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WINTER CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS 36 The Top Gun of Temporary Heat Making Making the the Difference Difference in in Michigan’s Michigan’s Bitter Bitter Cold Cold
16 On the Jobsite Don’t Don’t Blush Blush When When You You Flush Flush
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18 Michigan Construction Outlook 2009
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22 Economic Solutions Summits Address Healthcare, Job Creation, Energy Costs
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DEMOLITION 24 Demolition in Close Quarters Adamo Down Montgomery Montgomery Ward Ward Adamo Takes Takes Down in in the the Middle Middle of of East East Dearborn Dearborn
44 Fiscal Fitness at Romulus Athletic Center Delivering Delivering Country Country Club Club Ambiance Ambiance on a Municipal Budget on a Municipal Budget
30 Dore & Associates Clears the Way Birmingham’s Birmingham’s New New Barnum Barnum Park Park
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Entrepreneurial Adventure Lasts Half a Century for CAM Member
Project” was, and still is, their unique application of that concept. The approach emphasized involving the owners in key decisions and utilizing local contractors. “Total Project” became the cornerstone of this company’s success. Setting up shop in their garage, Jim provided the design in design/build, and Jack handled construction. Business was good for the new firm, prompting the team to make the leap from residential to commercial buildings. They never looked back. Today, Jim and Jack are both gone, but their legacy lives on in the ThompsonPhelan Group, Inc., still headquartered in Anchorville. With a niche market in commercial projects, second- and third-generaPHOTOS PROVIDED COURTESY THOMPSON-PHELAN GROUP, INC.
Anchorville-based Thompson-Phelan Group, Inc. celebrated their 50th anniversary this past summer. The commercial design and build firm was established in Anchorville by Jack Thompson and James W. Phelan, the father of current company president and general manager, Mike Phelan. The award-winning firm has performed over 850 architecture and construction projects through the Great Lakes for a long list of state businesses and municipalities. The year was 1958, and St. Clair County
residents Jim Phelan and Jack Thompson probably couldn’t have told you what the term “entrepreneur” meant. Hardly anyone knew what “design and build” meant either in all probability. But Jim and Jack knew they had a great idea. Terminology aside, they went into business. They took their innovative concept of Total Project design-and-build contracting and jumped into the entrepreneurial game. Design-and-build was a new concept at that time. The concept meant that an entire project from concept through architectural design and final construction would be handled by one entity, thus minimizing errors and maximizing communication, efficiency, and value. “Total
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tion family members are still active in the firm’s operations in Michigan and Ohio. Many of the company’s early designand-build projects are still vital facilities and developments located throughout southeastern Michigan. Over the past five decades, Thompson-Phelan Group has left its mark across Michigan, having produced innovative and award-winning projects from historic downtown Monroe and metropolitan Detroit to Ludington and the Upper Peninsula. Although much has changed since Thompson-Phelan Group’s humble beginnings 50 years ago, one thing has remained stable: the success of Jim and Jack’s “Total Project” design-and-build services. Today, we all know the meaning of entrepreneur. The word describes the Jims and Jacks of yesterday with new names and new horizons, but still embodying the same desire for innovation and independence in business. After all, quality and value never go out of style.
Hastings Public Library Earns Title of the State’s First LEED® Gold Public Library
Hastings Public Library has been awarded LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It is now the first and only public library in the State of Michigan to receive this level of certification. A gold certification recognizes a superior level of energy and environmental performance. A ceremony to officially certify the new library was held in late October 2008. As architect-of-record, Grand Rapidsbased C2AE provided design services including architectural design, civil, mechanical, electrical and structural engineering, project management, landscape architecture, LEED certification services, and construction administration. Lansingbased construction managers, The Christman Company, worked closely with C2AE and the library staff to propose systems and materials and to recommend substitutions that substantially reduced the project budget. The 20,000-square-foot, two-story library anchors the east end of State Street, the city’s main east-west thoroughfare, on a brownfield site. The main features include the building’s character, which references downtown Hastings’ 1900s-era façade character. Efficient, clean air circulation, use of sunlight indoors, and many recycled products contributed to the USGBC’s award of LEED Gold certificaVisit us at www.cam-online.com
tion to the new building. The Hastings Public Library’s excellence in the use of sustainable practices is demonstrated by the roof gardens and rain garden that process water runoff from the building and parking lot to return cleaner water to the water table. Recycled and sustainable materials are used throughout the library, including carpeting, chairs, desks, and wall coverings. Furniture from
the old library was refurbished and reused in several areas of the new library, particularly in the second-level Michigan Room, which houses the library’s local and state history collection, a community meeting room, and staff offices. The library staff continues to promote sustainability by providing educational opportunities for the public, developing an outstanding sustainability circulating
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collection, and establishing October as Sustainability Month. The addition of solar panels to generate electricity will be the last of the library’s construction projects. Panel installation should be completed in 2008. The LEED Green Building Rating System™ is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specifieThe LEED Green Building Rating System™ is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified green building criteria. The six major environmental categories of review include Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation and Design. The USGBC is a nonprofit membership organization whose vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation. Its membership includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies and other nonprofit organizations. Since USGBC’s founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 13,000 member companies and organizations. USGBC provides a comprehensive family
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of LEED green building rating systems, expansive educational offerings, the industry’s popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, and a network of 72 local chapters, affiliates and organizing groups. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org.
architectural firms, schools and universities from across the country. Otsego High School is a new 208,800square-foot facility featuring an impressive entrance that opens onto a two-story, 24,700-square-foot Commons Area. The Commons serves as the unifying space
Otsego High School Featured in Educational Interiors Showcase Honoring the Nation’s Most Outstanding Learning Environments
TowerPinkster’s recent work for Otsego High School has been honored as one of the nation’s most outstanding learning environments. TowerPinkster is a 70-person architecture and engineering firm with offices in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. The project has been selected for publication in Penton Media’s American School & University® (AS&U) 2008 Educational Interiors Showcase, an annual competition honoring educational interior design excellence. A jury of American Institute of Architects members and education administrators evaluated submissions from
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and creates a hub between three major zones: academics, fine arts and athletics. Carefully chosen interior materials create individual “store-fronts” for access to the media center, administrative offices, counseling, school store, gymnasiums, auditorium and cafeteria. The new high school is 64,000 square feet larger than the previous facility and consumes 25 percent less of the energy requirements. Sustainability goals were achieved through the controlled use of natural daylighting, energy-efficient building systems and renewable materials. The circulation path also boasts a pedestrian bridge and a large, two-story, glass wall that floods the space with natural daylight from a supervised and self-contained outdoor courtyard. The building is equipped with the latest technology, including interactive smart boards, ceiling-mounted projectors, and document cameras. The entire building is wireless, providing new instruction opportunities outside the classroom. Other amenities include an elevated walking track and fitness room, competitive and practice gyms, tiered computer labs, an 800-seat performing arts auditorium and a completely renovated stadium with artificial turf and a synthetic track. “Otsego Public Schools is grateful to have employed TowerPinkster’s design expertise in the development of Otsego High School,” said Denny Patzer, superintendent for Otsego Public Schools. “We needed the high school facilities to be flexible to adapt to 21st Century educational requirements as they emerge across all disciplines. The new state-of-the-art Otsego High School campus allows us to do this today, and to prepare our students for the unforeseen opportunities of the future.”
gories: new construction, re-development, and a special impact project. The Detroit East Riverfront, 3.5 miles of public Detroit River waterfront linked by a continuous RiverWalk, parks, plazas and green spaces, won the new construction award. The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is the project’s owner, developer, and property manager. Impact Awards judges noted its enor-
mous positive social impact on the city and potential future financial impact once complete. They praised its design as “comfortable for two people walking or for half a million stretched along it for the fireworks.” The judges also commended its use of recycled materials in the pavilions. Judges also commented on the major obstacles the project overcame, including dealing with multiple property
Three Detroit Real Estate Developments Win 2008 CREW Detroit Impact Awards
Three Detroit real estate developments have won 2008 Impact Awards from the Detroit Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW Detroit): the Detroit East Riverfront, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) master plan expansion and renovation, and Whitdel Apartments, a historic southwest Detroit apartment renovated into affordable housing aimed partly at aspiring artists. The awards were presented at a September luncheon held at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills. Awards were granted in three cateVisit us at www.cam-online.com
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t cannot be stressed enough managethat ment commitment is a vital key to the success of any safety Joseph M. Forgue and health program. Director of Education Without this com& Safety Services mitment, virtually nothing gets accomplished. A commonly accepted method for evaluating management commitment is to look at your overall Safety and Health Management System, or SHMS. MIOSHA does it, most insurance companies do it, and you should too. There are five main elements to an effective SHMS: management leadership, employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, and safety and health training. No single element is more important than the other, but let one
fall by the wayside and the whole thing will come crashing down on you. The results could be catastrophic. Similar to the three-legged stool concept I’ve discussed before (safety, production and quality) if one of these five legs is a bit short, the other four cannot make up the difference very easily. The first two elements are key to overall success; management must be committed, but so must the employees. Without this cooperation the system won’t work. Each element deserves a more indepth look to identify effective ways to implement them into your safety and health program; these will be the topics for my next four Tool Kits. If I can be of any assistance to your safety program in the meantime, you can always find me at the end of 248-972-1141 or by e-mail at forgue@cam-online.com.
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owners, brownfield issues and removal of cement silos. The East Riverfront project team included several companies with a CREW Detroit member, including the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy of Detroit; LaMont Title of Detroit, the organization providing title insurance, and JJR of Ann Arbor, the architect, designer and engineer. As the re-development winner, the DIA expansion and renovation included a 30,000-square-foot expansion, enhanced entrances, improved interior circulation paths, and upgrades to both the building systems and the exterior wall construction for the purpose of maintaining critical gallery environmental conditions. Impact judges commended the successful completion of a highly complicated multi-phase project that includes a great deal of unseen work and technology, such as the sophisticated new environmental control equipment. They also cited its tremendous social impact, with the new design creating more convenient access to the world-class art collection for native Detroiters and visitors. CREW Detroit
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O A K L A N D member company SmithGroup of Detroit was the project’s architect of record. The special impact award was granted to The Whitdel Apartments project, a $5.75-million renovation of a 31,000square-foot historic southwest Detroit apartment into 32 affordable housing units for aspiring artists and others. The property also includes a community garden, gallery space, studios and space for art workshops for artists, neighborhood children and adults. Southwest Housing Solutions of Detroit is the nonprofit housing organization that serves as the owner, developer, Whitdel’s architect/designer and property manager. “It is projects like Whitdel that will rebuild the city,� commented one of the Impact Awards judges. Calling it a tremendous boost to the neighborhood, they praised its beneficial impact on the community, economically, socially and visually. CREW Detroit companies involved with the project include Lamont Title of Detroit and Plante & Moran, PLLC of Auburn Hills and Southfield. A six-judge panel selected the winners from a dozen entries located in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties. The seventh annual Impact Awards were open to new construction and redevelopment projects completed between Jan. 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008. Projects earned points for being environmentally friendly, improving the surrounding community and creatively using current materials, space and technology. Each project must have involved at least one firm with a CREW member. Herman Miller/WorkSquared is the Impact Awards platinum sponsor. Comerica Bank, Compuware, Kimball Office and Plante & Moran, PLLC are the program’s gold sponsors. For additional information about the winning projects, other entries and the awards, please see www.crewdetroit.org/awards.html.
AISC Presents Distinguished Achievement Awards at Annual Meeting
The American Institute of Steel Construction’s Lifetime Achievement and Special Achievement Awards were presented at the 2008 AISC Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO held in midSeptember. AISC’s Lifetime Achievement Award honors living individuals who have made a difference in the structural steel industry’s success. The honor provides special recognition to individuals Visit us at www.cam-online.com
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who have provided outstanding service over a sustained period of years to AISC and the structural steel design/construction/academic community. The 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to William Liddy and Bert Cooper. Liddy spent nearly 60 years in the steel industry, first promoting structural steel for mills, then as a regional engineer with AISC, and finally as an advisor in the Steel Solutions Center. He worked closely with the fabrication industry, especially in the Midwest, and is very respected by both the fabrication and design community. He
has also acted as a mentor for younger staff at AISC. Cooper is a long-time contributor to the structural steel industry as both an AISC board member and as the owner of a leading fabrication firm, W&W/AFCO Steel. He has contributed substantial time and financial resources to support steel industry research activities. Cooper is known as an active “agent provocateur” who isn’t afraid to stir the pot to move ideas forward and has been instrumental in pushing for unified specification. AISC’s Special Achievement Award
gives special recognition to individuals who demonstrated notable singular or multiple achievements in structural steel design, construction, research or education. This award honors living individuals who have made a positive and substantial impact on the structural steel design and construction industry. The 2008 Special Achievement Award was presented to William W. Brown and Joseph J. Hunt. Brown is the president of Ben Hur Construction Co., and Hunt is the general president of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers. They were awarded this year’s Special Achievement Award for their work in developing and nurturing I.M.P.A.C.T., which is a labor/management partnership designed to bring together local unions and their signatory contractors to address mutual problems and create solutions to those problems. For more information on AISC’s Individual Awards and past recipients, please visit www.aisc.org/awards.
Historic Corcoran Gallery of Art to Renovate Roof The Christman Company Selected as Construction Manager The Corcoran Gallery of Art has entrusted Lansing-based The Christman Company to provide construction management at risk pre-construction services and to implement a challenging $10 million renovation project. Christman will renovate the glass roof of the historic building at 17th Street and New York Avenue NW. Work on the roof and its extensive skylight system is scheduled to occur in phases, beginning in February 2009 and finishing in fall 2010. The Corcoran’s exhibitions program will continue as planned, and the building will remain open to the public. “The renovation of our roof will renew the grandeur of the historic building, and also secure the interior environment to protect and preserve the art treasures inside,” said Christopher Leahy, the Corcoran’s chief financial officer. “We know from Christman’s previous work on similar projects, including their recent historic renovation of the Lincoln Cottage and Visitor Education Center for the National Trust, that they will bring together the right skilled tradespeople and artisans to work sensitively with a historic structure such as this. Their expertise and reputation in planning and implementing historic renovations of this type made
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them a perfect choice as our partner for this demanding project.” The project involves replacing in-kind the copper and flat roof areas, as well as the glass skylights. The roof consists of nearly an acre of single-pane wire glass pitched skylights laid into a copper-clad framing system. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, a privately-funded institution, was founded in 1869 as Washington’s first and largest non-federal museum of art. It is known internationally for its distinguished collection of historical and modern American art as well as contemporary art, photography, European painting, sculpture and the decorative arts.
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Founded in 1890, the Corcoran College of Art + Design is Washington’s only college of art and design offering Bachelor of Fine Art degrees in photojournalism, digital media design, fine art, graphic design, interior design, and photography; Associate of Fine Art degrees in digital media design, fine art, graphic design, and photography; a five-year Bachelor of Fine Arts/Master of Arts degree in fine art and teaching; a Master of Arts in teaching; and two-year Master of Arts degrees in art education, interior design, exhibition design, and the history of decorative arts. The College’s continuing education program offers part-time credit and non-credit classes for children and adults. Founded in 1894, The Christman Company has grown to become one of the country’s leading construction firms, currently ranked as 164 in the Engineering News-Record (ENR) 400 list of top contractors nationally, and in the ENR 100 list of top construction management at risk firms. Christman is presently managing a wide range of construction projects in the preservation, institutional, healthcare, educational and other market sectors. Christman preservation projects include the Virginia Capitol, the Michigan State Capitol, the “Golden Dome” administration building at Notre Dame University, Richmond Center Stage historic theatre, Georgia College & State University’s Black Box Theatre and bookstore historic restoration, the headquarters exterior restoration for National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the U.S. Capitol West Egress Door and Stair Renovation, the Lincoln Cottage and Visitor Education Center historic renovation for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and many others.
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ost people are trying to adopt more eco-friendly ways, but many would be shocked, and maybe even a little embarrassed, at the environmental impact of the chain of events they set into motion every time they use the restroom. Massive amounts of energy and toxic chemicals are usually used to process wastewater, and waste solids also must be properly disposed of. Engineers Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, and construction contractor Irish Construction Company, Howell, are working on a groundbreaking wastewater treatment plant upgrade in Delhi Township that will make this process much more green. When the project is complete, a two-stage digestion process, called the Integrated Biomass to Energy System (IBES), will treat the waste solids. The Delhi Township project is the first American application of this process, developed by HESCO. Waste solids will be held in two 19’ x 14’ feed sequencing tanks until a sufficient quantity is obtained to support the digestion process. From there, waste solids will be piped to two 19’ x 24’ thermophilic (hot) stage tanks, where it will be heated to approximately 131° F and held at that temperature for about two days. Waste solids will be cooled to about 98° F in the last two 40’ x 24’ tanks for the final messophilic (warm) stage. Messophilic tanks will be fitted with floating covers that will
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put gasses in the tanks under constant pressure while maintaining an airtight environment to preserve the anaerobic (without oxygen) environment needed for the process to occur. The project also involves the construction of a block building, with a unique water-themed brick pattern installed by Schiffer Mason Contractors, Inc., Holt, to house pumps, heat exchangers and gas handling equipment, among other items. The digestion process will yield Class A biosolids, which have viable commercial applications, and methane, which will operate microturbines to provide electrical power. These highly efficient microturbines will spin at 96,000 RPM, thereby generating 500-600° F of excess heat. A water loop running through a heat exchanger will let this waste heat be utilized to warm sludge in the process tanks. A 950,000 BTU boiler was placed in the new building, but it will hopefully never by fired as heat from the microturbines supports the entire digestion process. The microturbines will also generate about 60 kilowatts of electrical power, a significant portion of the approximately 350 kilowatts used by the plant. “Right now, we are making a Class B product, so there are tight restrictions about where it can be used as a fertilizer,” said Sandra Diorka, director of public services for Delhi Township. “We are also flaring the gas that we produce, so the potential energy is being wasted.” Class A biosolids are a much more desirable than Class B. Fertilizer is only one of many potential applications. “Class A is the most treated biosolid product you can get per industry standards,” explained Tom Grant, project manager for HRC. “You can even dry it further than what we are currently planning and use it as a coal substitute for coal-fired power plants.” It important to note that these useful biosolids and the energy producing methane are all being produced without toxic chemicals. Environmentally-conscious Delhi Township residents will be able to flush with pride when this innovative digestion process begins early next year.
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he level of activity in southeastern Michigan’s housing market and its various problems are regularly reported. On the other hand, the status of the commercial and industrial markets for the region’s commercial building industry garners only infrequent attention. That is because of the long time period between the planning and design of a project and its actual construction. According to a 2005 survey of architectural firms by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the average time period between the award of a contract to design a project and the letting of the contract to start construction is an average of about one year. The survey showed the design phase through contract award requires less than six months for about 40 percent of projects, and more than 25 percent extend beyond one year. That implies the balance, around 35 percent, require an even a longer time span. These long lead times might also be why non-residential building activity across southeastern Michigan was still moderately strong in 2007, while residential construction was still looking for a bottom three years after it peaked. Private sector employment tracks regional economic growth, as portrayed in Chart #1 entitled, “Southeastern Michigan Gross Regional Product / Private Sector Employment”. This chart compares CAM’s Southeastern Michigan Gross Regional Product Index with private sector Chart 1
The path of non-residential real estate investment, non-residential building spending plans and private sector employment, is portrayed in Chart #2 entitled, “Southeastern Michigan Private Sector Employment / Non-Residential Real Estate Investment & Building Spending Plans”. CAM’s Southeastern Michigan Non-Residential Real Estate Investment Index reflects the inflation-adjusted market value of overall investment in commercial land and buildings, while CAM’s Non-Residential Building Spending Plans Index measures the value of spending plans authorized for construction of new structures, as well as renovation and/or replacement of existing facilities. Based on the uncertainty following 2000’s peak in Chart 2
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As shown in the chart, the volume of construction going into place in 2004 through 2008 was 52 percent to 54 percent lower in four out of five of those years than at its last peak in 2002. That decline was considerably above the 73 percent plunge that occurred between the previous crest in 1987 and the next trough in 1993. The Chart 3
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office, industrial and retail leasing activity and steady loss of jobs (measured on an average basis), since 2001, non-residential investment diminished in 2004 through 2006 from its peak in 2003 before turning upward in 2007 and leveling off in 2008. In 2008, the Spending Plans Index climbed to an estimated level of 125 (1996=100) from 89.2 in 2007 with approval of $1.9 billion in plans to expand the Marathon Refinery in Detroit. This occurred despite the disappearance of about another 40,000 jobs during 2008.
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employment. The former measures the inflation-free dollar value of the region’s production of goods and services based on data calculated by the U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, while the latter tracks payroll wage and salary job levels at private sector employer establishments. Employment has slackened in recent years as the output of goods and services has weakened. This is attributed to the loss of market share with the Detroit automakers, and the decline in sales and output in other regional industries that are dependent on, or supported by, the auto industry’s production volumes and its high wage and salary earnings.
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reason for that is less overbuilding in expansion phase of the last cycle through 2002. Another reason is the volume of work associated with new hospital construction, hospital renovation and hospital expansion projects in process or completed in 2007 and 2008, per data shown in the tabulation of “Crain’s Largest Construction Projects”, published annually by Crain’s Detroit Business. Without the Marathon Refinery project, spending plans in southeastern Michigan would have dropped to an estimated level of 55 in 2008 (1996=100), 38 percent below the 2007 level of 89.2 as gauged by CAM’s Non-Residential Building Spending Plans
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The third factor depressing development of building plans for future construction is an increasing unwillingness to lend funds for financing non-residential real estate and construction activity just as there has been for the residential market. This is confirmed by the trend in loan delinquency set forth in Chart # 5, entitled “Michigan Bank Land Development, Construction & Mortgage Loan Delinquency”. 2.9 percent of the value of land development and construction loans outstanding at F.D.I.C. insured Michigan banks were overdue by 30 to 89 days on June 30th, 2008 the latest period reported, compared with 2.2 percent one year earlier. And 1.0 percent of the values of commercial mortgages were delinquent, up from 0.9 percent. By comparison, 1.5 percent of the value residential mortgages had fallen behind on June 30th, up from 1.0 percent one year earlier. Based on these facts, CAM’s Southeastern Michigan Spending Plans Index is expected to slip to a level of 60 (1996=100) in 2009 while the Construction Product Index is projected to fall to 70 (1996=100) as shown in Chart #6, entitled “Southeastern Michigan Non-Residential Spending Plans / Construction Product / Change in Private Sector Jobs”.
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nesses viable and competitive. The June summit, “How Do We Stay Competitive in Michigan?” had an attendance of more than one hundred people, and included more than 40 executives representing owners. The impressive roster of panelists included Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson; Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano; Detroit Medical Center President and CEO Mike Duggan; Doug Gipson, executive vice president & chief nuclear officer, retired, DTE Energy; Mari Kay Scott, director, Global Worldwide Facilities Group, Capital Projects, General Motors; and John Ferchill, developer and CEO of The Ferchill Group, who revitalized the Book-Cadillac in downtown Detroit. In his opening remarks at the first summit, Douglas C. Buckler, executive secretary/treasurer, Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, emphasized that “many factors have contributed to the challenges we face, including infrastructure and transportation issues, maturation of industries, global competition and national policy making. Our goal today is to show you, the owner, how progressive, businessminded skilled trade unions like the MRCC form partnerships with owners and signatory contractors that can save costs and “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®
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fter 25 years as a heavy equipment operator, Adamo Demolition Co.’s Harry Jewel maneuvers the massive jaws of a steel grapple as if it were an extension of his own hand. As lead operator for Adamo’s demolition of the former Montgomery Ward’s department store in East Dearborn, Jewel operated a CAT 385CL UHD and its multiprocessor with finesse to trigger the calculated collapse of this neighborhood landmark. Working with
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Adamo superintendant Jay Barnes, two support operators, and three laborers, Jewel used his experience in pulling down the right steel column and dismantling a strategic section of wall to bring down the 96,000-square-foot retail giant in just over three weeks of heavy demolition. In business for over 40 years, Adamo Demolition and its experienced workforce have a proven track record of success. The
Detroit-based firm’s long list of repeat clients rank among the largest industrial enterprises and construction managers in the region, including SeverStal North America, Delphi and American Axle, as well as Walbridge, Barton Malow Company, Turner Construction, Alberici Constructors and DeMaria Building Company. Masters of controlled destruction, Adamo demolished the Montgomery Ward’s building under contract to another repeat client, “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®
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namely the City of Dearborn. “We have worked with Adamo Demolition in the past, and they have always been very professional and customer conscious,” said Steve Guile, Dearborn’s deputy director of economic and community development.
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK Adamo Demolition brought its expertise to bear on bringing down this stout building, a four-story structure originally built in 1937 as a dramatic expansion of a much smaller building constructed in 1928. Once a retail mainstay at the southeast corner of Michigan and Schaefer Avenues, Montgomery Ward closed its doors in 2001, temporarily passing into the hands of a developer before being purchased in 2005 by the City of Dearborn, said Guile. Adamo obtained the demolition contract shortly after Southfield-based REDICO LLC, the site’s new developer, secured a tenant and launched plans for a three-story medical office building for Oakwood Hospital, as well as a parking deck and a phased-in retail building in the property’s northwest corner. The southeast corner of the property may support a 110-unit senior housing facility, added Guile. Hobbs + Black Associates, Ann Arbor, is the architectural firm for the development, slated for construction by The Dailey Company, Lake Orion. Adamo Demolition arrived on site on Sept. 2, 2008 to prepare the building for demolition. “Preparatory work included asbestos abatement, removal of universal waste, and pumping eight to 10 inches of water from the basement,” said Richard M. Adamo, president of this family-owned and operated company. Seven years without electricity had halted sump pump operation, inundating the basement with water and temporarily hindering the efforts of Farmington Hills-based NTH Consultants Ltd. to take a core sample to assess soil conditions and bearing capacity for the new development. The Adamo team turned on the engines of its equipment arsenal at the end of the second week in September, commencing demolition of this steel-framed building supported on a grid of concrete columns in the basement below. Exterior brick and interior plaster form the building’s material cloak. Safely removing this large structure from the existing urban fabric was the core concern of the project. Adjacent businesses remained in operation throughout demolition; the old building, itself, is located at the corner of two busy thoroughfares. Adamo Demolition employed a combination of hand and machine demolition to safely disassemble the building, while protecting neighboring businesses and safeguarding pedestrians and traffic, said Adamo. Visit us at www.cam-online.com
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BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR Being a good neighbor required a solid demolition plan. In this tightly woven strip of shops, the east half of the building looms about 50 feet above a beauty salon and its neighbor, Wonderland Music. The first order of business was erecting a protective shield of plywood and scaffolding to deflect potential debris from damaging neighboring roofs. As a further precaution, Adamo demolished the upper reaches of the building’s east section by hand. With hand demolition in progress, the steel teeth of the grapple took its first bite into the brick wall of the building’s south face. The Adamo team used a CAT 345 to demolish this two-story section, completely removing the 20,000-square-foot office and storage area within five days. Meanwhile, the crew continued hand demolition, removing a sizeable portion of the east wall until a machine could safely take over the demolition. “We wanted to avoid even the possibility of having the full height of the wall cave in on the buildings below,” said Adamo. Because Adamo Demolition knows its business, the salon and music shop remained open for business throughout this carefully planned and executed project. As another task, the Adamo team had to torch and separate several steel beams to create a clear pathway for the collapsing building sections.“We had to physical separate intermittent steel beams to make sure that there was an expansion or a demising area where we could cleanly take the building down,” said Adamo.
THE DINOSAUR AT WORK The CAT ultra high reach was the machine needed for demolition of the main four-story building. The ultra high reach “munched” through the building, leaving only the west facade along Schaefer Avenue and the north face fronting Michigan Avenue. Adamo worked two Saturdays to bring down the Schaefer section to avoid exposing pedestrians and traffic to any demolition hazard. The experienced Harry Jewel operated the ultra high reach, first hollowing out a bottom section of the Schaefer façade, triggering its dramatic collapse into a puffball of dust and debris. Nicknamed The Tomahawk, Jewel is a fullblooded Chippewa who affectionately calls the CAT ultra high reach “my dinosaur.” The “dinosaur’s” tug on a prominent steel column brought the remainder of the Schaefer façade to grade in a collapsing wave of brick and crumpling steel. “He essentially hollowed the building out, Visit us at www.cam-online.com
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compromising it to the point where he could grab a hold of the steel column, and then pulled it over until the structure folded like a house of cards,” said Adamo. “The experience of the superintendent and the guys in the field is really the key element in all of our jobs.” The Adamo team demolished the last remnant of the old department store on a cool but sunny Saturday in early October. Previous
hand demolition of the east face and the building corner rounding into Michigan Avenue left a protective gap between the adjacent buildings and the collapsing building section. The entire project was executed in full view of Dearborn City Hall on Michigan Avenue. The high-visibility project was not only under the watchful eye of Adamo Demolition’s client, but also in full view of the global community on
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REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Adamo Demolition next turned its attention to demolition below grade. “The basement and the majority of the foundation walls will be removed,” said Adamo. “Portions of the foundation walls remain along Michigan and Schaefer. We will then backfill the basement with an engineered fill of Class II sand.” Most of the concrete from the foundations and the rest of the building will be sent to a crusher for recycling into 21 AA crushed concrete, a material typically used as a base for commercial parking lots. Steel pieces are being sent to the scrap yard for reprocessing into new product. Sorting and segregation of concrete, steel and other debris was an ongoing process throughout the job. “We had three operations underway simultaneously,” said Adamo. “We had the main demolition, the sorting of materials with the grapple, and the shearing of the salvageable steel scrap into specified lengths. Demolition contractors, by trade, have always been in the forefront of recycling. We try to mitigate as much material going to the landfill as possible. From a cost standpoint, as well as an environmental standpoint, we try to recycle as much material as we can.” Adamo estimates between 70 and 80 percent of approximately 10,000 yards of debris were recycled. The high recycling rate is a byproduct of the department store’s open floor plan. The old retail facility was not subdivided into a beehive of offices or separated into a maze of interior walls and corridors. At publication time in mid-October, Adamo Demolition anticipated completion of the final stages of sorting, cleaning, hauling and building pad preparation by the first week of November. Adamo has now provided sizeable demolition services throughout Dearborn, having demolished Jacobson’s in West Dearborn under contract to Turner Construction and the Montgomery Ward service center directly behind the former store several years ago. Thanks to Adamo Demolition’s efficient execution of this difficult job, the old building was swiftly demolished, giving the new development’s project team a running start on mending this temporary gap in East Dearborn’s urban fabric. Even as the dust settles, construction of the new development was scheduled to begin in mid-November 2008.
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onstruction of I-75 near Bay City in the late 1950s created a new road into the future for a young Art Dore, now chairman of Bay City-based Dore & Associates Contracting, Inc. The son of a local farmer, Dore began purchasing soon-to-be-demolished homes standing in the direct path of the emerging interstate. He learned early the value of recycling as he disassembled the low-cost homes and began salvaging and selling nails, wood, and other building materials. Recycling was his baptism in the demolition business. The practice now serves his international company well as pioneering municipalities, school districts, and other entities begin to mandate
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the recycling of a certain percentage of demolition debris. As part of the growing call for sustainability, the City of Birmingham’s Department of Engineering & Public Services (DPS) required a recycling rate of 50 percent or greater for debris generated by the demolition of the Barnum School, a 106,000-square-foot building embedded in a residential community along Purdy Street near downtown Birmingham. Dore & Associates actually recycled 60 to 65 percent of the estimated 10,800 tons of debris generated from the school’s demolition, according to Ed Dore, vice president of operations and only one of eight of Art Dore’s off-
spring working in this family-owned and operated business. Regarding the firm’s recycling efforts and the entire project, “We were very pleased with their performance and their abilities,” said Lauren Wood, DPS assistant director. “They are very good at what they do.” As pioneers in recycling and environmental abatement - Dore & Associates was one of the first firms in the country to bring asbestos abatement under the umbrella of the demolition contractors’ scope of work - the company attained an even higher recycling rate for a school demolition project in Lower Marion, Pennsylvania. While the school mandated a recycling rate of 90 percent, Dore & Associates “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®
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achieved a stunning 97 percent recycling rate. Before demolition, the Dore crew even removed and recycled the ceiling tiles in the Pennsylvania school, returning the tiles to the manufacturer for conversion into new ceiling tiles.“Recycling is a good way to cut your landfill costs, and it is the responsible thing to do,” said Dore. “We would much rather make good products out of demolished materials than haul them to a landfill.” Beyond the Barnum project, a citywide requirement for recycling of a select percentage of demolition debris in Birmingham “may be considered in the future,” said Jana Ecker, director of planning for the City of Birmingham. AVOIDING MIX-UPS Before demolition of the Barnum School, Dore & Associates arrived on site July 1, 2008 and spent the next two-and-a-half weeks conducting asbestos abatement and removal of universal waste, such as PCB ballast, mercury switches and other hazardous items. After project launch, the recycling mandate and the decision to salvage pieces of the beloved old school shaped the entire course of the Barnum
project. Basically, wood debris from the interior’s extensive wood floors and walls would “contaminate” the debris pile and virtually block efficient extraction of brick, concrete, and steel. Once commingled, “the wood and other materials could not be easily segregated,” said Dore.“We had to be very cautious about keeping these materials segregated in order to recycle at least 50 percent of the building.” Using an array of demolition equipment, Dore & Associates selectively removed wood and other combustible materials from the interior before structural demolition. Dore describes the basic demolition strategy: “First, a CAT excavator ‘ate’ its way into one end of the building. We then entered the interior, using a little Bobcat skid steer and a mini-excavator to knock down and drag out the wood walls, floors and other combustible materials, leaving only the masonry and steel frame of the building standing. After structural demolition, it was then easy to segregate the masonry and steel with our other equipment.” This same sequence of selective interior dismantling followed by wholesale structural demolition was repeated in the building’s many additions. The original core of
the Barnum School was constructed in 1912, followed by additions in 1929 and in the 1950s and ‘60s. Dore & Associates first tackled interior dismantling of the school’s modern singlestory wings. Following an efficient work sequence, as one crew took down the modern structures, another crew began interior dismantling of the main, two-story expanse of the school’s older core. MEMORIES PRESERVED IN LIMESTONE Before sinking the demolition grapple into the old school, Dore & Associates salvaged the original limestone and brick entrance to the 1929 building as a tribute to the Barnum School and as a lasting memory for the generations of schoolchildren who once poured through this ornate school door. Retaining one of two chimneystacks from the original 1912 building preserved the memory of this portion of the neighborhood school. Hand demolition was required to separate the ornate entrance from the main structure. “It required a significant amount of hand demolition work and preparation to demolish the building without damaging the entry,” said Dore. “We used chop saws with large masonry
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using six different pieces of equipment, including a CAT loader, a few trusty Bobcats, and a convoy of CAT excavators, ranging from a CAT 312 and 330 to a CAT 345 and 350. Thanks to crew and machine, all the brick, steel and concrete were recycled, including all of the footings and foundations of the main building and its 12-foot-deep basement, plus the slab-on-grade concrete of the two modern wings. “Our machines pulverized the concrete, essentially ‘chewing’ off and segregating the rebar from the concrete,” said Dore. At Barnum, Dore estimates about 300 tons of steel were sent to the scrapyard for melting and reprocessing, about 7,000 tons of concrete were sent to a crusher for recycling, and an estimated 3,000 to 3,500 tons of debris, mainly wood, went to a landfill. Recycling has been a long-standing tradition for Dore & Associates since its establishment in 1976. “Recycling is something we have been doing for 32 years, and it has always been our philosophy to recycle as much as possible,” said Dore. “It was unusual for a demolition company back then, but now it is becoming
blades to cut through the walls completely. We cut the entrance free, cleaned up the edges, and left a gap of probably one to two feet between the entry and the portion of the building slated for demolition. This left adequate space for the main building to collapse without damaging the entry.” The school’s front entrance and its companion stair have been preserved and will serve as one of several entries to a new recreation area currently under construction on the 9-acre site. “The old front entrance is architecturally beautiful and aesthetically pleasing,” said Wood. “The restored arch and the chimney stack will serve as focal points of the new park.” Before park construction, Dore & Associates had to demolish the old school’s masonry and steel structure, plus sort and segregate the debris for recycling. “We used four CAT excavators with different attachments – buckets, grapples, hammers and pulverizers – to perform the various tasks needed to segregate the materials and meet the recycling goal,” said Dore. Altogether, Dore & Associates demolished and then recycled the building remains
more and more prevalent. Economics really mandates that a contractor recycle some of the material.” Recycling saves hauling and landfill costs, but in some instances can add slightly to the project’s schedule. “It all depends on the level of recycling that is required,” said Dore. “At the project in Lower Marion with its 90 percent recycling rate, our numbers were slightly higher, because far more hand demolition was involved.” WORKING IN THE ‘B’ Recycling and salvaging by both hand and machine is all in a day’s work for this experienced company. The core challenge in this project was conducting a major demolition operation in the middle of a residential area, said Dore. Managing dust and traffic were paramount. As a solution, Dore & Associates used a water canon and a fire hose to control dust, while the city required a specific route through the neighborhood for the convoys of heavy equipment. “We didn’t trade any paint with the cars in the neighborhood,” quipped Dore.
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Wood praises Dore’s onsite superintendent Huey Robertson for his excellent management and his cooperative spirit in dealing with residents clustered around the Purdy Street site. “He worked very well with the different departments of the city, and kept the job going,” said Wood. “He was very cooperative in working with the public, as well.” Dore & Associates completed work on the site in late September 2008, leaving the neighborhood with a fresh canvas of earth for the shaping of a new recreation area in the heart of Birmingham. This new oasis of green will offer “newly reconfigured soccer and softball fields, extensive walking paths, and sitting areas in a landscaped site with an abundance of trees and possibly garden areas,” said Wood. M.C. Smith Associates and Architectural Group, Inc., a Grand Rapids-based architectural firm, prepared the master plan and the design for the park. At publication time in mid-October, ABC Paving Co., Trenton, was already on site working on the pathway, playground and parking lot. Beyond the borders of Birmingham, Dore & Associates has a host of commercial and industrial clients, including Ford Motor Company, GM, and National Steel in Detroit. Beyond Michigan, the company has about 10 to 15 projects underway at any given time across the country, said Dore. Currently, Dore & Associates is demolishing several wings and a children’s hospital for John Stroger Hospital in downtown Chicago. The almost one-million-squarefoot project ranks as one of the largest endeavors in the company’s 32-year history. “The main hospital is on the National Register, and they are trying to salvage and re-utilize it in some way,” said Dore. “We are now reconstructing foundations in the removed wings and sealing the openings with walls, as well as performing a great deal of utility work on the site.” Dore & Associates primarily works in the Midwest and the eastern United States, but tackles work across the entire country, as well as internationally. The wide-ranging company demolished a 19-story radar tower in Scrunda, Latvia and has performed work in Mexico and Canada. Art Dore, himself, has worked in the demolition business for over 50 years, beginning with work near his hometown of Bay City, continuing the adventure with his work on demolition projects in Egypt, Nicaragua and other far-away locales, and finally resulting in the establishment of his own thriving enterprise with an excellent local reputation, a national presence and international experience.
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Dore & Associates demolished the building and recycled its remains using six different pieces of equipment. The firm recycled about 60 to 65 percent of the estimated 10,800 tons of debris generated from the school’s demolition.
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combustion. Exhaust is also sent through a catalytic converter to remove the small quantities of carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide that remain. Since the fuel is being burned almost completely, nearly all potentially harmful by-products of combustion are being burned as well, making the flame as safe as the blue flame on a common gas stove. The process has spent years in development and is made possible by a custom-made fuel slinger that sends exceptionally small particles, which behave more like a gas, into the burner. The process is safe and efficient, but safeguards are still necessary when combustion occurs in occupied spaces. “Our heater has a microprocessor that monitors all of the safety functions,” said Dick Gordon, vice-president of JetHeat. “It automatically shuts the heater down if it isn’t operating properly.” Propane heaters also produce a blue flame, but it is exposed. JetHeat heaters produce the same blue flame, but it is safer because it is fully enclosed. The units also use diesel fuel or fuel oil, which is readily available, has a low flashpoint, and has more BTUs per gallon than propane. The bulk of the fuel can be stored in a remote tank and pumped into the unit’s one-gallon fuel tank, further enhancing safety. The self-contained, 275-pound portable heater can be used just about anywhere, and an available trailer provides space for two heaters, two 80-gallon fuel tanks that will allow for 40-hours of unattended operation, and 25 to 200 feet of delivery air duct. JetHeat’s current model, the GT-550 produces 430,000, 540,000 or 700,000 BTUs on low, medium, or high settings, all while burning fuel at a rate of only three to five gallons per hour. The GT-550 generates this heat with no vibration, no open flame, and no hot external parts. This performance is already making the GT-550 a hot commodity on jobsites. JETHEAT IN THE FIELD Once the GT-550 arrives on the jobsite, it is ready to go. Unlike some other heaters, no external power is needed to supply electricity to run fans for the unit. In fact, the GT-550 can actually generate power for lighting and other 12 volt DC devices. Another key jobsite benefit is the velocity at which heat is expelled from the unit. The section of the GT-550 that generates heat measures approximately 16 inches in diameter, but it is forced into a smaller tube that is approximately 12 inches in diameter, where it rapidly spins before
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seasons of autumn, winter, spring and summer (and not the two seasons of “winter sledging and road construction”), poses the gambit of temperature extremes and load hauling limitations. As the Michigan construction firm ventures to other parts of the country and the world, weather extremes and the corresponding challenges persist. The Michigan constructor may face the arctic
conditions in Alaska and Siberia, desert heat in Nevada and the Middle East, and the subtropical jungle-like ecology of Florida and Southeast Asia. The extremes of a remote, inhospitable environment can be as threatening to the worker psychic as a hazardous waste discharge, extreme heights, or the potential of a trench cave-in. Personal safety protection for workers is essential in all cases,
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as well as the need for the worker to be personally aware and agile. Without arguing the merits of global warming or cooling, climatic change challenges constructors to consider seriously the need for energy conservation alternatives. Unfortunately, construction sites typically are not shining examples of energy efficiency. Construction equipment, be it gasoline or diesel powered, will run continuously, which is wasteful and environmentally harmful. Construction waste is many times a part of the landfill left behind. Although green building construction is heavily touted by facility owners and architects, considering the ‘carbon footprint’ of the construction project itself is atypical for the construction planner.The philosophy of lean construction, which strives to minimize if not eliminate waste, must also include the consideration of the impact on the environment and ecology caused by the construction activity to be truly holistic in its thinking as it claims. Herein I would like to suggest several opportunities for energy conservation within the problems posed, which address the lean construction tenets. First, the use of electric power for construction equipment is worth considering. Hybrid pickup and heavy trucks would provide a tremendous cost savings in fuel, efficiency, and vehicle maintenance. Since pickups and heavy equipment run in idle for long periods of time on a construction site of a large facility or on the road grade, the hybrid truck is the wiser choice than conventional gasoline or diesel. While the hybrid vehicle is stopped (in idle), it is not ‘burning’ (discharging) fuel (electricity). The use of electrical power is also worth considering for large road construction equipment, cranes, and other construction equipment powered traditionally by diesel. The electric powered Zero Emission Vehicle (or ZEV) for construction would make great use the regenerative braking feature where by the energy “lost” in braking is utilized to recharge the batteries. The ZEV provides significant cost savings from recycling energy as well as being kind to Mother Earth in eliminating noxious emissions. Another green opportunity is stationary construction equipment, like arc welding machines, generators, and light plants. These essential construction tools could consider the use fuel cells instead of diesel as the power source. Lastly, minimizing idle time and standby situations is part of the green mix. The construction of the Alaskan Pipeline in the 1970s thrust the U.S. constructor into the 24/7 Visit us at www.cam-online.com
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eadlines are nothing new to contractors. They never change, even when conditions do, so builders are always looking for ways to minimize the impact of adverse conditions. Cold weather has always been an issue on Michigan jobsites, but on time completion is far more likely today with new products that are gradually transforming construction into a year-round activity. Masonry is among the trades most impacted by winter conditions, but Masonpro, Inc. in Northville, offers an entire line of products that let masons work in almost any weather condition.
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just shut down. They would do small jobs for customers when they had to, but they tried to avoid working in the winter until fairly recently. In the last few years, some new products have come out that help make masons more productive.” These new products fall into two general categories: those that heat materials or the ground prior to installation, and those that trap heat or speed up the bonding process during and after installation. GENERATING HEAT Mixing warm materials together obviously produces a warm product. Since mortar is usually 2/3 to 3/4 sand, masons have developed many ways to heat sand piles on jobsites. “The traditional way to heat the sand was to dump it over a culvert pipe and then build a fire in the pipe,” said Hunson. This technique had obvious drawbacks. Someone had to come in early to start the fire and constant attention was needed to feed the fire and keep it going, which pulled workers away from the revenue generating business of placing masonry units. Fires also presented a safety hazard and produced bothersome smoke. The Volcano Rod, manufactured by Heatron and distributed in Michigan by Masonpro, offer a better solution. Users simply position sand around a 55-gallon drum that is 3/4 full of water and immerse the Volcano Rod. A cord above the water can be
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Canvas was the first material that was used, but it is seldom, if ever, used today. Its many shortcomings fueled the search for a better alternative. Canvas is not the most flexible material, which makes it difficult to set up, and it also blocks light. Masons could place string lights inside the canvas, but this took time and also left them with no way of knowing what was going on outside. Staging areas needed to be manned when deliveries were expected, which reduced productivity by taking skilled masons out of commission. In addition to the work area, masonry walls must also be covered for 24 to 48 hours after erection in cold weather to retain the heat that is generated as the mortar sets. Water can seep directly into the masonry cores if a non-watertight material, like canvas, is used. Newer materials proved to be an improvement over canvas, but there was a gradual evolution to the vastly superior materials that are available today. “People started using woven plastic about 15-20 years ago,” said Hunson. “It was fairly clear and it let sunlight in, but it wasn’t strong enough. We were moving in the right direction, but we still had to find something better.” The clear reinforced poly sheets used today represent a significant improvement. These poly sheets are made from a reinforced network of filaments that are sandwiched between two clear plastic sheets. The resulting material transmits daylight while proving highly resistant to wind shredding. Fire rated sheets open up a variety of options for heaters that can be used inside the enclosure. In addition to materials designed to contain heat, admixtures that affect the freezing process are also evolving and improving. Early additives used in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s contained chlorides that prevented water from freezing in the same way that road salt does. Unfortunately, these chemicals corroded metal parts inside the walls and also left deposits, commonly called efflorescence, on masonry units. Chlorides were so problematic then that they cannot be used today. Instead, a newer class of admixtures works as catalysts to accelerate the curing process, thereby leaving less time for water in the mortar to freeze. Construction will probably always be a challenge in the wintertime, but new products are constantly being developed to lessen the impact of cold weather. Even on the coldest of days, there are products available to help masons meet hot deadlines. Visit us at www.cam-online.com
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Wilkie & Zanley, Architects, Wyandotte, and built by J.S. Vig Construction Company of Taylor. Wilkie & Zanley made full use of the existing building, even supporting an elevated running track on the crane rail columns of the original industrial structure. The elevated track is the perfect place to launch a fitness program. With over-
sized windows overlooking the airport runways and McNamara Terminal in view, power walking as jets lift skyward adds a certain zest to any workout. Coupled with the vibrant layering of different interior materials, an eatery and juice bar, an almost 20,000-square-foot pool area with a hot tub, lazy river and lap pool, plus a banquet and conference room “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®
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called Cirrus, “I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t want to join this club,” said Dennis J. Levko, Vig vice president and project manager. “Whether we built it or not, this facility is absolutely amazing. The architecture is so well done; it is eye catching from the very first moment you walk in.” Wilkie & Zanley’s design gave wings to this existing 40,000-square-foot rectangular box, adding an additional 48,400 square feet of space to the west and south sides of the building. The west pool addition is formed of compound angles converging to a sharp point, evoking the energy of flight; the silver, heavy ribbed metal panels and window fenestration draw inspiration from the architecture of the nearby airport. As sleek as a streamlined wing, the entrance canopy is also formed of compound angles and metal panels. “Structurally, some areas also have a certain weightlessness that incorporates the idea of flight,” said David M. Zanley, principal of the firm. “The pool’s large glass walls are underneath a metal overhang and convey a sense of weightlessness. The metal appears to rest on the glass, because from the outside you just see the glass wall and not the supporting structure which is hidden on the inside.” With its series of suspended ceilings, the interior has the same sense of weightlessness. “In spaces where we do have ceilings, they never go wall to wall,” said Zanley. “The lighting is also varied and that is inspired by the way the airport looks at night.” THE FLIGHT PLAN Seldom used and vacant for roughly five years, the building was purchased by the City of Romulus and turned into a stunning 88,400-square-foot recreation center with the aid of tax increment financing. City surveys, public meetings and a grand tour of community recreation centers throughout metropolitan Detroit led to a series of continually evolving programming options in the project’s design phase. Design and construction also overlapped to a certain extent. “We were in construction documents,” said Zanley. “When they came on board, we were probably half way through our process.” Vig Construction came on board with the zeal of a personal trainer trying to whip its client into shape, in this case fiscal shape. “In regards to the outdoor pool amenities, we were requested by the owner to save money ‘any way possible.’ Through extensive research and teamwork, we were able Visit us at www.cam-online.com
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to consolidate the concession and pool equipment buildings into one structure,” said Levko. “The original cost for the two separate structures was $600,000, but the resulting consolidation of them realized a savings to the owner of $300,000.” Arriving on site in late April 2006, Vig’s first construction concern was managing the high water table on the 16.5-acre site. Vig employed an atypical dewatering strategy, again saving the owner a significant sum. High-tech dewatering wells would have cost $60,000 to $80,000, but Vig used a system based on the strategic placement of pipe wells at a cost of $20,000. “We have been able to achieve the same success as a high-tech dewatering well with the use of our unique design,” said Levko.
A site concern in the pool area was a web of soon-to-be-abandoned utilities. The cost-savvy company again saved the city invaluable dollars. Rather than delving below the foundations of the existing building and relying on extensive and expensive shoring, Vig Construction injected a flowable fill concrete into the utilities, allowing some to remain in place. “We filled the actual pipes solid, so they would act as a solid entity underground, eliminating any voids,” said Levko. “This move alone saved the city over $85,000. We came up with this value engineering idea after lengthy discussions with the architect and engineering firm.” As another site issue, stormwater facilities for this $19.3 million dollar project were placed underground to meet Federal
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Glass walls draw natural light into the Romulus Athletic Center’s west pool addition. The nearly 20,000-square-foot aquatic oasis features a hot tub, lazy river and lap pool.
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BEATING OLD MAN WINTER Wilkie & Zanley made full use of the existing industrial building, a steelframed, slab-on-grade structure with metal siding and masonry walls. Fire protection, insulation and the metal roof (with application of a new coating) were retained, along with much of the existing masonry walls. Altogether, the original 400 x 100 box of the building now houses the gymnasium, fitness center and locker rooms. “We slipped a mezzanine and running track into the existing volume of this essentially one-story building,” said Zanley. The main alteration was stripping the metal siding and installing glass to draw natural light into the facility. New additions along the front or west building face “were kept low, letting light into the larger volume beyond via an upper band of windows all along the existing building,” said Zanley. The main addition houses a youth gym, teen center, daycare facility, lobby, and five different pools in an expansive, light-filled space; a separate addition contains the Cirrus conference area. In total,
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all of the additions expand the existing building by 36,400 square feet. The core challenge was tying the new additions into the existing, out-of-plumb industrial building. “Nothing on it was square,” said Zanley. “And with the additions, we wanted to remain true to the existing grid of the steel frame.” Added Levko, “Reconciling the new addition and existing building was a major point of concern. We had to work out the actual expansion joint areas between the two buildings. We also had to modify some of the conditions in the existing building to make the tie-in even possible, because some of it wasn’t in the best shape.” The most difficult tie-in was linking the industrial building to the higher roof of the pool addition. “The pool roof actually acts as a new vertical wall or parapet,” said Zanley. As a further complication, Vig had to be in contact with the FAA during erection of the pool’s upper levels of steel and placement of the rooftop mechanical units. “When we lifted the units, we had to shut down a runway,” said Levko. “Our crane actually went over 80 feet in the air.” Despite program alterations, taxing tie-ins and working with the FAA, Vig enclosed the building by the winter deadline, saving the owner at least $100,000 by avoiding the cost of working in winter conditions, added Levko. GETTING INTO THE FITNESS ZONE Wilkie & Zanley designed a phenomenal interior fully utilizing the existing building and even transforming flaws into advantages. Removal of damaged concrete flooring in the center of the pre-engineered building led to the design of a sunken area now serving as the perfect border for the main fitness center. “Heavy coiled steel had been dropped in this area,” said Levko. “What could have been a problem area was turned into a design feature.” The sunken fitness area and its rubberized flooring is part of the seamless flow of diverse materials defining the interior spaces of the recreation center’s open floor plan. As a small sample, wood siding (actually gym flooring) forms the wall of the eatery and juice bar adjacent to the fitness area; walls of cultured stone mark the conference area entry, as well as the location of elevators and stairs. A color palette of copper and purple completes the welcoming ambiance of this light-filled interior. Installing varied materials and constructing diverse spaces was the core interior construction challenge. “We worked with nine different floor finishes – ten if you count sealed concrete,” said Levko. “We installed three different types of rubberized or sheet good floors, as well as carpeting and vinyl, ceramic and quarry tile. In some places, there are three different flooring materials in Visit us at www.cam-online.com
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50 feet. They all had to come together and look seamless in their appearance.â&#x20AC;? Diverse spaces include a full-service kitchen, a climbing wall, and five different types of pools. The 12,000-square-foot mezzanine contains a dance studio with a spring-loaded wood floor and a multi-purpose space. Exposed building systems also mark the interior, including the original steel columns painted a pleasant copper color and orderly rows of exposed mechanical ductwork and electrical conduit. Part of the running track railing is actually an exposed structural steel truss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 75foot-long truss forms an interesting backdrop in the fitness area,â&#x20AC;? said Zanley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has a strength to it, and it plays off of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exposed structural columns.â&#x20AC;? The only hidden component is the computer-controlled heating, cooling, and humidity management systems that respond to the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s occupant load. The exterior is the crowning glory of one of metropolitan Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest fitness and conference venues. The building cladding is an engaging combination of glass, red glazed masonry accents, and heavy-ribbed metal panel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the heaviest rib available. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The heavy rib was selected to create texture and to contrast with the large expanses of glass,â&#x20AC;? said Zanley. Composite white metal panels mark the location of the existing buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25-foot column grid, visually linking the exterior to the exposed steel columns in the interior. Overall, Wilkie & Zanley fully utilized the existing industrial building, creating a natural fusion of old and new elements. The community and its surrounding neighbors are also fully utilizing the building since the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grand opening in April 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The facility services all of western Wayne County,â&#x20AC;? said Tim Keyes, City of Romulus economic development director. Everyone is welcomed but reduced fees are afforded residents of Romulus, near residents, those working in Romulus, and the hotel market clustered around the airport and located a mere five minutes from this stunning new facility. Embassy Suites Hotel operates the conference centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full-service kitchen that has already catered major functions. Additionally, Romulus has even hired a private management company to operate the recreation center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a significant project for the city,â&#x20AC;? said Keyes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For us, it was a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no brainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; picking the team of Wilkie & Zanley and Vig Construction, and they delivered.â&#x20AC;? As part of project delivery,
Vig did not receive one violation in seven impromptu MIOSHA visits, added Levko. From the recreation center to the project team, the entire endeavor has hit its target heart rate for optimal health and growth. THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT: Consultants: â&#x20AC;˘ Civil Engineers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OHM Engineers, Livonia â&#x20AC;˘ Mechanical/Electrical Engineers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MA Engineering, Bingham Farms â&#x20AC;˘ Structural Engineers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Darvas Associates, PC, Ann Arbor â&#x20AC;˘ Interiors Consultant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PPC Design, Novi â&#x20AC;˘ Aquatic Consultant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Robertson Pool Design, Northville Subcontractors: â&#x20AC;˘ Demolition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; D.A.T. Contracting, Novi â&#x20AC;˘ Excavation & Demolition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Compeau Brothers, Inc., Carleton â&#x20AC;˘ Asphalt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nagle Paving, Novi â&#x20AC;˘ Fencing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shamrock Fence Company, Southgate â&#x20AC;˘ Landscaping â&#x20AC;&#x201C; World Class Landscaping, Carleton â&#x20AC;˘ Site Utilities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Merlo Construction, Northville â&#x20AC;˘ Concrete Flatwork â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pallisco Concrete Company, Chesterfield â&#x20AC;˘ Concrete Foundations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PWB Construction Company, Troy â&#x20AC;˘ Masonry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DiClaudio Mason Contractors, Grosse Ile â&#x20AC;˘ Structural & Misc. Steel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cass Erectors, Inc., Livonia â&#x20AC;˘ Stainless Railing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stainless Metals, Inc., Fraser â&#x20AC;˘ Woodwork & Casework â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ouellette Carpentry, Farmington Hills â&#x20AC;˘ Roofing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Advanced Roofing, Inc., Westland â&#x20AC;˘ Metal Wall Panels â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Crown Corr, Inc., Highland â&#x20AC;˘ Joint Sealant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; J.C. Pattock, Pinckney â&#x20AC;˘ Flagpole â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Abbott K. Schlain, Plymouth â&#x20AC;˘ White Elastomeric Coating System â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Spray Max Enterprises, St. Clair Shores â&#x20AC;˘ Caulking â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stony Creek Services, Inc., Ypsilanti â&#x20AC;˘ Metal Framed Skylight â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Acralight International, Santa Ana, CA â&#x20AC;˘ Glass & Glazing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Curtis Glass Company, Inc., Troy â&#x20AC;˘ Rolling Counter Doors & Side Folding Grille â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Detroit Door & Hardware, Madison Heights â&#x20AC;&#x153;Voice Of The Construction Industryâ&#x20AC;?ÂŽ
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• Food Service Equipment – Stafford Smith, Inc., Chicago, IL • Alarm, Access, Sound & Closed Circuit TV – ASC Security Systems, Livonia • Swimming Pool, Spa, Splash pad and Accessories – Baruzzi Construction, Brighton • Optical Turnstils – DataNet Systems, Inc., Livonia • Hydraulic Elevator – Otis Elevator, Chicago, IL • Fire Protection – Dynamic Fire Protection, Newport • Plumbing – JF’s Plumbing, Inc., Madison Heights • HVAC – Robertson-Morrison, Ann Arbor • Electrical – Douglas Electric, Wyandotte • Voice & Cabling – GSI, Inc., Troy • Pool Pump Controls – Solution Control Services, LLC, Clinton Township The construction manager, architect or owner identifies professional consultants and subcontractors listed in the Construction Highlight.
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Plustek Introduces Security Network Video Recorder Plustek has announced am extension in the video surveillance arena with the launch of the Plustek NVR 4000, a Network Video Recorder that provides motion-JPEG recording that connects directly to a network and is managed through a LAN or the Internet. Working concurrently with Axis, Mobotix, Panasonic, and Pelco IP cameras, the Plustek NVR 4000 helps record images and manages up to four IP cameras at the same time. The NVR 4000 bundled software application enables simultaneous recording and remote access to live views and playback of recorded images from up to four network cameras. With a built-in 320 GB hard drive, recording speed up to 60 fps (frames per second) in VGA (640x480 pixels), 120 fps in QVGA (320x240 pixels), and QCIF (160x120 pixels), the Plustek NVR 4000 makes it easy to detect shoplifters, reduce false alarms, increase personal safety, and view any premises for security needs, making it ideal for locations such as shops, gas stations, businesses, hotels and offices.
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Roncelli Inc., Sterling Heights, one of Michigan’s largest construction firms, has named Thomas Wickersham as company president. Wickersham has been with the company for 21 years. Gary Roncelli, who had been Roncelli’s president since 1989 and is now Chairman of the Board, made the announcement. Wickersham was previously Roncelli’s Wickersham chief financial officer (200608), treasurer (1990-2005) and controller (1987-90). He is a graduate of Walsh College, where he earned his Bachelor of Accountancy degree, and is a past Chairman of the Board of the Construction Association of Michigan. Heather Obrecht White, formerly of The Frank H. Boos Gallery, Inc., has joined the architectural firm of Stephen Auger + Associates, Lake Orion, as business manager. The firm is located in downtown Lake Orion, and has been providing architectural, planning and property consultation services for over ten years.
Dennis Raymo has been named Director of Communications for the American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan (ACEC/M), the Michigan Society of Raymo Professional Engineers (MSPE) and the Michigan section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Ronald W. Brenke, executive director of the three statewide, Lansing-based engineering organizations, made the announcement. Raymo brings more than 20 years of media and public relations experience to the three organizations, including 15 years in daily newspapers and eight years as a press secretary and editor with the Michigan House of Representatives. Robert P. Washer has been named president of Pontiacbased MICCO Construction, LLC, one of Michigan’s leading construction management/general contracting firms. Washer’s experience in construction and
engineering spans more than 35 years and covers all market segments. Since joining MICCO in 2002, he has significantly expanded MICCO’s client-centered approach and strategic planning process to further cement the company’s presence in southeast Michigan. Hobbs+Black Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the following recent hires to the firm’s Ann Arbor architectural and interiors staff: Russell Hinkle, AIA, CSI CCS, LEED AP as project architect; Maria Kook, AIA, LEED AP, as an associate fulfilling the role of project manager; and Chantelle Marshall, IIDA, as a designer / documents leader for the Hobbs+Black Retail Studio. New hires to the firm’s Lansing architectural and engineering staff are: Michael D. Belt, AIA as project manager; and Jonathon DeMond, PE, as a structural engineer.
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The Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) recently elected its 2008-09 Board Laurel of Directors. Johnson, PE, senior project engineer in the Shelby Township office of Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc., was elected vice president of the NAWIC Detroit Chapter. The 2008-2009 Johnson Board also includes: president - Carol Varga of Sorensen Gross Construction Company; corresponding secretary - Marilyn Mitchell of Evans & Luptak PLC; recording secretary - Nola Lee of Aluminum Supply Co., Inc.; treasurer Donielle Wunderlich of George W. Auch Company; immediate past president Kathleen Dobson of Alberici Constructors, Inc.; and directors - Cheryl Anthony of Beaumont Services Company; Karen Hill of the Construction Association of Michigan; Rachael Jennings of Beaumont Services Company; Susan Long of Klochko Equipment Rental Company; Mickey Marshall of North Coast Commercial Roofing; Ednette Mixon of Alberici
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ing firm, The Kirkwood Group, where she specialized in providing pre-development studies and marketing strategies.
Jason McFadden, EIT, project manager in Barton Malow’s Southern Region, has been selected by Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine as a 2008 "40 Under 40" winner. The McFadden award is given to 40 building industry engineers under the age of 40 "who stand out in their academic, professional, personal and community achievements," according to the magazine. McFadden, 25, is one of only three winners under 30.
Richard Trudelle, PE, of EAM Engineers, Inc., a Troy-based MEP engineering firm, has earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). In addition, Thomas Saccaro has been promoted to associate of the firm.
Tracy Koe Wick has joined Southfieldbased Neumann/ Smith A r c h i t e c t u r e (Neumann/Smith) as director of client services, where she will manage consulting services and client relations for the firm. For the past Koe Wick nine years, Wick managed her own real estate consult-
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Walbridge, a Detroit-based multi-national full-service constructor, has appointed Adorno F. Piccinini as director of new business development. Walbridge President Richard Haller made the announcement. Two new business development managers were also appointed: Joseph M. Di Iorio and John A. Raimondo. Prein&Newhof, Grand Rapids, recently expanded its Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capabilities Edward by adding Dempsey, GISP, to its staff. Dempsey will serve as a GIS specialist in the firm. Also, Prein&Newhof welcomes Thomas J. Newhof as its new business manager. His responsibilities will include management of Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology and other support services.
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Daniel B. McMahon has joined Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, as a senior attorney in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. A member of the firm’s McMahon Banking, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group, McMahon focuses his practice in the areas of loan workouts and foreclosures, bankruptcy, commercial real estate, loan documentation and construction loans. In other news, James Thomas C. Thomas, an Of Counsel attorney with the firm, was recently named to the American Trial Lawyer Association’s (ATLA) Top 100 Lawyers list for Michigan. The Arab American Professionals Network also recently honored Thomas as the Arab American Professional of the Year.
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DiClemente Siegel Design Inc. (DSD) is pleased to announce that three staff members, Andy Wieland, project manager; Megan Knudson, EIT and mechanical designer; and Wieland Andrea Zammitt, architectural project designer, have successfully passed the LEED Professional Accreditation
exam. DSD is headquartered in Southfield with a branch office in Burton, MI. Zammitt Knudson The firm offers innovative and sustainable design solutions in mechanical and electrical engineer-
ing, energy management consulting, architecture, commissioning and infrastructure evaluations. Detroit-based SmithGroup, the nation’s 13th largest architecture and engineering firm, has promoted six employees of its Detroit office to associate: Lokman Abbas, Chris PE; Coulter, LC, I E S N A ; A n d r e w Dunlap, RA, NCARB, CDT; Mario El-Cid, Coulter Westphal Brad PE; Reuther, PE; and Laura Westphal, CPSM.
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Located in Columbus, MI, Dan’s Cement was recently ranked by Inc. as number 1,068 on its annual ranking of the 5,000 fastestgrowing private companies in the country. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy. Bloomfield Hills-based Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, has brought home the 2008 American Heart Association (AHA) Heart Walk Lawyer’s Cup for the second consecutive year. The AHA presents the Lawyer’s Cup to the top fund-raising law firm for its annual Metro Detroit Heart Walk, which benefits the organization’s heart attack and stroke awareness, prevention and research efforts. Plunkett Cooney surpassed its $20,000 goal this year, netting $21,797. Last year, the firm took top honors with more than $17,000 in donations. Contracting Resources, Inc., a Brightonbased, design-build and construction management company, has been awarded a new contract and completed two projects. The firm recently completed design-build services for William Beaumont Hospital’s (Troy) renovation of an existing 2,961-SF Cardiac Weight Training/Rehabilitation area into a Vascular Lab with a 3-bed preparation area and nursing station, plus the completion of four physician office renovations. In addition, St. William School in Walled Lake awarded Contracting Resources their new entrance addition project.
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The Mason Contractors’ Association (MCA) offices have moved to a new location. Their new contact information is: 24725 West 12 Mile Rd., Suite 385, Southfield, MI 480341801. Phone: (248) 208-9878; Fax: (248) 2089883; Web: www.mcamichigan.org Lindab’s national sales manager, Jay Dunbar, confirmed that Air Design Inc. (ADI), of Southfield, is the newest representative firm for the international air duct systems manufacturer. Air Design Inc. represents quality major manufacturers of commercial and industrial heating and ventilating. Through its Southfield headquarters, ADI serves the HVAC industry in Michigan’s lower peninsula. The Shelby Township office of Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME) was recently awarded a contract to provide construction materials services (CMS) for Lapeer Community Schools (LCS). SME is working with LCS, Barton Malow Company, and French Associates to provide these services. Plymouth-based DeMattia Group, one of the Midwest's leading real estate development, architecture and construction firms, conducted the following lease transactions for several DeMattia Group business park properties: MetroWest Technology Park Plymouth Township (Part D Advisors, Inc.); Plymouth Oaks Business Center - Plymouth Township (D&M Holding, Inc.); Spinnaker Center - Plymouth Township (Mitutoyo); Sheldon Place Shopping Center - Plymouth Township (Woody’s Bar-B-Q); Washtenaw Business Park Retail Center - Ypsilanti Township (Profiles Hair Salon, Leo’s Coney Island, Wireless Zone). Michigan Minority Business The Development Council (MMBDC) presented Barton Malow Company, Southfield, with a 2008 Corporate ONE Award, recognizing the company's business diversity program and support of MMBDC goals. Cheryl Bowlson, corporate director of business diversity, accepted the award. Doug Maibach, vice president for corporate affairs, was also in attendance. MMBDC, a nonprofit organization with members in both the corporate and public sectors, is dedicated to creating business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises. Barton Malow has won the Corporate ONE Award for seven of the ten years it has been conferred.
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Please submit all calendar items no less than six weeks prior to the event to: Calendar Editor, CAM Magazine, P.O. Box 3204, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-3204.
Industry Events Dec. 3 – CREW Holiday Celebration
The Detroit Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW Detroit) is having a holiday celebration at the Scarab Club in Detroit on December 3. Additional information is available at www.crewdetroit.com.
Dec. 5 – Endangered Historic Places Nomination Deadline
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations, which can now be submitted online, for its 2009 America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places® list. For more information, e-mail 11Most@nthp.org, phone 202-588-6141, or please visit the website at: www.PreservationNation.org/issues/ 11-most-endangered.
Jan. 1 – SOURCE Awards Call for Entries
Cooper Lighting has announced a call for entries for its 32nd Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. Entries must be postmarked by January 1, 2009. To request a complete list of rules, call 770-486-4800 or visit visit the company website at www.cooperlighting.com.
Feb. 4-5 – CAM Expo 2009
CAM is pleased to announce that this year’s exposition will again be hosted at the Rock Financial Showplace, conveniently located in Novi, at the crossroads of I-696, I-275, and I-96. This will be a wonderful location to reach the commercial construction and design industry professionals of Michigan. CAM members are strongly encouraged to attend CAM Expo 2009, which will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a new Green Building Showcase and a Contractors’ Showcase and Reception. Visit www.cam-online.com for more information, or call (248) 972-1000.
Training Calendar Cooper Lighting’s SOURCE will offer the
following educational classe in 2008: Jan. 14-17 – Hardscape North America
The focus of this show in Atlanta, GA is to provide education including certification courses, products and technology to contractors and installers who build segmental pavements and retaining walls and also to provide networking opportunities. visit learn more, To www.HardscapeNA.com.
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Lighting Basics. The SOURCE is located in Peachtree City, GA. Visit www.cooperlighting.com or call 770-486-4680 for more information.
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Acme Maintenance Service......................................43 Aluminum Supply Company - Marshall Sales ....47 American Fireplace & Barbeque Dist. ......................9 Aoun & Company, P.C. ................................................48 Broadcast Design & Construction, Inc...................40 CAM Administrative Services .....................................3 CAM-Comp.......................................................................8 CAM ECPN ......................................................................54 CAM EXPO ....................................................................IBC CAM Membership........................................................58 C.F.C.U..............................................................................29 Cipriano Coating Technology ..................................57 Clark Hill, PLC.................................................................19 Connelly Crane Rental................................................13 Cummins Bridgeway .....................................................8 Curran Crane Co., J.J....................................................27 D&R Earthmoving, LLC ...............................................25 Danboise Mechanical .................................................49 Detroit Dismantling Corp..........................................33 Deppman Company, R.L...............................................6 Doeren Mayhew...........................................................38 Douglas Electric ...........................................................49 Fishbeck Thompson Carr & Huber, Inc. .................37 G2 Consulting Group..................................................52 Glass and Mirror Craft ................................................61 Gutherie Lumber Company......................................10 Guy, Hurley, Blaser & Heuer, LLC ..............................26 Hartland Insurance Group ........................................51 Hertz Equipment Rental ............................................35 Jeffers Crane Service ..................................................31 JetHeat, Inc. ...................................................................38 Kem-Tec ..........................................................................59 Klochko Equipment Rental Company...................15 LPL Financial..................................................................20 MasonPro, Inc................................................................41 McCoig Companies .....................................................32 Metro Detroit Signs.....................................................55 Michigan Concrete Paving Association................39 Navigant Consulting...................................................62 Next Generation Services Group ............................23 Nicholson Construction.............................................50 North American Dismantling Group.....................BC Oakland Community College ..................................13 Oakland Companies ...................................................56 Operating Engineers Local 324 .................................5 Osborne Trucking & Osborne Concrete, John D . ................................46 Plante & Moran, PLLC..................................................11 PM Technologies..........................................................21 Providence Steel & Supply Inc.................................27 SMRCA.............................................................................12 Scaffolding Inc. .............................................................25 State Building Products .............................................57 Superior Materials Holdings, LLC............................14 TES Consultants, PC.....................................................60 ThyssenKrupp Safway, Inc.........................................39 Trend Millwork, LLC....................................................IFC Unique Metal Products, Inc. .....................................59 Valenti Trobec Chandler, Inc. ......................................7 W. W. Williams................................................................53 Wayne Bolt & Nut Co. .................................................22 Wilkie & Zanley Architects ........................................48 Wilson Construction Consulting.............................43 Wolverine Tractor & Equipment Co........................28 Xpert Technologies .....................................................34 Zervos Group ................................................................22 “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®
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