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SEPTEMBER 2010 VOL . 31 NO. 8 $4.00
V O I C E O F T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N I N D U S T R Y
IN THIS ISSUE:
CONSTRUCTIONINSURANCE
Contractural Risk Transfer:
What Does it Meanto Your Company?
2010 InsuranceResource Guide
CONSTRUCTIONINSURANCE
Contractural Risk Transfer:
What Does it Meanto Your Company?
2010 InsuranceResource Guide
CONSTRUCTIONINSURANCE
Contractural Risk Transfer:
What Does it Meanto Your Company?
2010 InsuranceResource Guide
RENOVATION/RESTORATION
Evangelista RevitalizesRackham Interiors
RENOVATION/RESTORATION
Evangelista RevitalizesRackham Interiors
RENOVATION/RESTORATION
Evangelista RevitalizesRackham Interiors
Plus: FIELD OF SEAMS New EMU Practice Facility at a Fraction of the Cost
SAVING FACETHE FINE ARTSBUILDING FAADE
STILL STANDING
SAVING FACETHE FINE ARTSBUILDING FAADE
STILL STANDING
SAVING FACETHE FINE ARTSBUILDING FAADE
STILL STANDING
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FEATURES
10 NAWIC Hosts MAGIC Camp 2010Introducing High School Girls to the Trades
12 Member FeatureFamily-Owned Shelving, Inc. Celebrates
50 Years of Successful Business
RENOVATION/RESTORATION
16 Giving Voice to HistoryEvangelista Revitalizes
Rackham Interiors
22 Saving Face
J.C. Beal Construction Preserves the HistoricFaade of the Fine Arts Building
25 Greenprint for the FutureCommercial Building & Retrofit, Inc.,
Saves Clients Thousands of Dollars and
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V O I C E O F T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N I N D U S T R Y
INSURANCE
28 Contractual Risk Transfer
Enter Into Your Next Contract with New Insights
30 Insurance Resource Guide2010 Listing of Insurance Agencies Specializing
in Construction Insurance and Bonding Capabilities
CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT
32 Field of SeamsEMUs New Practice Facility at a Fraction of the Cost
DEPARTMENTS
6 Industry News
8 Safety Tool Kit
38 Product Showcase
44 People in Construction
45 Buyers Guide Update
46 CAM Welcomes New Members
46 Construction Calendar
46 Advertisers Index
ABOUT THE COVER: Photo by Marci Christian, CAM Magazine
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PUBLISHER Kevin N. Koehler
EDITOR Amanda M. Tackett
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Mary E. Kremposky
David R. Miller
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Matthew J. Austermann
GRAPHIC DESIGN Marci L. Christian
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Gregg A. Montowski
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Cathy A. Jones
DIRECTORSOFFICERS
Chairman R. Andrew Martin,FH Martin Constructors
Vice Chairman Brian D. Kiley,Edgewood Electric, Inc.
Vice Chairman John ONeil, Sr.,W.J. ONeil Company
Treasurer James C. Capo,DeMattia Group
President Kevin N. Koehler
DIRECTORS Gregory Andrzejewski,PPG Industries
Stephen J. Auger,Stephen Auger + Associates Architects
M. James Brennan,Broadcast Design & Construction, Inc.
Kevin French,Poncraft Door Company
Frank G. Nehr, Jr.,Davis Iron Works
Donald J. Purdie, Jr.,Detroit Elevator Company
Kurt F. Von Koss,Beaver Tile & Stone
Jacqueline LaDuke Walters,LaDuke Roofing & Sheet Metal
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United Rentals ExtendsPartnership with ABC'sExtreme Makeover: HomeEdition for 2010-2011 SeasonEquipment Rental Leader Provides Support
Through National Branch Network
United Rentals recently announced that ithas renewed its partnership with Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition for the upcoming
season. The Emmy award-winning television
show will begin building more new homes
for worthy families this month, in
preparation for the premiere of its eighth
season on ABC in September.
The 2010-2011 season marks the fourth
consecutive year that United Rentals has
served as the preferred construction
equipment supplier for Extreme Makeover,
which relies on local contractors and
community volunteers to build a house in
just seven days. United Rentals' integratedapproach to customer service mobilizes the
resources of more than 550 branches, a key
benefit to Extreme Makeover as the show
travels across the country.
Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer
of United Rentals, said, We are very pleased
to once again support Extreme Makeover in
raising the profile of volunteerism in
America. Our employees take this
partnership to heart. They find ways to solve
equipment needs at even the most rural
sites or when a call comes in at midnight.
The race against time is intense, but the
quality of service we provide is very similar
to the 'extreme' commitment we show our
customers every day.
Walsh College Jeffery W. BarryCenter Merits LEED GoldCertification
The award-winning Jeffery W. Barry Center
on the Walsh College Troy campus has been
LEED Gold certified by the U.S Green
Building Council. The USGB recognized the
37,000-square-foot, two-level classroom
building for adhering to green design andbuilding practices related to sustainable
sites, water efficiency, energy and
atmosphere, materials and resources, and
indoor environmental quality.
We had planned for LEED Silver and
hoped for and proudly received LEED
Gold, Walsh College President Stephanie
Bergeron said. We created an energy-
efficient, comfortable learning environment
for a unique student population largely
comprised of working professionals who
attend classes in the evening. With the Barry
Center, Walsh demonstrates that environ-
mental values can be successfully integrated
into a great educational atmosphere.
Ground was broken in 2006 and the
building opened for classes in January of
2008. Benefits already accrued to the
environment for following green design and
building practices include:
In 2009, 70 percent of the Barry Centers
electricity came from green, rapidly
renewable resources.
Every year, approximately seven milliongallons of water are captured and filtered
in bioswales and a constructed wetland
before being recharged into the water
supply.
Annual savings of 825,000 gallons of
water and $5,000 in city fees through
landscaping with native plants that do not
require irrigation. Scenery that changes
with the seasons is an added benefit.
Waste heat converted into electricity
through energy recovery technology.
A 20 percent increase in energy
performance achieved by doubling the
buildings insulation.
A 40 percent reduction in potable wat
use by using energy-efficient plumbin
technology.
Valerio DeWalt Train Associates of Chicag
designed the building, and George W. Auc
Company of Pontiac was the gener
contractor. Sited at the east end of thexisting 75,000-square-foot Troy camp
building, the Barry Center includes nin
classrooms, a 40-workstation library, a
auditorium, two seminar rooms, thre
conference rooms, and a marketing foc
group room.
One-fourth of the construction materia
were local. The building was constructe
with 78,000 bricks, more than 15 miles
electrical wire, and 235 tons of structur
steel. More than 80 percent of the building
wood was from FSC-certified forests an
rapidly renewable resources.
Since we opened the Barry Center, manhave expressed their appreciation of i
features, both visible and invisible, sa
Christine Stout, Walsh College director
Facilities and Auxiliary Services. When w
see how comfortable the students are in th
building, we believe that former Wals
President Jeff Barry would be proud to hav
his name on it. Thanks must certainly b
given to all who dedicated time and effort t
this project and to the process of receivin
this certification for our amazing gree
building.
For more information, please vis
www.walshcollege.edu.
Kahn Designs Award-WinningHospital for Aurora Health Car AIA Recognizes Aurora and Project Tea
for Use of Innovative BIM Technology
Design and Construction
The American Institute of Architects (AI
recently announced the 2010 recipients
the Sixth Annual Technology in Architectur
Practice (TAP) Building Informatio
Modeling (BIM) Awards. Aurora Health Care
newest hospital, located in Summ
Wisconsin, received the Institutes highe
technology honor: a Citation Award in BI
Excellence. AIA honored recipients at
special reception and award ceremon
recently held in Miami.
The AIA award also honored firms th
played an integral role in the plannin
design and development of this state-o
the-art acute care facility, including Albe
Kahn Associates, Inc. (Kahn), architec
Hammes Company, project manager; an
Mortenson Construction, as constructio
manager. A facility of this size and scop
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required an advanced team of project
management, design, and construction
professionals, said Michael Scholl, Vice
President, Hammes Company. High
standards were set for the team members as
we were all held accountable to deliver a
facility to exceed the expectations of Aurora
Health Care.BIM is a building development tool that
incorporates modeling concepts, information
technology, and software solutions to help
design and construct a building project. The
tool has grown in popularity in recent years
as it improves ease of document retrieval,
boosts communication and productivity
within a project team, and increases visibility
of the project plans. The increased visibility
allows key executives and stakeholders to
feel more in tune with a phased development
project.
While designing this large, complex
medical center, the project team committed
to an integrated approach of proactive
communication and creative solutions with
BIM, says Cynthia Pozolo, AIA, vice president
and director of architectural development,
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. For us, BIM
proved to be a crucial tool to drive and
manage the overall design.
Aurora Medical Center is an 802,000-square-foot medical campus that includes a
medical office building and the Vince
Lombardi Cancer Clinic. The hospital
employs a full range of diagnostic and
treatment options in a facility designed to
enhance patient healing through the
utilization of natural elements, healing
gardens, and calming views. The project
team implemented several sustainable, or
green, elements during the design of the
facility, including a stormwater management
system and natural daylighting with
expansive windows. The resulting facility is a
vibrant medical campus that is anticipated
to direct additional economic developme
within the community.
This team was challenged with a tigh
fast-track schedule for a hospital of this size
said Mark Sherry, Vice President, Mortenso
Construction. BIM merged the desig
model into the construction models an
provided tangible benefits, such as concrelift drawings, prefabrication of mechanic
systems, and enclosure visualization. Each
these proved critical in constructing th
top-quality facility within an extreme
accelerated schedule.
The following firms were also recognize
in conjunction with Aurora Medical Cente
KJWW Consulting Engineers, MEP designe
R.A. Smith National, civil engineer; Thei
Interiors, interior designer; Maria
Landscape Design, landscape designe
Karlsberger, laboratory consultant; Lerc
Bates, vertical transportation consultant; an
E.F. Whitney, food service consultant.
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Greenleaf Trust Celebrates Ribbon CuttingGreenleaf Trust, a Kalamazoo-based wealth management firm,
recently hosted a dedication event to officially mark the opening of
the Greenleaf Trust Building. Gone is the abandoned gas station at the
corner of Woodward and Maple in downtown Birmingham. In its
place, a five-story, mixed-use building established to anchor the
expansion of Greenleaf Trust in Southeast Michigan. SME worked with
Catalyst Development, LLC, CSM Group, the constructionmanager, and Eckert Wordell Architecture to redevelop this
high-profile Brownfield site.
SME helped secure $1.3 million in Brownfield tax increment
financing to help defer some of the cost for redeveloping the property.
The Plymouth-based firm provided Brownfield due diligence
consulting, including environmental site assessments to assist in
liability management, as well as geotechnical engineering and
construction materials services.
SME designed an earth retention system around the proposed
building perimeter and incorporated environmental protection
features to surround the new building foundations. SME also
developed an underpinning system to support the foundations of
the adjacent restaurant so excavation would not cause movement,
and continually monitored vibrations during construction. The firms
materials group tested structural concrete, structural steel,
fireproofing, masonry, fluid membrane air barriers, roofing, and deck
coating.
SME also made recommendations on green product selection and
wrote the Brownfield credit for LEED certification. The building will be
the first in Birmingham to achieve LEED Silver Certification.
Patti Owens, managing director of Catalyst Development Co., LLC,
I N D U S T R Y N E W S
I
f youve bid on or are doing any work for the University of Michigan,
you may have been asked to submit a corrective action plan based
on your safety record. Weve had calls from several CAM Members
wondering what to do. I t seems that the U of M people who ask forthese documents arent very forthcoming with either why they are
being requested, or exactly what is supposed to be corrected. A quick
evaluation of the information you submitted should reveal the problem,
however. Take a look at your Experience Modification Rating (EMR). If its
over one (1), thats a problem that should be addressed (actually if its
over .80 Id be concerned). The rating is based on, among other things,
your frequency and severity of injuries.
Next, take a look at your OSHA recordable and lost work day case rates.
These are compared against industry standards ad compiled by the
bureau of labor statistics (www.bls.org). As you can see, all three items tie
in together and relate back to injuries. Regardless of what U of M is
asking, it is paramount to a successful safety program that you learn from
the past and act on it. I recently sat down with a contractor to evaluate
whether or not they were recording their injuries properly on their OSH
300 log. With a few exceptions they were, but more importantly w
identified a hidden trend. We found that over 50 percent of their injuri
were hand injuries, and this was an industry where you might not expeto see that. The company developed a plan to solve that problem
getting to the root cause of the accidents and developing effectiv
prevention strategies. What they did, without knowing it, was to develo
a corrective action plan. It was really that simple.
The bottom line here is that whether you perform work for t
University or not, take a look at your injury history and see what you ca
do, going forward, to prevent future problems. Then if youre asked for
corrective action plan you dont have to panic - youll already have on
Remember: CAMSAFETY is offering free, on-site Focus Four safe
training under our Grant from MIOSHA. To find out more about th
opportunity, or if you have questions or comments, contact me at 24
972-1141 or at [email protected]. You can also visit our website
www.cam-online.com.
Joseph M. ForgueDirector of Education
& Safety Services
A Corrective ActionPlan Be PreparedBy Joe Forgue, Director of Education & Safety Services
SAFETY TOOL KIT
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said: SME is the first development partner I
call whenever Catalyst sets out to identify a
new building site. The value their team
brings to all of our projects is measured in
our pre-construction preparedness for
whatever conditions exist on site, the quality
of solutions we undertake to both clean up a
site and to ready it for a new building and theactual dollars we add to the bottom line as a
result of SMEs knowledge, expertise and
customer-centered service delivery model.
SME continuously assumes an unwritten
leadership position within the development
team, working every day to assure this owner
of their commitment to a successful project
from beginning to end.
For more information, visit us at
www.sme-usa.com.
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Handyman DivisionHandyman Marketing is offering acontractors marketing plan of action specif-
ically developed for contractors who want to
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The printed materials for the Contractors
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contractors new Handyman Division sales.
The plan of action shows six ways of how,
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materials in order to reach homeowners and
the contractors customer base. The step-by-
step Marketing Material Distribution
Blueprint has been fine-tuned through
experience and proven to work.
Mitchell Glaser, a Northwestern University
graduate, consulted with marketing
specialists to develop the Handyman action
plan. Now that the real estate business is
down in many areas, it only seems logical for
residential and commercial contractors to
take advantage of this new business
opportunity. They have all the skilled
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For further information contact
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As July temperatures soared into the 90s a group of high school
girls donned hard hats and learned the value of sweat equity
with hands-on construction work. The Detroit and Lansing
NAWIC Chapters, Oakland Community College Construction
Management Program, and Womencenter, sponsored this years
Mentoring a Girl in Construction (MAGIC) Camp.
From July 12 16 students learned the basics in an
assortment of trades, including electric wiring,
carpentry, plumbing, operating tools and
equipment. A structure of plywood walls,
floor, toilet and a window was used for the
instructing process. Projects also included a
few to take home: a bench, a lamp, and atabletop water feature.
MAGIC Camp was the inspiration of
Diane Quimby and Renee Connor begin-
ning in 2006. Connor is the National
Executive Director of MAGIC, a member
of the Sugarloaf Georgia Chapter of
NAWIC, and president of Precision
Tapping, Inc. It has been so much fun to be
here and see how this camp runs, said
Connor. We have 20 camps going on across
the U.S. this year. Last year we reached 450 girls.
To actually get to see other camps is an awesome
opportunity.
This years students in the NAWIC Detroit MAGIC Camp we
Shiretha Young, Kellie Sullivan, Jeniece Carter, Kyrstian Sherida
Baylie Campbell, Alissa Robinson, Katherine Kilgore, Melanie Stree
Kindall Baisden, Xavier Vance, and Charlene Coutteau.
MAGIC Camp Sponsors include: Alberici Constructors, Inc.; Cla
Construction Company; Detroit Plumbers Local 9
George McIntosh, Inc.; George W. Auch Compan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Worke
International Industrial Contractin
Corporation; International Union
Operating Engineers Local 32
Ironworkers Local 25 Training Cente
Klochko Equipment Rental CompanInc.; Local Trowel B.A.C. Trades
Michigan; Martha Stack-Dreier, RA,CS
CDT Project/Architect/Specificatio
Writer; Michigan Council
Carpenters; Michigan Department
Transportation (MDOT); NA
Michigan Chapter #183; NAWI
Michigan Chapter #177; Oaklan
Community College, Orchard Ridg
Campus; Operating Engineers 324; Skansk
USA Building Inc.; Sorensen Gro
Construction Services; The Home Depot; Th
Somerset Collection; and Tomboy Tools.
I N D U S T R Y N E W S
NAWIC Hosts MAGIC Camp 2010
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Successful companies dont allow theirbusiness plan to collect dust on the
shelf. With its agile and savvy
response to market trends, its no
wonder Shelving, Inc. is celebrating 50 years of
successful operation. Using its storage and
shelving products to optimize the use of space
for clients, the Auburn Hills-based firm is
thriving in a down economy by making wise
use of a contemporary form of space:
cyberspace. Shelving, Inc. has set up shop in
that new Mall of America called the Internet
and is taking advantage of the vast opportu-
nities of E-commerce.
When Jack Schodowski began the companyin December 1960, the Internet was literally
something in outer space, having been initially
developed according to WikiAnswers - as part
of the Soviet Unions launch of the first Sputnik
satellite in 1957. Back on Earth, Detroit and the
automotive industry were booming, and Jack
Schodowski decided to leave his position as
sales representative for Interlake Steel, one of
the largest manufacturers of steel racks and
slotted angle shelving in the country, to launch
his own custom industrial shelving enterprise.
He wanted to control his own destiny, said his
son and current company president, Joe
Schodowski.The firms first office was located on Riopel
in Detroits warehouse district now east of GM
World Headquarters. The senior Schodows
made sales calls on automotive manufacture
and their suppliers the old-fashioned way
door-to-door and face-to-face, sa
Schodowski. He was so excited getting his fir
order he left the customers office without th
purchase order.
This is only one of many company stories
this successful second-generation fami
business that has survived five recessions an
the Great Recession. We have thrived becaus
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Reaching the Top ShelfShelving, Inc. Celebrates 50 Years in Business
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Associate Editor Marci Christian
Pictured (left to right): Joan Aiello (Secretary), Jim Aiello (VP Marketing), John Schodowski (VP Operations), Joe Schodowski (President),
Mike Schodowski (VP Sales), Helen Schodowski (Founder) and Jack Schodowski (Founder).
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we dont cut corners, said Schodowski. We
have never provided a shelving or rack system
that has failed under weight stresses. We
engineer our shelving systems to meet and
exceed our customers storage capacities and
specifications. Plus, we dont under-spec our
products just to win a job.
A commitment to quality, the ability to
deliver and a strong work ethic permeates the
company whose leadership includes: John
Schodowski, vice president of operations; Mike
Schodowski, vice president of sales; and Jim
Aiello, a brother-in-law who is vice president of
marketing for this growing enterprise with 15
full-time and five part-time employees.
GROWING THE BUSINESS
With knowledge, ambition, and a large
contact base, the senior Schodowski grew the
business, hiring a sales force and a cadre of well-
trained fabricators and installers. He took on
more inventory and opened up a warehouse on
Grand River Avenue in Detroit in 1963, followed
by a larger warehouse on West Chicago
Boulevard in 1968, said Schodowski. Shelving,
Inc. then established a warehouse in Auburn
Hills in 1978 and constructed a two-story office
in 1994 to accommodate its growing staff.
The 1990s saw the continuation of Shelving,
Inc.s long history of success, and marked the
entrance of another business-savvy family
member into the company fold. Matriarch
Helen Schodowski took over as president,
earning accolades as Woman Business Owner
of the Year from the National Association of
Women Business Owners. She steered the
company through the beginning of its
transition from a predominately automotive
clientele to a more diversified customer base.
For most of its years in business, the
company serviced the booming automotive
supply market in Detroits heyday. The firms
pallets, racks and shelves were stacked with the
raw materials, engines and heavy-duty engine
parts that were the glory of the Motor Citys
automotive empire. For the first 40 years, the
automotive market, including manufacturers
and their supplier base, was probably 90
percent of our business, said Schodowski.
Now, it is less than 10 percent of our business.
Shelving, Inc. began preparing for the shift
well before the recent economic meltdown
and the resulting cataclysmic corporate car
accident led to the bankruptcy of GM and
Chrysler and the closing of dealerships. In
1998, Chrysler was 20 percent of our business
and now they are less than one percent of our
business, said Schodowski.
Shelving, Inc. began knocking on the doo
of hospitals, universities, law enforcement, an
government offices to diversify its market
The firm began a parallel effort to expand
goods and services. In the 1960s, we were
one-product company, said Schodowski. No
our 450-page catalog has over 15,00
products, all of which relate to storage an
material handling. With shelving as our co
our line has blossomed into many differe
types of shelving products from wire an
plastic to wood, metal and pallet shelving. A
the end result, Shelving, Inc. now suppli
heavy-duty shelving, racks, wire shelvin
lockers and other storage equipment
restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, ret
stores, distributions centers, governme
facilities, and military installations.
One of the largest orders was supplyin
pallet racking for the 1-million-square-fo
Steelcase distribution center in Grand Rapid
This was a large seven figure project for u
and we completed the design, engineerin
materials and installation on time and und
budget, said Schodowski. The client supplies
floor plan with building column locations. A
maestros of optimal space utilization, Shelvin
Inc.s job is to layout an arrangement
shelving and racks with the capability
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efficiently storing as much product as possible.
Were in the storage and organization
business, said Schodowski. Our motto is
Making Space Work Better.
In addition, the firm created a more efficient
space planning and storage system for the
University of Michigan Press by inserting high-
density shelving into the workspace. Shelving,
Inc. also supplied several thousand lockers for
Beaumont Hospitals campus expansion in
Royal Oak. We were the low bidder, and we
also completed that project on time and under
budget, he said.
GOING ONLINE, B2B, B2C
The year 2000 was a watershed year in
Shelving, Inc.s corporate history. The new
millennium marked the entrance of Joseph
Schodowski as president and the launch of
www.Shelving.com, a business-to-business
website created to generate sales leads. The
companys reach expanded from a 200-mile
radius surrounding Detroit and covering seven
to nine counties in Southeast Michigan to a
national enterprise extending into every
corner of America. Going online opened up
our markets geographically, said Schodowski.
Up until 2000, 99 percent of our business was
in Southeast Michigan. In 2000, we began
getting sales calls from Florida and New York.
Only two years later, the company entered
the world of E-commerce and took its first
online order from a New York firm. In 2002, we
converted www.Shelving.com into an E-
commerce site by actually offering our
products for sale online, said Schodowski.
People loved it. Shelving, Inc. enjoyed a 25
percent increase in sales from 2001 to 2002.
Overall, the company more than doubled its
sales in the next eight years.
Today, a staff person at Shelving, Inc.
monitors a bank of four different computers,
encircling her desk in an arc of PCs and
delivering Shelving, Inc.s products to millions
of homes, businesses, and institutions across
the country. The top four states for our
business are the most populous states, namely
New York, California, Texas and Florida, said
Schodowski.
In September 2007, the company
launched a second website at
www.TheShelvingStore.com, a business-to-
consumer site that has already serviced home
businesses, interior designers, consumers and
several law firms. Its the best part of our
business, said Schodowski. It has experienced
double-digit growth and accounts for a third of
our total revenue. We also have a storefront on
East 11 Mile Road in Madison Heights to meet
the storage needs of the consumer market.
Going online expanded the company
customer base. Orders range from providin
lockers to a well-known fashion line called Ve
Bradley to supplying TA-50 Military Readine
Lockers to Fort Bragg for troop deploymen
Shelving, Inc. even received an order from th
USS Iwo Jima, a marine carrier plying th
Atlantic. The commander placed an order ov
a ship-to-shore radio requesting special rac
for storing undisclosed products on the ship
said Schodowski. We had to ensure that t
racking system components were delivered
the naval port in Virginia within a three-d
window while the ship was in port and befo
it went back out to sea.
Another client was a microbiologist
Harvard University. We designed a shelvin
system for his computer work area that had
hold seven computer monitors, as well as spac
for his two cats who could then be near hi
while he did his research, said Schodowski.
addition, the IRS hired Shelving, Inc. to design
mobile aisle shelving system to store record
and files. The high-density shelving storag
system was installed in a highly secured wo
area requiring our installation crew to underg
security background checks, recalle
Schodowski.
Out-of-state Internet sales remained th
same and even rose during the recent Gre
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Recession. But overall sales declined, because
the local market took such a dive, said
Schodowski. Despite Michigans rough
economy, Shelving, Inc. was able to post a
record year in revenue in 2008 and a record
year in profitability in 2009. Despite lower
revenue from 2008, we cut our operating
expenses to a level that made us more
profitable, said Schodowski.
Shelving, Inc. has a knack for turning
obstacles into opportunities. With the high
number of companies downsizing their
facilities, Shelving, Inc. now focuses a portion of
its work on supplying labor services to tear
down existing storage systems and then move,
design and rearrange the systems to optimally
fit the downsized facilities, said Schodowski.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
At the half-century mark, Shelving, Inc. is
continuing its explorations in cyberspace. In
the future, I see us building more niche E-
commerce sites, said Schodowski. We are
going to design a new site called
www.ShelvingandRack.com, which focuses on
industrial shelving and racking for commercial
and industrial customers. Shelving, Inc. is
essentially organizing its presence in
cyberspace with three different websites
targeting different markets.
The company will also be launching new
product lines on www.Shelving.com in its
quest to make the website the ultimate go to
place for all things shelving. We are
redesigning www.Shelving.com to appeal to
both commercial and residential customers,
said Schodowski. They are also developing aproduct line devoted to green or environ-
mentally friendly shelving that may include
recycled plastic bins, bamboo shelving, and
shelves coated with low VOC paint.
We have been making space work better
with our shelving, racks, lockers and other
storage equipment since 1960, said
Schodowski. We will continue to focus our
efforts on being the best provider of shelving
and storage equipment to our customers no
matter where they are located. With the E-
commerce sites we manage, our sales team,
installation crew and our engineering
expertise, we can design, engineer, and install just about any size project large or small
that requires better utilization of space.
New customers include the battery
manufacturing plants beginning to set up
shop in Michigan. Shelving, Inc. continues to
supply school and hospital projects for local
contractors, as well as service the needs of
contractors, themselves. The properly
designed shelving system will not fail under
weight stresses and will allow a contractor to
store their tools, materials and supplies safely
and neatly, said Schodowski. They know
exactly where everything is and what their
supply levels are without requiring an
expensive and sophisticated bar code system.
Celebrating 50 years in the space utilization
business, Shelving, Inc. seemingly offers every
shelf, rack and locker system known. Shelving,
Inc.s 15,000-square-foot warehouse in Auburn
Hills contains shelves with a capital S. The
massive, modular and stackable units have the
ability to create a mezzanine within a building.
Closet shelving efficiently stores tools or
clothes, while pallet shelving can store 8,00
pounds of materials. Shelves from the wa
mounted to freestanding, from decorative
the industrial, and from wood to wire and gla
fill the warehouse with every organization
system devised under the sun and now liste
online. Clearly, Shelving, Inc. is the place to g
to attain the Holy Grail of organization: a pla
for everything and everything in its place.
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Evangelista Corporation, New Hudso
has restored a classic space within on
of the most prominent buildings
Detroit s Cultural Center. With its decorativ
cornices and tall windows encased in a
ornamental bronze grille, the long-vaca
library within the Horace H. Rackha
Education Memorial Building has bee
brought back to life as an appealing stud
hall for Wayne State Universitys Departme
of Communication Sciences & Disorde
(CSD).
Working with JW Design, Royal Oak,
architect and Strategic Energy Solution
Berkley, as engineer, Evangelista Corporatio
inserted contemporary infrastructure int
this second-floor study space, whi
preserving the former librarys Art Dec
elements. The same project team undertoo
the conversion of a Rackham kitchen ancafeteria into a state-of-the-art Hearin
Sciences Laboratory. WSU leases the enti
wing of this grand old building from th
University of Michigan as clinical an
classroom space for both CSD and th
Psychology Department.
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Designed by Harley, Ellington and Day
the 1930s, the Rackham Building rises acro
Farnsworth from the Detroit Institute of Ar
and near the Detroit Public Library. All thre
buildings form the Cultural Center Histor
District placed on the U.S National Registof Historic Places in 1983. All three we
created in the first half of the 20th Centu
as part of the City Beautiful movement,
grand vision to inspire social harmony an
civic virtue through the creation o
monumental and beautiful buildings.
The buildings namesake was one of t
original stockholders of Ford Moto
Company. Henry Ford and other leade
used to hold meetings in the building in th
1940s, said Vince Pulsinelli, Evangelis
project manager and superintendent. Th
Rackham Building contains storied but no
unused spaces, including a former bowlinalley, a poolroom, and a large auditorium
The auditorium is unbelievable, sa
Pulsinelli. It is like a small Fox Theater. A
one time, the library, itself, was one of th
focal points of the building.
Today, the former library inspires CS
students to excel in the disciplines
speech-language pathology and audiolog
Modest in square footage but grand
height, the 25-foot-tall study space has
mezzanine and a main room now with Wi
access and a host of new technologie
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threaded through its plaster walls and
ceilings. Flexible, functional , charming and
elegant, Evangelistas renovation of this
jewel of a study hall has given CSD faculty
and students a great place to work and
study.
ENTERING THE 21ST CENTURY
Evangelista launched the project in late
May 2009 with demolition of old shelving,
woodwork and carpeting. Another step in
the renovation was inserting contemporary
infrastructure without marring the rooms
appearance.
The Evangelista crew worked behind the
scenes or actually above and below to
hide all wiring and conduit. The Evangelista
crew worked above and walked across the
plaster ceiling to thread all the wiring for
wall sconces, light fixtures, operable blinds,and a projection system and screen into the
new study hall. We actually walked right on
top of the plaster ceilings, and sometimes
crawled, to fish the wiring down the wall,
said Pulsinelli. Back in those days, the
plaster was thick, almost an inch-and-a-half,
and the ceiling solidly built with lathe and
black iron.
Installing the electrical floor mounts
entailed a repeat performance within the
ceiling space of the first-floor lobby. We
crawled on our hands and knees to get
under the lobbys plaster ceiling, said
Pulsinelli. Thanks to the intrepid crew, this historic
room is now serviced with contemporary
infrastructure, including a row of window
shades that rise and fall in sync. The only
remotely visible piece of infrastructure is a
new sprinkler system composed of small,
discreet circles in the ceiling that release and
pop down in the event of a fire.
PAST MEETS PRESENT
The hall is a study in the classic character
of historical buildings. The Evangelista team
of trade contractors repaired the stately row
of tall, narrow windows, replacing severalbroken panes of glass and cleaning the
bronze interior mullions by hand with a
special solution, said Pusinelli. These elegant
windows draw in natural light and offer a
wonderful view of the Art Deco bronze grille
covering the window exter ior. The
decorative abstract floral pattern is repeated
in the newly cleaned and restored
mezzanine railing.
The Evangelista team also restored the
function and character of the main rooms
original lights by disassembling, rewiring,
Evangelista Corporation brought this long-vacantlibrary back to life as a study hall for Wayne State
Universitys Department of Communication
Sciences & Disorders.
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Evangelista Corporation has establisheditself as a highly qualified general contractor.
We've accomplished this by building an
experienced management team with working
knowledge of all phases of construction, and
listening closely to the needs of our clients.
We maintain excellent communication with
architects, engineers and consultants as we
progress through each phase of construction.
Our experience over the past 15 years gives
Evangelista Corporation the ability totransform ideas, plans and specifications into
successful building projects.
We are structured to bid, negotiate, manage and
contract any project regardless of size.
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resemble metal with complementary vertic
bands of turquoise and coral. The second is
decorative strip dividing the mezzanine an
main ceilings with a geometric pattern
varied hues of green. They wanted to use th
cornice and decorative strip as a focal point
are a vast improvement over the 2 x 4
fluorescent fixtures formerly in place.
Evangelista also cleaned, but left
untouched, two bands of decorative painting
from the 1930s. The first band is the main
rooms ornamental plaster cornice painted to
and cleaning the metal fixtures. The light
fixtures didnt work at all, said Pulsinelli.
We removed the old-style wiring, and then
rewired the lights and installed new lamps.
New pendant fixtures in the mezzanine
complement the original light fixtures and
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The 25-foot-tall study space has a mezzanine and a mainroom with Wi Fi access and a host of new technologies
threaded through its plaster walls and ceilings.
Conversion of a former cafeteria into a labincluded removal and restoration of the
original wood wainscoting andits installation in Cacaces office.
Anthony Cacace, Ph.D., CCC-A, one of theleading authorities on tinnitus research in thecountry, is now conducting cutting-edgeresearch in this newly renovated laboratory.
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the room, said Pulsinelli.
Contemporary materials, colors and
patterns, such as those in the new carpeting,
complement these original elements.
Contemporary insertions also bring their
own functionality and flair to the study
space. Clustered panels of white markingboards have replaced old wooden
bookshelves. DIRRT panels have replaced
old bookshelves with backlit panels,
illuminating the lovely leaf patterns of these
turquoise-colored glass and acrylic panels.
In one instance, Evangelista altered the
actual space by inserting a new dividing wall
to carve out a small conference room. As in
the main spaces, new carpeting and a new
coat of paint complete the transformation.
Marrying the old and the new, Evangelista
worked an original wheel-shaped light
fixture into a standard acoustical ceiling.Of the study room overall, It is wonderful
and incredibly flexible, said Jean Andruski,
chair of the Department of Communication
Sciences and Disorders. The students use it
for study, and we use it for different
seminars, while the new conference room is
used for faculty meetings. The psychology
department has even borrowed the study
space from us for training seminars.
New tenure-track faculty even delivered
presentations in the newly renovated
facility. This unique and newly renovated
enclave aids the department in attracting
quality faculty and students. It is really anappealing space, Andruski added. We show
it off to everybody we can. It is really one of
those things that sets us apart.
In the study halls elevator lobby,
Evangelista added to the facilitys historical
character by refurbishing the former librarys
old wood card catalogue, a shelving unit
composed of dozens of small cubbies once
filled with the well-thumbed index cards
commonly used by libraries across the globe
before the computer age. Evangelista worked
throughout the summer and finished in late
September 2009 on this distinctive study
space, as well as miscellaneous flooringinstallation and painting for miscellaneous
stairways and hallways.
FROM KITCHEN TO LABORATORY
Evangelista worked concurrently on the
conversion of a former kitchen and cafeteria
into a lower-level laboratory. Anthony
Cacace, Ph.D., CCC-A, one of the leading
authorities on tinnitus research in the
country, is now conducting cutting-edge
research in this former eatery.
The room was in terrible disarray before
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research for publication. In the futur
students in the newly renovated study ha
may be reading research results generate
in the laboratory below them.
As part of the renovation, Evangelis
removed and restored the old woo
wainscoting on the perimeter of the formcafeteria and re-installed it in Cacaces offic
It wasnt in great condition, said Pusinel
but we fixed it up to retain some of the o
flavor of the building. Added Cacace, The
did a nice job. Of the lab itself, Cacace
equally pleased. Now students have a nic
place to work, he added.
The opening of the new study hall a
Cacace laboratory in late January 2010 w
music to the ears of the Department
Communication Sciences & Disorders. Th
project is also a testament to the skill
Evangelista Corporation. News must travfor the company is already hard at wo
remodeling the Music Department in O
Main, as well as a lower-level coffee shop
the Student Activities Building, and a
elevator project in the adjacent Educatio
Building, according to Mark A. Evangelist
P.E., president of the company. Gaining mo
projects is always a sound reward for a jo
well done.
RACKHAM LIBRARY AND CACACE
LABORATORY SUBCONTRACTORS:
DIRTT Panels American Interiors,Wixom
Glazing Glasco Corp., Detroit
Flooring, Marble Sills New and
Restored Contract Design Group,
Royal Oak
Doors and Hardware LaForce, Inc.,
Troy
Painting Skylite Painting Co., Livonia
Motorized Shades Drapery by
Ernest, Inkster
Plumbing Western Mechanical,
Clinton Township
Fire Protection Tri-Star Fire
Protection, Plymouth HVAC Western Mechanical,
Clinton Township
Electrical LeCom Electric, Inc.,
Roseville
Selective Demolition, Carpentry,
Acoustical Ceilings Evangelista
Corporation, New Hudson
Subcontractors and professional consultanlisted in this feature are identified by th
general contractor, architect or owner.
used to conduct national research on a
cutting-edge method of suppressing
tinnitus called trans-cranial magnetic
stimulation. There are very few people in
the country and only a couple places in the
world that use this method of stimulating
the brain to suppress tinnitus, said Cacace.Cacace is on the brink of submitting his
the Evangelista team took over and
renovated the 800-square-foot space by
interior demolition and installation of new
drywall ceilings and walls. The newly
renovated space now houses two specialty
sound-treated testing booths (both outside
of Evangelistas scope of work) that aid in anumber of research initiatives. One booth is
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Saving FaceJ.C. Beal Construction
Preserves Historic FaadeBy Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor
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J.C. Beal Construction, Inc., a Detroit and Ann Arbor-basedgeneral contracting and construction management firm well-versed in
historic preservation, has managed the ultimate restoration feat:
preserving an ornate faade but demolishing the actual building, or in
this case, buildings. A vital piece of Detroits history is now preserved
as part of a project Olympia Development began in the summer of
2009. With J.C. Beal Constructions expertise, the project delicately
preserved the faade of the historic Fine Arts Building located at 44
West Adams Avenue on Grand Circus Park in the heart of Detroits
sports and entertainment district.
Constructed in 1905, the Fine Arts Building is one of the earliest
commercial building designs of Louis Kamper, the famed Detroit
architect who designed the Book Cadillac Hotel, the Book Building,
and the Cadillac Square Building, as well as many prominent
residences in Indian Village and other Detroit neighborhoods.
Historic preservation is extremely important, said Atanas Ilitch,
president of Olympia Development, in a prepared statement. After
careful study in conjunction with well-known authorities in building
preservation, construction and architecture, including the Detroit
Historic Commission and Preservation Wayne, we were confident thatthe faade of the historic Fine Arts Building could be preserved. The
faade ultimately will be integrated into a new development that will
occupy the site at some point in the future.
The faade essentially fronts two buildings in direct alignment
behind the now preserved building face. The Fine Arts Building was
linked to the Adams Theatre below grade and via an upper-level
skywalk, said Fred J. Beal, president of J.C. Beal Construction, Inc. Only
an alley separated the two buildings with the Adams Theatre facing
West Elizabeth St. and the Fine Arts Building fronting Adams.
Totaling 175,000 square feet, both buildings were in extremely poor
and structurally unsound condition. As of late 2008, the floor systems
had greatly deteriorated and the roofs had collapsed over large areas
of both buildings.
While the Adams Avenue or Fine Arts Building Faade retainedconsiderable historic character, the structures themselves had been
determined through careful study to be unsalvageable on any
reasonable economic basis. J.C. Beal Construction, Inc. undertook the
intricate task of securing the Fine Arts Building Faade along Adams,
and then separating and removing the remainder of the buildings
from the facade, based on plans and specifications prepared by
SmithGroup Incorporated, Detroit; American Structural Engineers,
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A series of 66-foot-deep caissons and a massivesteel frame hold the ornate faade in place.
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Information courtesy of J.C. BeConstruction, Inc. and Olympia Developmen
FINE ARTS FAADE CONSULTANTS AN
SUBCONTRACTORS
Survey & Monitoring Dr. Edward J.
Water & Associates, Twinsburg, OH
Structural Engineering American
Structural Engineers, Grosse Pte. Woods
Demolition Adamo Group, Detroit
Caissons Toledo Caisson
Corporation, Ottawa Lake
Fencing Shamrock Fence Company,
Southgate
Concrete B&B Concrete Placement
Corp., Romulus
Waterproofing Akins Construction,
Inc., Sterling Heights
Structural & Misc. Steel Nelson Iron
Works, Detroit Carpentry, Salvage & Minor Faade
Demo Beal, Inc., Detroit
The commitment of Olympia
Development, the historic preservation
expertise of J.C. Beal Construction, and the
skill of a host of trade contractors have
preserved this ornate faade for futuregenerations and created a great
redevelopment space in Detroit. This faade
preservation will maintain the character of
the streetscape and neighborhood, which
dates back more than 100 years, said llitch.
The faade stabilization system was
anchored by a series of 66-foot-deep caissons
carefully drilled through the sidewalk by
Toledo Caisson Corp., Ottawa Lake, and a
massive steel frame fabricated and erected by
Nelson Iron Works, Detroit. Beal Incorporated
prepared the faade for this work, securingand/or removing loose materials, and Adamo
Group, Detroit, undertook the separation of
the faade from the rest of the structures, and
the mass demolition of both buildings. Other
participants in the project were Shamrock
Fence Company, Inc., Southgate, and B & B
Concrete Placement Corp., Inc., Romulus.
Among the special challenges faced by the
project team was the faades poor condition
and the presence of significant amounts of
asbestos-containing materials throughout
the buildings. However, the project went
extremely well, primarily due to the greatteamwork exhibited by all involved. The $2
million dollar Fine Arts Faade Stabilization &
Fine Arts Building / Adams Theatre
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The insulation made the building loo
brand new, and the resulting energ
efficiency is why this building leased ov
any other building on a block lined with F
Lease signs, said Yurich. It was the sam
story with another 100,000-square-fo
building we recently insulated. In today
insulate the building, he would have had to
spend $70,000 more in HVAC equipment to
cool the building, said Gary D. Yurich, CBR
president.
As shown by this Livonia retrofit,
commercial realtors can more readily lease
an insulated and energy-efficient building.
Insulating your business from high-energy
costs is the business of Commercial
Building & Retrofit, Inc. (CBR). The Troy-
based firm has been unrolling the white
carpet 45 million square feet ofpolypropylene-faced fiberglass to be exact
for over 30 years. More than a product, CBR
installs a tightly sealed insulation system
that has saved industrial buildings, sports
facilities, and school gymnasiums in
Michigan, and across the nation, a
cumulative $15.7 million dollars in heating
costs a year. The savings mount to well over
$100 million over the course of its three
decades of operation. Add another cool
$15.7 million in air-conditioning savings for
a grand total of $31.4 million extra dollars in
the coffers of its clients every year dollars
available for business expansion rather than
paying high utility bills.
CBRs most recent project was the result of
a commercial realtor discovering the firm in
CAMs Buyers Guide. As a result, CBR spent
the early summer of 2010 installing three
inches of R-10 fiberglass insulation in an
existing 100,000-square-foot industrial
facility in Livonia. The insulation is working
its magic by immediately saving the
building occupant $70,000 through
reducing the tonnage needed to air-
condition this large space. If he didnt
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Courtesy of CBRBy Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor
Photo Courtesy of Commercial Building & Retrofit, Inc.
CBR installs a tightly sealed insulation system that has saved industrial buildings, sports facilities,and school gymnasiums in Michigan and across the nation a cumulative $15.7 million dollars inheating costs a year.
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conditioned air, and that is the source of yo
energy savings.
Insulation really is a technical field
continued Yurich. Our whole system
installed in a professional manner, creating a
energy-efficient building and a quiet an
comfortable work environment. Noireverberates through the whole industri
facility. The insulation absorbs soun
knocking the noise level down by 5
percent.
Besides industrial buildings, CBR h
installed its insulation system in tenn
clubs, sports facilities, airplane hanga
warehouses, and manufacturing faciliti
across the country. In Michigan, CBR h
performed work for universities, th
State of Michigan, and Oakland Count
We have installed insulated steel pane
for Oakland County maintenancbuildings, said Yurich. We als
insulated all of the gymnasiums for th
Fraser School District. It brightened th
gymnasiums up and quieted the
buildings down, plus the schoo
obtained a huge energy savings from
all.
One of CBRs large insulation projec
was a metal framed fabric structure at a
indoor tennis facility in Steambo
Springs, Colorado. Another large proje
was insulating 3 million square feet
buildings throughout the United States f
the Pioneer Seed Company, an Iowheadquartered firm owned by DO
Chemical. They turn metal buildings int
coolers to keep the seed at 55 degrees or les
enabling Pioneer to store seeds for almo
three years, said Yurich. In case of drough
they are never without seed the followin
year.
Preparing for an energy-efficient futu
and saving cost now is what CBR is all abou
I offer five- to10-year warranties and hav
jobs from 1984 that are just as good as t
day I installed the system, said Yuric
Twenty-five years from now, this insulatio
system will have paid for itself five to tetimes over.
Insulation may not have the buzz of sola
wind or other new technologies, but th
energy-efficient workhorse of the gree
marketplace has the ability to save significa
dollars and dramatically slash the energ
usage of buildings across America.
CBRs tightly sealed system blankets
building and with its tremendous reductio
in utility usage virtually issues the buildin
tenant or owner a blank check for thousand
of dollars in annual savings.
he installed it incorrectly and developed a
condensation problem. It was raining inside
his building, because the warm air entered
the seams in the insulation and condensation
formed between the insulation and the roof
sheet. We installed a test area for him, and
once he saw our work, it was a done deal.First, the CBR crew attaches a series of
hanger clips that support rows of tubes over
the entire ceiling. Working with a team of two
people on two separate lifts, one team
threads or feeds the insulation roll over the
top of one tube while the second team pulls
the roll as taut as a well-installed tarp. After
pulling the rolls, the crew starts cutting, fitting
and seaming the insulation together with
staples every three inches on center. This
building is 300 feet long, so there is a
thousand staples in every run, said Yurich.
The crew fastens the insulation ends,
makes precision cuts around trusses and
other ceiling obstacles followed by stapling
the insulation into place. Attention to detail
is critical in insulating a building, said Yurich.CBR has thoroughly trained crews of
employees. We do not subcontract our work
out to other people to install, he added.
This tight, protective thermal barrier
prevents heat from leaving in winter and
radiant heat from pushing into the building
in summer. With tightly sealed insulation,
you only heat or cool the building one time,
said Yurich. Every time the HVAC comes on
after the first initial heating or cooling, it is
replacing lost heat or lost cooling. A properly
installed insulation system stops the loss of
market, if someone is looking for a building,
they are looking for one that has a clean look
and is energy efficient.
Amazing savings in cost and energy are
available for the insulation savvy. It costs
about .70 cents a square-foot to heat this
100,000-square-foot building, said Yurich.With insulation, the building can be heated
for .35 cents a square-foot. Youre talking a
minimum $35,000 dollars in savings every
single year. If you put in more insulation, the
savings are even larger.
The typical payback is under five years
for heating and 2.5 years for both
heating and cooling a building. With a
2.5-year payback, a company with a ten-
year lease will enjoy 7.5 years of income
from investing in an insulation system.
Seven-and-a-half years of saving
$35,000 to $70,000 a year is not chumpchange, said Yurich. Its big money.
Clearly, insulation will help lower
actual business overhead. Everyone is
looking for ways to cut their overhead to
be competitive, said Yurich. This is a
way to reduce your energy costs and to
cut your overhead at no risk.
Insulation is that rare animal that
never fails to provide a return on
investment. Unlike investing in the
stock market, insulation offers a
guaranteed return on investment. This is
the only investment with zero risk, said
Yurich. You cannot lose money on insulatingyour building.
As an added bonus, federal energy tax
credits and DTE utility rebates aid the cause
of energy-conscious building owners. The
federal initiative provides .60 cents a square-
foot energy tax credit for energy-saving
insulation, lighting and HVAC systems.
Despite these tantalizing benefits, Yurich
estimates less than five percent of industrial
buildings are properly insulated, presenting a
tremendous opportunity to boost the energy
efficiency of our nations industrial building
stock. Roofing standards for new
construction have a higher thermal value, butbillions of square feet of existing industrial
buildings are basically heating the outdoors.
A TIGHTLY STITCHED QUILT
CBRs ceiling insulation at the Livonia
facility resembles a tightly stitched quilt of
white fabric. Without a tight seal, warm air
will enter the breaks in the insulation and will
condense as it enters the cold air space of the
roof sheet. The owner of this facility
originally tried to insulate the building
himself, said Yurich. It didnt work, because
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Clearly, insulation will
help lower actual business
overhead. Everyone is
looking for ways to cuttheir overhead to be
competitive...this is a way
to reduce your energy
costs and to cut your
overhead at no risk. Gary D. Yurich, CBR president
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claims made by the subcontractors
employees against the GC.
Additional Insured for Ongoing an
Completed Operations: The contract ca
specify that the GC be made an addition
insured for ongoing operations to cov
those hazards at the jobsite. As there
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favor of the GC. This clause provides that th
subcontractors insurer would have no rig
to recovery from the GC or its insurer, for th
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- Consider contractually requiring th
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