FEATURE<strong>Ohio</strong> <strong>PHCC</strong> ContractorAward Winners2010 <strong>PHCC</strong> CONTRACTOR OF THE YEARHerman Bohinc2010 <strong>PHCC</strong> CONTRACTOR SERVICE AWARDMike BohincThe Contractor of the Year award is given to the individualcontractor member who has demonstrated over and over hiswillingness to serve his association, the industry, and hiscommunity with his time and talent.This year’s honoree, Herman Bohinc, Norhio Plumbing,exemplifies that description in many ways.Herman has worked full-time in the industry since 1958and has been a plumbing contractor since the early 1960s andhas held numerous leadership positions throughout his careerin the industry, including: Master Plumbers’ League President;<strong>PHCC</strong> of <strong>Ohio</strong> President and the <strong>Ohio</strong> Construction IndustryLicensing Board (OCILB), Plumbing Section.He is the only two-time winner of the Plumbers’ Leagueand in 1995 he was awarded the <strong>PHCC</strong> <strong>Ohio</strong> ContractorService Award…In 2001, he received the Contractor ServiceAward again for his tireless efforts on state licensing. He is theonly two-time winner of this distinguished award.If <strong>PHCC</strong> <strong>Ohio</strong> had a Hall of Fame, Herman Bohinc wouldsurely be one of the first inducted. Time and time again he hasbeen there for his family, his fellow members, his employeesand his industry…Not only has he won the Contractor Service Award twice,but now he becomes a two-time <strong>PHCC</strong> Contractor of the Year!14 OHIO PHC CONTRACTOR • <strong>Volume</strong> <strong>2011</strong>, <strong>Issue</strong> 1The <strong>PHCC</strong> Contractor Service Award is given to the <strong>PHCC</strong>member who has demonstrated his or her willingness to serve theassociation and membership with time and talent.Our winner, Michael Bohinc grew up in the PHC industry andlearned early on in his career that there are a bunch of wonderful,hard-working people in the PHC industry…the unfortunate thingis that these same hard-working people, as a group, are woefullyunderpaid and struggle for years to survive.In 1988, he went to work in his family’s plumbing businesshelping to create, develop and implement many current businessand marketing programs being utilized by the company and otherbusinesses.Mike is a CPA in the State of <strong>Ohio</strong> as well as a licensedHVAC and plumbing contractor in <strong>Ohio</strong> and is also a NotaryPublic. He has held leadership positions with <strong>PHCC</strong> ofNortheast <strong>Ohio</strong>, <strong>PHCC</strong> of <strong>Ohio</strong>, <strong>PHCC</strong> National, the GreaterCleveland ACCA, Contractors 2000 (now Nexstar), PlayhouseSquare Partners and the Indians Senior Baseball Make-A-WishTournament.He is an associate member of both <strong>PHCC</strong> and ACCA<strong>Ohio</strong> and has presented his business and financial managementseminars to numerous industry groups around the country and hastirelessly worked with contractors across North America teachingthem to properly calculate their break even costs and selling price.(continued on page 16)
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