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Strategic Vision
To be the premier resource in the building supply industry.
Mission Statement
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Do you have a positive attitude that contributes to a high company morale? Are you goal-oriented and self-motivated? Can you connect with our customers and build strong relationships? Are you an effective communicator? Do you present yourself professionally? If so, you may be a perfect candidate for a career at Ring’s End!
Ring’s End is a Connecticut-based lumber and building materials retailer serving Connecticut, South County, Rhode Island, and Southern Westchester County, New York. We are a thirdgeneration, family owned and operated business with a rich history dating back to 1902. With 20 retail locations, Ring’s End continues to expand and evolve as an industry leader.
The positions at Ring’s End are as diverse as the employees who hold them. Discover your passionjoin the Ring’s End team today!
To provide the very best products, industry knowledge, customer service, and shopping experience. We do this by employing the best team in the industry, ensuring we maintain a diverse, evolved work environment that values cooperation and teamwork. We look for innovation and continuous improvement in everything we do.
Our Values
• Integrity
• Passion
• Pride
• Accountability
• Community
Work Environment & Commitment to Safety
• Total commitment to safety and teamwork
• Zero tolerance for any form of discrimination or harassment
• On-the-job training/certifications
Compensation
• Weekly pay
• Direct deposit & electronic pay stubs (paperless)
• Competitive wages and overtime compensation
• Profit sharing
• Discretionary bonus program
Benefits
• Medical plans including HMO, POS, and HDHP (with HSA)
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Account & Dependent Care Accounts
• Employee Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Long & Short Term Disability
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Workplace flexibility
• Education Assistance Program
• Employee Wellness Program
• Legal Consultation Program
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Bowling Bash RECAP
A sold-out crowd joined us January 17th to kick off the New Year with the return of our Bowling Bash! Builders and Associates brought their crews to enjoy food and drink with some friendly competition. Congratulations to our winners:
1st Place:
2nd Place: High Roller:
Thank you to our Presenting sponsor Pella, Event sponsors Ring’s End Inc. and Huber Engineered Woods, Awards sponsor Wetstyle, and Lane sponsors Ed’s Garage Doors, Tile America, Interstate+Lakeland Lumber, Michaud Development Group, Waterware Showrooms by Plimpton and Hills. What a great night!
MEMBER EVENTS
1st Place Team: Ring’s End Inc.: Rich Cahill, Victor Gonzales, Ferbian Salkie, Joel Reichin, Matt Santo
High Roller (Highest Individual Scorer): Tony Vaitkunas from Crown Point Cabinetry (Pictured with Awards Sponsor Angela Legg of Wetstyle)
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February General Membership Meeting RECAP
Members and industry guests joined us February 8th for our first GMM of the year at 314 Beer Garden. Presented by the Professional Women in Building Council, attendees enjoyed delicious house-made wood-fired pizza, wings, sliders, and local craft beer sponsored by CT Propane & Petroleum, while catching up with friends and colleagues and meeting new faces around the roaring fire pit.
PWB Board Member Rebecca St. Germain spoke about the important work the Council is doing to support Circle of Care, one of our philanthropic projects for 2022-2023. Circle of Care provides emotional and financial assistance to children and families going through pediatric cancer treatment. As part of the “Art From The Heart” program, the PWB will collaborate with Circle of Care to design and build room make-overs for two children currently undergoing cancer treatment. Plus, our 50/50 raffle at the GMM raised almost $300 to support Circle of Care!
Thank you to our sponsors, CT Propane and Petroleum, Breakwater Renovation and Design, and Stephanie Rapp Interiors!
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Danica Caruso, Joe Marotta, Buddy Ontra
Jhonnatan Martinez, Freya Bromwich, Emilia Ferri
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TRADE SHOWS
THINGS I LEARNED AT IBS 2023...
Back to Las Vegas!
After attending the 2023 NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS) this February, I walked away with a few real ideas and creative solutions to apply to our business. While some displays were definitely meant to be more inspirational, others I look forward to implementing in future designs. I mean where else will you see a bath tub cascading with flowers or an archway of pastel toilets? Let me share some of my findings with you!
Tarra Del Chiaro Director of Marketing Accurate Lock & Hardware
Mixed Finishes
Appliance and cabinet pulls were merchandised and treated like jewelry in key booths like Monogram and Café. This applies to combinations like black and brass, but also more subtle executions like lacquered and unlacquered brass on kitchen hoods in Monogram.
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Unexpected Metal Accessories
The use of Architectural Grilles on cabinets, ceiling beams and even place settings was an unexpected but really beautiful design element that paired well with tile, flooring, and cabinetry to dress up a kitchen and give it personality
Pastels
Kohler had a stunning display of pastel toilets fit for the Easter Bunny. What is old is new again!
Induction Cook Tops
From Caesarstone to Bertazonni – the evolution from gas to induction cooking is sleek and a very present trend.
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Milo’s Playroom
The Professional Women in Building Council is partnering with Circle of Care for their 2022 & 2023 philanthropy project. Circle of Care provides emotional and financial assistance to children and families, from day of diagnosis through treatment and beyond, with programs and services that meet the unique and challenging needs of pediatric cancer treatment. As part of the Art From The Heart program, the PWB will collaborate with Circle of Care to design and build room makeovers for two children currently undergoing cancer treatment. In November, PWB members gathered to make the dream playroom a reality for the first child, Milo. The team put together furniture and toys, sorted items, and decorated the room to perfection. The reveal was perfect, and the family was thrilled. Thank you again for our volunteers and donations!
Volunteers:
Donated Time & Talents to the Project
Emilia Ferri | Emilia Ferri Designs
Stephanie Rapp | Stephanie Rapp Designs
Joanna Silengo | MJG Interiors
Michelle Hughes | Tile America
Robin Carroll | Karp Associates
Peggy Rubens-Dahl | Fresh Architects
Lora Mazurak | Torrco
Erin Shiarzay | Ring’s End
Mara Skowronek | THC Paris
Lydia Cobb | MetLife
Services:
THANK YOU!
Monetary:
Northeast Building Supply
Prutting & Company Custom Builders
MetLife
Professional Group Plans
New England Cabinet – Joel Salwocki – Truck Garage
Karp Associates – Drywall/Carpentry
Silvermine Painting – Anna Roberts
L & M Custom Carpet – Gary Shafran
Kanters Carpet – Brian Kanter - (Installation)
Greenwich Play – Courtney Gault & Courtney Van Naarden - Toy Storage Cabinets/Bins/Labels
Delamar West Hartford – Rooms for the Family for Makeover Weekend
Geoff Knapp – Tooher Ferraris Insurance – Secured Hotel Rooms and Passes to Flaming Farms in Simsbury
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Stage to Move is an award-winning home staging and design firm specializing in the luxury market. We are a unique company in that we serve all needs related to selling and home preparation for the real estate market. From editing, auctions, painting, lighting, updates and floor repair to home staging we have all the solutions. Read More
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Construction trade program o�ers students skills and a head start
Construction Trade Program Offers Students Skills and a Head Start
This New London Day article is a great example of leading by example demonstrated by our own HBRACT President, David Preka who recently spent a day in the work shop providing instruction and guidance to students engaged in the Home Builders Institute pre apprenticeship curriculum at Stonington High School. Contact your state or local HBRA to learn how you can help bring shop back to your local school districts.
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Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) with HBRA Member Leigh Overland of Leigh Overland Architect, LLC
a workshop, amid band saws, router tables, and tools of all types, slightly more than a dozen students, halfway through the �rst year of a pilot trade program at the high school, are beginning to put their knowledge into practice.
“I’m very excited to take this class, because I need the training in high school,” said Gage Trebilcock, who intends to work at Electric Boat after graduation, as he glued boards together this past
�e �rst students in the state to take part in the Home Builders Institute’s Schools to Skills pre-credentialing apprenticeship program for construction trades were each building a Shaker style end table under the guidance of teacher Dean Rocha and David Preka, chairman and president of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Connecticut.
Watch HBRA member Leigh Overland of Leigh Overland Architect, LLC | The Overland Design Group on a local TV interview on his use of Insulated Concrete Forms in building and a tour of his Ash Creek home, showcasing how Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF), can be used to create a modern, strong, efficient and nearly maintenance-free home at the same cost — or less — as traditional building techniques.
“You guys are doing a fantastic job,” Preka told students. He said he was encouraged by their accomplishments so far this year. Preka, who also owns Advanced Group, was at the high school to give advice and provide a bit of mentoring to the students he said the trade industry desperately needs.
“We’re working with HBI to develop this program because there is a lot of shortage in this industry, so we’re just trying to encourage kids, and really people in general, to understand that this is a need for generations to come, because the generation that we have right now in this industry is in their 60’s,” he said.
�e Schools to Skills program, currently used in 33 states, is funded by a two-year, $10,000 grant from HBI, which pays for professional development for instructors, curriculum and costs associated with testing for students. It is one of only three curricula used nationwide and approved by the United States Department of Labor, as well as several state education
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Feb. 9, 2023. The class is part of the school’s Home Builders Institute’s chools to kills program, the �rst in the state. (arah Gordon/The Da) LoginSubscribe Privacy Terms Construction trade program offers students skills and a head start https://www.theday.com/local-news/20230211/construction-trade-program-offers-students-skills-and... 1 of 4 2/15/2023,
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Stonington High School Junior Adam Elmakhloufi and David Preka, chair and president of Home Builders & Remodelers Association of CT, change the settings on the power sander as students work to make a shaker style end table Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.-
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Boosting Housing Production is Best Way to Ease the Affordability Crisis
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today commended Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and their fellow committee members for making housing the focus of the panel’s first hearing of the new Congress and recognizing that market-based solutions are needed to boost the production of affordable housing and ease the nation’s housing affordability crisis.
“We applaud the committee for making housing a top national priority and allowing NAHB to share its views on the barriers the residential construction industry faces to increase the production of quality, affordable housing,” NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz said while testifying before Senate lawmakers. “Building more homes and apartments is the only way to tame inflation, satisfy unmet demand, achieve a measure of price stability in the for-sale and rental markets, and ease America’s housing affordability crisis.”
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Podcast: What’s in Store for 2023 and Beyond
On the latest episode of Housing Developments, NAHB CEO Jerry Howard and Chief Lobbyist Jim Tobin provide a recap of a successful 2023 International Builders’ Show, an economic overview for the year ahead.
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Two consecutive solid monthly gains for builder confidence, spurred in part by easing mortgage rates, signal that the housing market may be turning a corner even as builders continue to contend with high construction costs and building material supply chain logjams.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes in February rose seven points to 42, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). This is the strongest reading since September of last year.
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OMB Proposes Standards on Building Materials Made in America
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed new standards to determine if construction materials for federally funded infrastructure projects are made in the USA. The new guidance, required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)— “sets standards to carry out the statutory requirement that all manufacturing processes for construction material occur in the United States.”
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Why is it so difficult for builders to meet America’s insatiable demand for houses? Here are 4 reasons slowing down construction.
MarketWatch · Feb 09, 2023
There is more demand for homes in the U.S. than the number of homes available on the market. The U.S. is short of anywhere between 3.8 million and 5 million homes, and counting, according to the most recent estimates.
According to Freddie Mac FMCC, +0.23%, the U.S. was short of 3.8 million homes, as of the last quarter of 2020, up from 2.5 million two years earlier. The National Association of Realtors put that figure at 5.24 million in 2021.
The bottom line: The U.S. has not been able to keep up with demand due to the way the housing market resists changes, one economist said.
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Materials Remain Builders’ Top Challenge, but Inflation and Interest Rates are Threatening
The price and availability of building materials again topped the list of problems builders faced last year, while interest rates (along with general inflation and negative media reports) moved considerably up the list.
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According to the latest data from the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS), the median age of owner-occupied homes was 40 years. The age of the housing stock is an important remodeling market indicator. Older houses are less energy-efficient than new construction and ultimately will require remodeling and renovation in the future. Moreover, as people use their homes for more purposes and require additional space, older housing represents an investment opportunity for homeowners.
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NAHB Launches Member-toMember Mentoring Program
Knowledge is one of the most valuable assets for any business owner. And much of it can only be attained through real-world experience and collaboration.
That’s why NAHB recently established the Mentor Match program to further support members’ professional development needs. Mentor Match is a free, online resource exclusively for NAHB members to establish mentoring relationships. To sign up to become a mentor or mentee, or for answers to frequently asked questions, visit nahb.org/mentormatch.
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Credit for Builders Tightens as Rates Climb
During the fourth quarter of 2022, credit continued to become less available and generally more costly on loans for Acquisition, Development & Construction (AD&C) according to NAHB’s Survey on AD&C Financing.
To analyze credit availability, responses from the NAHB survey are used to construct a net easing index, similar to the net easing index based on the Federal Reserve’s survey of senior loan officers (SLOOS). In the fourth quarter of 2022, both the NAHB and Fed indices were negative, indicating tightening credit conditions. This was the fourth consecutive quarter during which the indices from both surveys were not only negative, but declining (indicating tightening was more widespread than in the prior quarter). In the first quarter of the year, the NAHB net easing index stood at -2.3 before declining to -21.0 in the second quarter, -36.0 in the third and -43.3 in the fourth.
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2023 Off to A Sluggish Start for Single-Family Production
Due to elevated mortgage rates and high construction costs, overall housing starts decreased 4.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.31 million units in January, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Although rising builder sentiment indicates a turning point for housing later this year, the volatility in the 10-year Treasury rate in recent weeks is a sign that the housing sector will face further challenges in the coming months.
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Workforce Development Partnerships Help Fuel the Talent Pipeline
The ongoing scarcity of skilled workers is one of the most significant challenges builders are facing. As a result, many state and local HBAs are partnering with community organizations to develop strategies for attracting the next generation of skilled trades professionals.
Last year, for example, NAHB launched a successful Boys and Girls Club pilot program in which several HBAs partnered with their local club to host a variety of engaging and fun career-focused programming.
To continue building the momentum into 2023, NAHB needs input from members and HBAs on the Boys and Girls program. Please take a moment to complete a short survey to help inform NAHB’s afterschool community organization partnership initiatives. In addition, NAHB is hosting a Creating Successful Partnerships with Boys and Girls Clubs webinar on Feb. 22, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET. NAHB members, executive officers and HBA staff are encouraged to join.
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How Pandemic Changed Living Arrangements of Young Adults
NAHB’s analysis of headship rates from the latest 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) reveals that the Covid-19 pandemic unlocked some pent-up housing demand, especially among young adults ages 25 to 34. The pandemicheightened desire for more spacious and independent living, as well as “excess” savings accumulated early in the lockdown stages of the pandemic, propelled headship rates of young adults by two percentage point to 43.1%, the highest level since 2010.
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