BCAOC Newsletter 04.10 - Building Contractors Association of Otero

A Message from the
Chief Executive Officer
Tami Sauerman
Hello BCAOC members,
Membership, an important word in any organization. May
is National Membership Month and I’d like to focus your
attention on how it applies to the Association.
An organization is only as strong as its members. The
statement ‘United we stand; divided we fall’ is very true.
I know in hard economic times there are many pressing issues on all of our minds and we are working hard at
adapting to changing times and overcoming obstacles, improvising to simply maintain the status quo.
Membership may not be on your list of top ten things to
work on. It doesn’t take a lot of time, though, to continue
to support the Association and there are many ways to accomplish this. Inviting someone to join, renewing your own
membership, participating in events, and contributing your
time on a committee are some of the ways that keep us all
connected, keep us a strong organization and support the
BCAOC.
I’ve heard it said often lately that when there is an important issue pending, members tend to band together if their
livelihood is threatened by legislation or another potentially
harmful issue facing them, and are much more visible.
This is understandable, we all have ‘real’ jobs we have to
do every day, and are busy just making a living.
The Members of the Association have done much for the
community over the years including assisting in emergency
BCAOC 2010 Board Members and Officers
Executive Board of Directors:
President – Josh Rardin • President Elect – Jessica Beach
Associate VP – Rick McCracken • Secretary/Treasurer – Jeri Melton
Past President – Mark Bolin • Life Member – Mike Drunzer
Executive Officer – Tami Sauerman
Builder Members
Jim French, Gerald Matherly, Tommy Messer,
Harris Blankenship, Randy Rabon, Jessica Beach
Associate Members:
Beth Crabbe, Rudy Chanez, Miles Ledgerwood,
Phil Stevens, Lee Ann Bain
response in various ways during the flooding of 2006 including
renovations and dirt moving equipment etc., cabinets and drywall for Habitat For Humanity, Keep Alamogordo Beautiful, drywall for the Ellinger Project, landscaping for the Boys & Girls
Club, assisting CAPPED and much more.
Let’s encourage prospective members to join us, cultivate friendships, nurture and sustain those we already have and continue to
foster goodwill in our community. Benjamin Franklin said, “We
must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately“.
I need to recognize certain individuals for giving their time recently at the First National Bank Home Garden & Leisure Show
on April 10th. A special thank you to Builder member Steve
Plumb of La Questa Homes, Inc. for all his assistance to me and
the Association for constructing banner supports and the tedious
work of deconstructing the booth and single-handedly transporting all the excess materials and displays. Thank you also to
Builder member Tommy Messer of Sundance Construction for assisting in storing materials, and to Associate member Luis Au of
Au Tile & Granite for stopping by the booth to talk with the public and answer questions. Associate Member, Richard Koehler of
First National Bank made it all happen by including the Association in their event and hosting a professional, organized show!
Much gratitude to Jackie Jones of Morrison’s Supply for her help
in setting up, contributing materials and much appreciated moral
support.
Most sincerely,
Tami Sauerman
Executive Officer, BCAOC
The Building Contractors Association of Otero County is a nonprofit voluntary trade association affiliated with the New Mexico Home Builders Association and the National Association of Home Builders. The association seeks to represent and serve the diversified needs
of its members who consist of large, small volume and custom home builders, developers,
and remodelers, as well as industry-related suppliers, subcontractors, & professionals.
As the voice of the housing industry in Otero County, the association’s primary mission is to
represent those involved in and served by the building industry in our region, and all those in
pursuit of the American Dream.
This will be the accomplished by spearheading a combined effort of all industry-related
groups in addressing the quality of life in the community.
The Building Contractors Association of Otero County will work to achieve the following
goals:
Educate our membership, our industry and the public;
Actively participate in legislative & regulatory affairs;
Provide the forums that encourage quality construction and innovative products.
We responsibly serve our community by being the positive influence on the building industry.
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A Message from the
President
Josh Rardin
Hello BCAOC members,
Why did you join the Building Contractors Association of
Otero County? Your answer will vary depending on your
business and the problems that keep you up at night. I
would wager that none of you joined to have a relationship with the organization, but instead to have relationships with other members. These connections (actual or
potential) to others are the reason we are here. Yes, the
lobbying, education and information are important too,
but the connections and relationships we make with our
fellow members are what make us feel more connected
to the BCAOC.
May is membership month and it’s real easy for you to
get involved. We are on a hunt for new members in May
so we can provide more potential relationships and all
their benefits to you. Look through your e-mail contacts,
your accounts receivable and payable, your rolodex or
wherever you keep your names and numbers. Who
should be part of our community? Who can benefit from
connecting with others here? Who can benefit from our
advocacy, programs, information?
Think about those who are just starting out in this industry or in your profession. Wouldn’t they benefit from being with others at the same stage and those who are further on in their career?
Please look at your network and invite someone to join
our association in May. If you want an application or information on current member benefits, contact Tami,
our Executive Officer. Our connections to and relationships with other members is the real strength of this association. The more we have, the more we can do.
Please join me in making that happen.
Respectfully,
Josh Rardin, BCAOC President, 2010
Our next meeting will be one you won’t want to miss!
The lunch will be sponsored by Builders Trust and the first 30 members to sign in at the 19th Hole Restaurant on
FREE
courtesy of Builders Trust! For all those after the first 30, price will
Tuesday, May 18 will receive their lunch
be same as always, $11.00 which includes a choice of 5 entrees, iced tea, water and gratuity.
Doug Johnston, Service Center Manager of Builders Trust in Albuquerque will be on hand to speak to members.
Doug shared the following information with me; the amount of Return of Premium for BCAOC members since inception is a total of $846,126.00 that has been returned, and just this past December BCAOC members received
checks for Return of Premium totaling $27,649.00!
Also speaking will be Otis Ferguson. Otis is an employee of SFCC and his official title is: Otis Ferguson
Colonel, U.S. Army Retired; Procurement Advisor for the New Mexico SBDC, Procurement Technical Assistance Program, which assists individuals and businesses in obtaining all types of government contracts.
Finally, Yvette Herrell, a native New Mexican and Conservative Republican who has worked as a Legislative Assistant
in our State Capitol for the past two years and was born and raised in New Mexico, is running for House Seat 51
and will be giving a brief overview of her platform.
See you there!
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Focus on Return to Work
Dan Stock
Claims Manager
Builders Trust of NM
When you have an injured worker
who may have lost time from
work you can expect to receive a
phone call from the claims adjuster inquiring as to whether the
employee has returned to work. If
the employee has not returned to
work, you can expect to be questioned about any modified duty
you may have available.
Why all the focus on return to
work?
Our worker’s compensation act encourages employers to
provide work for their injured employees. In fact, this return to work motivation is a re-occurring theme throughout
the act. You should understand that the cost of claims is
greatly reduced when injured workers return to work.
By providing work for your injured employee before the
employee reaches Maximum Medical Improvement, the
employee can stay in touch with you and his co-workers,
stay in shape and remain a key part of your work force.
Further, no Temporary Total Disability workers compensation payments are being made, which helps the employer’s
loss history.
Before Maximum Medical Improvement, if you can’t bring
a worker back to full duty and/or full pay at a modified
job, think about a lower wage job or a part time job. Did
you know that if you bring a worker back to work in this
type of situation worker’s compensation benefits will pay
two-thirds of the difference between the employee’s preaccident wages and the modified duty wages?
Bringing an injured worker back to work after Maximum
Medical Improvement is also important. An independent
study published by the Rand Institute concluded that of
the states evaluated, New Mexico had the poorest record
of workers returning to work with the at-injury employer.
A worker with a whole body injury, such as a back, neck
or shoulder, will likely receive a higher weekly permanent
partial disability payment if not re-employed by the at-injury employer. Because this increased payout affects the
employer’s loss history it is yet another motivator to return
injured employees to work.
If one of your employees is injured on the job be creative,
think about the worker, your loss history and the built-in
motivators in the workers compensation system and bring
that employee back to work!
Reville, R.T., L.. Boden, J. Biddle, and C. Mardesich, An
Evaluation of New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Permanent Partial Disability and Return to Work: Rand MR1414-IJC, 2001
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BCAOC at the Home, Garden & Leisure Show Recap
BCAOC was represented at the Show on Saturday, April 10th, and 8 Association members participated. Traffic
through the event was moderate but for the most part constant. We rented a helium tank and inflated and gave
away a couple hundred BCAOC branded balloons. Each booth was required to have a door prize and ours was a
couple of body-pampering Spa treatments generously donated by Elizabeth Walker of Noble Spa and all the magnanimous ladies there.
Sundance Construction & Land Development, LLC had flyers and business cards and a nice upright display tower with
numerous photographs of pools and homes. Au Tile brought several beautiful granite samples and had brochures,
business cards and nice calendar/planner booklets and pens for giveaways.
Affinity Real Estate represented Highlander Construction, Bolin Homes, Inc, and La Questa Homes, Inc. with specification flyers and tied it in with Open Houses at all locations. ReMax of Alamogordo provided a large literature rack
which they kindly offered for other’s use as well. They had books, brochures and pen and keychain giveaways.
Coldwell Banker Sudderth Nelson also had Open Houses and brought a literature rack stocked it with flyers, maps
and adorned with branded balloons. Their mints and fortune cookies were a hit with Home Show attendees.
Casa y Tierra supplied informative brochures and French Brothers, Inc. contributed bright flyers and a large, informational standing banner. Lastly, Morrison’s furnished two large pull-up signs, a pedestal mounted faucet, much literature and business cards, and the much public-admired pedestal mounted glass sink vessel.
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - BUILDER
RAJCO
BCAOC MEMBER - 6 YEARS
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - ASSOCIATE
BASIN AIR
BCAOC MEMBER - 6 YEARS
Robert Johnson, owner of RAJCO Homes was born in Alamogordo at Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital when it was on
Tenth Street, and has lived here all his life. Robert grew up in
Tularosa where his grandfather Alton Cooper owned Tularosa
Hardware and later managed Stanleys. Robert’s dad Bob
Johnson worked in the carpentry shop for Land Air / Dynalectron for almost 30 years, so Robert was no stranger to construction or the use of carpentry tools. He got his contractor’s
license in 1981 but was working in the construction industry
even longer than that. Robert has been doing all the trim work
for Casa Buena Construction, owned by Mike Drunzer for the
last five years.
Danny Carter of Basin Air hails from the ‘podunk’ town of
Antlers, situated in the Southeast corner of Oklahoma,
with a population around 3-4,000 people. Danny left
Oklahoma early on and grew up in Coolidge, Arizona and
has called this area home for the last 42 years.
“It’s nice at the end of the day to see something you’ve done,”
Johnson says. “Bringing it up out of the ground, taking old
stuff and making it look better”, these are what Robert enjoys
most about his work. He also likes new construction, but finds
due to the current housing situation he’s doing more remodels
lately.
Finish carpentry: trim, cabinets, countertops and baseboard
are what Robert would characterize as his specialty. The last
few years working for Mike Drunzer have been some of his
best years in construction.
Robert is a family man and was quick in listing his family as
what he is most proud of. His wife Jami is the Library Media
Assistant at La Luz Elementary and they have been married for
23 years. They have one son Jordan, who is a freshman at
Alamogordo High School, and a member of the Alamogordo
Tiger Band.
Previously with Lane Plumbing, Danny started Basin Air in
2000 and has been in this type of business for a total of
about 45 years. The longevity in part due to the fact that
he likes that every day is unique. “You do the same kind
of work but the jobs, they’re all different.”
The relationships Basin air has with the contractors they do
business with are a source of pride for Carter, as are the
really good people working for him. “We are like a family
more than a business”, he says.
Regulations and the economy are two challenges all businesses face these days, but it isn’t slowing them down. Basin Air is a busy company with a good reputation doing
work all over the state including jobs in T or C, Deming,
Hobbs, Clovis, Roswell, Lovington to name a few, and
some closer to home at Holloman, and here in Alamogordo. Danny said they welcome all kinds or work,
though most of theirs is commercial.
Red tape, restrictions, bureaucracy, paperwork, and battling
the economic pressures are all influencing the construction industry, or as Johnson says, “It’s a tough business these days.”
FAST FIVE
1. What was your first job?
Selling newspapers in Coolidge, Arizona.
FAST FIVE
1. What was your first job?
Mowing lawns for $5.00
2. What was the worst job you ever had?
Brown & Root Construction Company.
2. What was the worst job you ever had?
They were working on remodeling a condo up in Ruidoso
that had flooded and he had to crawl under the building
in the mud and remove some dead skunks that had been
there for some time. That goes down on record as one of
the worst jobs!
3. What is your favorite vacation destination?
Colorado, especially Telluride and Ouray
4. What is your favorite quote?
“Any job worth doing is worth doing well!”
3. What is your favorite vacation destination?
Oregon.
4. What is your favorite quote?
“Are you finished yet?”
5. What is the one thing you know for sure?
“I’m going to retire before much longer!”
5. What is the one thing you know for sure?
“That I should have gone to college…….Ha Ha”
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Lead Renovator Training Recap
The training held on April 6th at Bank ’34 by Janet Kerley
of Santa Fe Community College, and sponsored by the
BCAOC, was a great success. We graduated all 30 attendees and all are now certified lead renovators according to the US EPA, including yours truly. Thanks go to Perry
Hisaw and Rick McCracken for their help in getting the
class off the ground.
Between the doughnuts, cookies, water and coffee we all
learned the essentials of identifying, handling, and eliminating the threat of lead paint dust. Our instructor was a
colorful character replete with stories and experiences worthy of someone twice her age.
Class started early Tuesday at 7:30 am and lasted until
5:00 pm. Among the activities were demonstrations of the
correct method on testing of lead based paint, dust containment, and proper technique of glove inflation and
donning personal protective equipment. A special thank
you to Mark Doporto for his patience in being suited up
and doused in faux lead paint dust, and being a good
sport, and to Cory Gorby for his vacuuming skills and being his… buddy. Thank you also to Builder Members
Tommy Messer, Rick Sauerman, and Josh Rardin for assisting in the cleanup.
Everyone had their mugshot taken and will soon be receiving badging to identify them as EPA certified Renovators,
and they are:
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• National Construction: Jason Blankenship, Steven
Taken, David Gonzales and David Jaramillo.
• Jack Wayte Construction: Cory Gorby, William Sewell,
and Ernesto Rivera.
• Home Service Contractors, Inc.: Perry Hisaw and Steven Gattis.
• Otero County Buildings and Grounds: Doug Bourboun and Kenneth Shaffer.
• T. Shaw Construction: Terry Shaw and Michael Shaw.
• New Mexico Drywall: Rick Sauerman.
• Lane Plumbing: Mark Doporto.
• Rardin Construction: Josh Rardin.
• Steve Landers Construction: Steve Landers.
• Sundance Construction and Development, LLC:
Tommy Messer.
• Mainz Electric: Jason Mainz.
• Otero Plumbing, Heating & Cooling: Basilio Garcia
and Juan Garcia.
• RAJCO: Robert Johnson.
• BCAOC: Tami Sauerman.
1 FROM LAS CRUCES –
• Ken Wells Construction: Ken Wells
2 FROM RUIDOSO –
• Allen & Company, LLC: Beau Allen
• Morrow’s Painting: Rusty Morrow
4 FROM ROSWELL –
• Century 21: David Duer and George Riese
• Campbell & Nesselrodt Construction, LLC: Trey Nesselrodt
• ABIK Industries: Kirk Hays
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Membership Renewals
Welcome New Member!
OTERO PLUMBING
Builders:
Anthony Garcia
PO Box 4381
Alamogordo, NM 88311
575-443-1975
BECCO
Forrest Brunson
MAKINSON ENTERPRISES
Lawrence Makinson
RUIZ ROOFING
Jose Ruiz
NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION
Harris Blankenship
WOOD ELECTRIC
James Wood
Associates:
Thanks
for Renewing
Your BCAOC
Membership!
AFFINITY REAL ESTATE
Karen Krupovage
FOXWORTH-GALBRAITH
Rudy Chanez
THE STOVE & SPA STORE
Jonathan Corn
ALAMOGORDO TITLE
Jerry Irby
May Meeting
Our next Monthly Membership Meeting will be
on Tuesday, May 18th at 11:30 AM at
THE 19TH HOLE at the DESERT LAKES GOLF
COURSE CLUB HOUSE... Come join us!
Sponsored by Builders Trust
The First 30 Members to Sign In
Will Receive Their Lunch FREE!
Courtesy of Builders Trust!
SPEAKERS:
Doug Johnston
Builders Trust Service Center Manager
Otis Ferguson, NMSU-A, SBDC, SFCC
Speaking on Government Contract Procurement
Yvette Herrell
Republican Running For House Seat 51
MENU:
Choice of 5 Entrees, Tea, Water and Gratuity Included
Cost: $11.00 for Attendees After the First 30
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I n te res t i n g Fa c t s f o r A p r i l
April 18, 1775 - The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and
William Dawes occurred as the two men rode out of Boston about 10 p.m. to warn patriots at Lexington and Concord of the approaching British.
April 12, 1861 - The U.S. Civil War began as Confederate troops under the command of Gen. Pierre Beauregard opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
April 30, 1789 - George Washington became the first
U.S. President as he was administered the oath of office
on the balcony of Federal Hall at the corner of Wall and
Broad Streets in New York.
April 22, 1864 - "In God We Trust" was included on all
newly minted U.S. coins by an Act of Congress.
April 2, 1792 - Congress established the first U.S. Mint
at Philadelphia.
April 3, 1860 - In the American West, the Pony Express
service began as the first rider departed St. Joseph, Missouri. For $5 an ounce, letters were delivered 2,000 miles
to California within ten days. The famed Pony Express riders each rode from 75 to 100 miles before handing off to
the next rider. There were a total of 190 way stations located about 15 miles apart. The service lasted less than
two years until the completion of the overland telegraph.
April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was shot
and mortally wounded while watching a performance of
Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington.
April 18, 1906 - The San Francisco Earthquake struck
at 5:13 a.m. followed by a massive fire from overturned
wood stoves and broken gas pipes. The fire blazed for
three days resulting in the destruction of over 10,000
acres of property and 4,000 lives lost.
April 15, 1912 - In the icy waters off Newfoundland,
the luxury liner Titanic with 2,224 persons on board sank
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at 2:27 a.m. after striking an iceberg just before midnight.
April 6, 1917 - Following a vote by Congress approving a declaration of war, the U.S. entered World War I in Europe.
April 10, 1942 - During World War II in the Pacific, the Bataan Death March began as American and Filipino prisoners were forced on a six day march from an airfield on Bataan to a camp near Cabanatuan. 76,000 Allied POWs including 12,000 Americans were forced to walk 60 miles under a blazing sun without food or water to the POW camp,
resulting in over 5,000 American deaths.
April 10, 1945 - The Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald was liberated by U.S. troops.
April 4, 1968 - Civil Rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed by a sniper in Memphis, Tennessee.
April 11, 1970 - Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Kennedy at 2:13 p.m. Fifty six hours into the flight an oxygen
tank exploded in the service module. Astronaut John L. Swigert saw a warning light that accompanied the bang and
said, "Houston, we've had a problem here."
April 22, 1970 - Earth Day established by Former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson.
April 12, 1981 - The first space shuttle flight occurred with the launching of Columbia with astronauts John Young
and Robert Crippen aboard.
April 26, 1986 - At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine, an explosion resulted in a meltdown of the nuclear fuel and a radioactive cloud spreading into the atmosphere, eventually covering most of Europe. A 300
square mile area around the plant was evacuated.
Thirty one persons were reported to have died with an
additional thousand cases of cancer expected. The plant
was then encased in a concrete tomb to prevent the release of further radiation.
April 19, 1993 - At Waco, Texas, the compound of the
Branch Davidian religious cult burned to the ground
with 82 persons inside, including 17 children.
April 3, 1995 - Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor became the first woman to preside over the
Court, sitting in for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
who was out of town.
April 19, 1995 - At 9:02 a.m., a massive car-bomb
explosion destroyed the entire side of a nine story federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 persons, including 19 children inside a day care center.
April 20, 1999 - The deadliest school shooting in U.S.
history occurred in Littleton, Colorado, as two students
armed with guns and explosives stormed into the high
school at lunch time then killed 12 classmates and a
teacher and wounded more than 20 other persons before killing themselves.
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Real Estate Update ~ March, 2010
Karen Krupovage, Owner/Qualifying Broker Affinity Real Estate LLC
Statistics for March, 2010
SOLD - Residential.................................................64
SOLD - Commercial...................................................1
SOLD - Land................................................................2
Active - Residential.............................................603
Active - Commercial...............................................70
Active - Land .........................................................842
On Contract - Residential..................................109
On Contract - Commercial.....................................1
On Contract - Land...................................................8
YEAR TO DATE
COMPARISON
YTD January, 2010
YTD January, 2009
Properties SOLD
Avg. Price Sold
59 Units
38 Units
$7,163,800
$3,884,975
(based on information from the Otero County Assoc of REALTORS®, Inc. Multiple Listing Service)
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Growing Our Strength Through Member Recruitment, Retention, and Involvement
The Spike Club Levels and Awards
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local association is an activity
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are called Spikes and they are
among the most valued members of the association.
Member-to-member recruitment
and retention efforts are highly
valued because of the grassroots
growth and stability they bring to
the association. These efforts
lend to the development of the
general membership and our
leadership pipeline, keeping the
face of our association true to
that of our industry and the wide
scope of interests we represent.
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