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Noble Building ProductsPCD Building Corp.PCL ConstructionPeakCM ConstructionPhillips & Jordan, Inc.Plans & Specs Reprographics, Inc.Plummer Painting & Waterproofi ng, Inc.Prestige Concrete ProductsQuality Labor Management (QLM)Randall MechanicalRobins & MortonRoger B. Kennedy, Inc.Safway Services, LLCService Complete ElectricServpro of Winter HavenSkanskaSPEC Contractor Services, LLCStanley Access TechnologiesSutter Roofi ngTerry,s ElectricTharp Plumbing Systems Inc.The Blue BookThe Meridien CompaniesThe Stowell CompanyTitan Florida LLCTri-City Electrical ContractorsTurner Construction CompanyUnited Forming, Inc.United Wall SystemsUniversal CreativeVision Three Sixty, LLCWal-Mark Contracting GroupWalt Disney ImagineeringWCCIWELBRO Building CorporationWilliams CompanyWilliams Scotsman Inc.Wilson & CompanyWindow Interiors

New Multi-family Housing Project Opportunities

A few weeks ago our Commander-In-Chief made a statement about our great nation. “It’s our job as citizens to make sure we keep pushing this country we love toward our most cherished ideals – that all of us are cre-ated equal, and all of us deserve an equal shot.” This statement was the beginning of Mr. Obama’s Weekly Address on July 11th which he claimed the “work of the Fair Housing Act remains unfi nished”. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that federal housing laws prohibit practices that harm minorities, even without proof of intentional discrimination. “The ruling is a defeat for banks, insurance companies and other business groups that claimed such lawsuits are not explicitly allowed under the Fair Housing Act, the landmark 1968 law that sought to eliminate segregation that has long existed in res-idential housing.”

The Florida Housing Authority has a few projects scheduled in the near future. It remains to be seen if this ruling will change the location any of the projects that are still in the design phase. This could open the door for more affordable housing projects in the near future. There are some concerns with this new ruling. Where will the new “affordable housing projects” be built? Lake Nona, Windermere, Winter Park, Thornton Park, Bay Hill, Baldwin Park, or perhaps in even Downtown Orlando? I for one am interested to see how we can build something sustain-able that opens the door to “the good life” for everyone. Way to go “O”!

PCEA President 2015-2016

Scott ColemanAustin Commercial

PCEA-ORLANDO OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

PRESIDENT - SCOTT COLEMAN, TRI-CITY ELECTRICALPRESIDENT ELECT - ROB ALLEN, AUSTIN COMMERCIAL1ST VICE PRESIDENT - CURTIS YODER, VISION 3602ND VICE PRESIDENT - CHRISTINA KANHAI, PCL CONSTRUCTIONTREASURER - AARON SMITH, PCL CONSTRUCTIONSECRETARY - TIM REICHARDT, WCCI, INC.NATIONAL DIRECTOR - FORD HAZELIP, HOAR CONSTRUCTIONBOARD MEMBER - MARK LANG, QUALITY LABOR MANAGEMENTBOARD MEMBER - ROB BAUER, CONSTRUCTION COST SERVICESBOARD MEMBER - JEFF FRIEDRICH, FRIEDRICH WATKINSBOARD MEMBER - MACKENZIE GROVE, RANDALL MECHANICALBOARD MEMBER - CHRIS JOYCE, THARP PLUMBINGBOARD MEMBER - JEFF ALBRIGHT, ROBINS & MORTONBOARD MEMBER - PATTI EAVES, PLANS & SPECS REPROGRAPHICS, INC.

Member CompaniesAcoustiAcousti Engineering CompanyAdvanced Millwork Inc.Allied Interior ProductsAlpha Insulation and Waterproofi ngArchitectural Sheet Metal, inc.Ardmore Associates, LLCArgos Ready Mix LLCAustin CommercialAvex HomesBaker Concrete ConstructionBalfour Beatty ConstructionBASE Consultants, Inc.Bear’s PlumbingCEMEXClancy and Theys Construction CoConstruction Cost ServicesConTech Construction, LLCDPR ConstructionDura-Stress.comEagle Finishes IncECS FLORIDA, LLCEndurance Communications and Electrical LLCEnergy Air, Inc.Environmental Holdings Group, LLCFire & Life Safety AmericaFriedrich Watkins CompanyHarmon IncHensel PhelpsHJ FOUNDATIONHoar ConstructionHoar Construction, LLCIQ PaintersKHS&SKobrin Builders SupplyLandreth, INCLC ElectricLDILiberty Concrete and FormingMader SoutheastMARJAM SUPPLYMLC Theming

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throughout the year.

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PLANS & SPECS REPROGRAPHICS

A robot that lays bricks is now out of beta test-ing and at work alongside masons and labor-ers at a school-building jobsite in Ft. Collins, Colo. The Semi-Autonomous Mason, more commonly known as SAM, is already booked for two additional jobs. Masons working with SAM say the robot may help alleviate work-force shortages foreseen in future generations in masonry trades.

“He does a pretty good job, is pretty effi cient, and I don’t mind working with him,” says John Munt, a mason employed by Ft. Collins-based Soderberg Masonry. “He’s putting [bricks] in the wall for us and we get them jointed right behind.” Munt lives in Arizona but was called out to Colorado where there is a shortage of masons. Other team members came from California.

SAM fi nished its fi rst wall and is moving onto the second now, says Zachary Podkaminer, operations manager for Construction Robots, Victor, N,Y. “We put 900 bricks in the wall yes-terday, with one mason and one tender,” he says.

SAM is mounted on a tracked Hydro Mobile mast-climbing platform that extends the deck by 18 in. Workers move the platform where SAM needs to work. The robot is powered by propane and works off a 3D map fi le that tells it where to stop and start and enables it to avoid window sections.

“You need to set up two story poles, [to the] left and right of where Sam will build,” says Podkaminer. “The right story pole has a la-ser that guides SAM so it can correct for any movement of the Hydro Mobile platform and keep laying fl ush bricks. Unlike a masonry worker, who applies mortar to the wall before laying a brick, SAM applies mortar to a brick before laying it.”

But cautions Podkaminer, “To minimize down-time you’ve got to think ahead when using

this. Once workers get in the groove and walk through a few courses beside SAM, they un-derstand the process. Knowing how the robot works helps smooth the work process. “Make sure when the wall tie is ready to go, you put it in immediately so SAM can continue working.”

The manager adds that SAM has become a jobsite attraction. “Every day you see con-struction workers or people outside the site taking out their iPhones to take photos,” says Podkaminer. “They’re all just amazed.”

In addition, SAM’s coworkers credit their ro-botic colleague with lightening their workload. “A lot of the younger guys aren’t coming into the trades anymore, so the robot can take the place of some of those guys,” says Munt.

By Luke Abaffy, ENR 6/23/15

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Noble Building ProductsPCD Building Corp.PCL ConstructionPeakCM ConstructionPhillips & Jordan, Inc.Plans & Specs Reprographics, Inc.Plummer Painting & Waterproofi ng, Inc.Prestige Concrete ProductsQuality Labor Management (QLM)Randall MechanicalRobins & MortonRoger B. Kennedy, Inc.Safway Services, LLCService Complete ElectricServpro of Winter HavenSkanskaSPEC Contractor Services, LLCStanley Access TechnologiesSutter Roofi ngTerry,s ElectricTharp Plumbing Systems Inc.The Blue BookThe Meridien CompaniesThe Stowell CompanyTitan Florida LLCTri-City Electrical ContractorsTurner Construction CompanyUnited Forming, Inc.United Wall SystemsUniversal CreativeVision Three Sixty, LLCWal-Mark Contracting GroupWalt Disney ImagineeringWCCIWELBRO Building CorporationWilliams CompanyWilliams Scotsman Inc.Wilson & CompanyWindow Interiors

New Multi-family Housing Project Opportunities

A few weeks ago our Commander-In-Chief made a statement about our great nation. “It’s our job as citizens to make sure we keep pushing this country we love toward our most cherished ideals – that all of us are cre-ated equal, and all of us deserve an equal shot.” This statement was the beginning of Mr. Obama’s Weekly Address on July 11th which he claimed the “work of the Fair Housing Act remains unfi nished”. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that federal housing laws prohibit practices that harm minorities, even without proof of intentional discrimination. “The ruling is a defeat for banks, insurance companies and other business groups that claimed such lawsuits are not explicitly allowed under the Fair Housing Act, the landmark 1968 law that sought to eliminate segregation that has long existed in res-idential housing.”

The Florida Housing Authority has a few projects scheduled in the near future. It remains to be seen if this ruling will change the location any of the projects that are still in the design phase. This could open the door for more affordable housing projects in the near future. There are some concerns with this new ruling. Where will the new “affordable housing projects” be built? Lake Nona, Windermere, Winter Park, Thornton Park, Bay Hill, Baldwin Park, or perhaps in even Downtown Orlando? I for one am interested to see how we can build something sustain-able that opens the door to “the good life” for everyone. Way to go “O”!

PCEA President 2015-2016

Scott ColemanAustin Commercial

PCEA-ORLANDO OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

PRESIDENT - SCOTT COLEMAN, TRI-CITY ELECTRICALPRESIDENT ELECT - ROB ALLEN, AUSTIN COMMERCIAL1ST VICE PRESIDENT - CURTIS YODER, VISION 3602ND VICE PRESIDENT - CHRISTINA KANHAI, PCL CONSTRUCTIONTREASURER - AARON SMITH, PCL CONSTRUCTIONSECRETARY - TIM REICHARDT, WCCI, INC.NATIONAL DIRECTOR - FORD HAZELIP, HOAR CONSTRUCTIONBOARD MEMBER - MARK LANG, QUALITY LABOR MANAGEMENTBOARD MEMBER - ROB BAUER, CONSTRUCTION COST SERVICESBOARD MEMBER - JEFF FRIEDRICH, FRIEDRICH WATKINSBOARD MEMBER - MACKENZIE GROVE, RANDALL MECHANICALBOARD MEMBER - CHRIS JOYCE, THARP PLUMBINGBOARD MEMBER - JEFF ALBRIGHT, ROBINS & MORTONBOARD MEMBER - PATTI EAVES, PLANS & SPECS REPROGRAPHICS, INC.

Member CompaniesAcoustiAcousti Engineering CompanyAdvanced Millwork Inc.Allied Interior ProductsAlpha Insulation and Waterproofi ngArchitectural Sheet Metal, inc.Ardmore Associates, LLCArgos Ready Mix LLCAustin CommercialAvex HomesBaker Concrete ConstructionBalfour Beatty ConstructionBASE Consultants, Inc.Bear’s PlumbingCEMEXClancy and Theys Construction CoConstruction Cost ServicesConTech Construction, LLCDPR ConstructionDura-Stress.comEagle Finishes IncECS FLORIDA, LLCEndurance Communications and Electrical LLCEnergy Air, Inc.Environmental Holdings Group, LLCFire & Life Safety AmericaFriedrich Watkins CompanyHarmon IncHensel PhelpsHJ FOUNDATIONHoar ConstructionHoar Construction, LLCIQ PaintersKHS&SKobrin Builders SupplyLandreth, INCLC ElectricLDILiberty Concrete and FormingMader SoutheastMARJAM SUPPLYMLC Theming

SILVER SPONSORS

PCEA would like to thank all our sponsors for supporting us

throughout the year.

GOLD SPONSORS

PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATORS ASSOCIATIONORLANDO, FL

July 2015-Vol. 13, Issue 2COMPANIES REPRESENTED BY MEMBERSHIP

with Small & Wide Format Digital PrintingDigital Printing

& CopyingDigital Printing

PCEA ORLANDOis a chapter of

The National Professional Construc-tion Estimators Association

For Event and MembershipInformation Log on to www.pcea-orlando.org