January 2015 BBAM Magazine - HBA of Southeastern Michigan

BUILDING
January 2015
Business & Apartment Management
VOICE OF THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AND APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN
HBA’s 2015 Leadership
President & Executive Committee
James Clarke
William Phillips
Lawrence Cohen
David S. Compo
Rino Soave
Robert M. Tedesco
Ben Templeton
Katie Hallett
Paul Aragona
First Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Treasurer
Vice President
Associate Vice President
Secretary
Vice President
Immediate Past President
➤ Parade of Homes – Inside Cover
HBA PRESIDENT
Norman Finkelstein, Norwood Homes Ltd.
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➤ New Housing Permit Report - 3
➤ Great Lakes Builders Show – 3
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➤ Vision For Injury Prevention – 6
➤ Advocacy Update – 7
➤ Awards Night Recap – 8
Michael C. Stoskopf
CEO
➤ News & Events – 10
➤ Benefits of Belonging - Inside Back
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BUILDING
Business &
Apartment Management
JANUARY 2015
FEATURES
Inside Front
2015 Parade of Homes
8
2014 Awards Night & Holiday Celebration
2 Introducing 2015 President
10News & Events
Held December 3 at The Diamond Center
Association Events for November and December
Norman Finkelstein
10Classified Advertising
3
New Housing Permit Report
11Made In America/Built In Michigan
3
Great Lakes Builders Show
Comments by Michael Stoskopf, CEO
Use These Suppliers of American Made Products
5 AAM Market Outlook
12 Welcome New Members
5 ABMWCSIF Six Year Returned Premium
12 Thank You Renewing Members
6
Your Vision For Injury Prevention
Safety Guidelines For Property Managers
7
Advocacy Update
Supreme Court May Rule On Disparate Impact; 12 Index of Valued Advertisers
Inside Back
Benefits of Belonging — Join Us!
Classes Available for EPA Lead Recertification
Immediate Past President Paul Aragona (left), giving Jim
Clarke a Spike Award for bringing in new members, and
Michael Stoskopf, CEO.
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT
Norman Finkelstein
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
James Clarke
TREASURER
William Phillips
SECRETARY
Larry Cohen
IMMEDIATE PAST
PRESIDENT
Paul Aragona
VICE PRESIDENTS
David Compo
Rino Soave
Robert M. Tedesco
Ben Templeton
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
Katie Hallett
CEO — Michael C. Stoskopf
Richard Cherkasky (left) and Past President Dan
MacLeish at the recent Real Estate Continuing Education
six hour class.
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
OF MICHIGAN
PRESIDENT
Allen Amber
IMMEDIATE
PAST PRESIDENT
Thomas C. Shumaker
PAST PRESIDENTS
Robert Brody
Jeffrey Kaftan
Melvin Kaftan
George M. Nyman
David Sparrow
VICE PRESIDENTS
Mitchell Bleznak
Jonathan R. Borenstein
Jay Brody
Leslie Lewiston Etterbeek
Howard Jacobson
J. Ronald Slavik
Shawn Stafford
Michael E. Tobin
CEO — Michael C. Stoskopf
Real Estate Continuing Ed Instructor Lori Chmura
of Middleton Training with Past President Jerry
Kosmensky.
PUBLICATION CREDITS
PUBLISHER
Home Builders Association
of Southeastern Michigan
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Nancy Rozum
Gary Smith
EDITOR
Susan Adler Shanteau
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Introducing 2015 HBA President
Norman Finkelstein
Norwood Homes, Ltd.
F
or the past 26 years, Norman Finkelstein
group strength, is the only way to protect our
has developed subdivisions and
businesses in the legislative arena and at other
condominium homes in southeastern
levels of government.” Norm also serves as
Michigan. Norwood Homes, Ltd., based
President of HomeAid® Southeastern Michigan
in Farmington Hills, specializes in land
and on the Board of the HBA Charitable &
development, condominium conversions,
Educational Foundation.
custom homes, remodeling, brokerage and
corporate relocation services. Their mission is
gained through networking at HBA, as well
to provide quality home ownership to as many
as through the many educational seminars
families as possible.
sponsored by HBA, with helping him to learn so
By remaining fairly small and efficient in
much about the home building and development
their activities, his company has enjoyed being
industry. “I know we would be far less successful
able to adapt to changing times and remain a
without an involvement in the Association and
viable business through the current economic
without the friends I have made.”
climate. “The employees I have helped develop
“Learn everything you can to keep your
over the years and watched grow are a great
business growing and thriving,” Norm advises.
source of satisfaction,” he notes. “I am also
“Never give up and always be ready to
very proud to showcase our many past and
recognize and accept opportunity.”
current projects.”
Norm knows that a successful developer
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Norm credits the business contacts he has
Norm has been married for 17 years to
Carol and they have two children, Eliana and
needs a favorable legislative environment
Benjamin. An avid Wolverine fan, he enjoys
in order to succeed. As a Board Member of
spending time with his family and working on
the local, state and national associations,
collectable cars. He has worked on a Habitat
Norm stresses how important HBA’s political
for Humanity house and served as a youth
advocacy is for the industry. “There is no other
group advisor. He previously served on the City
organization that will promote our needs,”
of Orchard Lake Village Planning Commission
he said. “HBA membership, and its resulting
and now serves as a Councilman. n
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Executive Officer
Comments
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HBA of Southeastern Michigan has partnered
with the HBA of Michigan by incorporating our
annual Economic Forecast luncheon into GLBS
2015. On Thursday, March 5th, the 2015
Economic Forecast Luncheon will be held in
the Hall of Legends. Our featured speaker will
be Dr. David Crowe, Chief Economist for the
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
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Norm Hyman
Criticizes Michigan
Supreme Court
Decision
UPHOLDING ORDINANCE WHICH
REQUIRED PROPERTY OWNER TO DEMOLISH UNSAFE
HOUSE EVEN THOUGH PROPERTY OWNER WISHED TO
BRING HOUSE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CODE
The City of Brighton Building Code allows the City to force demolition
of a building determined to be unsafe if the cost of repair exceeds
the assessed value of the building. A home owner whose house was
determined to be unsafe offered to repair the house to bring it in
compliance with code. The trial court and the Court of Appeals both
held that the ordinance was invalid because it took away from the
home owner the right to repair. In April 2014, the Michigan Supreme
reversed the lower court decisions and upheld the Brighton ordinance.
In an article just published in the Michigan Real Property Review (the
issue is dated Spring/Summer 2014, but was, in fact, just published),
Norm has criticized the Supreme Court’s decision as an unprecedented
deprivation of property rights and contrary to law. Bonner v. City of
Brighton: A Critique of the Michigan Supreme Court’s Decision on How
to Abate a Public Nuisance. n
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Immediate Past President Paul Aragona (left)
giving a Spike Award to Bob Tedesco at the
December 5th Board Meeting.
Michael Stoskopf (right) giving a Spike
Award to Past President Rich Kligman at
the December 5th Board Meeting.
AAM Market Outlook
November 21 at The Diamond Center in Novi
Left Photo –
Jerome Amber (left),
Jennifer Amber Soble
and AAM President
Allen Amber of Amber
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Below –
Mel Belovicz of 550
Parkview (left), Paul
Aragona of Aragona
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AAM President Allen Amber (left) of Amber Properties
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Apartment Association of Michigan
Property Management Council News
Your Vision For Injury Prevention
A SAFETY MANAGEMENT SERIES – PART I
WRITTEN BY GARY SMITH, APARTMENT BUILDING MANAGEMENT WORKERS COMPENSATION SELF INSURED FUND
I
n his book, Traction – Get a Grip on Your
Business, Gino Wickman, author and
successful entrepreneur, urges business
owners to communicate a laser-focused vision
in order to get everyone working in the same
direction. In other words, he believes that by
upcoming year, it is important to consider your
organization’s injury prevention efforts. If your
vision for injury prevention is focused and shared
by everyone in the organization, then you can get
everyone pulling in the same direction.
Here are three important aspects to consider
when developing a vision for injury prevention:
sharing your vision it will focus your team’s
injuries, you can expect to save $10, $100
or even $1,000 on injury claims and lost
productivity. Creating a proactive injury
prevention culture will be an effective tool in
maintaining lasting injury prevention success.
EFFECTIVE HAZARD CONTROL.
Be prepared to require the most effective
efforts in a way that gets amazing results.
In order to illustrate the power of this focus,
consider the example given by Al Ries in Focus:
“The sun provides the earth with billions of
kilowatts of energy, yet if you stand in it for an
hour, the worst you will get is a little sunburn. On
the other hand, a few watts of energy focused
in one direction is all a laser beam needs to cut
through diamonds.”
As the calendar year draws to a close and you
begin your strategic business planning for the
HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. AUGUST 7, 2013
FOCUS ON TOP FIVEs.
Analyze your loss runs from the previous three
policy periods to identify the top five most severe
(i.e., highest dollar amount) and the top five most
frequent (i.e., highest number) injury types. An
old insurance industry axiom is that “frequency
breeds severity” and this often tends to be true. For
example, if your most frequent injury type is “foreign
body in the eye,” then you have a greater likelihood
for a severe eye injury such as loss of vision. So, by
identifying your organization’s most severe and most
frequent injury types, injury prevention efforts take
on a practical focus. Your organization’s energy and
resources will be focused in on the areas where they
are most needed.
PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE.
Be prepared to require a proactive versus
reactive approach to eliminating hazards likely
to result in workplace injuries. Remember that
for every dollar prudently invested in preventing
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type of hazard control on the hierarchy of
hazard controls. The hierarchy follows this
order with #1 being the most effective and
#5 being the least effective: 1.) elimination,
2.) substitution, 3.) engineering controls, 4.)
administration and lastly 5.) personal protective
equipment. The most effective hazard control
that can be used is often times not considered.
By creating and sharing your vision, you will
bring about a laser-focus in your organization.
This concentrated focus is necessary to go to
the next step and achieve excellent results. n
In our next article of this series, we will
introduce an effective way to identify the best
solutions and take effective actions towards
preventing injuries.
Until then, should you need assistance with
developing a vision for injury prevention in your
workplace, please contact Gary Smith, CRM, at
(517) 338-3367 or [email protected]
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Apartment Association of Michigan
Property Management Council News
Advocacy Update
WRITTEN BY FORREST WALL, CAE, STAFF VICE PRESIDENT AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS
2015 AAM Officers
Supreme Court May Finally Rule On Disparate Impact
F
or the third time
in three years,
the United
States Supreme Court
has agreed to hear
a case challenging
the validity of the
disparate impact rule.
A decision by the Court would have significant
impact on apartment owners because the rule
has called into question the legality of some
common industry practices, such as criminal
background screening. By way of background,
A decision by the Court would have
significant impact on apartment owners
because the rule has called into question
the legality of some common industry
practices, such as criminal background
screening.
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as
amended (the Fair Housing Act), prohibits
discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of
dwellings and in other housing-related activities
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
disability, familial status, or national origin. The
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), which is charged with enforcement of
the Act, has long-interpreted the Act to prohibit
practices with an unjustified discriminatory
effect – also referred to as a disparate impact
– regardless of whether there was an intent
to discriminate. Although federal courts have
This case, Inclusive Communities Project
v. Texas Department of Housing, centers
on the allocation of Low-Income Housing
Tax Credits. Both the National Apartment
Association (NAA) and National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
have filed amicus briefs in the case.
to liability under the Act. Two previous cases
accepted by the Court ended in settlement,
thus providing no resolution to the matter.
This case, Inclusive Communities Project v.
Texas Department of Housing, centers on the
allocation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.
Both the National Apartment Association (NAA)
and National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) have filed amicus briefs in the case.
2015
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THOMAS SHUMAKER
VICE PRESIDENTS
• Mitchell Bleznak
• Jonathan R. Borenstein • Jay Brody
• Leslie Lewiston Etterbeek
• Howard Jacobson • J. Ronald Slavik
• Shawn Stafford • Michael Tobin
PAST PRESIDENTS
• Robert Brody • Jeffrey Kaftan
• Melvin Kaftan • George M. Nyman
• David Sparrow
CEO
Michael C. Stoskopf
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March 17, 2013, formalized its recognition of
discriminatory effects liability under the Act
along with a three-part burden-shifting test for
determining whether a given practice has an
unjustified discriminatory effect, thus leading
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2014 Awards Night & Holiday Celebration
December 3, 2014 at The Diamond Center in Novi
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News & Events
January
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14
NAHBR: WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS
Panel discussion with local architects on the
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Cost: $10/Person including lunch
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EPA RRP RECERTIFICATION
Did you obtain your Certified Renovator
designation in 2010 as a part of the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead RRP Rule? If so,
to maintain your certification the EPA requires
you to complete a 4 hour refresher course no
more than 5 years from the date of certification.
(Example: If you completed the 8 hour Certified
Renovator course on February 20, 2010, you need
to complete the 4 hour refresher before February
20, 2015.) This course will include everything
you need to keep your certification current and
maintain compliance with the law.
* This class counts toward continuing education credit
for NAHB Designation Courses. (CGR, CAPS, CGB,
etc.) and continuing competency credit for a Michigan
Builder’s or Maintenance & Alterations License.
Instructor:
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Time: 1 - 5 p.m.
Place: Association Offices
Cost: $95/Member; $110/Guest
Additional Dates:
February 12 from 8:00 a.m. to Noon
March 10 from 1 - 5 p.m.
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Cost: $95/Member; $110/Guest
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Mans Lumber and Millwork
LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1900, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
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Doug Mans [email protected]
Chris Mans [email protected]
1-800-TRY-MANS www.manslumber.com
Pioneer Cabinetry
PROUDLY MANUFACTURING MICHIGAN MADE KITCHEN
AND BATH CABINETRY FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
Visit our website to find a dealer near you:
www.pioneercabinetry.net
Tarnow Doors
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Henry Tarnow 248-478-9060; [email protected]
David Patton 248/789-5574; [email protected]
Bud Helgemo 248/478-9060; [email protected]
Virginia Tile Co.
PROUDLY OFFERING AMERICAN-MADE TILE FROM AMERICAN OLEAN,
CROSSVILLE PORCELAIN STONE AND FLORIM USA.
Jim Dean 248-476-7850
[email protected] www.virginiatile.com
Weather King Windows & Doors
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[email protected]
www.weatherkingdoors.com
Hansen Marketing Services, Inc.
FOR OVER 30 YEARS, PROUDLY BRINGING SPECIALTY BUILDING MATERIALS
TO THE MARKET AS A WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR, FEATURING MANY QUALITY
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Whirlpool Corporation
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Contact Us: 800-552-4877
[email protected]
www.hansenmarketing.com
VINYL WINDOWS & SLIDING DOORS INCLUDING TRIPLE GLAZED & R-5
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STEEL & FIBERGLASS ENTRY DOORS
PAINTING & STAINING AVAILABLE
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We employ more U.S. workers than all of our major
competitors combined, including 4,000 knowledge
workers in Michigan at our World Headquarters
More than $7.4 billion spent annually to operate and invest in 9 U.S.
manufacturing plants employing approximately 15,000 employees.
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THESE COMPANIES MANUFACTURE OR SUPPLY AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS. THOSE IN BLUE ARE MADE IN MICHIGAN.
Robert Khoury, Market Manager - Eastern Michigan 407-622-9372
Robert J [email protected]
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CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC
755 W BIG BEAVER RD, #1000, TROY, MI 48084
(248) 614-8275 PAUL PERUGI
KATIE HALLETT, TK DESIGN & ASSOCIATES
PIN FOUNDATIONS INC
4810 PT FOSDICK DR NW, PMB 60
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B & B INVESTMENTS INC
PO BOX 959, GROSSE ILE, MI 48138
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PO BOX 959, GROSSE ILE, MI 48138
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B & B QUALITY CONSTRUCTION SVCS
8350 CARBONDOLE ST, DETROIT, MI 48204
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C & L WARD
9284 LAPEER RD, DAVISON, MI 48423
(810) 653-3719 FAX (810) 653-8400 MICHELLE SHOOK
C & L WARD
9284 LAPEER RD, DAVISON, MI 48423
(810) 653-3719 FAX (810) 653-8400 DAVE DONAHUE
CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC
755 W BIG BEAVER RD, #1000, TROY, MI 48084
(248) 614-8216 BRUCE THELEN
CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC
308 SHERIDAN DR, TOPEKA, IN 46571
(260) 593-4233 JAY CIOKAJLO
DTE ENERGY
ONE ENERGY PLAZA, DETROIT, MI 48226-1221
(313) 235-6182 ERIC BLOUNT
FERRIS HOMES INC
6127 TIMBERSTONE WAY, CLARKSTON, MI 48346
MARK MITCHELL
FERRIS HOMES INC
278 GREY, AUBURN HILLS, MI 48326
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Al Bourdeau Insurance Agency, Inc.
4
Coinmach
7
Contractors Training Institute
10
Community Insurance Center
3
Eradico Services, Inc.
9
George B. Ford Agency
3
Great Lakes Builders Show
Outside Back
Great Lakes Commercial Sales
6
The Huttenlocher Group
3
Parade of Homes 2015
Inside Front
ProHome Michigan
4
Pullum Window Corporation
4
PIN FOUNDATIONS INC
518 ST CROIX AVE W, STILLWATER, WA 55082
(612) 304-2640 RALPH SCHMIDT II
PIN FOUNDATIONS INC
321 PARK AVE, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305
(708) 267-6330 MARK ROMANO
SINGH DEVELOPMENT CO., INC
PO BOX 250423, WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48322
(248) 496-9421 PARGAT S GREWAL
WIMSATT BUILDING MATERIALS
36340 VAN BORN RD, WAYNE, MI 48184
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