architecture, recently earned LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Tyrer Design) accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Lake Orion-based The Dailey Company is proud to announce that Douglas P. Meyers has been promoted to project manager from project engineer. Meyers has over 8 years experience in the construction industry on both new construction and renovation projects. CAM MAGAZINE

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The Albert Kahn Family of Companies, Detroit, a leading provider of architecture, engineering, planning, design and management services, has announced that John Enkemann, Jr. Enkemann, Jr., AIA has been appointed Assistant Chair of the Architectural Registration Examination (ARE) Committee for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). Vince DiPofi, PE, senior vice president of SSOE, Inc., Toledo, presented a discussion on alternative fuels and the role of biodiesel, at the Michigan Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) January meeting. Issues discussed included production and cost strategies, environDiPofi mental impact, ethanol

versus biodiesel and the current US energy challenge. DiPofi has over 25 years of technical experience in the field. Also, SSOE, Inc. has announced that electrical designer Albright Aaron Albright is the first in the Toledo area to receive Lighting Certification (LC) from the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP). C2AE™, a full service architecture, engineering, and planning firm with offices in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Gaylord, is pleased to announce that two more staff members passed the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) exam before 2007 came to a close: Amanda (Mandy) Heck, E.I.T., and Melissa Powell-Sheppard. Heck Heck is a structural

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HKS, Inc., a top-three architectural firm, has announced the following promotions in their Detroit office: Steve Jacobson, AIA to associate principal/senior vice president; John Avdoulos, AIA and Gordon Peck, AIA promoted to vice presidents; and Dave Carpenter, AIA, Dan Connelly, AIA, Bill Filip, AIA, Paul Fisher, AIA, Bob Miller, AIA, LEED AP, and John Pypa, AIA, were all promoted to associates.

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Just one year after the completion of a $6.8 million additions and renovations project by Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc. (Novi), the Chelsea District Library has been named “Best Small Library in America” by Library Journal. This annual award is co-sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and honors the public library that most profoundly demonstrates outstanding service to populations of 25,000 or less. As the award winner, Chelsea District Library best demonstrated creativity in developing services and programs; innovation in providing and supporting technology access for patrons; the use of technology to expand its reach; community support and evidence of role as a community center; an increase in library use; and success in partnerships with other libraries, agencies, and businesses. Barton Malow Company was among 12 suppliers honored by General Motors for its outstanding performance in 2007 and for supporting GM’s product efforts. The ceremony took place in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Barton Malow President and CEO Ben Maibach III accepted the award. “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

2008 marks the tenth anniversary of Duce Simmons Associates (DSA) Architects, Berkley. Effective January 1, 2008, the firm officially changed its name to SHW Group, LLC. Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. (SDA), a regional civil engineering and surveying firm, recently opened a branch office in Brighton. The Brighton office will provide all of the services that the company’s Detroit headquarters and Rochester Hills offices currently offer. Established in 1954, Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. has offices in Detroit, Rochester Hills, and Brighton, and field offices in Trenton and Farmington Hills. NSA Farmington Hills-based Architects, Engineers, Planners was recently named to ZweigWhite’s 2007 Hot Firm List of 200 fastest-growing U.S. architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms. ZweigWhite, a management consulting and research firm for the design and construction industry, annually ranks companies in the U.S. and Canada on their percentage growth and dollar growth. Oliver/Hatcher Construction has awarded the Grand Rapids office of Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME) a contract to provide geotechnical engineering and construction materials services for the redevelopment of a former Steelcase site. The former 4 millionsquare-foot Steelcase complex will be redeveloped to include office, industrial, and retail use.

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Dale L. Prentice Co. Oak Park Dave's Glass Caro Dean Boiler, Inc Grand Rapids DeJongh Construction Midland Delta Door Sales Saginaw Designers Touch Decorating Center Freeland Dobson Industrial Bay City APRIL 2008

Dynamic Piping Co, Inc Hemlock

Edgar Boettcher Masonry Traverse City

D & W of Clare dba Rockcrete Transit Mix Clare

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Civil Sitework, Inc Big Rapids

Custom Engineering Linwood

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G E M Management Co Clare G.L. Bender Electric Saginaw GE Insulation Company Sanford Geiersbach Construction Freeland General Fence Service Saginaw Gilmour Construction Frankenmuth Glassworks Vassar Great Lakes Fire Protection, Inc. Clio Green Scene Landscaping Mt Pleasant Gregory Construction Bay City Hancor, Inc London, OH Harris Sheet Metal Midland Hatfield Construction Midland Helger Construction Co, Inc Midland Helm Electric Frankenmuth Helms Caulking, Inc. Jenison Hock Painting West Branch Holsinger Mfg. Corp. Kawkawlin Honeywell, Inc. Saginaw Howard Structural Steel Saginaw Hymmco Saginaw

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Iron Workers Local Union 25 Saginaw Ittner-Wiechmann Company Saginaw J & D Plumbing & Heating Sanford J E Johnson Contracting, Inc. Midland J.M. Petrie Acoustical Company Saginaw J.R. Heineman & Son Midland JARMCO Corporation St Charles Jen-Sum Mechanical Insulation Saginaw

Jimco Fire Protection, Inc Augres

Kessler Equipment Company, Inc. Saginaw

Job Site Services, Inc. Bay City

Klein Electric Saginaw

John E. Green Company Saginaw

L A Contracting Saginaw LaCross Glass, Inc Saginaw

John M Jacobs Plumbing & Heating Bay City

Lake State Insulation Lansing

Johnson Controls, Inc Grand Rapids Joseph M Day Company Saginaw Kawkawlin Roofing Company Kawkawlin KC Wall Specialties Vassar Kendall Electric Saginaw

Larkin's Painters Saginaw Laurence Smith Window & Door Bay City

M. Helm Masonry, Inc Pinconning

Meyer Cabinets & Countertops Bay City

M. J. Mechanical St Charles

Michigan Air Products Saginaw

M.A.P. Mechanical Midland

Michigan Pipe & Valve Jackson

Macomb Pipe & Supply Sterling Heights

Mid Michigan Roofing Saginaw

Maday Construction Saginaw

Midland Glass Co Midland

Maryland Electric Clinton Twp

Mike's Custom Tile Co. Bay City

Matric Company Bay City

Leinberger Builders Freeland

McMath Masonry Freeland

Lenard Co., The Frankenmuth

Medler Electric Co. Bay City

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Mobile Waterproofing Midland Mt. Pleasant Supply Mt. Pleasant Murin Co Freeland

Seven Mile Plant 313-368-1133 Redford Plant 313-368-1133

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French Rd., Detroit Cell: 734-216-6407 McCoig Companies 313-921-3410 [email protected] Wayne-Canton Plant 734-326-4200 Cell: 734-216-6407 Downriver Plant [email protected]

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McCoig Companies Serving Metro Detroit with six permanent Cell: 734-216-6407 plant locations that are strategically located, [email protected] along with several portable plants, to provide you an unmatched capacity for Service on Demand. All plants and materials are NRMCA, MDOT and County Certified.

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Murray Painters Saginaw

Pumford Construction Saginaw

National Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. Burton

Pyramid Paving & Contracting Essexville

National Time & Signal Corp Wixom Neal Sweebe Inc Midland Nelson Trane Flint Northeastern Paint Supply Candlelight Light & Co Saginaw

Quality Enviromental Service Gladwin R.C. Hendrick & Son Saginaw R.C. Martin Bay City R.L. Deppmann Company Southfield Ramar Construction Saginaw

Northern Concrete Pipe Inc. Bay City

Remer Plumbing & Heating, Inc Saginaw

Northern Michigan Building Trades Cn Lewiston

Rogind-Parker. Inc Ferndale

Nuechterlein Electric Frankenmuth O'Connors Home Decorating Saginaw Osborn Concrete, Inc. Flint Overhead Door Company Saginaw Owens Cabinet & Trim Midland PM Technologies Milford Ponder Door Bay City Porath Contractors, Inc Houghton Lake

Rohde Bros Excavating Saginaw Roth Electrical LLC Burton S.A. Comunale Co., Inc. Windber, PA Saginaw Asphalt Paving Co Saginaw Serenus Johnson & Son Bay City Servinski Sod Service Midland Shaw Contracting Kawkawlin Sherwin Williams Co Saginaw

Power Comm Electric Frankenmuth,

Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. Orlando, FL

Pre-Fit Door, Inc. Saginaw

Silver Creek Custom Millwork Birch Run

Price & Company Wyoming

Smilie Plumbing & Heating, Inc Freeland

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Sova Excavating & Trucking Midland

Stanley Alarm System Kawkawlin

Sowle Properties, Inc Midland

Stanley Steemer Saginaw,

Spark Electric Bay City

Sterling Excavation, Inc West Branch

Spence Brothers Saginaw Spencer/Redner Electric Bay City

Stock Building Supply Macomb Streng Construction Chesaning

SPI Innovations Freeland

Surveying Solutions Standish

Spicer Group Saginaw

Sylvester's Trenching Linwood

Stafford Smith Bay City

Symons Bldg Specialties Saginaw

Standard Electric Saginaw

Syneco Inc Saginaw

Standard Tile Saginaw

T & C Insulation, Inc Saginaw T & K Steel Saginaw T & M Painting Saginaw T & W Landscaping Prudenville Taggart-Knight Group Farmington Hills Taunt Electric Company Gladwin Ted's Electric Service, Ind. Rhodes The Casper Corporation Farmington Hills Thermal-Netics, Inc Berkley Thiel Electric Saginaw

Underwood Fire Equipment, Inc Novi Uni Sales, Inc Farmington

Thomas Roofing Cass City Ticon, Inc Midland

Universal Roofing Inc. Linwood

Tim Katz Plumbing & Heating Freeland

US Sheet Metal Saginaw

Tom's Glass Service Reese

Valley Carpet Service Bay City

T-Rex Fencing Houghton Lake

Valley Glass Company Saginaw

Tri City Controls, Inc. Frankenmuth

Valley Roofing Bay City Van Poppelen Brothers Bay City

Tri Valley Landscaping Saginaw Tri-City Acoustical Company Saginaw

Vanguard Fire & Security Saginaw

Tuscola Cabinets & Store Fixtures Vassar

Victaulic Grand Ledge

Your Building Will be Protected When You Put Your Roofing Project in the Hands of a SMRCA Contractor No matter what kind of weather, you won’t have to worry about whether your roof will leak. SMRCA Roofing Contractors are professional union contractors with the experience and expertise to install a quality, trouble-free roofing system. Insist on quality from a professional SMRCA Roofing Contractor! Call us today for a “Roofing Facts” brochure that will tell you what you need to know before purchasing a new roof. T.F. Beck Company Rochester Hills, MI 248.852.9255

J. D. Candler Roofing Company, Inc. Detroit, MI 313.899.2100

Newton Crane Roofing, Inc. Pontiac, MI 248.332.3021

Dave Pomaville & Sons, Inc. Warren, MI 586.755.6030

Christen/Detroit Detroit, MI 313.837.1420

LaDuke Roofing & Sheet Metal Oak Park, MI 248.414.6600

North Roofing Company Auburn Hills, MI 248.373.1500

Royal Roofing Company Orion, MI 248.276.ROOF (7663)

Detroit Cornice & Slate Company Ferndale, MI 248.398.7690

Lutz Roofing Company, Inc. Utica, MI 586.739.1148

Fisher Roofing Company, Inc. Dearborn Heights, MI 313.292.8090

Schena Roofing & Sheet Metal Company, Inc. Chesterfield, MI 586.949.4777 Schreiber Corporation Detroit, MI 313.864.4900

M.W. Morss Roofing, Inc. Romulus, MI 734.942.0840

SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. 3560 EAST NINE MILE ROAD • WARREN, MI 48091 • Ph.: 586.759.2140 • Fax: 586.759.0528 • www.smrca.org

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• We do relative humidity and calcium chloride testing.

• Eliminate 96% of the dry time.

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• We specialize in moisture control only.

Weyand Bros. Inc. Saginaw

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Whaley Steel Corp Mio City Wilcox Professional Services Saginaw William Bronner & Son, Inc Frankenmuth William E Walter, Inc. Flint

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Wininger Fire Protection, Inc. Frankenmuth Wirtz Plumbing & Heating Freeland Wm F Nelson Electric Saginaw Wobig Construction Company Saginaw Wojahn Floor Covering, Inc. Tawas City Wolgast Corporation Freeland Wolpert Equipment & Refrigeration Saginaw Wright's Painting Cass City Zanner's Products Tawas Zimmerman & Sons Electric Port Austin

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Site Engineering Architectural Design Land Surveying Construction Staking Commercial Residential, Industrial 17001 Nineteen Mile Road, Suite 3 Clinton Township, MI 48038 USA

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s you all are probably aware, the 2008 Construction Buyers Guide is out on the street. In an effort to keep our information as accurate as possible, we’re including here all the changes and corrections we have received for members’ company listings as of February 15. Changes from the book are in bold. To see continual, up-to-date, complete company listings, check out the Buyers Guide Online at www.cam-online.com, updated monthly. Check back to this section every month in CAM Magazine to get heads-up information and news involving the Construction Buyers Guide. Questions? Contact Mary Carabott at 248-972-1000 for answers and to find out how to add to your online listings. To obtain additional copies of the Guide, stop by the CAM office and pick them up at no additional charge, or send $6 per book for shipping to have the books sent to your company via UPS. Please call ahead of time for authorization if you need more than 20 copies. Invoices for the 2008 Buyers Guide listings have been generated and mailed. If you have questions regarding your invoice, call the CAM office.

The following company was ommitted from the 2008 Buyers Guide Professional Engineers Section: Wagner Structural Solutions 5079 Queensway Howell, MI 48843 Phone: 734-751-3706 Fax: 734-527-6040 Strucutural EngineerResponsive-Flexible-Fair Bloom Roofing Systems, Inc. 12238 Emerson Dr. Brighton, MI 48116 Phone: 248-264-7200 Fax: 248-587-5068 Braun Intertec Great Lakes, Inc. 8737 Main St. Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 Phone: 734-449-2990 Fax: 734-449-2998

DCC Constuction, Inc. (Formerly DCC Development) 9100 Lapeer Rd. Davision, MI 48423 Phone: 810-658-4322 Fax: 810-658-4320 Bill Koczara 677 Sunningdale Dr. Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236 Phone: 586-771-8700 Fax: 313-882-7575 Michigan Air Products 3831 Linden Ave., SE Grand Rapids, MI 49548 Phone: 616-534-8000 Fax: 616-534-7394

Midway Structural Pipe & Supply, Inc. 1611 Clara St. Jackson, MI 49204 Phone: 517-787-1350 Fax: 517-787-4537 Email: [email protected]

RAM Construction Services (Formerly Western Waterproofing Co.) 13800 Eckles Rd. Livonia, MI 48150 Phone: 734-464-3800 Fax: 734-437-6206

Seven Brothers Painting 50805 Rizzo Dr. Shelby Twp., MI 48315 Phone: 586-977-5906 Fax: 586-412-0368

Technical Group, Inc. 37716 Hills Tech Dr. Farmington Hills, MI 48331 Phone: 248-426-8000 Fax: 248-426-7004 Williams & Lipton Co. 32316 Grand River, Suite 101 Farmington, MI 48336 Phone: 248-478-2000 Fax: 248-478-4046

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CONSTRUCTION CALENDAR Please submit all calendar items no less than six weeks prior to the event to: Calendar Editor, CAM Magazine, P.O. Box 3204, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-3204.

Industry Events Feb. 20 – Apr. 7 – Civil Engineers Public Comment Period – The American Society of Civil Engineers’ Geo-Technical Institute (ASCE/G-I) will conduct a public comment period on its new compaction grouting guideline. To participate, contact Phillip Mariscal, ASCE standards administrator, at [email protected] or 703-295-6338. Apr. 2-5 – North American Steel Construction Conference – Nashville, TN will host this event presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). The conference will feature presentations from top industry leaders, more than 70 technical sessions, short course educational programming, and extensive trade show exhibits. Visit www.aisc/nascc.org/nascc or call 312-670-2400 for more information. Apr. 3-5 – Decorative Concrete EXPO – This event will be held in Phoenix, AZ. For additional information, visit www.ascconline.org or call 866-788-ASCC (2722).

Apr. 11-13 – NAWIC Annual Region 4 FORUM – The Detroit Chapter 183 of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) will host the FORUM at the Marriott Detroit RenCen. Region 4 consists of NAWIC members from five states. For more information regarding the FORUM or NAWIC, please visit www.nawicdetroit or contact Nola Lee, CIT, at 313-491-5040. May 31 – Spring Semester Scholarship Competition Deadline – On Center Software is offering a semi-annual $1,000 scholarship for construction management students. To learn more about the scholarship program, visit www.oncenter.com. Visit us at www.cam-online.com

Training Calendar CAMTEC Class Schedule CAMTEC, the training & education center of the Construction Association of Michigan, has announced its winter/spring class schedule. For registration information, or to obtain a catalog, call (248) 972-1133.

Apr. 15 – Construction Contracts & Subcontracts Apr. 16 – Scheduling & Planning Apr. 17 – Fall Protection – MIOSHA Apr. 22 – Blueprint Reading III – Advanced Apr. 22 – Delay Claims for Subcontractors Apr. 23 – MIOSHA 10 HR. Apr. 24 – Blueprint Reading I – Basic Apr. 29 – Lien Law/Payment Bonds Apr. 30 – Preparing Lien Law Documents May 6 – OSHA 30 HR. May 22 – First Aid, CPR & AED Combined May 28 – Excavations – the Grave Danger Michigan Concrete Paving Association Certification Classes The Michigan Concrete Paving Association (MCA), in cooperation with the Greater Michigan Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) will offer the following classes at the following locations: Pervious Concrete Certification Lansing –Apr. 3

Level II Advanced Concrete Technician (class and exams): Lansing – Apr. 8-11 Decorative Concrete Seminar Locations to be announced – Apr. 17-18, May 5-6

Level I Field Technician (class and exams): Lansing – Apr., 22-24, May 20-22, Jun. 3-5 Marquette – Apr. 29-May 1

Visit www.miconcrete.org for information or call 800-678-9622.

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Ace Cutting Equipment & Supply ........................67 Acme Maintenance Service ....................................14 Aluminum Supply Company - Marshall Sales....20 Aoun & Company, P.C.............................................12 Auch Company, George W. ....................................49 Bryan Equipment Sales - STIHL Dealers ................7 CAM Administrative Services..................................3 CAM Affinity Program ........................................IBC CAM ECPN ..............................................................65 CAM Workers' Compensation ..............................22 C.F.C.U. ......................................................................25 Cipriano Coating Technology ................................60 Clark Hill PLC ..........................................................11 Cloverdale Equipment Co.......................................15 Concrete Moisture Control......................................71 Connelly Crane Rental ............................................63 Consumers Energy ..................................................51 Cummins Bridgeway ..............................................74 Danboise Mechanical ..............................................28 DeBacker & Sons Inc. ..............................................30 Deppman Company, R.L. ......................................24 DiHydro Services......................................................30 Doeren Mayhew ......................................................71 Dunn Blue..................................................................22 Duross Painting Company......................................10 Engineered Buildings, Inc. ......................................67 Environmental Maintenance Engineers................66 Fishbeck Thompson Carr & Huber, Inc. ..............69 G2 Consulting Group ..............................................63 Great Lakes Ceramic Tile Association ..................10 Gutherie Lumber Company....................................13 Hale Contracting, Inc...............................................74 Hansen Marketing Services, Inc ..........................IFC Hartland Insurance Group......................................31 Hertz Equipment Rental..........................................41 Hilti Inc. ....................................................................55 Jackson Park Agency................................................19 Jeffers Crane Service ..................................................8 Kem-Tec......................................................................19 LPL Financial ............................................................14 Laramie Crane ........................................................43 Lehner Findlan Associates ......................................72 Lifting Gear Hire Corporation..................................9 Mans Lumber & Millwork ......................................23 MasonPro, Inc. ....................................................37, 43 McAlpine & Associates, P.C. ....................................6 McCoig Companies..................................................68 Navigant Consulting................................................59 Nicholson Construcion ............................................60 North American Dismantling Group ....................59 Oakland Companies ................................................46 Oakland Metal Sales, Inc.........................................29 Osborne Trucking & Osborne Concrete, John D ................................58 Plante & Moran, PLLC ............................................21 Rick's Portables Sanitation LLC. ............................28 SMRCA ......................................................................70 Scaffolding Inc. ........................................................17 Spider - A Division of Safeworks LLC ..................57 State Building Products ..........................................27 StructureTec ..............................................................39 Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton, P.C. ....................62 Sunset Excavating ....................................................39 Superior Materials Holdings, LLC ........................47 Technical Energy Solutions ....................................17 Testing Engineers & Consultants ..........................27 Unilock Michigan, Inc. ..........................................BC Valenti Trobec Chandler, Inc.....................................5 Virchow Krause ........................................................64 Wayne Bolt & Nut Co. ............................................12 “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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