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What's cookin' for<br />

construction in the<br />

restaurant industry?<br />

<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong><br />

<strong>November</strong> <strong>2010</strong>


Gold Value Club<br />

A C Development Group, Inc. • Able Body Labor • Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.<br />

Balfour Beatty Construction • Bright Future Electric, LLC • CEMEX • Coastal Mechanical Services, LLC<br />

Crane Rental Corporation • D&A Building Services, Inc. • Doster Construction Company, Inc.<br />

Edwards Concrete Company • Electric Services, Inc. • Energy Air, Inc. • Enterprise Fleet Management<br />

<strong>Florida</strong> Business Interiors • Hardin Construction Company, LLC • Hartford South, LLC<br />

Hensel Phelps Construction Co. • J King & Company, LLC • Just Concrete <strong>and</strong> Masonry, Inc.<br />

KHS&S Contractors • Kirwin Norris, P.A. • Labor Ready Southeast • Maxim Crane Works, LP<br />

McGraw Hill Construction - Dodge • Michael C. Sasso, P.A. • Mivan, Inc. • Morton Electric, Inc.<br />

Palmer Electric Company • PCL Construction Services, Inc. • PPI Construction Management<br />

Progress Energy • Progressive Plumbing, Inc. • Skanska USA Building<br />

Tatro Construction Co., LLC United Forming, Inc. • Wharton-Smith, Inc.<br />

Silver Value Club<br />

B&B Interior Systems • BE&K Building Group • Carter Electric Company, Inc.<br />

Comprehensive Energy Services,LLC • Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. • New Traditions National Bank<br />

Normax Mechanical, Inc. • S.I. Goldman Company, Inc. • Tharp Plumbing Systems<br />

Bronze Value Club<br />

Aagaard-Juergensen, LLC • Brasfi eld & Gorrie, LLC • Brown & Brown of <strong>Florida</strong>, Inc.<br />

East Coast Fire Protection/FLSA • International Flooring, Inc. • JCB Construction, Inc.<br />

John N. Puder, A Division of Moretrench • Lake Glass & Mirror, Inc. • Lykes Insurance, Inc.<br />

McCree General Contractors & Architects • Mobile Modular • Osburn, Henning & Co., CPA<br />

Pyramid Masonry Contractors, Inc. • Southern Fire Protection of Orl<strong>and</strong>o<br />

Suburban L<strong>and</strong> Reserve • Walt Disney Imagineering<br />

Platinum Value Club<br />

For more information, please contact Becki Lewis at 407.628.2070 or email blewis@abccentralfl orida.org


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NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong> BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA 1


TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

PAGE 18<br />

Hungry for the latest morsel on construction in the restaurant industry? ABC dishes up the latest.<br />

Features<br />

18 – 19 For Here or To Go?<br />

20 – 21 Moving to High Five<br />

24 – 25 ASE Technicians Speak Out on Maintenance<br />

30 TEAM 5 Star Feature – The Williams Company<br />

31 – 32 Safety - Why Should it Be Important?<br />

33 What Your Lawyer Needs for a Bid Protest<br />

ABC Events<br />

22 Member Reception<br />

23 CEO Reception<br />

26 Chicken & Ribs Barbecue<br />

27 <strong>Builders</strong>' Business Breakfast<br />

28-29 <strong>2010</strong> ABC Construction Expo<br />

34 Maximize Your Membership<br />

Building <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> (BCF) is published monthly by the <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> of <strong>Associated</strong> <strong>Builders</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> Contractors. All material becomes the property of ABC unless prior arrangements are made. ABC<br />

welcomes submissions of articles <strong>and</strong> press releases from our members; however, ABC reserves the right to<br />

publish based on relevance, <strong>and</strong> space availability. Please direct all inquiries to BCF@abccentralflorida.org.<br />

2 BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong><br />

Photography courtesy of Macbethphoto.com.<br />

Departments<br />

IFC <strong>2010</strong> Value Club Members<br />

4 President’s Perspective<br />

6 Calendar of Events<br />

7 Education Calendar<br />

8 People<br />

9 – 17 Member Mailbox<br />

35 New Members<br />

What's cookin' for<br />

construction in the<br />

restaurant industry?<br />

<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong><br />

<strong>November</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />

Cover photo provided by Cuhaci & Peterson<br />

Architects, Engineers, Planners<br />

PRESIDENT & CEO<br />

Mark P. Wylie<br />

mwylie@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1272<br />

VICE PRESIDENT & COO<br />

Nancy Wray<br />

nwray@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1276<br />

CREATIVE DIRECTOR<br />

Shawn Straight<br />

StraightEdge Creative<br />

sstraight@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.380.1601<br />

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION<br />

Lori Blake<br />

lblake@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1264<br />

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION<br />

Denise Charlesworth<br />

dcharlesworth@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1270<br />

MARKETING DIRECTOR<br />

Becki Lewis<br />

blewis@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1266<br />

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR<br />

Michelle Rutkowski<br />

mrutkowski@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1278<br />

MEMBERSHIP & EVENTS ASSISTANT<br />

Br<strong>and</strong>y Whitmire Mangrum<br />

bmangrum@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1282<br />

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT<br />

Debbie Crosby<br />

dcrosby@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1280<br />

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT<br />

Charlotte Moegel<br />

cmoegel@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1274<br />

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT<br />

Tina Razzano<br />

trazzano@abccentralflorida.org<br />

407.398.1262<br />

ABC CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAPTER<br />

651 Danville Drive, Suite 200<br />

Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL 32825-6393<br />

Tel: 407.628.2070 | Fax: 407.629.0144<br />

www.abccentralflorida.com


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PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE<br />

Just when you think it is safe to turn off your TIVO® …<br />

Just when you think it is safe to turn off<br />

your TIVO® <strong>and</strong> start watching TV live again<br />

because the elections are over, another<br />

specter is looming in media l<strong>and</strong>: the 2012<br />

Presidential elections.<br />

C<strong>and</strong>idates like Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney<br />

<strong>and</strong> Sara Palin will be vying to become the<br />

Republican st<strong>and</strong>ard-bearer to challenge the<br />

“Obama Dragon.” All of them <strong>and</strong> more will take<br />

to the news talk channels <strong>and</strong> rubber chicken<br />

circuit, trying to call in the chits they doled out<br />

during the <strong>2010</strong> election cycle helping congressional,<br />

state <strong>and</strong> local c<strong>and</strong>idates win elections<br />

or mightily challenge the Democrats.<br />

This next election on the horizon brings up an<br />

ugly sore in the Republican <strong>and</strong> Democratic<br />

corpus. No, I am not talking about unwinding<br />

ObamaCare or fixing Social Security. Those are<br />

patty-cake games compared to the Big Problem<br />

for politicians: primary elections.<br />

If you recall – in what seems like light-years<br />

ago – <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>and</strong> Michigan were particularly<br />

piqued that their significant delegate count<br />

would hardly matter in the Silly Season of the<br />

Presidential Party Primaries.<br />

Every c<strong>and</strong>idate, no matter how crazy or brilliant, has an opportunity<br />

to soar, or crash <strong>and</strong> burn from these runway states.<br />

4 BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong><br />

Those states, Iowa <strong>and</strong> New Hampshire, have<br />

populations that are antithetical to most<br />

populous states <strong>and</strong> are the darlings of the<br />

c<strong>and</strong>idates <strong>and</strong> the party apparatchik. To them,<br />

the Iowa Caucuses were the “kiddy wading<br />

pool” for presidential contenders. The media<br />

markets are cheap, <strong>and</strong> winning in those states<br />

is all about putting together an army of supporters,<br />

which anyone can do.<br />

Every c<strong>and</strong>idate, no matter how crazy or brilliant,<br />

has an opportunity to soar, or crash <strong>and</strong><br />

burn from these runway states.<br />

Like Little League parents of a Frank Viola<br />

watching the coach installing his son of questionable<br />

abilities to be the starting pitcher,<br />

<strong>Florida</strong> <strong>and</strong> Michigan said “No Mas!”<br />

Those states’ political parties thought they<br />

should also be invited to the dance.<br />

(How many metaphors do you think I can cram<br />

in this column? I am going for the record!)<br />

When <strong>Florida</strong> moved up its primaries to January<br />

of 2008, you would have thought the state had<br />

contracted Ebola <strong>and</strong> it quickly became the pariah<br />

of the contenders.<br />

Votes cast for Obama or Hillary, McCain or<br />

Romney would not be counted in the conventions,<br />

<strong>and</strong> delegates from these states would<br />

not be seated at the party conventions. (Never<br />

mind that party conventions are little more<br />

than poorly staged Shakespeare plays, with a<br />

well-known script <strong>and</strong> outcome.)<br />

When <strong>Florida</strong> announced its date in late January,<br />

both Iowa <strong>and</strong> New Hampshire moved their<br />

elections up to early January, <strong>and</strong> pledged titfor-tat<br />

if any state tried to move earlier.<br />

It was only resolved in 2008 when Obama <strong>and</strong><br />

McCain came out of the pack <strong>and</strong> secured the<br />

necessary delegate votes by the middle of the<br />

summer. Then both graciously agreed to seat<br />

those delinquent delegates at the party conventions.<br />

Lord knows what would have happened<br />

if either had been a close race.<br />

It did help the public underst<strong>and</strong> that the<br />

primary races are actually private elections.<br />

That is, they are not open to the public. If you<br />

are not a party registered voter in most states,<br />

you cannot vote in the primary election. Also,<br />

the National Party determines the rules, not<br />

the Constitution, not the state legislature or<br />

even the state party. (Tell me again why tax<br />

money should go to pay for these primary<br />

election costs???)<br />

So, here we are at the starting line of the 2012<br />

presidential elections, <strong>and</strong> nothing has been<br />

resolved. Unless the disenfranchised states like<br />

<strong>Florida</strong>, Ohio, Texas <strong>and</strong> California are allowed<br />

to be part of the decision-making process,<br />

particularly in the Republican primaries, you<br />

might see the primary elections a year or more<br />

earlier than 2008.<br />

Given the ugliness in this primary, the litany<br />

of blame <strong>and</strong> accusation, don’t look for these<br />

folks to suddenly become Solomon <strong>and</strong><br />

Mother Teresa when it comes to winning the<br />

big prize in 2012.<br />

Where are my TIVO® instructions?<br />

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<strong>November</strong><br />

3 Chili Cook – Off, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.<br />

Bahia Shrine, 2300 Pembrook Drive, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL 32810<br />

Sponsored by Kirwin Norris, P.A. <strong>and</strong> Morton Electric, Inc.<br />

4 & 5 Board of Directors Planning Conference <strong>and</strong> Board Meeting,<br />

Hensel Phelps Construction Company Headquarters<br />

9 National Board Meeting – Rancho Las Palmas Resort<br />

41 – 000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA<br />

9 – 11 National Leadership Conference – Rancho Las Palmas Resort<br />

41 – 000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA<br />

9 <strong>Builders</strong>' Business Breakfast, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.<br />

Sponsored by Bronze Value Club<br />

10 Future Member Presentation, 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.<br />

Bahia Shrine, 2300 Pembrook Drive, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL 32810<br />

10 Lunchtime Barbecue, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.<br />

Bahia Shrine, 2300 Pembrook Drive, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL 32810<br />

Sponsored by Progress Energy <strong>and</strong> Tatro Construction Co., LLC<br />

Second Harvest Food Drive<br />

Please bring non-perishable food items for Second Harvest Food Bank<br />

17 ABC of <strong>Florida</strong> Board of Directors Meeting, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.<br />

18 Membership Reception, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.<br />

Slingapour's, 25 Wall Street Plaza, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL 32801<br />

Sponsored by Electric Services, Inc. <strong>and</strong> Enterprise Fleet Management<br />

30 Night Golf Tournament, 5:30 – 9:00 p.m.<br />

Winter Park Municipal Golf Course, 761 Old Engl<strong>and</strong> Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789<br />

Sponsored by Able Body Labor <strong>and</strong> Labor Ready Southeast<br />

December<br />

9 ABC Holiday Reception, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.<br />

Slingapour's, 25 Wall Street Plaza, Orl<strong>and</strong>o 32801<br />

Toys for Tots Drive<br />

The Colonel <strong>and</strong> Oviedo ROTC will be on h<strong>and</strong> to collect toys.<br />

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Calendar of<br />

Events<br />

Gain exposure by sponsoring one of<br />

our events! Call Becki Lewis at<br />

407-398-1266 or email her at<br />

blewis@abccentralflorida.org.


Education & Training:<br />

The Right Tools for the Job<br />

11/4 Social Media - LEVERAGE YOUR PRESENCE (Session 4 of 4) ...........................................8:00 a.m.<br />

11/9 Lead-Based Paint (at Home <strong>Builders</strong> Association) ...........................................................8:00 a.m.<br />

11/11 LEED Green Associate Test Prep ........................................................................................1:00 p.m.<br />

11/12 LEED Green Associate Test Prep ........................................................................................8:00 a.m.<br />

11/16 CPR ......................................................................................................................................5:00 p.m.<br />

11/18 First Aid ...............................................................................................................................5:00 p.m.<br />

11/30 OSHA 10-hour (tonight <strong>and</strong> Thursday, 12/2) ....................................................................4:00 p.m.<br />

12/3 Customer-Focused Selling .................................................................................................8:00 a.m.<br />

12/6 OSHA 500 - Trainer Course for the Construction Industry (today through 12/9) ..........8:00 a.m.<br />

12/7 Lead-Based Paint (at Home <strong>Builders</strong> Association) ...........................................................8:00 a.m.<br />

12/7 LEED Green Associate Exam Prep .....................................................................................1:00 p.m.<br />

12/8 LEED Green Associate Exam Prep ....................................................................................8:00 a.m.<br />

12/13 OSHA 502 - Update for Construction Outreach Trainers (today through 12/15) ..........8:00 a.m.<br />

12/7 CPR ......................................................................................................................................8:00 a.m.<br />

12/7 First Aid ...............................................................................................................................1:00 p.m.<br />

500<br />

Trainer Course<br />

Thursday, December 6<br />

8:00 am<br />

Contact Lori Blake<br />

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lblake@abccentralflorida.org<br />

Education<br />

Calendar<br />

ABC can also teach classes at your site!<br />

Please call Lori Blake<br />

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lblake@abccentralflorida.org<br />

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NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong> BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA 7


SIKON Construction<br />

… announced that Michele<br />

Snow, CPA, has<br />

been appointed chief<br />

financial officer. An<br />

accomplished financial<br />

executive with over 20<br />

years of experience<br />

in construction accounting<br />

<strong>and</strong> taxation,<br />

Snow holds a bachelors of Administration in<br />

Accounting <strong>and</strong> Finance from <strong>Florida</strong> Atlantic<br />

University. She is also a Licensed Certified<br />

Public Accountant in the state of <strong>Florida</strong>. .<br />

Comprehensive Energy Services, Inc.<br />

… has recently hired<br />

Ron Lindsay as Account<br />

Executive for CES’s<br />

Engineered Systems<br />

Group. Ron has 35+<br />

years experience in<br />

the Life Safety industry,<br />

primarily in Fire Alarm<br />

<strong>and</strong> Security <strong>and</strong> has<br />

worked for several major manufactures including:<br />

Simplex, ADT, Edwards <strong>and</strong> Siemens. Ron’s<br />

experience in the industry includes Project<br />

Management, Sales, District Sales Manager<br />

<strong>and</strong> Service Manager. In his new role with CES,<br />

Ron will be responsible for sales & customer<br />

service for Engineered Systems business including<br />

sales of service agreements <strong>and</strong> sales<br />

of new construction projects. CES’s Engineered<br />

Systems Group specializes in installing, integrating<br />

<strong>and</strong> servicing: Fire Alarm, Mass Notification,<br />

Video Surveillance, Intrusion Detection,<br />

Nurse Call, Emergency Communications <strong>and</strong><br />

Access Control.<br />

The ABC Toys for Tots Drive<br />

will be held at the ABC Holiday<br />

Reception on December 9. Bring a<br />

new, unwrapped toy to donate.<br />

The Colonel <strong>and</strong> Oviedo ROTC will<br />

be on h<strong>and</strong> to collect toys.<br />

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Barton Malow Company<br />

… is proud <strong>and</strong> excited to be a part of the upcoming<br />

two-project expansion to the Give Kids<br />

The World (GKTW) Village in Kissimmee, <strong>Florida</strong>.<br />

Barton Malow Company is eager for the opportunity<br />

to manage construction services for<br />

the Gallery of Hope - remodel project, <strong>and</strong><br />

the Star Tower - new additions project. The<br />

Gallery of Hope is the transformation of an<br />

existing Caring Center, into a fully interactive<br />

Center that will tell the story of Give<br />

Kids The World, its partners, <strong>and</strong> its founder,<br />

Henri L<strong>and</strong>wirth. The Star Tower project will<br />

provide a new tower addition to the existing<br />

Castle of Miracles building. Upon arriving<br />

at the Village, each child visits the Castle of<br />

Miracles <strong>and</strong> writes their deepest wish onto a<br />

gold star. Then, with the aid of animation, the<br />

star “magically” disappears. The next morning<br />

when the family returns, they are captivated<br />

to see that the Star Fairy has placed the<br />

star on the ceiling, with all of the other stars!<br />

The castle sky is running out of room – no star<br />

is ever removed from the ceiling, as family<br />

members often return once their child has<br />

passed on, to find their star <strong>and</strong> think back<br />

to the best week of their lives. In order to<br />

make room for the 8,000 stars a year that are<br />

added to the castle sky, Barton Malow will<br />

help provide space for an additional 10 years<br />

worth of stars <strong>and</strong> wishes!<br />

Both of these projects will be complete in<br />

time for the Give Kids The World 25th Anniversary<br />

Celebration that will take place in<br />

spring 2011.<br />

Common Sense Office Furniture<br />

Inc. Magazine has included Common Sense<br />

Office Furniture in its list of the 5000 fastest<br />

growing companies in the US. The list is comprised<br />

of the country’s fastest growing companies<br />

based on the percentage of revenue<br />

growth from calendar year 2006 to 2009.<br />

Despite well publicized economic issues in<br />

the United States during this period Common<br />

Sense Office Furniture capitalized on the customers’<br />

needs for better values <strong>and</strong> services.<br />

Owner <strong>and</strong> President, Craig Caswell stated,<br />

“Our customer service team <strong>and</strong> the ever increasing<br />

need for better value has helped us<br />

grow during this challenging economy. Both<br />

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existing <strong>and</strong> new customers needed to save<br />

time <strong>and</strong> money but not compromise on<br />

quality <strong>and</strong> appearance. Our complete range<br />

of products, from beautiful pre-owned office<br />

furnishings to in stock quick ship programs,<br />

help fulfill our customers’ needs. People are<br />

tasked with getting more done with less <strong>and</strong><br />

we’re here to help them achieve that goal.”<br />

Since 1997 Common Sense Office Furniture<br />

has offered excellent customer service which<br />

has attracted new clients <strong>and</strong> retained existing<br />

ones. “We pride ourselves every day on<br />

responding quickly <strong>and</strong> accurately to our<br />

customers needs – people don’t have surplus<br />

time to repeat tasks <strong>and</strong> we’re here to service<br />

them in one single step,” said Caswell.<br />

Jill Kaufman of the Small Business Development<br />

Center states: “The SBDC at UCF’s Advisory<br />

Board Council program is very proud to<br />

congratulate Craig Caswell of Common Sense<br />

Office Furniture on his induction into the Inc.<br />

5000 list. Mr.Caswell has been a committed<br />

client of the program since 2008 <strong>and</strong> has effectively<br />

utilized the expert assistance of his<br />

advisory board to position his company for<br />

expansion. Common Sense Office Furniture’s<br />

strong record of growth is a testament to Mr.<br />

Caswell’s agile leadership <strong>and</strong> exemplary dedication<br />

to his business <strong>and</strong> the community.”<br />

Comprehensive Energy Services, Inc.<br />

… has been awarded the mechanical HVAC,<br />

medical gases <strong>and</strong> plumbing work for the<br />

“3rd Floor Cath Lab” located at the Villages<br />

Regional Hospital. The project is valued at<br />

$70,000 <strong>and</strong> consists of the renovation <strong>and</strong><br />

retrofitting of the existing 3rd Floor Cath Lab.<br />

This remodeling project is being performed<br />

in <strong>and</strong> around occupied areas within the<br />

hospital, which requires special negative<br />

air <strong>and</strong> filtration systems that prohibit cross<br />

contamination during the construction<br />

process. The HVAC, plumbing <strong>and</strong> medical<br />

gas systems being added <strong>and</strong> modified include:<br />

One Liebert air h<strong>and</strong>ling unit with dry<br />

cooler <strong>and</strong> pumps, air duct systems, piping,<br />

building automation controls, medical gas<br />

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… The L<strong>and</strong>scape Division of D & A Building<br />

Services Inc. has secured a second contract<br />

for commercial l<strong>and</strong>scape maintenance services<br />

at the <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> Zoo & Botanical<br />

Gardens in Sanford, Fla. The scope of services<br />

for this contract includes lawn mowing<br />

<strong>and</strong> edging; shrubbery trimming, pruning<br />

<strong>and</strong> shaping; trimming of ornamentals <strong>and</strong><br />

groundcover; tree <strong>and</strong> palm canopy maintenance;<br />

hardscape pressure cleaning; <strong>and</strong><br />

storm debris clean-up <strong>and</strong> removal for the<br />

venue’s inner loop common space. D & A’s<br />

initial contract includes the same scope of<br />

services for the Zoo’s outer loop common<br />

area. Services are performed weekly.<br />

H. J. High Construction Company<br />

… spent a day working at the Coalition for the<br />

Homeless in downtown Orl<strong>and</strong>o. They reorganized<br />

the storage closet where toiletries,<br />

school supplies, <strong>and</strong> baby supplies are stored<br />

<strong>and</strong> installed new blinds in the Men’s Pavilion.<br />

They also prepared a lunch of hamburgers <strong>and</strong><br />

hotdogs for the residents as well. Thanks to all<br />

who participated in this excellent charity event.<br />

Hoar Construction<br />

… The 7th Annual Great Place to Work® Rankings:<br />

<strong>2010</strong> Best Small & Medium Workplaces<br />

Presented by Entrepreneur® was announced<br />

today <strong>and</strong> Hoar Construction, LLC was ranked<br />

#11 on the list. The list represents the best<br />

Work Places separated into two categories:<br />

small companies with 50-250 employees <strong>and</strong><br />

medium companies with 251-999 employees.<br />

Great Place to Work® Institute, based in San<br />

Francisco, produces the Best Small & Medium<br />

Workplaces list each year.<br />

“To be recognized as one of the best medium<br />

sized companies to work for in America by<br />

the Great Place To Work Institute is gratifying,”<br />

said Doug Eckert, Executive Vice President. “To<br />

receive that recognition for four years in a row<br />

is a reflection of the enduring culture our people<br />

have built. Through good times <strong>and</strong> bad<br />

in the construction industry, it is always about<br />

the people, <strong>and</strong> what the people at Hoar have<br />

created is something special. While we recognize<br />

<strong>and</strong> appreciate what we have here, it is<br />

especially gratifying how often we hear from<br />

our subcontractors <strong>and</strong> clients that they just<br />

like to work with the people at Hoar.”<br />

Hoar Construction was selected as a winner<br />

for this list by participating in the Great<br />

Place to Work® Institute’s selection process<br />

which includes a survey of the company’s<br />

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employees based on the Trust Index © <strong>and</strong><br />

a questionnaire completed by Hoar about<br />

programs <strong>and</strong> company practices. The<br />

Great Place to Work® Institute evaluated<br />

the company based on five areas: credibility,<br />

respect, fairness, pride <strong>and</strong> camaraderie.<br />

The Institute’s unique methodology measures<br />

the level of trust that exists between<br />

employees <strong>and</strong> management, the pride<br />

employees express about the company <strong>and</strong><br />

the camaraderie employees share.<br />

Mobile Specialties<br />

The Williamson County Board of Education,<br />

Franklin-TN., has awarded a one-year<br />

contract to Mobile Specialties d/b/a Mobile<br />

Walkways (MSI) of Sanford, FL., along with its<br />

subcontractors, to pre-engineer <strong>and</strong> install<br />

a new re-locatable covered walkway canopy<br />

system for the Hillsboro K-8 School. The re-locatable<br />

covered canopy walkway system will<br />

use the patent pending design to help protect<br />

students from weather <strong>and</strong> give high-quality<br />

product that can be completely re-located,<br />

100% Green, at a later/needed time to the<br />

school <strong>and</strong>/or facility operations.<br />

The re-locatable covered canopy walkway<br />

system is the world's only temporary/permanent<br />

re-locatable system approved by the U.S.<br />

Army Corps of Engineers. Begun in 2005, it<br />

is now distributed all over the U.S. The goal<br />

of the re-locatable covered canopy walkway<br />

system is to provide quality cost efficient canopy<br />

quicker, <strong>and</strong> more directly, to temporary<br />

facilities <strong>and</strong> general contractors.<br />

Piranha Network Cabling, Inc.<br />

… announced its completion of a multi-faceted,<br />

technology design <strong>and</strong> installation project<br />

for the Digital Animation <strong>and</strong> Visual Effects<br />

(DAVE) School in Orl<strong>and</strong>o. The project included<br />

electrical, audio visual <strong>and</strong> structured<br />

cabling requirements to accommodate the<br />

16,000 square foot school’s sophisticated<br />

technology needs.<br />

… announced its win of a structured cabling<br />

installation project (both Category 6 <strong>and</strong> fiber<br />

optic) for the rental car agencies at Tampa International<br />

Airport. Sentry Electric of Orl<strong>and</strong>o<br />

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… was selected by Wharton-Smith Construction<br />

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Regional Water Supply Facility, <strong>and</strong> Volusia<br />

County Holly Hill Elementary School projects.<br />

R<strong>and</strong>all Mechanical Inc.<br />

… newly-exp<strong>and</strong>ed High Purity Piping Business<br />

Group has completed a high-tech passivation<br />

project at the 500,000-square-foot Catalent<br />

Pharma Solutions facility located at 2725<br />

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Jeffrey S. Condello, R<strong>and</strong>all Mechanical’s<br />

founder <strong>and</strong> president/CEO. Passivation<br />

is a critical highly-specialized process that<br />

purifies the interior surfaces of high purity<br />

piping <strong>and</strong> improves corrosion resistance by<br />

flushing <strong>and</strong> chemically cleaning the process<br />

piping systems. R<strong>and</strong>all’s expert technicians<br />

performed the passivation process on over<br />

one linear mile of high purity piping which required<br />

a dem<strong>and</strong>ing 10-day around-the-clock<br />

schedule during Catalent’s two-week annual<br />

maintenance shutdown. Catalent is one of<br />

the world’s leading providers of advanced<br />

dose form <strong>and</strong> packaging technologies as well<br />

as development, manufacturing <strong>and</strong> packaging<br />

services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology<br />

<strong>and</strong> consumer health companies.<br />

In making the announcement, Condello<br />

added “I am especially pleased that longtime<br />

industry veterans Gary Hamilton <strong>and</strong> Robert<br />

Elliott have recently joined the R<strong>and</strong>all<br />

Mechanical team, serving as manager <strong>and</strong><br />

project manager, respectively, for our High<br />

Purity Piping Business Group. Both are widely<br />

respected experts in the high-technology high<br />

purity process piping field, <strong>and</strong> complement<br />

R<strong>and</strong>all Mechanical’s renowned integrated<br />

design <strong>and</strong> 3D Building Information Modeling<br />

(BIM) leadership.”<br />

… ranks as the 7th largest <strong>Florida</strong>-based mechanical<br />

contractor according to Southeast<br />

Construction magazine’s “Top Specialty Contractors”<br />

survey published September <strong>2010</strong>.<br />

The company, with reported 2009 revenues<br />

of $26.4 million, is also the 11th largest mechanical<br />

contractor in the Southeast.<br />

… is under way on $6.5 million of campuswide<br />

mechanical system upgrades at Orange<br />

County Public Schools’ University High School<br />

in Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL. The project includes a new<br />

<strong>Central</strong> Energy Plant that features a state-ofthe-art<br />

thermal storage chill water system.<br />

Completion is slated for June 2012.<br />

(continued next page)<br />

NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong> BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA 13


R.C. Stevens Construction Company<br />

… has completed the installation of a new<br />

chiller, cooling tower, <strong>and</strong> electrical component<br />

upgrade to Lakeside Behavioral Healthcare’s<br />

facility on Mercy Drive in Orl<strong>and</strong>o.<br />

R.C. Stevens Construction Company also<br />

renovated 24,000-square-feet of the existing<br />

140,000-square-foot facility into space that<br />

will provide outpatient therapy <strong>and</strong> other<br />

clinical programs.<br />

… has been awarded a contract to provide<br />

construction services for Coca-Cola North<br />

America’s Northampton, MA plant expansion<br />

<strong>and</strong> renovation. R. C. Stevens has provided<br />

continuous construction services to CCNA for<br />

over 40 years. Construction started in August<br />

with an expected completion in April 2011.<br />

… has completed construction on the Center<br />

for Drug Free Living (CFDFL), a treatment<br />

facility recognized for combating chemical<br />

dependency among veterans in the <strong>Central</strong><br />

<strong>Florida</strong> Community. The project totals<br />

8,000-square-feet of new construction <strong>and</strong> is<br />

located on the corner of Rio Gr<strong>and</strong>e Ave. <strong>and</strong><br />

Michigan St. The building contains eight residential<br />

units, a laundry facility <strong>and</strong> meeting<br />

room. This is the first of four phases that will<br />

eventually encompass the entire block <strong>and</strong><br />

replace several existing structures currently<br />

occupied by CFDFL.<br />

SIKON Construction<br />

… announced the company currently ranks as<br />

the largest South <strong>Florida</strong>-based <strong>and</strong> 2nd largest<br />

<strong>Florida</strong>-based retail shell contractor according<br />

to Retail Traffic magazine’s “<strong>2010</strong> Top Contractors”<br />

survey published August <strong>2010</strong>. Having<br />

constructed 1,184,000 square feet of shell<br />

space during the survey year <strong>and</strong> 8,768,000<br />

square feet in the past five years, the company<br />

also built 2,893,000 square feet of interior<br />

space during the past five years including<br />

473,100 square feet during the past year.<br />

S.I. Goldman Company, Inc.<br />

Comfort Systems USA<br />

… was selected by Hoar Construction to work<br />

through the Design Assist <strong>and</strong> BIM Modeling<br />

processes for the Mechanical Systems on the<br />

construction <strong>and</strong> renovation of “The Journey of<br />

the Little Mermaid” project located in the Fantasyl<strong>and</strong><br />

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systems on a new ride which will take visitors<br />

through scenes <strong>and</strong> music based on the popular<br />

Disney movie, The Little Mermaid.<br />

… has been awarded the Lockheed Martin<br />

Task# 150 project. This is the first of three<br />

phases of a scheduled five-phase project. This<br />

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of the existing Chill Water System, along with<br />

installation of all specialty instrumentation<br />

components for the project.<br />

Terry’s Electric, Inc.<br />

… was awarded a contract for the School District<br />

of Osceola County’s new 27,225-squarefoot<br />

Gateway High School addition located at<br />

93 Panther Paws Trail, Kissimmee, FL. Balfour<br />

Beatty Construction, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, serves as general<br />

contractor for the project which is slated<br />

for December <strong>2010</strong> completion, according to<br />

Mark Neveu, president of Terry’s Electric, Inc.<br />

… is ranked as the 5th largest <strong>Florida</strong>-based<br />

electrical contractor, as well as the Southeast’s<br />

17th largest, based on 2009 revenues of $34.1<br />

million, according to Southeast Construction<br />

magazine’s <strong>2010</strong> “Top Specialty Contractors”<br />

survey published in its September issue. The<br />

prestigious survey of leading trade contractors<br />

includes concrete, electrical, masonry, mechanical,<br />

steel <strong>and</strong> numerous other specialties.<br />

… is prominently ranked as <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong>’s<br />

50th largest private-held company in Orl<strong>and</strong>o<br />

Business Journal’s <strong>2010</strong> Golden 100 survey<br />

published September 17, <strong>2010</strong>. The company<br />

reported 2009 revenues of $34.1 million.<br />

… completed work on the new $450 million<br />

Peabody Orl<strong>and</strong>o Hotel <strong>and</strong> Convention Center<br />

expansion on International Drive in Orl<strong>and</strong>o<br />

under its contract with Balfour Beatty<br />

Construction, Orl<strong>and</strong>o.<br />

Tri-City Electrical Contractors, Inc.<br />

… is under way on $4.9 million of work at<br />

<strong>Florida</strong> Hospital Celebration’s new 5-story,<br />

250,000-square-foot Patient Tower in Celebration,<br />

FL, for Brasfield & Gorrie, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL.<br />

The 128-bed facility is slated for completion<br />

in June 2011.<br />

… is under way on $1.1 million of work at<br />

MacDill Air Force Base’s multimillion-dollar,<br />

40,000-square-foot Child Development Center<br />

in Tampa under its contract with Harkins<br />

Development, Sanford, FL. The design-build<br />

project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<br />

is slated for completion in May 2011.<br />

… completed nearly $300,000 of work at the<br />

new 52-unit Highl<strong>and</strong> Palms Apartments<br />

in Lake Worth, FL, under its contract with<br />

Vaughn Bay Construction, Tacoma, WA.<br />

… . is nearing completion on $122,000 of work<br />

at Hillsborough County Health Department’s<br />

22,000-square-foot Hargrett Building conversion<br />

to a Hillsborough County Wellness Center,<br />

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NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong> BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA 15


for Peter R. Brown Construction, Clearwater,<br />

FL. The facility is located at 2002 East 26th<br />

Avenue, Tampa, FL.<br />

Window Interiors<br />

… recently obtained a contract to provide window<br />

treatments for <strong>Florida</strong> Hospital’s Tower<br />

Expansion in Celebration, <strong>Florida</strong>. Window<br />

Interiors scope of work is to provide motorized<br />

solar shades for 125 patient rooms in the<br />

five-story, 250K square foot expansion. The<br />

shades will be controlled by a state-of-the-art<br />

Crestron Building Automation System (BAS).<br />

Work will begin in January of 2011. Brasfield<br />

& Gorrie is the contractor with Window Interiors<br />

contract totaling $304,000.00.<br />

… recently obtained a contract to provide<br />

window treatments for <strong>Florida</strong> Hospital’s<br />

Apopka location. Window Interiors scope of<br />

work is to provide manual solar shades for<br />

27 patient rooms in the facility that includes<br />

blackout shades <strong>and</strong> custom matching fascia.<br />

The shades will be installed in three phases<br />

to be completed by early 2011. Window<br />

Interiors has contracted directly with <strong>Florida</strong><br />

Hospital for this project. Window Interiors is<br />

installing its own custom fabricated br<strong>and</strong> of<br />

shades, WI Shades. The value of the contract<br />

is $10,000.00<br />

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APG Electric, Inc.<br />

Architectural Glass Services, Inc.<br />

BE&K Building Group<br />

Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC<br />

Bear's Plumbing, Inc.<br />

Birchmier Construction, Inc.<br />

The Blue Book of Building &<br />

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Bright Future Electric, LLC<br />

Broad <strong>and</strong> Cassel<br />

Brown & Brown of <strong>Florida</strong>, Inc.<br />

Bull & Associates, P.A.<br />

Carr Riggs & Ingram LLC<br />

Carroll Air Systems, Inc.<br />

The Cat Rental Store,<br />

A Division of Ring Power<br />

CCK Construction Services, Inc.<br />

CNA Surety<br />

Common Sense Office Furniture<br />

ConTech Construction, LLC<br />

Continental Electrical Co.<br />

of <strong>Florida</strong>, Inc.<br />

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, LLC<br />

Daisy Fresh Commercial Cleaning, Inc.<br />

Delaware Elevator of <strong>Florida</strong>, Inc.<br />

Dew Glass, Inc.<br />

Diversified Supply, Inc.<br />

Don Reid Ford<br />

Doster Construction Company, Inc.<br />

Eagle Fire Protection, Inc.<br />

East Coast Fire Protection/FLSA<br />

Eldeco, Inc.<br />

Ellis Mechanical Corp.<br />

Encore Construction Company, LLC<br />

Energy Air, Inc.<br />

ERMCO of <strong>Florida</strong><br />

Exterior Walls, Inc.<br />

Fanto Group, LLC<br />

Ferguson Enterprises<br />

Ford & Harrison, LLP<br />

Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation<br />

Gray|Robinson Attorneys At Law<br />

Guignard Company<br />

Hardin Construction Company, LLC<br />

Harmon, Inc.<br />

Hayes & Caraballo, P.L.<br />

Helman Hurley Charvat Peacock<br />

Architects, Inc.<br />

Hensel Phelps Construction Co.<br />

HGR Construction, Inc.<br />

High Reach 2<br />

H.J. High Construction Company<br />

Hoar Construction, LLC<br />

HUFCOR <strong>Florida</strong> Group<br />

Insulfoam, LLC<br />

J. A. Croson, LLC<br />

John N. Puder,<br />

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Just Concrete & Masonry, Inc.<br />

Kelly Electric, LLC<br />

KENPAT USA LLC<br />

Kirwin Norris, P.A.<br />

LegacyScapes, Inc.<br />

Lynch Oil Company, Inc.<br />

Mayer Electric Supply<br />

MCC Mechanical, LLC<br />

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Performance Door <strong>and</strong> Hardware, Inc.<br />

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Pillar Construction, Inc.<br />

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Progressive Plumbing, Inc.<br />

Quality Metals, Inc.<br />

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Russo <strong>and</strong> Sons, Inc.<br />

S.I. Goldman Company, Inc.<br />

Sentry Electric of <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong><br />

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Sinns & Thomas Electrical Contractors<br />

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Southern Acoustics, Inc.<br />

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Tri-City Electrical Contractors, Inc.<br />

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UCC Group Inc.<br />

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For Here or<br />

In the struggling restaurant market, builders<br />

are finding opportunities in old, familiar places.<br />

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18 BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong><br />

TO GO?<br />

It doesn’t take an advanced economics degree<br />

to know the restaurant business is still<br />

climbing out of a funk. Reams of sales data<br />

<strong>and</strong> market research can confirm it, but the<br />

restaurant industry's tale can likely be told by<br />

anecdotes culled from any American family.<br />

We’re eating out less, spending less per check<br />

<strong>and</strong> changing the way we perceive value in a<br />

bought-<strong>and</strong>-paid-for meal.<br />

The stakes for this industry are high. According<br />

to the National Restaurant Association,<br />

about one in every ten working Americans is<br />

employed in the restaurant industry, including<br />

more than 804,000 Floridians. Even in an off<br />

year, the restaurant business is expected to<br />

generate $27.6 billion in sales, <strong>and</strong> there is a<br />

positive outlook for the future. The Association<br />

expects restaurant employment to grow by<br />

nearly 16 percent during the next ten years.<br />

The current cloud over the market, however,<br />

remains.<br />

The National Restaurant Association's monthly<br />

Restaurant Performance Index report for<br />

September <strong>2010</strong> shows restaurants are still<br />

missing targets for sales, capital expenditures<br />

<strong>and</strong> customer traffic. The last time the Index<br />

showed consistently positive results in those<br />

categories was the summer of 2007. In lieu<br />

of numbers, take a drive through your town's<br />

main street to see the evidence firsth<strong>and</strong>.<br />

Empty storefronts are an all-too-common<br />

sight in most <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> communities,<br />

<strong>and</strong> in many of those holes a thriving restaurant<br />

once stood.<br />

For ABC <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> members, however,<br />

those empty spaces are turning out to be<br />

part of the solution, not just a symptom of<br />

the problem. A glut of available space <strong>and</strong><br />

aggressive pricing from contractors is creating


a shift in the buying <strong>and</strong> building strategies<br />

of many of the area's largest restaurateurs.<br />

A new focus on renovation <strong>and</strong> remodeling<br />

of old <strong>and</strong> existing restaurant space is giving<br />

quick-thinking contractors an infusion of new<br />

work on projects that were completely off<br />

the radar for corporate <strong>and</strong> private restaurant<br />

owners only a few short years ago.<br />

“About 30 percent of our restaurant business<br />

today is remodel or buildout work,” says Brian<br />

Roehn, project manager for Schmid Construction<br />

in Clermont. “When I started with the<br />

company five years ago, we had plenty of<br />

projects, but virtually none of them involved<br />

the renovation of existing space, especially<br />

not in the restaurant sector. It’s a different<br />

story today, <strong>and</strong> we’re seeing a major shift<br />

toward cost-effective use of old or existing facilities.<br />

Fortunately, it’s helping to offset some<br />

of the new, vertical construction business that<br />

has yet to re-materialize.”<br />

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill <strong>and</strong> Bar, together<br />

with the company’s local franchisees, has<br />

been a major Schmid client for several years,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the sports-themed eatery’s recent expansion<br />

strategy is a perfect example of the<br />

emerging balance between building out <strong>and</strong><br />

building up. Schmid recently completed two<br />

new ground-up restaurants for the company,<br />

one in Kissimmee <strong>and</strong> another in Clermont.<br />

Meanwhile, two more Buffalo Wild Wings locations<br />

are on the horizon for Schmid, but the<br />

new stores in Lake Buena Vista <strong>and</strong> Daytona<br />

will both be retrofits of existing freest<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

restaurants that had gone out of business.<br />

Schmid’s success with Buffalo Wild Wings<br />

<strong>and</strong> its other restaurant clients is the result<br />

not only of aggressive bidding, but a change<br />

in the contractor’s working relationship with<br />

the property owners themselves. Brian reports<br />

that he <strong>and</strong> his colleagues at Schmid<br />

are working much more closely with owners<br />

directly <strong>and</strong> getting involved in projects, both<br />

new vertical <strong>and</strong> remodel, sooner than they<br />

have in the past.<br />

The owners who are still exp<strong>and</strong>ing or renovating<br />

are looking for more value than ever<br />

before,” Brian says. “That means we’re meeting<br />

directly with them early in the pre-planning<br />

stages of projects to evaluate potential<br />

costs <strong>and</strong> give them as much value for the<br />

dollar as possible. Nothing gets overlooked.<br />

Fixtures that cost $25 each instead of those<br />

that cost $100 make a big difference, <strong>and</strong><br />

those types of decisions are being scrutinized<br />

harder <strong>and</strong> sooner than before.”<br />

It’s a similar experience at Window Interiors,<br />

a provider of cutting-edge window treatments<br />

<strong>and</strong> shades to a variety of commercial<br />

clients, including several of the largest fastfood<br />

<strong>and</strong> casual-dining restaurant chains in<br />

the country.<br />

Kafé Kalik – A recent Window Interiors project.<br />

“Owners are relying on subcontractors a lot<br />

more now to keep costs down <strong>and</strong> find new<br />

ways to trim net operating income once the<br />

new building is up or the remodel is completed,”<br />

according to Christine Cutler, director of<br />

business development at Window Interiors in<br />

Altamonte Springs. “Instead of leaving many<br />

of the decisions to the designers or architects,<br />

we’re being brought in at the earliest<br />

planning stages to incorporate money-saving<br />

ideas from the beginning.”<br />

Early involvement is taking place in both new<br />

construction <strong>and</strong> remodeling projects by Window<br />

interiors's restaurant clients, <strong>and</strong> just as<br />

it is at Schmid Construction, the shift toward<br />

renovation business is significant.<br />

“Our largest fast-food client predicted several<br />

years ago that renovation of current stores<br />

would be a major focus in <strong>2010</strong> <strong>and</strong> 2011,”<br />

Christine says. “As such, about one-third of<br />

our business with that client now occurs at<br />

existing locations. There will always be new<br />

vertical construction projects, but the new<br />

emphasis on buildout work is huge, <strong>and</strong> I expect<br />

the mindset to continue even after the<br />

economy rebounds. Owners have discovered<br />

that smart use of existing facilities can be<br />

profitable <strong>and</strong> cost-effective. Together with<br />

the desire to be more environmentally conscious<br />

<strong>and</strong> energy efficient, we expect clients<br />

to make expansion via buildout a major part<br />

of their growth plans from here on out.”<br />

At the same time, a merger involving one of<br />

Window interiors's largest sit-down restaurant<br />

clients is creating even more opportunities<br />

for remodel work as newly acquired locations<br />

are renovated to incorporate the style<br />

<strong>and</strong> br<strong>and</strong>ing of the new parent company.<br />

“Mergers are happening often right now<br />

because acquisition prices are so attractive,”<br />

Christine says. “For us <strong>and</strong> many of the subcontractors<br />

we work with, it’s providing a lot<br />

of much-needed work.”<br />

For those general- <strong>and</strong> sub-contractors who<br />

rely heavily on the restaurant business, the<br />

new emphasis on retrofit construction is helping<br />

to keep the doors open <strong>and</strong> staff levels<br />

stable, but it also means smaller contracts<br />

per project. Consequently, a greater number<br />

of remodel projects are needed to match the<br />

revenue-generating power of traditional vertical<br />

construction. Both Schmid Construction<br />

<strong>and</strong> Window Interiors have seen a decline<br />

in dollars per contract bid, but a spike in the<br />

number of contracts in-house <strong>and</strong> those in<br />

the bidding pipeline. Competitors, no doubt,<br />

are in the same boat. Therefore, while the<br />

supply of renovation jobs is up, dem<strong>and</strong><br />

among all the competing contractors is higher<br />

still. The natural result is severe downward<br />

pressure on pricing, making remodel business<br />

far from ideal, but necessary in today’s environment<br />

to keep revenue streams flowing.<br />

“It’s aggressive, no doubt about it,” says<br />

Brian, who reports that Schmid Construction<br />

has been able to hold steady at around<br />

25 employees through the last several lean<br />

years. They’ve even added a couple of superintendents<br />

to the payroll to accommodate<br />

the larger number of open projects. “Talk to<br />

ten clients, <strong>and</strong> pricing is at the top of each<br />

of their lists of concerns, <strong>and</strong> it can’t come<br />

at the expense of job quality, either. Smaller,<br />

more nimble contractors can be aggressive<br />

in the bidding <strong>and</strong> still deliver high-quality<br />

work with a lot of value. We’ve seen a lot of<br />

medium <strong>and</strong> large-sized contractors go out of<br />

business, but we’ve managed not to fall into<br />

any big holes.” ■<br />

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Moving to the High Five<br />

Training, Education, <strong>and</strong> Management (TEAM) Awards<br />

Who is responsible for<br />

training at your company?<br />

Let’s continue to uncover treasures of successful<br />

companies for the purpose of helping<br />

your company improve your training<br />

program. Categories A <strong>and</strong> B were discussed<br />

in September <strong>and</strong> October issues of Building<br />

<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong>.<br />

C. RESPONSIBILITY FOR<br />

TRAINING DEFINED<br />

Scoring:<br />

0 points – Responsibility for training has not<br />

been defined within the company<br />

2 points – Training Coordinator has full<br />

responsibility for results of the training program.<br />

Supervisors look to training coordinator<br />

to perform training activities.<br />

4 points – Responsibility for training defined<br />

for all levels of company, however, it is not<br />

in writing. Operating supervisors have key<br />

responsibilities.<br />

6 points – Responsibility for training is defined<br />

for all levels of company <strong>and</strong> is in writing<br />

<strong>and</strong> part of training/Human Resources<br />

manual. Operating supervisors have key<br />

responsibilities.<br />

Take a look at this! The average score for<br />

this category was 5.21 points. 33 companies<br />

scored themselves with all six points <strong>and</strong><br />

here’s the breakdown:<br />

• 401 plus employees – 6 companies<br />

• 201 to 400 employees – 6 companies<br />

• 101 to 200 employees – 6 companies<br />

• Up to 100 employees – 15 companies<br />

An opportunity to demonstrate your company’s<br />

commitment to training! Before deciding<br />

there’s just no way for your company to<br />

designate someone responsible for training,<br />

let’s dissect this, consider some options, <strong>and</strong><br />

make an educated decision.<br />

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Benefits of defining responsibility<br />

for training<br />

1. Training will be aligned with company goals.<br />

2. Learning can be applied to the job to<br />

make a positive difference in individual,<br />

group, <strong>and</strong> company business results.<br />

3. Track that employees are in a continuous<br />

learning mode.<br />

4. Define what the employee needs to<br />

learn achieving both personal <strong>and</strong> professional<br />

results, ROI (return on investment).<br />

5. Engage employees in company goals <strong>and</strong><br />

how those larger goals are affected by<br />

the department <strong>and</strong> by the work of individual<br />

employees.<br />

Let’s explore what the High-Five TEAM Award<br />

winning companies do:<br />

• All employees are required to annually<br />

complete a specific number of training<br />

hours <strong>and</strong> this is tracked by a dedicated<br />

person.<br />

• Intranet courses are available to all<br />

employees <strong>and</strong> the software tracks progress.<br />

• Training Coordinator is responsible for<br />

locating <strong>and</strong> tracking training with input<br />

from managers.<br />

• Training Committee is responsible for determining<br />

company training goals, working<br />

on curriculum, instructors, sources,<br />

<strong>and</strong> budget.<br />

• Learning plan defined by job title <strong>and</strong><br />

aligned with performance reviews <strong>and</strong><br />

may be tracked through an LMS (learning<br />

management system). Learning plan<br />

developed by upper management <strong>and</strong>/<br />

or Board of Directors.<br />

• Supervisors are responsible for training<br />

employees assigned to them <strong>and</strong> are<br />

evaluated in their performance review<br />

for their effectiveness in coaching, training,<br />

<strong>and</strong> mentoring these employees.<br />

Here are some options for assigning responsibility<br />

for training at your company:<br />

If your company does not have spare resources<br />

(people or time):<br />

Have supervisors define training goals for<br />

individual employees. Develop an Excel<br />

spreadsheet for all employees to access <strong>and</strong><br />

individual employees log their own training<br />

achievements as they occur. Supervisors use<br />

this information during performance reviews.<br />

Distribute the responsibility among multiple<br />

employees:<br />

Divide training into categories <strong>and</strong> among<br />

multiple knowledgeable employees: safety,<br />

CEUs, soft skills, computer skills, leadership,<br />

estimating, marketing, business skills, financial,<br />

continuing education, etc. Each category<br />

includes options for training providers <strong>and</strong><br />

specific topics. Track all training in one common<br />

file or software. Supervisors define what<br />

training their employees need to accomplish<br />

in a defined period of time <strong>and</strong> record accomplishments.<br />

Progress is reviewed <strong>and</strong> communicated<br />

monthly, quarterly, etc. as part of<br />

performance reviews.<br />

Develop a Committee<br />

The committee’s objective is to develop, implement,<br />

<strong>and</strong> continuously improve training<br />

procedures, programs, policies <strong>and</strong> practices.<br />

All goals should be aligned with company<br />

goals <strong>and</strong> clearly communicated to employees.<br />

Include upper management, supervisors,<br />

<strong>and</strong> employees <strong>and</strong> define an annual<br />

meeting schedule. Managers <strong>and</strong> supervisors<br />

work from what the committee establishes<br />

<strong>and</strong> training is tracked in one common file or<br />

software.<br />

Training Mentors or Coaches<br />

Employees in your company have mastered<br />

skills in various areas. Effectively use these<br />

skills by engaging them to help others learn


<strong>and</strong> give both the mentor/coach <strong>and</strong> the<br />

learner credit on their performance reviews.<br />

LMS (Learning Management System)<br />

Purchase an LMS which is customized to<br />

include a wide variety of training courses<br />

supporting learning plans developed for each<br />

employee. Classes can be taught internally or<br />

by external resources. The LMS will communicate<br />

<strong>and</strong> track all available training as defined<br />

by your company. Progress is evaluated in<br />

performance reviews.<br />

Assign responsibility for training<br />

Employ a dedicated employee to make available<br />

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for keeping you up-to-date on the maintenance<br />

intervals <strong>and</strong> checks necessary to<br />

keep your vehicle running smooth. But some<br />

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Speak Out<br />

on Maintenance<br />

By Hollis Allen, Enterprise Fleet Management<br />

How can I make my tires last longer?<br />

Properly maintaining you tires including<br />

pressure, alignment <strong>and</strong> rotation is the key<br />

to making them last longer. Try to check tire<br />

pressure at least once a month <strong>and</strong> before<br />

any long road trips. If possible, have your<br />

tires rotated in conjunction with every other<br />

oil change. Tire rotation is important <strong>and</strong> can<br />

extend the life of the tires by as much as 20<br />

percent. Another factor that can affect the life<br />

of your tire is driving conditions such as on or<br />

off road, frequent turns, rapid acceleration<br />

<strong>and</strong> hard braking. Also, overloading the vehicle<br />

can cause extra wear on your tires as well.<br />

Can I extend my oil change intervals by<br />

switching to synthetic oil?<br />

Even with synthetic oils, you need to change<br />

your oil at or before the manufacturer’s recommended<br />

interval. It is important to follow<br />

these intervals for preventive maintenance<br />

set by the manufacturer to ensure that the<br />

vehicle’s warranty stays valid <strong>and</strong> the vehicle<br />

keeps running well.<br />

What causes the foul odor when I turn<br />

on my air conditioner?<br />

This is especially likely in humid climates. The<br />

most common cause for the air conditioner<br />

to emit a foul odor is that the evaporator<br />

case has collected moisture due to condensation.<br />

The mold <strong>and</strong> mildew left behind by the<br />

moiswture causes the odor. In most cases,<br />

you can spray Lysol or a similar product into<br />

the system’s air intake (usually located at<br />

the base of the windshield) with the blower<br />

on high to kill the odor causing mold. Some<br />

products available at local automotive parts<br />

vendors are specifically designed to fix this<br />

problem, but it may be necessary to have a<br />

professional automotive technician disinfect<br />

the evaporator case if the problem persists.<br />

Do I need to take my vehicle in for a<br />

tune-up at 30,000 miles?<br />

At 30,000 miles we do not recommend replacing<br />

your vehicle’s spark plugs. Most of<br />

today’s vehicles have engines equipped with<br />

platinum tipped spark plugs that do not require<br />

replacement for up to 100,000 miles.<br />

The only instance you would consider replacing<br />

these spark plugs prior to 100,000 miles is<br />

if you are experiencing drivability problems,<br />

poor fuel mileage or similar problems that<br />

can be attributed to the spark plugs. Consult


your owner’s manual for the recommended<br />

tune-up interval.<br />

Why do the brakes on some vehicles<br />

wear out more rapidly than others?<br />

There are several factors that can contribute<br />

to brake wear. A major factor is the quality<br />

of material used to make the brake pads.<br />

This depends on the make <strong>and</strong> model of the<br />

vehicle. Like the tires, the wear on the brakes<br />

is also affected by the driving conditions in<br />

which they are used. Whether or not they are<br />

used in the city, on the highway, or in a hilly<br />

or flat area makes a big difference on how<br />

quickly the brake pads will wear out. Heavily<br />

loaded vehicles <strong>and</strong> vehicles pulling trailers<br />

are also harder on brakes. The more stops the<br />

driver makes <strong>and</strong>, even more importantly, the<br />

more quick or sudden stops a driver makes,<br />

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The filters that keep your engine clean <strong>and</strong><br />

running smoothly should be examined regularly<br />

<strong>and</strong> changed when necessary. Engine<br />

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6,000 miles, along with an oil change. Air filters<br />

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vehicles are operating in extremely dusty conditions,<br />

the filters should be checked daily or<br />

weekly <strong>and</strong> replaced when needed. The fuel<br />

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gasoline engines <strong>and</strong> every 12,000 to 15,000<br />

miles for diesel engines. Finally, the automatic<br />

transmission filter <strong>and</strong> fluid should be replaced<br />

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ABC members had a special treat at the<br />

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Tri-City Electrical Contractors hosted their<br />

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Photography courtesy of Macbethphoto.com.


On September 28, the annual ABC Construction Expo hosted over 100 ABC member exhibitors at the<br />

<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> Fair Grounds. The three <strong>and</strong> half hour event drew over 1,000 people even though the<br />

skies opened up during exhibitors set up, <strong>and</strong> all through the evening. The rain never dampened<br />

spirits, as attendees walked the aisles of movie themed booths enjoying the light hearted<br />

atmosphere <strong>and</strong> cheery greetings.<br />

Members encountered the likes of the Wizard <strong>and</strong> Dorothy along the Yellow Brick Road, Austin<br />

Powers, Spiderman, Harry Potter, Zombies from Night of the Living Dead, <strong>and</strong> the crew from<br />

Final Frontier of Star Trek. Members got to walk down the red carpet <strong>and</strong> Hollywood walk<br />

of fame before stopping at one of the concession st<strong>and</strong>s to get snacks from Marilyn<br />

Monroe <strong>and</strong> Charlie Chaplin. Boxes <strong>and</strong> business cards were exchanged, new contacts<br />

were made, <strong>and</strong> everyone had a great time at “The Movies!”<br />

To see photos of additional booths, visit our website’s Photo Gallery at<br />

www.abccentralflorida.com<br />

Reception Sponsors<br />

B & B Interior Systems<br />

Baker Concrete Construction<br />

BE&K Building Group<br />

Bouchard Insurance<br />

Carter Electric Co., Inc.<br />

Comprehensive Energy Services<br />

Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc.<br />

New Traditions National Bank<br />

Normax Mechanical, Inc.<br />

Odyssey Creative, LLC<br />

S.I. Goldman Company, Inc.<br />

Tharp Plumbing Systems<br />

Vila & Son L<strong>and</strong>scaping<br />

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The<br />

Williams<br />

TEAM<br />

awards<br />

As the inspiration to start a training<br />

a “learner” himself, Bob Lipscomb,<br />

president of Williams Company, got<br />

program from a book he was reading. The book,<br />

“First, Break All the Rules: What the World's<br />

Greatest Managers Do Differently” is based on<br />

in-depth interviews by the Gallup Organization<br />

of over 80,000 managers in 400 companies.<br />

In reading the book, Lipscomb learned that<br />

without satisfying an employee’s basic needs<br />

first, a manager can never expect an employee<br />

to give stellar performance. These basic needs<br />

are: knowing what is expected of the employee<br />

at work <strong>and</strong> giving him/her the equipment <strong>and</strong><br />

support to do the work right. “It is critical to<br />

make sure everyone has the tools they need,”<br />

said Lipscomb. “Then, they need to know how<br />

to use those tools.”<br />

From there, the Williams “Knowledge College”<br />

was born.<br />

To get the Knowledge College kicked off, Cheryl<br />

Ranier was selected as the training coordinator.<br />

The program requires that each employee<br />

complete 32 training hours each year, <strong>and</strong> a<br />

training budget is set based on a percentage<br />

of payroll.<br />

The training runs the gamut based on each<br />

particular person’s needs <strong>and</strong> interests. Training<br />

hours have been earned for attending<br />

a conference in Seattle, trade association<br />

training sessions, tuition reimbursement for<br />

someone seeking their bachelor or master’s<br />

degree <strong>and</strong> more. There is currently no maximum<br />

amount for each person, <strong>and</strong> although<br />

the training budget has been affected by the<br />

current economic slowdown, it has also given<br />

the team at Williams the opportunity to get<br />

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As one of only five companies to receive a Five-star T.E.A.M<br />

award, Williams Company in Orl<strong>and</strong>o isn’t just riding out<br />

this storm. Through effective management <strong>and</strong> leadership’s<br />

committee to the entire team, this company is taking the bull by<br />

the horns. Through training <strong>and</strong> education, employees continue<br />

to sharpen their skills to be the best of the best in their industry.<br />

5 STAR TEAM AWARD WINNER<br />

Company<br />

creative by utilizing subs <strong>and</strong> vendors for lunch<br />

‘n learns <strong>and</strong> having internal team members<br />

with specializations teach classes.<br />

Ranier tracks training material <strong>and</strong> efforts on<br />

a monthly basis <strong>and</strong> sends updates quarterly<br />

to keep employees on track. Quarterly reports<br />

that document the progress of training efforts<br />

for each individual are completed, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

completion of training goals is a factor during<br />

performance evaluations conducted by<br />

management. The training credits are tracked<br />

by Ranier in an Access database, <strong>and</strong> the company<br />

Intranet site is utilized for distribution of<br />

training material.<br />

Special incentives such as gift cards given to<br />

the employee with the most training hours or<br />

a trip with family for the first three employees<br />

to receive the LEED AP designation are also<br />

available to keep employees motivated <strong>and</strong><br />

excited about their training.<br />

Another successful program was the launch of<br />

the annual “Training Camp,” where the office<br />

was set up like a campus, <strong>and</strong> several classes<br />

ranging in a variety of topics were offered<br />

throughout the day. “The Power of Thanks,”<br />

“Williams Company History” <strong>and</strong> “Scheduling,”<br />

were just some of the topics covered. The<br />

Training Camp was held during a traditionally<br />

slow time for the company <strong>and</strong> gave employees<br />

the opportunity to fulfill their training requirements<br />

before the end of the year.<br />

According the Lipscomb, the training program<br />

has helped Williams in two ways: On the technical<br />

side, it has helped the team get the most<br />

pertinent <strong>and</strong> current technical education, <strong>and</strong><br />

on the soft side, it has helped with skills such<br />

By Kati Trisler<br />

Energy Air, Inc.<br />

as underst<strong>and</strong>ing customer relations, time<br />

management <strong>and</strong> organization.<br />

Williams has received numerous TEAM<br />

awards, <strong>and</strong> Lipscomb feels the true benefit<br />

comes from the employees realizing the company<br />

is at the forefront of the industry <strong>and</strong> all<br />

the hard work is paying off. “We want this to<br />

be a special place where people say, ‘Wow,<br />

what a great company that’s really interested<br />

in my betterment,” said Lipscomb. “If they<br />

don’t stay, they’ve at least taken some valuable<br />

stuff with them.”<br />

The biggest challenges in managing <strong>and</strong> maintaining<br />

the training program according to<br />

Lipscomb <strong>and</strong> Ranier are keeping people interested<br />

<strong>and</strong> getting the field employees to take<br />

time out of their schedules to come into the<br />

office for training.<br />

If a company is only able to do the basics, safety<br />

should be a m<strong>and</strong>atory training effort <strong>and</strong><br />

then customer service, said Lipscomb. “We’re<br />

in the service business,” he said. “All you really<br />

have is the level of service you provide. Hold<br />

employees accountable.”<br />

When asked what advice he would give fellow<br />

ABC members considering a training program,<br />

Lipscomb said, “Determine what you are trying<br />

to accomplish. Determine your training goals,<br />

<strong>and</strong> you must have full support of management.<br />

Think to yourself, “What do we need to get<br />

better at?” he said. Lipscomb also stressed the<br />

importance of having management’s support.<br />

“It must come from the top that it’s important<br />

to your culture,” he said. “You can’t fake it.”


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Why Should It Be Important<br />

to My Company?<br />

By Luis Santiago<br />

In my two previous articles (September <strong>and</strong><br />

October), I described a day’s work when you<br />

learn of a serious incident at one of your<br />

sites, the disruption it caused to your operations,<br />

<strong>and</strong> to top it off, the arrival of the OSHA<br />

inspector on site. For more details, please<br />

read those previous articles.<br />

Why safety? The aftermath; continued.<br />

Upon arrival, the inspector identifies herself<br />

<strong>and</strong> explains her presence while walking<br />

to where the incident happened. She takes<br />

plenty of notes, video <strong>and</strong> pictures, conducts<br />

soil tests, <strong>and</strong> bags some soil samples from<br />

the excavation. She talks privately with the<br />

excavator operator <strong>and</strong> your foreman, who<br />

was already warned about the unsafe conditions.<br />

Your foreman is struck with grief. The<br />

inspector also talks to other employees who<br />

had been in the vicinity or in the hole when<br />

<strong>and</strong> before the incident happened. After she<br />

finishes talking with nearly everyone on site,<br />

she talks to first responders <strong>and</strong> the county<br />

inspector. She tells you that the inspection<br />

will continue <strong>and</strong> leaves the site. The foreman<br />

approaches you <strong>and</strong> blames the accident on<br />

the push for completion. He feels guilty, quits<br />

his job, <strong>and</strong> leaves the site.<br />

You visit the injured worker at the hospital to<br />

learn from his sobbing wife that the doctor allegedly<br />

told her that if her husb<strong>and</strong> survived,<br />

he might not walk again. His two young children<br />

are also in the room. You try to comfort<br />

them but you do not know what to say or do.<br />

In the following days, the inspector calls to<br />

coordinate interviews on <strong>and</strong> off site with<br />

other employees. Every time the inspector is<br />

onsite, operations come to a crawl <strong>and</strong>, she<br />

visits for several days. In the meantime, you<br />

resolve the situation with the developer <strong>and</strong><br />

the county inspector at the other site where<br />

work was stopped for a week. Now you’re<br />

behind schedule on both sites.<br />

The OSHA inspector calls to meet with you<br />

<strong>and</strong> have her closing conference. During the<br />

conference she summarizes her findings from<br />

the incident <strong>and</strong> indicates that citations may<br />

be issued. Several months later, you receive<br />

the OSHA correspondence <strong>and</strong> citations are<br />

issued. Some carry a Willful designation <strong>and</strong><br />

some Serious. Total penalties are in excess of<br />

$300,000.<br />

(continued next page)<br />

NOVEMBER <strong>2010</strong> BUILDING CENTRAL FLORIDA 31


Everything goes through your mind again.<br />

How will this affect the future of your business?<br />

Your attorney says you probably need<br />

to contest the citations because the Willful<br />

designation weakens workers compensation<br />

protections. Your carrier also informs you that<br />

they plan to drop your coverage <strong>and</strong> might<br />

not even cover your claim because the injured<br />

was an undocumented worker. You now<br />

remember that an officer from ICE was at the<br />

hospital when you visited the injured worker<br />

<strong>and</strong> briefly spoke with you.<br />

Can we quantify the costs incurred <strong>and</strong> those<br />

not yet known? Because there were Willful<br />

citations, you opened the door to being sued<br />

<strong>and</strong>, if the worker dies, you <strong>and</strong> your foreman<br />

could be criminally charged. On top of that,<br />

your mod/rate changes, the project delays represent<br />

additional costs, you are turned down<br />

at other sites you were bidding, ICE is investigating<br />

you, legal costs are quickly adding up,<br />

<strong>and</strong> I could go on <strong>and</strong> on. Your liability is now<br />

in the millions of dollars. Do your own math.<br />

Was it worth taking chances?<br />

If you would have implemented <strong>and</strong> enforced<br />

an effective onsite safety program, workers<br />

would have been safe <strong>and</strong> the accident would<br />

not have happened. Work would have been<br />

on schedule at both sites. Your company<br />

would continue to thrive.<br />

Can this happen to you? It did! The owner is<br />

now employed elsewhere.<br />

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VP, Luis Santiago & Associates, Inc.<br />

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