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“VOICE OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY”

ROOFING CEI Michigan, LLC: Raising the Bar on Slate Roofing

RENOVATION / RESTORATION Butcher & Butcher Restores North Country Historic Treasures

Drab Print Shop Becomes a Dazzling Corporate Office MEMBER FEATURE — GRUNWELL-CASHERO: SIX DECADES OF EXCELLENCE

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FEATURES 12 Member Feature: The GrunwellCashero Company: Past.

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22 A Material Nirvana in Novi Drab Print Shop Becomes a Dazzling Corporate Office

28 Working Above the 45th Parallel Butcher & Butcher Restores North Country Historic Treasures

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14 Raising the Bar on Slate Roofing CEI Michigan, LLC, Provides True Craftsmanship to the Buildings of the University of Michigan

20 Greenprint for the Future

32 Building Without Second Chances Angela Care Center Accommodates the Need for Serenity with its Picturesque Campus

Growing a Green Roofing Business

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Industry News Safety Tool Kit Marketing on the Level CAM GAC Update Product Showcase People in Construction

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Buyers Guide Updates Construction Calendar CAM Welcomes New Members Advertisers Index

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PUBLISHER EDITOR

Kevin N. Koehler Amanda M. Tackett

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Mary E. Kremposky David R. Miller

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR GRAPHIC DESIGN DIRECTOR OF MARKETING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Matthew J. Austermann Marci L. Christian Gregg A. Montowski Cathy A. Jones

DIRECTORS OFFICERS Chairman

Frank G. Nehr, Jr. Davis Iron Works

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James Brennan Broadcast Design & Construction, Inc.

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Donald J. Purdie, Jr. Detroit Elevator Company

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Stephen J. Hohenshil Glasco Corporation

Mary K. Marble Marble Mechanical, LLC

Eric C. Steck Amalio Corporation

Kurt F. Von Koss Beaver Tile & Stone

Donielle Wunderlich George W. Auch Company

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William L. Borch, Jr. Ironworkers Local Union 25

Gary Boyajian Universal Glass and Metals, Inc.

Marty Burnstein Law Office of Marty Burnstein

George Dobrowitsky Walbridge

Daniel Englehart Peter Basso and Associates, Inc.

Chris Hippler Capital Letters

Dennis King Harley Ellis Devereaux

Nancy Marshall Aluminum Supply Company

Rick Rys Hi Def Color

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CAM Member Aluminum Supply Company Obtains DBE Status

Port Authority Public Dock/Terminal Cited in National Engineering Competition

Aluminum Supply Company (ASCO), Detroit, recently announced their designation as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), awarded by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). With this new certification, ASCO will be able to help MDOT prequalified contractors meet their DBE involvement goals on state, county, and city projects.

"The overall goal of the DBE program is to ensure that firms owned and controlled by minorities, women, and other socially and economically disadvantaged persons have the opportunity to grow and become selfsufficient," states the MDOT website.

Through ASCO's inclusion in this program, they hope to participate more aggressively in projects that affect the Michigan economy.

For more information on ASCO, please visit www.aluminumsupply.com.

Detroit Firm Designs Maritime Infrastructure to be Key Part of Detroit’s Revival NTH Consultants, Ltd., Detroit, has earned national recognition for engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 46th annual Engineering Excellence Awards. The honor was granted for NTH’s work on the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority Public Dock and Terminal in downtown Detroit.

The contractor was White/Braun, LLC with Hamilton Anderson Associates as architect.

The project team overcame a host of challenging site conditions and constraints to create the new 21,000-square-foot terminal and 250-foot offshore wharf. The team designed the support infrastructure for the new facilities, working around the 1.2-acre site’s difficult soils, underground structures and utilities.

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The project is among 147 engineering projects from across the nation recognized

by ACEC as preeminent engineering achievements for 2011. Judging for the Engineering Excellence Awards - known as the “Academy Awards of the engineering industry”- took place in February 2012. The panel of judges included more than 30 engineers, architects, government representatives, media members and academics.

Award criteria included the following categories: uniqueness and originality, technical innovation, social and economic value, complexity, and success in meeting project goals.

All winners, including the top 16 Honor Awards, eight Grand Awards and the prestigious Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s most outstanding overall engineering achievement, were recognized at the Engineering Excellence Awards Gala held in mid-April at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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1-800-Hansons Wins 2011 Replacement Contractor of the Year Award from Replacement Contractor Magazine Annual award goes to 1-800-Hansons for growth, longevity, ethics and customer satisfaction 1-800-HANSONS has won the 2011 Replacement Contractor of the Year Award from Replacement Contractor Magazine, a publication serving the roofing, siding and window replacement contracting industry throughout the United States. 1-800-Hansons is the first Michigan contractor to win this national award.

Award criteria include sales growth, profitability, longevity, innovative marketing, ethics and customer satisfaction, and referrals and repeat business.

“We are both honored and humbled by this prestigious award that recognizes the best in the industry,” says Brian Elias of 1800-Hansons. “We work very hard to provide our customers with the best products and

service before and after the sale. In this industry, it’s all about trust, and we work very hard at earning and keeping the trust of our clients. Because of this, we receive many referrals and repeat business.”

1-800-HANSONS has posted consistent sales gains throughout the last decade, increasing company sales despite a very bad economy. What the company has learned in this economy is that when it comes to running a complex and multiple location business in a market that’s both economically stagnant and highly competitive, you cannot afford to make any mistakes and that customer satisfaction is job one.

In 1988, Elias began the company in Troy as a oneman operation selling the leads he actually canvassed.

Today, 1-800-HANSONS is one of the industry’s biggest companies. In recent years, HANSONS’ original location in Troy generated a majority of the company’s $49 million in 2010 sales. The company continues to grow, with more revenue coming from branch locations each year.

SME Named 2012 ACEC/Michigan Firm of the Year The American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan (ACEC/M) recently presented the 2012 Firm of the Year award to Soil and Materials Engineers (SME), Plymouth. This is the only award program instituted to recognize ACEC/M member firms for their leadership in professional and community service. Recognition is based on actions taken by a member firm to progressively develop its management practices and for assuming leadership roles in community outreach activities, as well as leadership in ACEC/M programs that strengthen the profession for all ACEC/M members.

“SME was chosen as Firm of the Year for providing leadership to ACEC members and for its continuous active participation in advancing awareness of the mission of the consulting design profession,” stated ACEC/M Executive Director Ronald W. Brenke, PE. SME has earned other accolades, including 2011 “Metropolitan Detroit’s 101

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2011 CAMSAFETY AWARD WINNERS

By Tracey Alfonsi, Director of Education & Safety Services n March 26th, CAMSAFETY presented 23 member companies with an award in recognition of their outstanding safety achievement for hours worked in 2011. What’s significant about this year’s applicants is that none were disqualified. In other words, every single application we received posted Incident Rates (IR) and Experience Modification Rates (EMR) well Tracey Alfonsi below the industry averages for construction work performed in Michigan. The number to beat in the category of Incident Rate was 4.0. Combining all of our applications, which totaled 6,252,404 hours worked, the average IR among the entrants was just 0.57! An EMR below a 1.0 demonstrates that a company is “beating” their expected loss rate. Our applicants averaged an

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incredibly low EMR of 0.73. It is apparent by these numbers that our members place a high regard for the safety and health of their employees. The reduction of injuries also contributes greatly to their bottom line through reduced costs of recovering from a loss, and reduced insurance premiums. Having an award winning safety program is a critical component of a successful business model.

Congratulations to all of our applicants!

For a complete list of winners, visit www.cam-online.com and click on CAMSAFETY Program. Entries for the 2012 awards will be accepted beginning January 1, 2013. This is a good way to gauge the effectiveness of your safety program and an opportunity to brag to your customers. In the meantime, I wish you all a safe and prosperous season. If I can be of any assistance please feel free to contact me at (248) 972-1141 or by e-mail at alfonsi@cam-online.com.

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Best & Brightest Companies to Work For” Award. As an active advocate of educating future engineers, SME employs college interns every summer and participates in the National Association of Women in Construction’s Mentoring a Girl in Construction Camp (MAGIC Camp). SME employees also participate in Habitat for Humanity, Engineers Without Borders and numerous other non-profit groups.

Ferris State University’s Michigan College of Optometry Receives Gold LEED Certification The Michigan College of Optometry/Center for Collaborative Health Education at Ferris State University (FSU), Big Rapids, has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Clark Construction, Lansing, served as construction manager for this $22 million facility designed by Neumann/Smith Architecture, Southfield.

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brought this project to a successful conclusion on time and within the budget,” said Ted Ryskamp, project director, Clark Construction. “The addition of the Michigan College of Optometry is an excellent educational opportunity for students and interns in the field of optometry and will provide more treatment opportunities for local residents.”

The new, 86,000-square-foot facility provides classroom, laboratory and clinical spaces, as well as faculty offices and administrative spaces for the College of Optometry and other departments. The ground-floor optometry clinic offers eye and

vision services to students, faculty, staff and surrounding Mecosta County residents. This floor also offers clinical training for optometry interns. New voice and data communication systems have been installed, along with new parking, landscaping and stormwater management systems.

Clark Construction has established a leading reputation for its environmental expertise in the construction industry. Clark has served as construction manager on 15 LEED certified projects and has more than 21 LEED Accredited Professionals on its staff.

Michigan’s Top Engineering and Surveying Projects Recognized at Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony The American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan (ACEC/M) recently honored 13 firms for engineering and surveying excellence during the association’s annual awards ceremony.

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The Key to Key Words and Phrases

By Chris Hippler trategically placed in your website, keywords and phrases can significantly boost your ratings in search engine results. Where you put them on your site is the real key. Here are some tips. But first, a definition.

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WHAT IS SEO?

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of your website in search engines “natural” or unpaid search results.

Google is the gorilla of search engines. The query entered into a search engine is key words or phrases. If you can identify the key words and phrases people will use to find your website ‐ and put those them in your website strategically ‐ you’ve cracked the code. But it’s not quite that easy. Google’s algorithms are a closely guarded secret, and they change regularly, so the target is always moving.

HOW MANY KEY WORDS OR PHRASES PER PAGE SHOULD I TARGET? You should put no more than two or three related key phrases per page of your site. Any more than that and the purpose of your targeting efforts will be defeated. Don’t forget: search spiders and robots are not intuitive.

They are looking for an exact match to the keywords that they are programmed to look for, not kinda, sorta, maybe. This means that if it works for your site to be listed under “concrete repair,” you must be sure that this exact phrase appears throughout your site copy on every page. Make it your mission to include your top keyword or phrase in the first paragraph and headline of your site.

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WHERE SHOULD I PUT THE KEY WORDS OR PHRASES? There are quite a few places keywords and phrases can go on your website.

Title Tag: The title tag is a great place to use your keyword phrases. The title tag consists of those words you see at the top of your browser window in the blue space, and it is what search engines grab in their search; so obviously, it's an important part of your search engine optimization strategy.

Headline: Most people don’t read on the Web; they scan. The same goes for search spiders. That’s why headlines are so important ‐ they give your reader a chance to get what they need fast with a minimum of fuss.

Content: Writing key words and phrases into website content is a craft.

Write to your audience, not to search engine spiders. It's easy to write the keyword over and over but if it’s not inviting to read, it’s all for naught. Be natural; with practice you'll get it. You will also want to put your key words and phrase in subheadings, within links (anchor phrases) and images (alt tags). The more places you can reasonably put your key phrases, the easier you will be found. But don’t paste them everywhere. This is called “keyword stuffing” and search engines don’t look kindly on this practice. Remember: Keywords and phrases increase website traffic. They will help grow your business.

“Marketing on the Level” is a monthly column written specifically for the commercial and industrial construction industry. Got an idea for a column, or a question about marketing? Contact Chris @ chris@capitallettersmarketing.com or 734-353-9918, or visit Capital Letters at www.capitallettersmarketing.com.

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gathered at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo earlier this year to recognize outstanding Michigan engineering and surveying projects from the past year.

Firms have competed since 1965 to receive ACEC/M’s top honor – the prestigious Eminent Conceptor Award. This year’s engineering Eminent Conceptor winner was Ruby+Associates, Farmington Hills, for the conversion of the former Ottawa Street Power Station in downtown Lansing. The project converted an abandoned vintage power station into the corporate headquarters of Accident Fund Holdings, Inc. The project involved building a nine-story, steel-framed office building inside of an existing masonry structure, while preserving and supporting the historic brick. This project is the largest power station conversion in the United States.

The surveying Eminent Conceptor winner was Wightman & Associates, Inc., Benton Harbor, for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi 2011 inventory project. This surveying project involved the creation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to inventory the Band’s road system. The result was nearly doubling the existing inventory and obtaining 25 percent in additional road funding.

Seven firms were honored with the Honorable Conceptor Award, the second-highest award of achievement. Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber earned two awards, one for its work on the Coldwater Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements and the second for work on the Grand Valley State University Storm Water Wetland Complex in Allendale.

Other award-winning firms include the following: Ghafari earned honors for its work on the Lithium Ion Battery Manufacturing Facility project in Holland; NTH Consultants for its work on the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority Public Dock and Terminal in downtown Detroit; Spicer Group for the Lake Shore Drain #285 project in Chikaming and New Buffalo Townships; and HNTB for the statewide Michigan State Rail Plan. Abonmarche earned a surveying award for its work on the Woodside Cemetery project in Gun Plain Township.

Engineering Merit Awards were presented to The Mannik & Smith Group for the Frenchtown Township Seawall Rehabilitation Project, Monroe; Abonmarche for Harbor Shores Development, Benton Harbor; Wightman & Associates, Inc. for the Hickory Creek Interceptor Rehabilitation in Lincoln and St. Joseph Counties; Prein & Newhof for the M-57 Pedestrian Tunnel Greenville; NTH Consultants for the Oakland Macomb Interceptor Drain Repair Program in Sterling Heights and Warren: HNTB for the MDOT Design-Build-Finance Delivery System in Capac and Flint; and Johnson & Anderson for the Village of Sparta Iron/Manganese Filtration, Village of Sparta. C2AE earned a surveying merit award for the Bath Township Life Station Force Main Extension in Bath.

The Judges’ Choice Award for Board Design was given to Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber for the project board designed to ‘tell the story’ of the GVSU Stormwater Wetland Complex project in Allendale. This year’s ACEC Vernon B. Spalding Leadership Award was presented to David R. Matthews, PE, former senior vice president of McNamee, Porter & Seeley, Inc. (now Tetra Tech) and president of Professional Management Solutions LCC, to honor his outstanding leadership roles in ACEC and community organizations.

Correction: In the April 2012 issue of CAM Magazine, the story on the 61st Annual Doubles Classic Tournament Recap had an error in its photo caption. The company identified in the caption should have been Excalibur Construction Co. of Clinton Township. The caption should have read, “Tournament Director Ron Mitzel (right) awards the winners Brent Pretzer (left), Excalibur Construction Co., and David Drouillard (center), Excalibur Construction Co.” The online version of CAM Magazine reflects this correction. CAM Magazine regrets the error.

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Bruce M. Pregler, Partner, Facca Richter & Pregler, PC, Chairman, CAM PAC

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his is an exciting time of change within our state, as it appears our business climate may be improving. Hearing the voice of its residents loud and clear, Michigan’s public officials enacted sweeping change to reduce taxes and government bureaucracy while holding government accountable by enforcing benchmarks and industry best practices...processes performed each day within our own businesses. And the results are real as legislators not only balanced the state’s budget early, Michigan residents may be the beneficiaries of a $400 million surplus in 2012. However, as Robert Frost so eloquently wrote, “We have many miles to go before we sleep.”

CAM’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) was established in 2011 to identify public policy issues that impact Michigan’s construction industry; in particular those issues most important to CAM’s membership. One of the GAC’s primary objectives is to improve the business climate for CAM’s membership by working closely with public policy makers to influence policy decisions that improve Michigan’s construction industry. In fact, more than any other time in its history, CAM has the opportunity to influence pro-business legislation to improve the state’s business environment and shape legislation to address our membership’s most critical business issues. Since forming its committee in September 2011, the GAC has achieved a number of accomplishments and is tracking 27 key public policy issues for 2012 that will impact CAM member businesses.

However, as recently described by one of Michigan’s most prominent construction leaders and a CAM member, today’s industry lacks the willingness to be fully engaged in the political world. As a result, our Michigan construction industry is the beneficiary of public policy that doesn’t support our business needs and objectives. So in March of this year, the GAC established CAM’s Political Action Committee (PAC) led by former CAM 2002 Chairman of the Board, Bruce M. Pregler.

CAM’s PAC needs your support in the form of donations to ensure that our voice is heard loud and clear. Active participation in CAM’s PAC is vital to our industry’s long-term health, and is a critical component in shaping our future by influencing public policy that creates and improves a pro-business, pro-construction environment. CAM members will have direct access to legislative and policy makers so that we may shape public policy to ensure our interests are recognized and considered.

We can no longer remain on the sidelines unwilling to participate in the struggle to improve the industry each of us love so dearly. Let’s take this opportunity to be the voice of Michigan’s construction industry to ensure that our issues help shape legislative,

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F EATU R E “My grandfather laid the foundation for us,” said Jelane. “My job is to maintain his legacy and apply 21st Century methods and practices to the tradition of excellence he established.”

Jelane Cashero-Raycraft, Fidell Cashero and Scott Cashero in front of the Detroit Public Library

The Grunwell-Cashero Company: Past. Present. Future.

By Chris Hippler Photos by John Lacy, proshooter.com or six decades, Fidell Cashero and his son, Scott, have been at the helm of the Grunwell-Cashero Company, maintaining and restoring buildings throughout the Midwest. Now, the leadership of the company is being passed to the next generation.

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n a warm spring morning in March, 89-year-old Fidell Cashero pointed his car in a familiar direction and drove to downtown Detroit to visit some old friends. He was excited to see one in particular: The Fisher Building.

“I spent so much time in this building,” he said with a smile after passing through the revolving door and entering the grand lobby. Built in 1928, the Fisher Building is a Detroit treasure. The 30-story building, designed by Albert Kahn and designated a National Historic Landmark, is sheathed in limestone, granite and marble.

Fidell first worked on The Fisher Building in the early 1950s and helped replace the signature dome on top of the building. Over the years, the Grunwell-Cashero Company, Detroit, has done countless jobs on this Art Deco gem, from securing the enormous limestone slabs on the outside of the

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building with new steel strapping and anchors, to cleaning the exquisite ceiling on the interior originally created and installed

by Italian artisans.

But on this spring day with forsythia in bloom in the city parks, Fidell was meeting his son, Scott, and granddaughter, Jelane Cashero-Raycraft for a family photograph.

“This is not the first time I’ve been down here with Grandpa,” Jelane said with a smile, “but it’s always special.”

MAINTAINING THE LEGACY Fidell Cashero comes into the office regularly, but since 1992, Scott has been president of Grunwell-Cashero. Jelane, a project manager since 2001, is now vice president and taking on more and more management responsibilities every day.

“She’s smarter than both of us,” said Fidell proudly. “She’s the future of the company.”

Fidell looking at the Fisher Building ceiling

THE HEART OF A LION Inside Fidell’s aging body beats the heart of a lion. A World War II hero, he took part in the Allied invasion of southern France.

Awarded several citations including the Bronze Star, Fidell most treasures the Knight of the Legion of Honor, the “highest honor that France can bestow upon those who have achieved remarkable deeds for France.”

After the war, Fidell began on the bottom rung of the ladder at the Grunwell Company working as a laborer. Proving himself a hard worker and leader of men, he quickly moved up that ladder to become foreman and the right-hand-man to Roy Grunwell. When Fidell bought the business in 1953, he christened the new business the GrunwellCashero Company to honor his friend and mentor.

In a career spanning 60 years, Fidell built the company into the premiere historic restoration and preservation contractor in the Midwest. The company expanded from Detroit and today serves the region from that home office, as well as offices in Toledo and Cleveland, OH. In 2010, Fidell was inducted into the Michigan Construction Hall of Fame for his lifetime contribution to the construction industry. “My father set uncompromising standards in this company that Jelane and I strive to uphold,” said Scott who lovingly calls his dad “Pops”. “He developed practices for preservation that are used today across the industry.”

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ensure top quality work on every project.

The goal is to preserve masonry along with all related building materials. Workers follow the Secretary of Interior Standards for restoration and use only proper restoration practices. Specialized historic procedures can include mortar testing, which determines original mortar composition, along with specific mortar and material

matching or preserving, and utilizing original masonry if possible.

Fidell’s vision for Grunwell-Cashero is alive and well. The company is committed to restoring and maintaining historic buildings while continuing to learn and utilize the latest practices in preservation. The future of Grunwell-Cashero is in the hands of Jelane, and the heart of Fidell is in every project.

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to the Detroit Main Public Library on Woodward Avenue and gathered on the front lawn for a photo. In 2010, GrunwellCashero replaced the ornate terra cotta parapet originally installed on this Italian Renaissance library in 1921. The project took 10 months and over 350 terra cotta units were replaced, each one weighing 100 to 1,000 pounds each. Senior Vice President Tony Sabo oversaw all the work, including the painstaking custom color match of the clay-fired terra cotta units.

ocated on Woodward Avenue at the service drive of the Fisher Freeway, St. John’s Episcopal Church is a great example of Victorian Gothic architecture.

Grunwell-Cashero has done extensive work on the church over the years. Its rubble Dolomite limestone exterior trimmed with Kelly Island fieldstone is in need of regular repair, restoration and cleaning.

In an extensive project in 2001, stones were reset, exterior masonry was restored, and the cross on the Woodward side of the building - made of Indiana Limestone - was repaired and cleaned. “Our approach is to keep as much of the original material as we can’” said Joe Dapkus, executive vice president, COO.

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The skilled craftsmen of Grunwell-Cashero also maintain and have restored some of the most prestigious and recognizable buildings in the Midwest. Greenfield Village has been a client for over 50 years. “Fidell’s ethics are impeccable,” said Joe Wolford, construction manager for facilities management at The Henry Ford. “If we award a contract to Grunwell-Cashero, we know it will be done correctly and to our satisfaction.”

Other Grunwell-Cashero clients include the Fox Theater in Detroit, the Rosary Cathedral School in Toledo, The Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, and the Cleveland Brown’s Stadium.

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onstructed in 1904, the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is the birthplace of the Model T and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark. GrunwellCashero Co. has done several renovation projects on the building. The first was to remove decades of white paint from the brick facade and repoint all of the mortar joints at the main entrance elevation.

Due to the age and condition of the bricks, a lime putty mortar with a low PSI was used for repointing. Deteriorated bricks were replaced and the wood windows were restored, painted and a new front entrance was constructed.

In the next phase, Grunwell-Cashero acted as the general contractor. They subcontracted the roofing to G.A. Frisch Inc., Troy, and tuck-pointed the roof side of the parapet. Finally, the historic camelback coping tiles were removed and reset.

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A CEI roofer works on U-M Law School’s new South Hall.

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By Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor he verdict is in: CEI Michigan, LLC has produced a roof equal in craftsmanship to the venerable buildings of the University of Michigan’s Law Quadrangle, an architectural treasure in slate and granite. The Howell-based commercial roofing and sheet metal contractor recently installed a slate tile roof on South Hall, the University of Michigan Law School’s new academic and administrative building constructed directly across Monroe Street from Hutchins Hall. With tower, dormers and prominent gables, South Hall is the perfect companion building to Hutchins Hall, a stately edifice originally constructed in 1933 as the academic core of

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Photos courtesy of CEI Michigan, LLC this prestigious institution. Walbridge, Detroit, was the construction manager for the Law School renovation and expansion.

“I think what makes the project unique is the attention given to every detail of this building in terms of matching the existing hall,” said George J. Cook, CEI founder.

As part of the match, CEI installed 20,000 square feet of slate tile on a steeply pitched roof marked by a series of small dormers. The roof and walls of each dormer are both clad in this beautiful stone.

Along with South Hall, CEI has delivered a steady, impressive stream of University of Michigan projects over the past six years, including “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

the North Quad, the Ross School of Business, Crisler Center (formerly known as Crisler Arena) and the Football Stadium expansion and renovation. Slate has proven to be part of the “admissions test,” aiding CEI in gaining entry to one of the few bright spots in Michigan’s sluggish economy. “We started to become more active in bidding slate, and obviously U-M has a lot of old slate roofs,” said Cook.

One of CEI’s first slate projects at U-M was the historic Martha Cook Building, an allfemale residence hall originally constructed in 1915. “We did the project directly for U-M, installing a new slate roof and new copper valleys,” said Cook. “Some of the slate tiles on the lower part of the roof were 24 x 24 inches and weighed 30 lbs.” As the prime contractor, CEI selected RAM Construction Services, Livonia, to work on the building’s masonry restoration.

For both the Martha Cook building and South Hall, CEI purchased the slate from Camara Slate Products, a family-owned business in Vermont that ranks as one of the only slate companies in the country to actually own their own quarries. Camara pre-punches nail holes into the slate tiles, reducing the number of split tiles potentially incurred on the jobsite. “If we didn’t buy from Camara, we might run into about an eight percent waste factor,” said Cook.

At South Hall, CEI artfully blended the three colors of slate selected by HartmanCox, the Washington, D.C. architectural firm working in association with Integrated Design Solutions, Troy. According to Cook, the color blend is about 45 percent fading green and 50 percent unfading green with a remaining balance of five percent fading purple. “Slate is a bit of an art,” said Kristine Cook Lindsey, CEI vice president/general counsel. “It’s not paint by numbers. The roofer has to blend the tiles during installation.”

The slate graduates in length and thickness, becoming thinner and smaller from eave to ridge. “This roof has four different sizes of slate tile, ranging in length from 16 to 24 inches with random widths,” said Eric C. Cook, CEI president and project manager. The tiles range in thickness from half-inch to a full inch near the eave. For efficiency, the delivered tiles are offloaded in CEI’s yard and sorted by square. “We bring the trucks into our yard and sort and mix the tiles as we offload the vehicles,” said George Cook. “When it goes to the jobsite, the crew knows where to find each piece.”

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John Mansville PVC on flat roof sections of South Hall’s main roof and between each small dormer.

This safety-conscious company formulated an access and safety plan, effectively using the flat roofs between each dormer as a means to access the building’s multiple rows of dormers. “We ran 12-foot-high scaffolding in a U shape in each

one of these little flat roof areas to access different points,” said George Cook. The safety plan also called for a railing along the roof edge to close the direct gap to the street below. “We were tied off to install the slate, but we also used toe-boards on the roof and the scaffolding as a catch platform,” added Eric Cook.

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CEI has delivered an impressive stream of University of Michigan projects over the last six years, including the North Quad. Walbridge served as construction manager.

Tie-off plates (a tarps over the next surface-mounted work area for the anchor for the following day to attachment of fall keep the ice off, so protection we could continue harnesses) were work the very next used for work on morning.” the steeply pitched main roof COMMON LAW of this four-story, Beyond slate, 100,000-squareCEI created six foot building. ornate scuppers for CEI’s focus on a new pedestrian safety is another bridge linking CEI created six ornate scuppers and installed metal panels on the top and bottom of a new pedestrian reason behind Hutchins Hall with bridge linking U-M Law School’s Hutchins Hall with the “Stacks” of the Legal Research Building. the firm’s success the “Stacks” of the in securing a long list of plum projects at ULegal Research Building. The scupper 2010 and finished in late spring 2011, M. “One of the biggest reasons we’ve gotten translates a stone detail on the existing working through the winter to stay on the so many of these larger jobs is our safety Lawyer’s Club into metal. “We had to make tight schedule. “We got the roof covered practices,” said Eric Cook. “We focus hard on a couple of samples to get the color for the and dried in with Dens Deck and vapor it. U-M has high safety requirements, so we bridge piece just right,” said George Cook. barrier below the nail base,” said Eric Cook, stepped up our own safety program.”

Although the color is called Freedom Gray “and then started installing the nail-base CEI began work at the Law Quad in March copper, the pieces are made of a zinc insulation, followed by the slate. We placed

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product used today in lieu of lead. “All of the scuppers were hand-built in our sheet metal shop,” added Eric Cook.

With its arched windows, the new pedestrian bridge is in perfect harmony with the Law Quad’s Collegiate Gothic architectural style. CEI also installed metal panels on the top and bottom of the pedestrian bridge. The bridge spans above the new Robert B. Aikens Commons, a twostory, steel and glass enclosure housing a café and student gathering spaces. The striking Commons fills in an unused outdoor courtyard tucked between Hutchins Hall and the Legal Research Building. CEI also roofed the new stone-clad entry to the Commons and Hutchins Hall on Monroe Street, lending its expertise to craft an entrance in line with one of U-M’s crown architectural jewels.

A HIGHER EDUCATION The depth of CEI’s university experience has even led to work at the University of Notre Dame’s Stayer Center this summer. CEI will begin a 22,000-square-foot slate roofing project at the famed South Bend, Indiana academic institution in early June 2012.

Clearly, CEI has the talent and ability to turn slate into gold.

As part of its success, CEI casts a wide net, competitively bidding virtually all of U-M’s work, whether the projects are small or large-scale. The diverse roofs at U-M are also perfectly tailored to the company’s business plan.

CEI’s first complex roofing project for U-M was the Biomedical Research Building’s saddle-shaped auditorium in 2006 to 2007.

CEI installed the roof, as well as all the Rheinzink® metal wall panels, on a building that has been nicknamed “the potato chip” by some students.

The demanding Biomedical Research Building was only CEI’s “freshman” year at the University of Michigan. CEI went on to complete the reroofing of 60,000 square feet of standing seam metal roof for the Intermural Building, followed by both the Martha Cook building and the Ross School of Business in 2008 to 2009. The next project involved installation of the roof and aluminum plate wall panels for the Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium.

CEI has carved out a niche at U-M for the successful delivery of demanding projects.

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CEI’s first complex roofing project for U-M was the Biomedical Research Building’s saddleshaped auditorium. CEI installed the roof, as well as all the Rheinzink® metal wall panels.

2010 fit the bill on both counts. “North Quad was the toughest job we’ve ever done safety wise,” said George Cook. “It is 11 stories tall, and the main pitch is a 9:12 with 60:12 metal mansard faces. We installed about 15,000 square feet of Firestone EPDM flat roofing, 4,000 to 5,000 square feet of

slate, and 60,000 square feet of VM zinc.”

Manufactured by a French company, the product is comparable to copper with an almost stainless finish, added G. Robert Cook, CEI vice president sales/estimating.

At North Quad, CEI personnel were tied off, but the firm also ran a cable along the ridge and installed a fence in the roof gutter around the entire perimeter. With this protective fence, the safety system is classified as fall restraint rather than fall arrest, meaning four people can work along the cable versus the one that would be allowed on a fall arrest system. With perimeter fencing along the entire gutter and a cable on the ridge, CEI boosted safety and improved its production rate at the same time.

Post North Quad, CEI conducted work at the famous “Big House,” the common nickname for the U-M Football Stadium. “We primarily installed flat roofs at the football stadium, but it was complicated from the standpoint that the stadium project has a great many small, little roofs, making for very difficult access,” said Lindsey. CEI’s blitz on

the rooftops of the Maize and Blue’s campus continued in summer 2011 with the reroofing and installation of standing seam panels on the dome-like expanse of Crisler Center. CEI has also gone on to Spartan territory at Michigan State University with the installation of a coal tar built-up roof on the new Plant Sciences Building, as well as a slate roof for historic Giltner Hall.

“We put our focus on difficult projects, whether it is hard to access or hard to set up.”

— Eric Cook president, project manager, CEI Not content to only conquer Michigan, CEI has taken on the world, having delivered two roofing projects for the U.S. consulates in China last year. Over the last six years, CEI has also installed roofs on U.S. embassies in Vilnius, Lithuania and Wellington, New Zealand, as well as Fiji and Panama.

Requirements mandate the use of a roofing company’s own labor and the shipment of product from the United States. “The logistics side of it is huge,” said George Cook.

From the slate roofs of U-M’s Law Quad to the rooftops of Fiji, CEI has built a strong defense against harsh economic conditions with a winning combination of savvy business planning, excellent safety practices, and skilled craftsmanship. Far beyond a reasonable doubt, CEI Michigan, with its sister company in Orlando, FL, will continue to work on top of the roofing world.

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By Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor Photos Courtesy of CEI Michigan, LLC Michigan, LLC, Howell, was one of the first companies to brave the single-ply roofing market in the ‘80s.

Today, the roofing company is maintaining its competitive and technological edge with the development of a growing list of vegetated and green roofing projects. “We have always tried to stay ahead of the curve on new technology products,” said G. Robert Cook, vice president sales/estimating. “We view vegetated and green roofs as being in that category. We always try to do something out of the ordinary.”

CEI has been patiently cultivating projects in the green marketplace. The company has completed a healthy list of environmentally friendly rooftops, including a 16,500-square-foot vegetated roof for the recently constructed Ann Arbor Municipal Building. LiveRoof, Grand Rapids, cultivated and supplied this modular tray system of plants that is turning a second-floor patio area at the municipal building into an oasis of greenery.

Municipalities and universities are proving to be fertile ground for vegetated roofs. “For municipalities, vegetated roofs help control stormwater runoff and reduce the burden on the sewer system,” said Cook. “We’ve done two vegetated roofs at the University of Michigan, one at Eastern Michigan University, and we now have a couple more on our plate at U-M, plus one at Washtenaw Community College.”

The market for vegetated roofs is growing more slowly in the general commercial arena. In some cases, building owners are opting for reflective white roofs or roofs with higher R Values derived from thicker insulation. “R 30 seems to be the green roofing standard, which is six inches of isocyanurate roof insulation,” said G. Robert Cook. Today, vegetated roofing refers to roofs with actual vegetation, while green roofing is a term used for all other approaches to rooftop sustainability.

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ROOFTOP GARDENING For vegetated roofs, CEI always seeks the most efficient method of installation. “We always try to move the material at the least possible cost,” said George Cook. “We have used soil packaged in special bags that could actually be lifted with a crane. We open the bottom of the bag and move the crane around to spread the soil.”

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This 16,500-square-foot vegetated roof provides a green oasis for the Ann Arbor Municipal Building.

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CEI has installed all types of vegetated roofing systems, including tray systems and mat systems. As at the Ann Arbor Municipal Building, “all types of plant mixes can be cultivated in a nursery in a tray system, with some plants cultivated from cuttings and others from seeds,” said G. Robert Cook.

The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has a mat system on two vegetated roofs. The roofs are a 24,000square-foot mat system growing with sedum, courtesy of a Canadian-based company called Xeroflor. CEI installed a Xeroflor mat system for Michigan State University’s Plant Sciences Building, as well.

“With the Xeroflor mat system, we actually added six to eight inches of soil below it, so the ability to increase the soil is one of the system’s main benefits,” said G. Robert Cook.

Another green roofing choice is extensive or intensive, the first being composed of drought-resistant plants, such as sedum and native grasses, and the second being shrubs, trees and other plants requiring more maintenance. CEI will be installing an intensive, as well as an extensive, roof on portions of the University of Michigan’s Crisler Center rooftop this summer.

CEI’s policy is to use its own forces for the entire vegetated roofing project, including plant installation. As a horticulturist, Jodi Cook, CEI sales and estimating, will be the project manager overseeing the Crisler Center roof plantings. “She does all the pricing for the plants and the special soils, as well,” said George Cook.

Beyond vegetated and green roof installation, CEI is also developing a service division to maintain and inspect vegetated rooftops. The service division would fertilize, weed and check on the health of the installed vegetation. According to George Cook, roofers are a natural for rooftop “gardening,” because they are accustomed to working safely above grade, plus a roofing company has all the insurance in place for working on a rooftop.

Clearly, CEI has gained a strong hold on an emerging new marketplace by carefully cultivating its business approach.

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A MATERIAL NIRVANA IN NOVI Drab Print Shop Becomes a Dazzling Corporate Office

By Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor .J. Maltese certainly proved its mettle in the construction of the new corporate offices of Lee Steel Corporation in Novi. This Plymouth-based construction services company transformed a former print shop into a sleek showcase of steel designed by Davis & Davis Interior Design, Farmington Hills. Open the doors of this low-rise masonry building along Grand River Avenue and the ordinary gives way to a rare interior filled with the luster of stainless steel enveloping the very walls, columns and doors of this 10,000-squarefoot contemporary gem.

Angled lobby walls half-clad in stainless steel and frameless stainless steel doors with a custom linen finish are only part of this cutting-edge office. The interior positively

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Photos By Jeff Garland Architectural Photography glows with a rush of lime green color from acrylic panels, backlit with banks of LED lights. Add angled expanses of Carrera marble tile flooring from Italy and a long scroll of other custom materials - all combined in an ultra-modern design and executed with precision craftsmanship - and the end result is exactly what Lee Steel ordered: a contemporary corporate interior with an uncommon level of quality; an office without a trace of wood; and a signature building unmistakably stamped as the corporate offices of a company dedicated to the manufacture of flat-rolled carbon steel for the automotive, appliance, furniture, construction and defense industries, among others.

“All the work is custom,” said Dominic

Maltese, president of D.J. Maltese. “We put together product assemblies never seen before.” D.J. Maltese relied on a select cadre of trade contractors known for impeccable craftsmanship. Wally Kosorski & Co, Inc., Clinton Township, installed the majority of interior finishes, fitting together these custom materials as seamlessly as a welltailored leather glove fits a hand.

The entire interior is a perfect fit for this Michigan-based manufacturer with plants in Detroit and Grand Rapids. “I believe that design is not arbitrary, but linked to a designer’s ability to interpret or translate the client’s identity into physical space,” wrote Michelle Davis, Davis & Davis principal and design director, on the firm’s website. Davis’s “translation” is certainly accurate and truly “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

captivating. In describing this polished interior of precision angles – in particular the procession of stainless steel wrapped columns and cantilevered beams in the main corridor – Howard Davis, Davis & Davis principal and CEO, said, “These stainless steel elements convey Lee Steel’s precision engineering, using metal – the very lifeblood of their business.” Lee Steel’s new black, green and gray logo served as the catalyst for the project’s color palette, he added.

THREE GENERATIONS OF SUCCESS Changing an ugly duckling of a printing shop into a beautiful swan began with discussions between Lee Steel and Marla Craig of Facility Matrix Group (FMG), the interior furnishing company with offices in Ann Arbor, Pontiac and Frankenmuth, that brought Davis & Davis on board in the summer of 2010. Davis & Davis set to work producing a series of 3D photorealistic renderings for Lee Steel. “They are timeconsuming and expensive to produce,” said Howard Davis, “but most clients can’t visualize what the end result will look like. If we can get them more excited about the design with a 3D rendering, they are more willing to make the investment.”

D.J. Maltese joined the project in the postdesign phase. D.J. Maltese has been the contractor of choice for Lee Steel for 36 years, having worked with company founder, Thomas Taylor, and his son and current president, Zachary Taylor, as a design/build provider on every office and plant expansion since 1978.

Tom Taylor’s commemorative plaque is suspended before a stainless steel mesh curtain wall in the seating lounge of Lee Steel’s new corporate board room. The companion walls of this unique corporate board room are lined with the building’s signature combination of stainless steel and acrylic backlit panels divided by an accent band of perforated stainless steel. Clients discuss business in a “circle of steel,” referring to the round, back-painted glass conference table ringed in a circular border of custom carpeting below and a perforated stainless steel ring and massive soffit above.

The elder Taylor would probably beam with pride at the innovative energy embodied in this incredible new facility.

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into the third generation of working together in the industry.”

ASSEMBLING THE A-TEAM Clearly, Lee Steel is in good hands with D.J. Maltese, who did a great deal of preliminary leg work to obtain this long list of custom materials in a timely manner. “One of the keys to the project was the scheduling of these unique materials,” said Maltese. “The marble tiles and other materials from Italy had a lead time of 16 weeks. Basically, we pre-ordered some of the materials from suppliers before the trades were even awarded the job.”

For suppliers, Maltese relied on an industry staple – the Construction Association of Michigan’s (CAM) Buyer’s Guide. “Finding someone to supply some of the materials was a challenge,” said Maltese.

“The CAM Buyer’s Guide helped us find suppliers and vendors for a great deal of these materials. For example, there are only a few companies around who make this type of stainless steel work. ” Ultimately, CAM member, MCM Stainless Fabricating, Hazel Park, custom fabricated all the high-end

stainless steel as a subcontractor to Wally Kosorski & Co. Assembling the A-Team of trade contractors involved drawing on Maltese’s long history in the industry to find “The One” for each job. “One of the ways we were able to control the quality and the schedule was that the owner allowed me to predetermine who is going to bid the job,” said Maltese.

“We only invited four bidders on every trade.

We personally invited them to bid the job.”

Maltese’s strategy led to the selection of tried and true craftspeople with a proven track record of quality, including Double Eagle Tile Company, a tile and stone contractor in Carleton, and Shock Brothers Floor Covering, Inc., the Roseville firm that installed all the custom carpeting throughout the interior. Together the two firms created stunning floor-scapes, including the main corridor featuring a composite floor of custom carpet and Carrera marble. Angled expanses of Carrera marble tile slice through the lobby floor, creating a stunning assembly of white, lightly veined marble set in a field of grayish ceramic tile. The custom ceramic tile from

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Glass partitions open the space and offer a view into the main conference room. Clad in stainless steel, both columns and beams have tapered angles, lining a hallway itself bent at an angle.

Italy is embedded with metallic elements, adding to the building’s celebration of steel.

WHERE’S THE WOOD? D.J. Maltese began interior demolition in October 2010, completely gutting the interior before launching construction in November. Maltese assigned a full-time superintendent to the job who was onsite daily attending to every detail. Maltese, himself, served as project manager, taking a hands-on approach to successfully deliver the job.

Carving floor openings for new plumbing and new roof openings for a series of skylights was one of the first tasks. Having worked with D.J. Maltese for 20 years, Newton Crane Roofing, Inc., Pontiac, was the firm selected to carve a 10-foot diameter circular skylight in the lobby, a 30-foot-long opening along the length of the main corridor, and two broad, curved skylights, one in the president’s office and the other in the closing room. “He (Zachary Taylor) wanted as much natural light as possible,” said Davis. “Cutting those skylights floods the whole space with light.”

Working “behind the scenes” in shaping this material paradise, Cass Erectors, Inc., Livonia, installed the structural steel support for the skylights, as well as the structural steel for the new stainless steel clad columns and beams. Huron Acoustic Tile Co., Clinton Township, filled in this blank canvas of a building with metal studs, insulation, drywall and custom lime-green and white acoustic ceiling panels, as subcontractor to

Wally Kosorski & Co. The Kosorski team then added its own touch to the installation of custom resin panels, millwork and stainless steel doors, frames and panels, as well as a host of other stainless steel elements. “Wally Kosorski’s craftsmanship is outstanding,” said Maltese.

“I knew they could perform, and that’s why I really wanted them on this job. They have some great craftsmen.” D.J. Maltese and Wally Kosorski & Co. also have an established business relationship, having worked together on such historical gems as Orchestra Hall and the Whitney Restaurant, as well as several luxury residences.

Wally Kosorski & Co. brought the same sense of Old World craftsmanship to this contemporary space, easily seguing from the firm’s tradition of custom finish carpentry to custom stainless steel. “When he first asked me to bid the work, I thought, ‘Ok, but there is no wood,’” recalled Dave Eschner, owner and president of this respected carpentry contracting firm. The interior’s crisp detail and material beauty clearly shows what an extremely short learning curve was needed for this wood to steel transition.

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angles in a hallway itself bent at an angle.

“The stainless steel elements are a unique design feature giving the interior a contemporary edge,” said Davis. “In bending the hallway, we thought it would make it more interesting to circulate through the space.”

Kosorski worked with MCM in generating accurate measurements for stainless steel fabrication. “The measurements had to be very precise to meet close tolerances,” said Eschner. “Once onsite, it was just like putting together the pieces of a puzzle.”

Resin panels rest on the cantilevered beams, creating a unique ceiling treatment and adding another level of complexity to the project. These special order resin panels had to be cut and handled with care. “If you cut it wrong, the panel could not be fixed,” said Eschner. “We also needed two to three workers to lift and turn the heavy panels over for cutting.” Like walking a tightrope with a lit torch, installation demanded the steady hand of an experienced contractor to prevent scratching these high-end, oneinch-thick panels. Kosorski’s craftsmen could clearly take the heat, actually polishing the panel edges with a flame torch to create a wonderful finish.

These precision steel and resin elements form a unique corridor assembly, completed by the floor-to-ceiling glass partitions supplied by FMG. “The resin panels allow light to pass through,” said Davis, “and the floor-to-ceiling glass walls convey a very open feel.” Kosorski did triple duty by installing the cantilevered beams and a halfinch version of the resin panels as part of the ceiling treatment in both the lobby and a conference room.

In this mecca of innovation, even the doors are different. Without a visible frame, the custom doors add another precision element to the sleek flow of an interior dedicated to the chic side of steel. “The doors have no trim or casing,” said Eschner.

“The door frame is actually part of the wall.

It has a special frame that is mudded right in with the drywall.” Huron Acoustic Tile Co. supplied these unique frames from Australia. Forms + Surfaces, Pittsburg, PA, provided the actual custom-patterned stainless steel door.

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PMP Marble & Granite, Troy, provided all the stone sills and countertops, also working under Kosorski. Another key material made waves in the president’s office, namely a large wave wall of precast gypsum.

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This light-filled break room offers all the comforts of home, including a beverage machine dispensing everything from cappuccino to hot cocoa.

sanded to the point of invisibility to maintain the illusion of a perfect wave. “The sanding was very intricate,” said Eschner.

“Because of the way the natural light shines in from the owner’s window, it highlights all the joints. It probably took about 250

man-hours putting up the wall and sanding it to an acceptable level.”

The client closing room has a seamless wave wall, as well, courtesy of Kosorski. As a Kosorski subcontractor, Millennium Cabinetry, Bloomfield Hills, was responsible for the custom cabinetry and for the bar area of this sophisticated space for sealing the deal.

D.J. Maltese and his hand-picked team brought the architect’s vision to life in perfect detail. “The finished product is almost identical to the 3D rendering,” said Maltese. “It’s amazing.” The construction team captured the design intent, and the design captures the eye and communicates Lee Steel’s energy and spirit of innovation.

“We wanted to create different points as you move through the space that would capture your eye, whether it is the stainless steel angles on the walls or the floor broken into stone and carpeted areas in the main hallway,” said Davis. “The whole goal being that there is such an attention to detail and design that is the same attention to detail that Lee Steel brings to its manufactured products.”

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A THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT Tweaking the project specifications meant switching from strips of LED lights to an entire bank, said Maltese. This tweak turned the unwanted striped lines of the acrylic panels into a single glow of color with lime-green for the main interior and robin blue for the conference room. “There are about a thousand little lights behind each of those panels,” added Maltese.

D.J. Maltese also installed a film behind the acrylic wall panels to strengthen the vibrancy of the color. Today, the lime-green glow lends the building a strong presence at night.

Additionally, a film was placed on the resin panels to correct the panel’s initial pink cast when viewed from a distance and in a certain light, said Maltese.

Creative examples of custom light fixtures fill this transformed interior, beginning in the lobby with fixtures resembling round flower heads with individually articulated metal “petals.” In a lobby with precision angles and even triangular chairs, the circular fixtures, table and skylight soften the strong geometry of the space.

Davis & Davis brought Berbiglia Associates, Inc., Farmington Hills, on board as the mechanical/electrical engineer for the MEP renovation. Berbiglia’s design includes a backup generator for emergency power, extensive reworking of the electrical system and insertion of spiral ductwork with flush reveals. The ductwork is an attractive feature in an open ceiling interior.

“Their design also created different mechanical zones throughout the space to keep it comfortable all year round,” said Davis. Long Mechanical, Northville, was the HVAC and plumbing contractor, while Denver Electric, Inc., Auburn Hills, was the electrical contractor.

As another uncommon infrastructure amenity, a new white noise system is wired throughout the interior to protect privacy and create a quiet, comfortable interior for Lee Steel’s new corporate office.

Completed in August 2011, the project has received numerous accolades from Lee Steel clients, and both the president and the staff are very pleased with the outcome. “D.J. Maltese did a nice job,” said Zachary Taylor. Certainly, Monday morning never looked so good, as Lee Steel staff enter this stunning, ultra-contemporary lobby, open the stainless steel door and walk past an entry wall of etched granite on one side and delicate marble tile mosaic on the other. The break room is almost as spacious as the board room.

Sleek self-closing drawers on all cabinets and light fixtures resembling inverted drinking glasses bring the space to life.

Millennium Cabinetry built the cabinetry in the break room and was responsible for the hardware and all the self-closing drawers and doors, along with the fabrication and installation of a unique quartz countertop. The room contains all the comforts of an upscale home, complete with seating areas, a panel television mounted in the wall and a beverage machine dispensing everything from cappuccino to hot cocoa.

“No matter where you are in the space, Mr. Taylor wanted it to be comfortable and inviting,” said Davis. “He wanted something no one had ever seen before.” Clearly, the A-Team has delivered on both promises, crafting these superlative spaces all within the demolished interior of a modestly sized, print shop. “You don’t often see these kinds of high-end jobs,” said Eschner. “I am proud to say we did it.” Given D.J. Maltese’s penchant for attracting and delivering such upscale projects, Eschner said, “I am waiting for Dominic Maltese to come up with another over-the-top job.”

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Butcher & Butcher has restored the ornate cornices of this turn-of-the-century building originally constructed in the early 1900s.

Working Above the 45th Parallel Butcher & Butcher Restores North Country Historic Treasures

By Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor

utcher & Butcher Construction Co. Inc., Rochester Hills, had one of the best jobsites in Michigan in the fall of 2011: the rooftop of the Park Place City Center in Sault Ste. Marie. Freighters were moving through the Soo Locks and the trees were wrapping up their own production, turning the northern forests into a blaze of autumn

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Photos by Kam Culbertson, Butcher & Butcher Construction Co., Inc. color. The six-story rooftop offers a grand panorama of this historic city along the St. Mary’s River and of the Canadian highlands rising across the waterway. Built in the early 1900s, Park Place City Center is only one of many historical structures dotting a city originally founded as a Jesuit mission in 1668. This 17th century date makes Sault

Ste. Marie the oldest European settlement in Michigan and in the entire midwestern United States, according to Wikipedia.

The Chippewa call the area Bahweting, meaning gathering place, for Sault Ste. Marie was once the site of a traditional summer village and fishing grounds for untold centuries before becoming a mission, a “Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

fur-trading hub, and finally the site of the construction of the first U.S. Soo Lock in May 1855. With lock construction, the city became a gathering place for the transport of iron, copper and lumber. Perhaps some of that wealth ended up in the Central Savings Bank formerly housed in the six-story Adams Building, a brick edifice originally constructed in 1903 to 1904 and now one of two buildings composing Park Place City Center. A three-story former Masonic Lodge, dating from 1902, is the second building in the complex. Both buildings will be converted into apartments and will continue the historical placement of street-front retail establishments on the first level. “Because of all the windows, the individual apartments will be very light and airy,” said Kam Culbertson, manager of Butcher & Butcher’s office in Harbor Springs.

The years – and the harsh Upper Peninsula winters – have not been kind to either of these brick structures or their ornate metal cornices. Both a lower cornice on the former bank and the actual cornice on the old Masonic Lodge were completely gone, along with the lodge’s wonderfully detailed metal corbels or decorative brackets. Butcher & Butcher obtained historic photographs of the buildings from the Sault Historical Society as part of replicating and replacing these fallen decorative elements.

A TALE OF TWO CORNICES A roofing and cornice reconstruction project as intricate as surgery was tailormade for Butcher & Butcher, a roofing and roof repair specialist with offices also in Pompano, Florida.

Butcher & Butcher brought its experienced crew and an 80-foot man-lift to Sault Ste. Marie’s Ashmun Street in August 2010, first reroofing 11,200 square feet on both buildings as a subcontractor to Oakwood Construction, Okemos. “We basically removed all existing deteriorated insulation, added new insulation, and installed a Firestone TPO roof system,” said Culbertson. Pat Butcher, Butcher & Butcher owner and president, led the effort, working with the crew for two weeks.

Restoration began with the replacement of the Adam Building’s lower cornice that once graced the building directly above the fifth-story windows. The old brittle brick in this area had deteriorated almost to the consistency of crumbling sandstone, requiring Butcher & Butcher to engineer an anchor and substrate system to support the new decorative metal band. The restoration crew used Hilti screen and epoxy anchors, a Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

This beautifully crafted lower cornice now graces the Park Place City Center in Sault Ste. Marie.

high-quality product for fastening materials to weak or void-ridden areas. “We had to pre-drill and then mount anchor bolts along the entire perimeter, before installing a wood block support system to carry the load of the new cornice,” said Culbertson.

Butcher & Butcher took field measurements for fabrication of a galvanized sheet metal cornice, working with Old World Distributors, Inc., Kalamazoo.

“We provided them with dimensions and profiles, and they utilized their technologies to fabricate a three-piece cornice system,” said Culbertson. Rather than a straight line, this decorative metal band zigzags and wraps around two bay windows.

Butcher & Butcher used virtually every strategy in the roof repair arsenal to piece together this decorative metal band. “We had to reglet the metal into the existing brick, meaning we basically cut into the brick work, inserted the sheet metal up into the brick, and then caulked it to create a watertight detail,” explained Culbertson.

Creating a weep-hole system for moisture management was the last step in this restoration phase.

With equal care, Butcher & Butcher meticulously repaired and restored the actual cornice, a decorative band whose dentils and other ornate details suffered from horrible rust and deterioration. “Some of the dentil blocks had rusted in dozens of spots to the point of failure,” said Culbertson. “We had to fabricate one- to

three-foot replacement sections. There were quite a few holes throughout the cornice, as well.”

Butcher & Butcher field measured, fabricated and installed a host of galvanized metal pieces and custom bent radiuses. “We worked with compound radiuses, miters and hundreds of other very difficult pieces to make the cornice flow properly,” said Culbertson.

RESTORING THE CROWN JEWELS Replacing the cornice of the former Masonic Lodge demanded even more delicate surgery. The actual cornice was long gone, but even the roof line’s concrete cap or coping was on the verge of collapse.

“If you leaned on the cap, the entire parapet wall would have literally fallen into the street,” said Culbertson.

The repair entailed “peeling back the entire parapet and hand lowering the pieces to the ground,” said Culbertson. “Basically, we removed the concrete cap and two courses of badly damaged brick. We then filled the brick gaps and holes with Hilti nonshrink grout, placed epoxy anchor bolts in the top of the wall, and attached wood blocking.”

Stabilization of the upper wall was a must, not only to prevent wall failure, but also to make sure it would hold the weight of the new cornice and its new support system.

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construct a series of cantilevered steel trusses and wood blocking as a mounting platform. “It was a very labor intensive process to make that work out perfectly and safely,” said Culbertson.

Butcher & Butcher had to anchor the steel trusses to the building. First, this team of roof repair specialists cut back a strip of the existing roof system along the wall edge, installed a double layer of laminated veneer lumber (LVL), and bolted the LVL strip through the wood roof deck and into the roof joist. The LVL bolts became one of three points of attachment for the new steel trusses. “Steel clips were attached to the LVL bolts, and then 2x2 steel angles were shot to the clips with a Hilti powder-actuated fastener,” explained Culbertson. The actual structural steel trusses are attached to this row of companion steel angles.

The steel trusses were also attached to anchor bolts set in epoxy grout on a new, cast-in-place concrete cap. As the third point of attachment, the steel trusses “were attached to the outside face of the upper wall with Hilti expansion and Hilti screen epoxy anchors,” said Culbertston. Using quite a line of Hilti products, Butcher & Butcher put this Humpty Dumpty of a wall back together again – and created a sound underpinning for the decorative cornice.

Post sheathing and waterproofing, Butcher & Butcher was ready to crown the building with its new metal cornice. “The cornice is basically a large crown with an internal cove and a tiered cap,” said Culbertson. Directly below the cornice, ornate corbels were once set within a series of squares, set at intervals and outlined in red brick within the cream-colored expanse of the main brick façade. The corbels had rusted and the squares remained empty for decades. “It took a lot of field measuring to make our rebuilding happen so that the bottom cornice ended in the right spot, allowing the corbels to line up directly beneath it and fall right in the center of those existing squares,” said Culbertson. Old World Distributors aided in the design and fabrication of the corbel’s stamped and rolled decorative details, as well as the former lodge’s bent radius cornice.

Restoration of the original window configuration also returned the building to its original grace. For years, the floor-toceiling windows above the first floor had been blocked in and reduced to a row of small window openings. Butcher & Butcher repaired and re-clad the columns and sheet metal details above and below the original

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windows, paving the way for full window restoration. Today, natural light pours into the building through these newly restored openings.

“With the new windows and a new skylight in the main entrance, you walk in and the whole building is just full of light,” said Culbertson. “The old Masonic Lodge was wide open and quite large, so now the building has some very cool studios.”

Butcher & Butcher completed work on November 11, 2011. Tourists and residents taking a casual stroll down Ashmun Street may glance upward to admire the historical flavor of Park Place, but they may never know the labor and skill poured into the successful restoration of these two early 20th Century buildings.

THE HOLLYWOOD OF THE NORTH Butcher & Butcher migrated south to Traverse City in November 2011 to tackle restoration of the historic State Theatre, home of the renowned Traverse City Film Festival, lauded as one of the best in North America. Last year, the 7th annual festival recorded over 128,000 admissions. In November, Butcher & Butcher repaired the exterior of the 100-year-old building, which hadn’t been renovated since the theatre was rebuilt in 1949.

In Phase I, Butcher & Butcher repaired the stainless steel “picture frame” surrounding the red exterior panels, a fitting color for a

city known as the Cherry Capital of the World. “We removed and rebuilt the stainless steel columns, soffits, and fascia framing the red panels,” said Culbertson.

The removed stainless steel was returned to the owner for recycling, while Butcher & Butcher worked with Great Lakes Stainless, Traverse City, to recreate the same brushed angel hair finish on the new stainless steel pieces.

Stopping the leaks in this aging building was another core mission. Butcher & Butcher chiseled off the cement backer board along the frame perimeter, attached a ¾-inch, fire-treated plywood, and shrouded the area in ice and water shield. “We then rebuilt the EPDM membrane roof and tied it all together to produce a completely waterproof roof system and substrate,” said Culbertson.

The crew worked out of a 60-foot man-lift about 40 feet above the streets of this bustling tourist mecca, building a pedestrian access “tunnel” to create a safe pathway for the crowds visiting this popular northern city. Phase I was completed December 2011.

President Pat Butcher also led the Butcher & Butcher crew on this vital project for northwestern Michigan. Pat Butcher feels it is a very important aspect of the company’s business practices to have himself as company owner and president on site, leading the crew and ensuring quality workmanship.

Hosting movies for a hundred years, the State Theater is now the home of the renowned Traverse City Film Festival. Framed in stainless steel, the red exterior “screen” of this historic theater is perfect for a city called the Cherry Capital of the World.

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Phase II involves the manufacture and installation of the custom red panels blanketing the front of this historic movie palace. The Cerama steel panels are formed of a porcelain ceramic finish baked onto steel.

A custom screen print is superimposed on the panel and baked again. This process adds an uneven or splatter-type texture and a richer, more complex mix of light and dark custom reds.

The colored panels are being manufactured in Belgium by the same company that originally produced this specialty product in the late ‘40s.

“Specifically, the panels are a standard alliance veneer system of 28 gauge Cerama steel,” said Culbertson. “The panels are attached to a 4 millimeter cement board backer and an aluminum backer panel.”

Working with the owner, Butcher & Butcher has been shepherding the panels through a two-month review and approval process. A section of original panel was even shipped to Belgium to aid in accurate replication. “The custom red color has now been chosen and is in panel fabrication,” said Culbertson. “Once panel fabrication is finished, the Belgium manufacturer is going to screen print a sample and ship it to Traverse City. The owner must then approve the texture. Once that is done, it will take about six to eight weeks to finalize the texture, bake it onto the red color, apply it to the cement board and aluminum backer, and then ship it to the site.”

From mid-June to mid-July 2012, Butcher & Butcher will be installing all 220 of these custom panels, each measuring about 48 x 15 inches. “The reflection on the panels when the State Theatre is fully lit will be absolutely gorgeous,” said Culbertson.

Before the panels arrive, Butcher & Butcher will complete demolition and have all of the custom stainless steel channels fabricated, on-site and ready for placement between each of these carefully crafted custom panels. “As soon as the panels hit the ground, we can start installing them,” said Culbertson. The other “trick” will be working in a bustling tourist town and also avoiding any damage to the historic neon marque.

With such astute attention to detail, Butcher & Butcher’s restoration of this historic theater is sure to earn rave reviews from the throngs of movie lovers expected to attend the 8th annual Traverse City Film Festival in late July and early August 2012.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Butcher & Butcher has brought a wide array of historical buildings back to life, including Pine Grove Wisner Historical House, Van Hoosen Farm, Gratiot County Courthouse and the Durand Train Station. Butcher & Butcher Construction has the specialized knowledge and the experienced crews to handle any facet of historical restoration, ranging from the rooftop to a building’s foundations.

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Photos by Michael Raffin, Mia Photography A recent addition and remodeling project at Angela Hospice Care Center tested the professionalism of a skilled project team in this demanding hospice environment. Architectural firm Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas, Inc., Farmington Hills, and construction manager Kasco, Inc., Royal Oak, led a team that created a facility to meet complex medical requirements while respecting the needs of patients, visitors, staff and volunteers.

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CREATING A HOSPICE ENVIRONMENT Hospice care facilities rank among the most challenging projects in the healthcare arena. Some of the greatest hurdles that were overcome are inherent to all hospice facilities but specific issues at Angela Hospice Care Center included creating a new structure that was cohesive with the existing building.

“I don’t know if this is the best way to put it, but, when you are designing a hospice environment, you are trying to create a place to pass on,” said Patrick Barry, project manager for Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas. “It needs to be calming, but as family and friends gather with their loved ones, it also needs to be a place where a life can be celebrated.”

In other words, a hospice must be many things to a variety people.

It needs to accommodate various personal preferences and beliefs.

Patients might want to reminisce with large groups, but they might also want quiet time for reflection and introspection. The same patient might feel these conflicting needs at different times as he or she completes life’s journey.

Angela Hospice Care Center accommodates the need for serenity with its picturesque campus. A total of 32 spacious patient rooms are situated in “home like” pods with 10 to 12 beds each. Each pod includes a central nurse station, lounge and family room. The Chapel, along with kitchen and living room spaces that can accommodate large groups, is situated in a central core area that can be accessed from each pod. The end result is a state-of-the-art healthcare facility that feels familiar and welcoming.

It may feel more like a luxury resort, but Angela Hospice Care Center is very much a healthcare facility. Clinical requirements occasionally had the potential to work against the desired environment. Lighting, in particular, received a great deal of scrutiny.

“The State of Michigan requires high light levels, but those don’t typically create a calming environment,” said Barry. “They [medical professionals] needed to be able to increase light levels for clinical purposes, but we gave options for patients to control the levels in their spaces and in common areas.”

Enabling these options mandated sophisticated control devices and specialized fixtures that complicated installation. Sound levels were also taken into consideration. Materials and breaks in walls were carefully planned to manage noise, while wireless technology replaced traditional communication systems to create a tranquil environment. Since terminally ill patients can be very sensitive to temperature changes, windows and walls were engineered to prevent drafts and thermostats were placed to allow a high degree of control over individual spaces.

Angela Hospice Care Center may feel like a luxury resort, but it is very much a healthcare facility.

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The recent project at Angela Hospice Care Center was designed to offer environments for group interactions, as well as for more private introspection.

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halt activities to accommodate patients and families, but the project also provided a healthy diversion for many. Engle recalled one incident when a subcontractor was working without a shirt on a hot summer day. He received an unusual request after putting it back on. It seemed that one of the patients preferred watching him work shirtless and the relationship among the project team was so cordial that the hospice staff felt comfortable enough to pass this information along to the workers.

“There was a significant design effort to keep the functions separate in the facility.”

THE FOLLOWING SUBCONTRACTORS AND PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS CONTRIBUTED THEIR SKILLS TO THE PROJECT: ● Accordion Fire Doors – Won-Door Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT ● Asphalt Paving/Curb and Gutter – Nagle Paving Company, Novi ● Automatic Sliding Doors – Besam Entrance Solutions, Livonia

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Of course, hospice is more than a challenging environment to build in. It also requires tremendous commitment from the people who work there every day. The facility was carefully designed to accommodate their needs.

“There was a significant design effort to keep the functions separate in the facility,” said Jim Pappas, president of Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas. “There are over 400 volunteers and staff members who use the building on a regular basis for training and bereavement classes for families. There is a lot of traffic for that use in portions of the building that we renovated and we kept that separate from the living spaces.”

Angela Hospice is an environment that is well suited to its very important purpose.

The entire project team embodied the dedication that helped to make it so.

“In 25 years of doing this, I’ve never worked with an owner who was more interested in the families, residents and staff,” said Engle. “They wanted to provide the best experience possible and the Sisters [Felician Sisters of Livonia] drove that philosophy throughout the entire project.”

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Henry® Company Releases New Low Temp Roofing Underlayment: Helping Contractors When the Weather’s Against Them In response to the needs of roofing contractors, Henry® Company has introduced a new self-adhered roofing underlayment specifically designed for application and performance in cold weather. Blueskin® Roof Low Temp Roofing Underlayment (RF200LT) has many of the popular features of Henry’s Blueskin® Roof Ice & Water Barrier, combined with a special low temperature adhesive waterproof compound.

Blueskin® Roof Low Temp Roofing Underlayment is designed to be applied at temperatures above 14°F (-10°C), whereas most competitive products recommend the ambient temperature be above 40°F (5°C) for proper application.

With traditional roof underlayments, poor adhesion in cold temperatures can lead to incomplete installation of the membrane, and increase the chance that a water-tight seal is not achieved across the roofing surface.

Henry Company is the #1 Choice of Professionals® and the leading innovator of specialized Building Envelope Systems®, including roofing, air and vapor barriers, waterproofing, foam insulation. For more than 75 years, Henry products have protected and enhanced the performance of residential, industrial, commercial and institutional foundations, buildings and structures.

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Milwaukee® Introduces Industry’s First 6 in 1 Lineman’s Pliers Milwaukee Tool continues to expand its Hand Tool offering with the introduction of the industry’s first 6 in 1 Lineman’s Pliers. Designed to the userpreferred 9” length, the innovative new tool can be used for reaming pipe, cutting bolts, pulling fish tape, pulling nails, cutting nails and for standard plier applications.

Backed by Milwaukee’s Limited Lifetime Warranty, each of the new tools is made with forged metal and machined precision for maximum tool strength and durability. The tools also feature rust protection to increase tool life and reduce corrosion. Induction hardened jaws provide long lasting durability and consistent performance, while durable rubber grips add comfort and help protect the tool.

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Introducing the Pathway Twist Finally, standardization comes to LED! Pathway is pleased to introduce a new “twistable” technology with a standardized socket which accepts a LED twistable lamp module from any manufacturer. Now re-lamping an LED fixture is as simple as replacing a standard bulb. Because the engine and driver are included in the lamp module, no separate driver is required.

Available in 4” or 6” round or square

apertures, The Pathway Twist is offered in 2700K, 3000K and 4000K color temperatures, currently in 1100 lumens. Lamp life ranges from 25,000 hours at 65°C to 50,000 hrs. at 55°C. Future proofed design means that the “Twist” fixture can be easily upgraded to newer LED twistable lamp technologies as they become available. Pathway offers The Twist with a 3 year warranty. You can find specifications and more details online at www.pathwaylighting.com, using the keyword “twist.”

The Pathway Twist is designed for use with Zhaga standardized modules. (See www.zhagastandard.org for more information about this specification standardization cooperation.)

Contact your local Pathway Sales Representative for more information, or contact our sales department at 1-800-3420592, fax: 1-800-207-0090, or sales@PathwayLighting.com. You can also visit us on-line at www.pathwaylighting.com, or write to us at Pathway Lighting Products, Inc., P.O. Box 591, Old Saybrook, CT 06475.

AG™ Wall Systems Offered by Superior Walls® Superior Walls®, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient precast foundation systems, now offers precast concrete wall panels specifically designed for use in above-grade applications. The AG™ Wall Systems allow builders to use the panels in stacked applications to create multiple stories of construction.

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foundation systems to above grade building applications. AG wall systems are preengineered at Superior Walls facilities and custom manufactured for the specific needs of a project. The walls are delivered to the job site and installed within hours of arrival.

Each Superior Walls panel is custom made to the specifications of an individual project, including built-in openings for windows and doors. Pre-engineered access for wiring or small plumbing elements along with smart stud facing for easy drywall installation are included and help speed up the construction process.

Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Superior Walls has more information available at www.superiorwalls.com.

GOJO Cherry Gel Pumice Hand Cleaner for Heavy Dirt, Grease & Oil GOJO® Cherry Gel Pumice Hand Cleaner, a heavy duty hand cleaner with pumice scrubbers, quickly cleans the heaviest dirt while leaving skin feeling refreshed.

With a unique combination of skin conditioners, GOJO Cherry Gel Pumice Hand Cleaner is pH balanced for skin comfort. The cleaner’s innovative gel formula spreads evenly and clings to hands and arms to deliver maximum cleaning power on heavy dirt, grease and oil.

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The 2012 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated Rainy Hamilton Jr. FAIA, NOMA, local architect and AIA member, to its prestigious Hamilton Jr. College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession.

Hamilton is a native Detroiter and graduate of the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Architecture. Hamilton established his own Detroit-based architectural firm as a solo practitioner in 1993. Since that time, Hamilton Anderson Associates (HAA), based in Detroit, has grown to include partner, Kent Anderson, landscape architect, and over 65 full-time employees. Hamilton also currently serves as president of the Detroit Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). All 2012 Fellows will be honored at an investiture ceremony at the 2012 National AIA Convention and Design Exposition in Washington, D.C. in May 2012.

Detroit-based SmithGroupJJR, one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering and planning firms, is pleased to announce that Paul Urbanek, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, vice president, has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows. This tribute reflects Urbanek’s significant contributions to the profession of architecture, the education of future architects, and his longstanding commitment to the Urbanek AIA. Urbanek earned a bachelor of science in architecture and a bachelor of architecture from Lawrence Technological University, and was recognized as the school’s 2011 Distinguished Architectural Alumni. He is a registered architect in Michigan and a LEED accredited professional.

SmithGroupJJR, one of the nation’s largest architecture, engineering and planning firms, has hired Jon Romig as leader of the planning group in its Detroit office. Romig will head the firm’s laboratory planning and programming activities, mentoring staff and offering project planning and design expertise. He will also aid in business development pursuits throughout the Midwest, cultivating relationships with strategic new client targets in the science and technology, healthcare, higher education, and private sectors.

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Rudolph/Libbe, Inc. has announced the following: Project Engineers Ryan Fisher, Troy Fritch and Ashley McGill have earned LEED Green Associate status through the U.S. Green Building Council.

Also, Shellie Peterson, construction management assistant/project coordinator in the firm’s Walbridge, OH office, has earned LEED Green Associate status through the U.S. Green Building Council.

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for designing, constructing and operating high-performance green buildings. Rudolph/Libbe Companies is among the nation’s largest contractors and employs nearly 1,500 construction trades through offices in Lima, Toledo, Cleveland and Walbridge, OH; Plymouth, MI; and Atlanta, GA.

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John Clark, Board Chairman of Clark Construction, Lansing, has been selected to receive Michigan State University’s (MSU) 2012 Outstanding Alumnus award from the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) Alumni Association. The MSU CANR Alumni Association’s award honors candidates who have Clark distinguished themselves by obtaining the highest level of professional accomplishments and who possess the highest standards of integrity and character. John Clark is a well-known and respected leader in the construction industry, where he has more than 45 years experience.

The Board of Directors of Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc. (FTC&H) is pleased to Miller announce the following promotions: Kerri A. Miller, PE, LEED AP, BD+C and Kamran Kuhtz Qadeer, PE to senior associate and vice president; and the promotions of Anthony R. Kuhtz, PE, LEED AP; Stephen J. MacDonald, PE; and Timothy Platz, PS to associate.

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Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights, has announced the following new hires: Michael Hines as safety quality manager; and Pikarski Hines Lee Pikarski as project manager. Also, Roncelli is proud to announce that Project Engineer Paul Flores and Superintendent Jude DeBacker recently received LEED® Green Associate Flores accreditations. DeBacker is Roncelli’s first superintendent to become a LEED® Professional; Roncelli’s preconstruction services staff is comprised of 100% LEED® Professionals and a majority of their DeBacker project managers and estimators are now LEED® accredited.

Roncelli is a privately-owned construction services company with ongoing operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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Attorneys Abe Barlaskar and Courtney L. Bollman recently joined Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, as members of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Bollman Barlaskar, who works in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office, concentrates his litigation practice in the areas of premises and retail liability and motor-vehicle negligence, including claims involving first- and thirdBarlaskar party liability and no-fault law. Courtney L. Bollman is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Labor and Employment Law practice groups. Bollman focuses her litigation practice in the areas of employment law, including discrimination and retaliation claims, premises liability and general liability.

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Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. (SDA), a regional civil engineering, landscape architectural and surveying firm, has acquired Coyle Engineering Inc. of San Antonio, TX. Coyle Engineering Inc. will now become Coyle • SDA. Both professional engineering firms offer services to a wide variety of client types.

Established in 1995, Coyle Engineering Inc. serves the San Antonio Metropolitan Area, the Hill Country, and South and Central Texas. SDA is headquartered in Michigan, with offices in Rochester Hills, Detroit, Livonia, and Monroe, as well as Cleveland, OH. Grand Rapids-based Triangle Associates, Inc. was recently awarded new contracts to renovate several General Motors dealerships in Plainwell (Midway Chevrolet), Ludington (Urka Chevrolet), Sturgis (Kool Chevrolet Buick GMC) and Kalkaska (Voice Chevrolet), as well as two new contracts to renovate Sam’s Clubs in Comstock Park and Southfield. The four GM renovation projects are being driven by GM’s Essential Brand Elements corporate image program. Triangle was selected to provide design-build services including preconstruction/architectural design phase services as well as construction phase services based on GM’s standards and its architect’s design intent package. The Urka Chevrolet and Voice Chevrolet projects will begin this spring and are scheduled for completion this summer.

Work on Midway Chevrolet and Sturgis Chevrolet will also begin mid-summer 2012.

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Contracting Resources, Inc., a Brightonbased, design-build and construction services company, is providing General Contracting services for the Hoyt Hall Renovation project at Eastern Michigan University, located in Ypsilanti. Work includes the renovation of the existing 11 story dormitory on the north side of campus. Current renovations will include finishes, lighting, and other architectural and mechanical upgrades. The project is scheduled for completion in June 2012; project architect is A3C, Ann Arbor.

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This multi-phased project includes a newly renovated and expanded 55,000-square-foot surgical center which will include four stateof-the-art operating rooms, along with completely updated support facilities, paperless electronic information systems, and several new comfort-oriented, “family-style” privacy areas for patients undergoing both extended-stay and same-day surgery. The complete renovation and upgrade of the surgery facilities is to be completed by fall 2013. Roncelli MPS, a Joint Venture, is composed of Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights, and MPS Group, Detroit.

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BUYERS GUIDE Updates s you all are probably aware, the 2012 Construction Buyers Guide is out on the street. In an effort to keep our information as accurate as possible, we’re including here all the changes and corrections we have received for members’ company listings as of April 5. Changes from the book are in bold.

To see continual, up-to-date, complete company listings, check out the Buyers Guide Online at www.cam-online.com, updated monthly.

Check back to this section every month in CAM Magazine to get heads-up information and news involving the Construction Buyers Guide.

Questions? Contact Mary Carabott at 248-972-1000 for answers and to find out how to add to your online listings.

To obtain additional copies of the Guide, stop by the CAM office and pick them up at no additional charge, or send $7 per book for shipping to have the books sent to your company via UPS. Please call ahead of time for authorization if you want a substantial number of copies.

Invoices for the 2012 Buyers Guide listings have been generated and mailed. If you have questions regarding your invoice, call the CAM office.

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Mor Tech Design, Inc. 6503 19-1/2 Mile Rd. Sterling Hts., MI 48314 Phone: 586-254-7982 Fax: 586-254-1412

Akey Josephson, LLC 7960 Barnsbury Ave. West Bloomfield, MI 48324 Phone: 248-926-2900 Fax: 248-926-2902

Glasrock/OMI 14770 5M Centre Dr. Romulus, MI 48174 Phone: 734-941-7000 Fax: 734-941-7552

North Coast Studios, Inc. 29181 Calahan Rd. Roseville, MI 48066 Phone: 586-359-6630 Fax: 586-359-6638

Battery Warehouse Co. (Formerly Battery Giant) 46281 Van Dyke Shelby Twp., MI 48317 Phone: 586-726-1770

J.G. Welding & Maintenance 7059 Lindsey Rd. China, MI 48054 Phone: 586-758-0150 Fax: 586-758-5180

R.A.C.M., LLC 470 North Adams St. Saginaw, MI 48604 Phone: 989-752-8644 Fax: 989-752-8658

Beyerlein Electric P.O. Box 20 Reese, MI 48757 Phone: 989-868-3451 Fax: 989-868-4460

Johnson’s Elite Insulation, LLC 5745 Sandstone Dr. Oxford, MI 48371 Phone: 248-969-8694 Fax: 248-969-2980

Seven Brothers Painting, Inc. 50805 Rizzo Dr. Shelby Twp., MI 48315 Phone: 586-323-7054 Fax: 586-323-2431

Computer Environments, Inc. P.O. Box 51817 Livonia, MI 48151 Phone: 734-525-4858 Fax: 734-525-5298

Korner & Associates, Inc. 134 Market St. Mount Clemens, MI 48043 Phone: 586-776-4250 Fax: 586-776-4453

Teletrac, Inc., a trafficmaster company 355 S. Pinegrove Ave. Waterford, MI 48327 Phone: 248-343-2222 Fax: 248-295-4444

CRS Companies, LLC 7750 23 Mile Rd. Shelby Twp., MI 48316 Phone: 586-566-1323

Laredo Painting & Decorating, LLC P.O. Box 180406 Utica, MI 48318 Phone: 586-913-7722 Fax: 586-913-7762

D.H.T., Inc. P.O. Box 375 Reese, MI 48757 Phone: 989-759-2010 Fax: 989-759-2020 Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

Troy Clogg Landscape Associates, LLC 4875 Products Dr. Wixom, MI 48393 Phone: 248-685-0123 Fax: 248-684-5481 Email: carol@troyclogg.com

Valley Waterproofing & Painting, LLC 250 Kleiner St. Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Phone: 989-244-6100 Fax: 989-244-6101 Yob & Associates (Formerly John B. Yob, AIA) P.O. Box 1572 Royal Oak, MI 48068 Phone: 248-506-6295

Contact: Patricia DuFresne 248-972-1000 dufresne@cam-online.com

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CONSTRUCTION CALENDAR

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.

The Great Lakes Ceramic Tile Council Lunch and Learn programs will be offered through the National Tile Contractors Association in the following areas: ● Update of the 2011/2012 Tile Council of North America Handbook ● Large Format Tile Installations ● Backerboards ● Glass Tile and Mosaics ● Membranes ● Showers and Moisture Control ● Avoiding Specification Pitfalls – Tile and Stone ● Avoiding Specification Pitfalls – Setting Materials For more information, contact the Great Lakes Ceramic Tile Council at (248) 476-5559 or glctc@core.com

W E L C O M E

May 8, 2012 – Michigan Mason Contractors’ Association Spring Outing Shotgun Golf Outing and Luncheon The Majestic at Lake Walden, Hartland, Michigan (231) 264-5024 www.mmca-mi.com

CAM 2012 Golf Outings June 12, 2012 – Bay Pointe Golf Club July 17, 2012 – Dunham Hills Golf Club August 21, 2012 – Fieldstone Golf Club September 10, 2012 – Wabeek Country Club For more information, contact Diana Brown at CAM (248) 972-1000 or visit us online at: www.cam-online.com

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A & M MASONRY COMPANY, WOODHAVEN

JACKLYN CONTRACTING WASHINGTON

AMPERSIGN LLC, PLYMOUTH

JANSON BUILDERS OF MICHIGAN, INC., SAGINAW

BARKER CONSTRUCTION, MAYBEE

JEFF SMITH PAINTING, INC., BERKLEY

BODMAN, PLC, TROY CHET'S RENT-ALL, ROCHESTER HILLS CROSSROAD CONSTRUCTION CO., COMMERCE TWP. GOLDSTEIN BERSHAD & FRIED, PC, SOUTHFIELD GREEN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, ROCHESTER HILLS

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JORDAN CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC., EAST JORDAN JUST WINDOWS & DOORS, FOWLERVILLE LAND DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., COMSTOCK PARK MEP CONSTRUCTION LLC, DETROIT

MERITHALL, INC., DETROIT RICK WERTZ BUILDER, LLC, CHARLEVOIX RSD CARPENTRY, INC., RICHMOND SEC CONTRACTORS, WATERFORD VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE, TOLEDO, OH STOCKTON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., DBA BRADYS BUSINESS SYSTEMS, GRAND BLANC

CAMTEC Class Schedule CAMTEC, the training and education center of the Construction Association of Michigan, has announced its May and June 2012 class schedule. To register, obtain a class listing, or for more information, please visit the CAM website at www.cam-online.com.

Start Class May 1 - Contracts and PO’s May 8 - Project Management and Supervision May 9 - Prevailing Wage Compliance May 16 - First Aid, CPR & AED Combined May 22 - Dispute Resolutions for the Construction Industry June 5 - MIOSHA 10-Hour (MTI Level 1)

ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Cutting Equipment & Supply, Inc. ..............................37 Aluminum Supply Company / Marshall Sales....................6 Aoun & Company ........................................................................3 Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union Local 1 ............35 Broner Glove and Safety ........................................................34 Butcher & Butcher Construction Co., Inc. ........................BC CAM ECPN ..................................................................................38 CAM Magazine ..........................................................................37 CAMTEC ......................................................................................45 CAM Workers’ Comp ................................................................36 C. A. S. S. Sheet Metal ..............................................................15 CEI Group, LLC ............................................................................19 Connelly Crane Rental Corp. ................................................39 Cummins Bridgeway ..................................................................3 Curran Crane, J.J. ......................................................................17 DKI, Inc. ......................................................................................26 D.J. Maltese ................................................................................25 Detroit Terrazzo Contractors Association ........................37 Doeren Mayhew ........................................................................18 Environmental Maintenance Engineers ............................27 G2 Consulting Group ..............................................................44 Goldstein, Bershad & Fried, P.C. ..............................................7 Hartland Insurance Group, Inc. ............................................40 Hilti ......................................................................................31 John Deere ....................................................................................7 Klochko Equipment Rental ..................................................IBC MerritHall Construction Staffing..........................................39 Michielutti Brothers ................................................................26 Next Generation Services Group ........................................43 North American Dismantling Corp. ....................................44 Oakland Companies ..................................................................8 Oakland Metal Sales, Inc. ........................................................33 Plante Moran, PLLC ..................................................................41 Rick's Portables ............................................................................3 Roofers Local 149......................................................................21 Roofing Technology Associates, Ltd. ..................................17 SMRCA ......................................................................................19 Scaffolding, Inc. ............................................................................3 Spartan Specialties ..................................................................24 Testing Engineers......................................................................37 Unistrut ....................................................................................IFC Valenti Trobec Chandler, Inc. / Griffin Smalley & Wilkerson................................................5 Wally Kosorski Co. ....................................................................23

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