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Defense

The Magazine of Military Housing, Lodging & Lifestyles

communities SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012

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Home Sweet Home

Innovative solutions provide the comforts of home for servicemen and women Maximizing efficiency in military lodging page 14

Better living, learning at Fort Gordon page 26

Mortgage help for service members page 45

CONTENTS SPECIAL SECTION:

PRIVATIZED AND TRADITIONAL HOUSING AND LODGING

26 Certified for Learning

A new program at Fort Gordon gives trainees a better way to live and learn.

By Ted G. Fery, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, and Brittany C. Williams

30 Sustainable Success

A well-designed sustainability program improves profitability and efficiency and reduces waste.

By Dominic Barial

34 Comforts of Home

22 10 Common Ground

Functional flooring options can be both stylish and sustainable.

By Wendell Hadden

14 Maxing Out Efficiency

Military housing firms partner to bring community and luxury to service members and families.

By Christina Meyer

38 Living FRESH ®

A commitment to preserving the planet brings about durable and earth friendly textiles.

By Jason Gans

40 Smart Solutions

Unique flooring collections offer an attractive look at an affordable price.

By Mohawk Flooring Staff

Monitoring and managing energy usage helps to control utilities.

By Ethan Mayeux

18 The 3 Rs of Refinishing

It’s important to know the reasons, resistance, and rewards of refinishing in military housing.

By Mario Insenga

22 Expanding Excellence

Rave reviews led to an expansion of Randolph Pointe apartments at Fort Bragg.

By Karen Orwin

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Defense

The Magazine of Military Housing, Lodging & Lifestyles

September/October 2012 u Volume 23, Number 5 u www.phma.com

communities A Publication of the Pro­fes­sion­al Hous­ing Man­age­ment Association Publisher Editor Managing Editor Production Assoc.

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Debra J. Stratton Birgitt Seymour Lia Dangelico Christine Umbrell Janelle Welch Alison Bashian

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45 FEATURES 42 The Right Stuff

Asking the right questions and finding the right contractor are essential for a cost-effective building project.

By Jennifer Berendt

44 Up to Speed

A better understanding of incentive fees increases productivity in the military housing process.

By Curtis Savoy, PHM, CDPM III

45 Preserving Home

Military families get the education and help they need at a mortgage assistance event at Fort Gordon.

By Charlie Williams

DEPARTMENTS 4 P resident’s Message

PHMA President Del Eulberg honors the foundation of our democracy: the right to vote.

6 A ssociation News

Defense Communities honored with Award of Excellence; PHMA announces its scholarship winners.

47 M ilitary Marketplace

The go-to resource for products and services designed for the military housing and lodging industry.

49 P HMA Corporate Sustaining Members

56 A dvertising Index

ABOUT THE COVER A pio-

neer of modular carpet tile, Interface offers sophisticated flooring designs like this one for residential and commercial use.

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Defense Communities magazine is designed to keep those who operate and manage the whole spectrum of military housing and facilities maintenance informed on the industry’s latest technology, products, and services. It provides a forum for members to share lessons learned, news and events, and training opportunities and updates.

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SPECIAL SECTION:

PRIVATIZED AND TRADITIONAL HOUSING AND LODGING

Common Ground Innovative flooring solutions offer choices as stylish as they are sustainable

By Wendell Hadden

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ost spaces—be they residential or commercial—are fashioned from the ground up.

So, flooring is a critical component when it comes to design. The options abound along with the rationale and justifications for making a choice.

Hard surface? Soft surface? Natural or organic materials?

Made-in-America manufacturing? Then, of course, there’s color, texture, and pattern to think about. Decisionmaking can be daunting.

And let’s not forget sustainability. For governmental properties, this now bubbles up as a critical factor in specifying a flooring product. A floor covering that contributes to a “greener” space and a reduced environmental footprint can trump all other considerations.

A new era of flooring

Interface’s Raw collection creates a dramatic look for hallways and entry ways.

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What’s especially exciting is that manufacturers have found that going green has not necessitated the sacrifice of performance of their products; if anything, incorporating sustainability has yielded measurable improvements. The challenge to invent and reinvent has been met by some unexpected and historic achievements. Today’s flooring, in fact, is “flooring” and astounding the world as companies push the envelope on developing the ultimate in sustainable products.

Or, at least that’s the case at Interface. We are manufacturing pioneers of modular carpet tile, but equally renowned as trailblazers in sustainability. In addition to being a longtime preferred brand recommended to military housing managed

by Lend Lease, we have a GSA agreement with the U.S. Army Exchange. One of Interface’s latest feats is a carpet tile that is constructed of fiber created from salvaged commercial fishing nets and industrial sludge. It’s hard to believe something so vile and gross can be transformed into beauty—but we’ve found a way to do so. We take yarn produced from this waste matter and weave it together with recycled yarns extracted from our own and other end-of-life carpet tile and broad-

The Urban Retreat collection explores the contrast between natural and man-made.

loom carpet (collected and processed from across North America in our own ReEntry recycling facility) to offer up an attractive and durable new floor covering. “Raw” is among the designs we recently introduced featuring this new yarn construction, and it has won several awards including the 2011 Popular Science magazine “Best of What’s New” honor.

Taking sustainable steps Interface has made a gutsy vow to be off oil by 2020—practically heresy in an industry that’s so dependent on petroleum-based ingredients that go into yarns. In fact, most synthetic flooring is a petrochemical derivative. At some point, we have to decide what’s a better use for our limited oil resources—carpet or fuel for F-15s? So, our company made this Mission Zero pledge, and it has sparked revolutionary innovations like Raw. An inherent trait of Interface is to continually look at product development through the lens of “what’s next?” After all, the entire concept of modular carpet tile was foreign and novel when it first came to the U.S. in the 70s. Originally, it provided the perfect solution for commercial applications at a time when businesses were installing computer systems with elevated flooring levels housing a highway of electrical

cables beneath. The carpet tiles could easily be removed to gain access to the wiring. Gradually, the benefits of carpet tile versus rolled carpet became apparent—practicality was then and now continues to be an inarguable advantage. The easy removal and replacement of a tile if damaged still remains the No. 1 selling point. It boils down to a long-term economical solution and it’s proving to also be one of the most sustainable, as well.

What’s next?

So, what’s now in sight through our “what’s next” lens?

Biophilia. Not exactly new, it’s a term that’s been in use for nearly a century to describe the instinctive bond between humans and other forms of nature, explaining why we so often choose to surround ourselves with all that Mother Nature offers. At Interface, this study of biophilia has inspired our design team to create a collection called “Urban Retreat.” And the nine patterns that comprise the series are all produced on the same yarn platform as Raw. So the fundamental aesthetic extraordinarily is in sync with the sustainability characteristics of tiles.

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—Urban Retreat One, Two, and Three—the styles explore the contrast between Mother Nature and man-made, like concrete giving way to grass and the deeply carved character of an old tree set against the architecture of a man-made grid.

Urban Retreat One reflects the contrasts of modern cities; sharp and blurred, classic and futuristic, eclectic and austere. When grouped together, the three designs in this category create the look of moss growing on stone, with veins of green running across the floor and blending subtly on either edge into a neutral ground for a soft ombre effect.

Urban Retreat Two combines the orderly and the organic in an exquisitely restrained palette, with references as diverse as modernist architecture and exposed tree bark. In fact, bark is recreated to incredible effect in one of the styles, utilizing Interface’s advances in tufting to create a carved, weathered design with shifts in height and texture that are at once edgy and ethereal.

Urban Retreat Three offers tone-on-tone textural complements to the other two groups.

Patterns call to mind soft, smooth French limestone and shimmering linen. The color palettes of all three groups complement one another, with the use of earthy neutrals and lush greens that reference lichen, grass, ivy, and moss.

Urban meets natural Research suggests that as many as 88 percent of millennials would prefer to live in an urban setting. As younger generations drive businesses into major cities, we’ve begun to see a greening of those areas, from the sprouting of rooftop gardens to the rejuvenation of neglected landscape such as New York’s High Line. Instead of trying to create glass and concrete cities that we need to escape in order to enjoy nature, we’re trying to bring nature back into the urban complex. I think both Urban Retreat and Raw are the types of flooring designs that speak to this trend.

Individuals who are in charge of making decisions about floor coverings should note it’s now easier to take a stand on sustainability. And at Interface, if we can help Uncle Sam and Mother Nature meet on common ground — or, in this case flooring solutions — we’re happy to have played a part. n Wendell Hadden is vice president, Interface.

For more information contact Steve Arbaugh at steve.arbaugh@interface.com.

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Advertising Index Company, Contact

Phone

Web Site

Page

ADM International, Inc., Gary Raphael

773/774-2400

www.admintl.com

C2

Balfour Beatty Communities, Kathy Grim

610/355-8206

www.bbcgrp.com

1

Coit Worldwide, Shawn Aghababian

800/367-2648

www.coit.com

39

Cort Business Services, Peggy Moore

301/324-8606

www.cort1.com

15

GSA www.gsa.gov 23 Home Depot Government Solutions, Lyn Alvarado

813/806-3170

www.homedepot.com

25

HPFI (High Point Furniture Industries), Mike Wissman

800-447-3462

www.hpfi.com

33

Kenyon, Suzanne Owens

860/664-4906

www.kenyonappliances.com

21

Microfridge Inc., Benjamin Otte

508/660-9200

www.microfridge.com

7

MilitaryByOwner Advertising, Dave Gran

540/446-4676

www.MilitaryByOwner.com

16

Norix Group, Inc., Randy Duffer

800/234-4900

www.norix.com

12

Oakwood Corporate Housing, Mary Jacenich

888/268.9998

www.oakwood.com/government

17

Picerne Military Housing, Amanda Filipowski

334/503-3609

www.picernemh.com

27

Protect-A-Bed, Brian Hirsch

414/731-1663

www.protectabed.com

29

Salsbury Industries, Ricardo Alva

323/846-6700

www.mailboxes.com

31

The Refinishing Touch, Mario Insenga

770/642-4169

www.therefinishingtouch.com

8

Trinity Furniture, Jorge Lagueruela

336/472-6660

www.trinityfurniture.com

37

University Loft Company, James Jannetides

317/631-5433

www.universityloft.com

C4

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Customer Service

800/644-8083

www.wellsfargo.com

35

Yardi, Spencer Stewart

800/866-1144

www.yardi.com

C3

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