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Applications being accepted for Categories: Addition, Basement, Bathroom, Deck, Exterior, Kitchen, Landscaping, Outdoor Living Space, Specialty Projects, Structural, Waterproofing, Whole House Deadline & Fees: October 1st, 2016 $75 per entry for HBA Member $125 per entry for Non-HBA Members $25 Entry Late Fee (project submission after deadline) The Remodelers Council created the Remodelers of Distinction Award (RODA) to bring attention to the extraordinary work performed by remodelers in the Metro East. Applicants and Winners receive consumer and peer recognition throughout the year in print, social media and HBA Remodelers website page. NAHB Helps Improve, Clarify Formaldehyde Rule The final Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products rule has been released by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule establishes formaldehyde emission standards as well as product testing and tracking requirements for composite wood products. And thanks to the work of NAHB members and staff, the final rule includes some significant and notable changes for the renovation and construction industry, including clarification of certain terms to exclude renovation and construction activities. NAHB met with EPA and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in May during OMB’s review of the draft final rule to discuss the Federation’s concerns — the only group representing the industry to do so — and EPA listened. Former NAHB Remodelers Chair Robert Criner highlighted the lack of clarity and overly broad nature of the proposed rule, pointing specifically to confusing definitions for key terms. Remodelers and builders, he said, were unsure which requirements they would be governed by. As a result of NAHB’s concerns, EPA again reviewed the intent of Congress when it asked for the new standards — and the agency agreed that remodeling work is not the kind of activity that Congress intended to regulate. EPA added specific exceptions in the final rule to both the definition of the terms “fabricator” and “retailer” to ensure it is clear that remodelers are not intended to be covered. In addition, EPA clarified the meaning of the term “finished good” to help address concerns regarding the scope and applicability of the rule. According to EPA, Congress intended to regulate goods that are “produced through a manufacturing process at a manufacturing facility, not objects like buildings or other structures that are constructed on site and become a permanent addition to real property.” This means that new construction built on site will not be subject to the regulation, but the rule may still apply to mobile home manufacturing (NAICS code 321991) and prefabricated wood building manufacturing (NAICS code 321992), such as decorative particleboard and plywood. EPA highlighted these changes in the preamble of the final rule, as well as in the rule’s accompanying EPA Fact Sheet, stating that “By regulating the manufacture of a product, the regulation works to ensure that only compliant composite wood products enter the marketplace.” NAHB had reminded OMB in May that the statute required EPA to set a de minimis level of regulated content, defining what goods would not be subject to the regulations. The final rule clarifies that finished goods that do not contain regulated content exceeding 144 square inches, based on the surface area of the largest face, are not subject to regulation. 9 NAHB staff continues its review, and a full summary of the rule will be posted shortly. The rule will be effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, which is expected within 10 working days from it when it was signed on July 27.
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Three Man Scramble GOLFOUTING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 30th 2016 TAMARACK COUNTRY CLUB, Shiloh Check-in 11:30 am Shot Gun Start 12:00 pm Corporate Sponsor Golf - $75 each SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (includes 1 meal for company representative) Every level of talent welcome……….. Come on out and join us for a beautiful day on the links! Food all day before and during the event Beverage Stands Contest Prizes Premium STL Blues Ticket Raffle Prizes for 50/50, Skins & Top Scoring teams Many more to share the day of the outing….……………….. Stationary Beverage Sponsor….$150 Be the “go to” stand for all golfers to get their staple refreshments on the course Hole Sponsor……..……..………$50 Company name and logo on a course sign. Logo must be .pdf or .jpeg format Volunteers are a must for this event! Please contact the HBA office if you can spend the day with the golfers Complete the following information to register/sponsor this exciting event FOURSOME / GOLFER INFORMATION: Primary Contact_____________________________________________ Company Name_____________________________________________ Phone Number______________________________________________ E-Mail____________________________________________________ Total Golfers ___ $ 75 each Beverage Stand Sponsor ___ $150 each Hole Sponsor ___ $ 50 each Total Amount Due $__________ Name/Company_____________________________________________ Name/Company_____________________________________________ Name/Company_____________________________________________ METHOD OF PAYMENT: ___Check Enclosed ___Invoice Member Company ___Charge to Visa/Mastercard ** credit card payments will include an additional 4% convenience fee** Card# ________________________________________ Exp Date ________________ City/State/Zip ______________________ Signature____________________________ Cancellation will be accepted 3 days prior to the OUTING No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations or no-shows. Home Builders Association of Greater Southwest Illinois 6100 West Main St., Maryville, IL 62062 Office: (618) 343-6331 - Fax: (618)343-6335 - Email: hba@hbaswil.org
Madison 2016 LOCAL NEW HOME START PERMIT REPORTS Monroe County, IL Jan Feb Mar Apr May YTD Totals 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 56 59 91 70 90 31 40 61 66 61 14 9 32 25 42 18 29 35 42 34 11 13 26 33 27 14 10 32 27 15 21 24 24 29 23 11 11 16 67 21 10 21 36 32 38 13 16 23 23 21 St. Clair County, IL Jan Feb Mar Apr May YTD Totals 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 93 87 129 98 115 63 60 49 47 76 17 30 38 50 52 50 49 78 86 51 26 41 43 44 52 27 30 47 40 33 30 30 39 40 40 34 24 33 25 49 28 15 42 38 27 32 30 43 30 32 522 295 187 314 206 177 179 165 150 167 MarketGraphics provides the HBA with these permit reports. MarketGraphics offers many other housing and subdivision analysis reports. Contact them today to see how that can be of service to you directly. Joe Zanola zanola@zanolaco.com 314.918.7200 366 259 122 158 110 98 121 126 137 96 County, IL Jan Feb Mar Apr May YTD Totals 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 21 17 28 25 27 13 10 9 14 11 3 7 10 9 11 11 9 13 15 12 6 13 13 9 14 11 5 7 7 6 8 8 14 10 7 2 6 14 13 8 12 8 12 8 8 11 11 8 10 17 118 57 40 60 44 47 47 43 50 55 2017 NAHB International Builders Show • January 10-12 • Orlando NAHB MEMBERS: DON’T MISS THESE GREAT AUGUST-ONLY OFFERS! These exclusive deals are only offered in the month of August: A free IBS expo pass. Your ticket to explore the products of 1,400+ top manufacturers and suppliers on the building industry’s largest exhibit floor. Pay $275 for IBS full registration. The expo pass plus more than 120 IBS education sessions covering eight industry tracks. FREE spouse registration. This deal includes the same show access as the primary registrant. REGISTER @ BUILDERSSHOW.COM/AUGUST 12
Overregulation Is Preventing a Full Recovery for Housing Builder Magazine - July 2016: Ed Brady NAHB Chairman of the Board For the housing industry, regulatory costs are a major concern. We are all incredibly relieved that the darkest days for housing triggered by the Great Recession are over. In the past few years, our industry has gradually picked up speed. Recent government data show that single-family production has increased 120% from the market low in 2009. But as far as we’ve come, there’s still a long way to go. Housing production, while improving, remains at only 58% of normal. Several obstacles are preventing a complete recovery, including overregulation of the housing industry. Overly burdensome regulations complicate our businesses while providing little of their intended benefits. But even more important, they add to the cost of the house—making it more difficult or even impossible for many deserving families to achieve the American dream of homeownership. A recently published NAHB study shows that government regulations account for 24.3% of the final price of a new single-family home. Threefifths of this total—or 14.6% of the final house price—is due to regulations imposed during the lot’s development. The other two-fifths—or 9.7% of the home price—are regulatory costs incurred by the builder after purchasing the finished lot. In this study, our economists also report that regulatory costs imposed on an average singlefamily home increased almost 30% in the past five years, rising from $65,224 in 2011 to $84,671 in 2016. This trend is likely to continue, as there are a number of regulations in the pipeline. These include OSHA’s new rules on reducing silica exposure, fire sprinkler mandates, and the Department of Labor’s recently finalized regulation on overtime pay. 13 Equally troubling, the cost of regulations in the price of a new home is rising more than twice as fast as our buyers’ ability to pay for it. Disposable income per capita increased by only 14.4% in this same five-year time span. NAHB economists estimate that 14 million American households are “priced out” of the market for a typical newly built home by government regulations. Regulations come in many forms and can be imposed by local, state, or federal governments. For instance, local jurisdictions may charge permit, hook-up, and impact fees and establish development and construction standards. State governments may be involved in these processes directly or indirectly. Meanwhile, the federal government can require certain permits for land development, among other measures. There is a need for sensible regulations in our industry, but we must put a stop to excessive mandates that do little else besides increase the cost of housing. That is why the NAHB devotes a great deal of time and effort to fighting regulatory overreach on behalf of its members. NAHB battles overregulation head-on, engaging with legislators and regulators and using legal measures when necessary. We are not alone. More and more people are waking up to the fact that housing affordability has become a real problem, with lasting effects on consumers and the overall economy. Our government should be part of the solution to make homeownership accessible to hardworking Americans. Ed Brady, the 2016 NAHB Chairman, is a second-generation home builder based in Illinois. Having grown up the son of a builder, Brady is a builder by blood and has a deep understanding of the problems builders are facing.
Penalties for OSHA Fines Will Increase Aug. 1 On Aug. 1, monetary penalties issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for regulation infractions are slated to rise by up to 150% depending on the type of violation. Type of Violation Serious Other-Than-Serious Posting Requirements Failure to Abate Willful or Repeated Current Maximum Penalty $7,000 per violation $7,000 per day beyond the abatement date $70,000 per violation New Maximum Penalty $12,471 per violation $12,471 per day beyond the abatement date $124,709 per violation Last fall, the president signed a budget bill that allowed the agency to enact a catch-up adjustment and raise fines annually in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This marks the first time in 25 years that OSHA fines have gone up. These are for individual violations—not an overall total for the number of violations a business may receive. Previously, OSHA was one of few federal agencies with civil penalties that do not increase with inflation. OSHA intends to provide guidance on the implementation of the new penalties by Aug. 1. Additionally, to address the impact they may have on small businesses, the agency plans to continue providing penalty reductions based on employer size and other factors. States that operate their own Occupational Safety and Health Plans are required to adopt maximum penalty levels that are at least as effective as federal OSHA’s. How can you prevent this from happening at your business? Develop a written safety program highlighting how your business will comply with the OSHA regulations (osha.gov) OSHA's 2015 TOP TEN Conduct compliance training as required by OSHA with your employees and document the training with employee sign-in sheets (osha.gov/Publications/osha2254.pdf) Walk around your job sites on a daily basis and search for hazards and fix them before employees are injured. Get employees involved in your safety program. They do the hands-on work and probably have a lot of ideas on how to improve the safety and efficiency of the business. Create safety committees to explore additional ideas that will work in your business. 14 Most Frequently Cited Violations for Fiscal 2015 (Oct. 1, 2014, to Sept. 30, 2015) 1. 1926.501 – Fall Protection (C) 2. 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication 3. 1926.451 – Scaffolding (C) 4. 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection 5. 1910.147 – Lockout/Tagout 6. 1910.178 – Powered Industrial Trucks 7. 1926.1053 – Ladders (C) 8. 1910.305 – Electrical, Wiring Methods 9. 1910.212 – Machine Guarding 10. 1910.303 – Electrical, General Requirements (C) = Construction standard *As of 01/05/16
Professional Women in Building Council Announces another Scholarship Recipient for 2016 Allison Gasper, a senior at O’Fallon High School is an incredible student who has a 4.127 GPA. Allisons’s academic awards, leadership and recognition include: National Honor Society, Letter of Commendation for the National Merit Scholarship Program, Illinois State Scholar, Nomination for Student of the Month. She has also participated in many extracurricular activities including Future Science Professionals, Saturday Scholars, Spanish National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Culture Mix, Wellness Club, Friends of Rachel (FOR) Club, Spanish Diploma of Merit, Commendation Toward Bi-literacy just to name a few. Allison will attend the University of Illinois this fall with plans to become to a residential architect with her determination and drive there is no doubt she will reach her goals. SAFETY APPS for Smartphones Smartphones are an important part of everyday life. For your construction insured's, they can and should be used a s safety tools. There are many safety apps available for iPhone or Androids products that can make it easier to ensure a safe jobsite. For example, OSHA has a heat stress app on its website that calculates the heat index, displays a risk level and provides protective measures. NIOAH has a ladder safety app that helps a user position a ladder at the proper angle and provides other useful tips. TrenchSafety and Supply, Inc. has a slope calculator app that gives elevation requirements for sloping versus shielding. All these useful tools are available at no cost, and many more exist in the app marketplace. To help assess the best apps for your construction accounts, you can find reviews on hundreds of safety apps at safetyawakenings.com/apps. 15
July 2016 Renewed Members Advanced Engraving & Vinyl Archway Cooling & Heating AUTCOhome Appliances BOS - Bank of Springfield C.A. Jones, Inc. CertaPro Painters of Madison County Closet Factory D&F Contracting & Consulting, Inc. Electro Door Systems, Inc. FCB Banks/FirstCo Mortgage Fischer Lumber Company Forshaw of Illinois Garrett E. & Herschel E. RE & Dev. Co. Hallmark Stone Homes by Deesign, Inc. J. Decker Homes Jacob Sunrooms, Exteriors & Baths Martin Glass Company McBride and Son Homes National Bank New Tradition Homes O’Fallon Belo-O Plumbing & Mechanical Osborn Homes, Inc. R M Supply, Inc. Re/Max Preferred—The Markham Network State Bank of Waterloo TheBANK of Edwardsville Troy Electric Supply, Inc. Remodelers Council Butler Home Improvement (NEW) Professional Women in Building Council Drake Construction (NEW) 16 First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust 12616 St. Rt. 143 Highland, IL 62249 Phone: (618) 654-1111 Email: tbuehne@firstmid.com Website: www.firstmid.com July 2016 New Members Robb Treat Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 1422 Elbridge Payne Rd, Suite 210 Chesterfield, MO 63017 Phone: (618) 304-3961 Email: robb.treat@guaranteedrate.com Website: www.guaranteedrate.com Tricia Buehne
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Friday - October 14th, 2016 Proceeds to benefit the PWB Student Scholarship & School Project fund. $40 per individual - $200 per team of 5 Starts at 6pm St. Clair Bowl 5950 Old Collinsville Rd Fairview Heights Thursday - November 3rd, 2016 ANNUAL 5pm Happy Hour ~ 6pm Trivia VFW Post 5691 1234 Vandalia Collinsville Trivia & Dinner $25 p/p 18
2016 HBA Home Show Corporate Sponsors OFFICERS President, Jeff Schmidt - RLP Development 1st Vice President, Dave Padgett - Padgett Building & Remodeling Co., Inc. 2nd Vice President, Joe Lanahan - Joe Lanahan Construction Services Associate Vice President, Mindy Shafer - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage 2016 Home Builders Association Platinum Annual Sponsors Secretary, Jerry Yaekel, Jr. - Yaekel & Associates, Inc. Treasurer, Robb Treat - Guaranteed Rate, Inc. Immediate Past President, Chris Jones - C.A. Jones, Inc. 2016 HBA Gold Annual Sponsors 2016 HBA Silver Annual Sponsors DIRECTORS Jason Klein - Ameren Illinois Michelle Null - Benchmark Title Company Art Stumpf- AUTCOhome Appliances Joel Keel - Custom Floors & More Robert Dee Jr. - Homes by Deesign Joe Knox - Copious Technologies Beth Jacob - Jacob Sunrooms, Exteriors & Baths Aaron Klemme - Klemme Construction Jason Huelsmann - New Tradition Homes Barbara Markham - RE/MAX Preferred, The Markham Network Mike Rathgeb - Spencer Homes Mark Vogt - Vogt Builders, Inc. 2016 HBA Bronze Annual Sponsors OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTORS Ken Diel - Diel & Forguson Mark Fulford - Fulford Construction Chris Matteo - Fulford Homes, LLC 9 John Snapat, CAPS, CGR - Fulford Home Remodeling Ron Padgett - Padgett Building & Remodeling Norm Etling - Village of Shiloh
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