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Save
the Date: March 11, 2024
Join
us as Tracey Bryant with Vectren talks to us about
Gas Safety and Efficiency. We can all afford
to learn ways to be safe as well as ways to help
conserve energy to cut costs and to protect our
beautiful planet.The breakfast will take
place at the Ramada Plaza North on Wagner Ford
Road. Registration and Networking begin at
7:00a.m. Register today at www.naridayton.org
or call 1-800-498-NARI and RSVP
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Regional
Skills USA (VICA) Competition and Open House -
March 13, 2010
The
MVCTC is the host site for the regional SKILLSUSA
competition March 13, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00
p.m.. There will be 25 schools on our campus from
all over the South West Region.
Students who have placed in their local skills
competition will be competing to represent the
region at the State SKILLSUSA competition in
Columbus, Ohio.
You will have the
opportunity to observe/meet some of the best
construction trades students and their instructors
in the area and visit the MVCTC campus. This is a
great opportunity to see the MVCTC updated labs
and some of the newest technology on which the
future construction trades students are being
trained.
The MVCTC is located at 6800 Hoke
Rd. Clayton, Ohio 45315. You can park in front of
the South Building and enter door #14.
Refreshments, MVCTC and contest information will
be in the South Office Conference Room to the left
as you enter door #14. For further
information please contact Dale Frost (937)
854-6237 or Dale Winner (937) 854-6084
RSVP
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RRP
Classes Offered by Chapter
March 15,
2010 Sold
Out
This
class has sold out. If you are interested,
let us know and we'll put on a wait list in case
of cancellation or you can register for the added
class on April 16th.
The
University of Cincinnati will conduct instruction
at Miami Valley NARI's two Repair, Renovate and
Painting (RRP) classes. The EPA's Renovation,
Repair and Painting Final Rule (40 CFR 745)
requires that renovations conducted for
compensation, must be performed by Certified Firms
using Certified Renovators.
Renovation
firms that wish to work in pre-1978 homes and
child-occupied facilities must apply to the
EPA and pay a fee in order to become
certified. Renovators seeking to become
Certified Renovators must successfully complete an
EPA-accredited renovator course or a course
accredited by an EPA authorized State or
Tribe. This course is the EPA model course
for Certified Renovators and as such meets all
requirements in 40 CFR 745.90. These classes will
be conducted at the Ramada Plaza Dayton located at
2301 Wagner Ford Rd. The cost for this program is
$179.00 for members and $229.00 for non-members.
Note class size is limited to 24 students and will
be done on a first come, first serve basis.
Additional classes will be scheduled as needed to
accommodate all members. Register today at
www.naridayton.org or call
1-800-498-NARI and RSVP
Today!
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Save
the Date: March 23, 2024 Luncheon
Instructor:
Paula Fry of the American Red
Cross
Paula
Fry will be doing a presentation on Safety in
Lifting. The purpose of the American Red Cross
Workplace Training: Back Injury Prevention module
is to give individuals in the workplace an
introduction to the knowledge necessary to
identify and reduce the risk of back injury.
Preventing
a back injury is much easier than repairing one.
Because your back is critically important to your
ability to walk, sit, stand, and run, it's
important to take care of it. Most back pain
arises from using your back improperly, so
learning a few basic rules about lifting, posture
and proper exercise can help keep your back in
good shape. According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, more than one million workers suffer
back injuries each year, and back injuries account
for one of every five workplace injuries or
illnesses. Further, one-fourth of all compensation
indemnity claims involve back injuries, costing
industry billions of dollars on top of the pain
and suffering borne by employees.
Join us
as Paula shows us the importance of safety in
lifting. We promise that you will learn something
that you do not already know.
The
luncheon will take place at the Ramada Plaza North
on Wagner Ford Road. Registration and
Networking begin at 11:00
a.m.
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Save
the Date: April 15, 2010
Breakfast
on the Level
Presented
by John Hock of the Dayton Business
Journal
Are
you upset because the phone's not ringing from the
right people? Do you feel under pressure
because your marketing programs aren't
moving? Are you frustrated because you are
looking for help and just not finding
it?
In today's tough economy, many
companies are turning to advertising. Quite
often, this is the right decision - one longer
overdue. But it is not always
so.
Join us as John Hock speaks about
Marketing in a Down Market and helps you find out
if advertising makes sense.
Learn
about establishing objectives, developing
plans, setting expectations, and the 4
different types of advertising campaigns. It
is a no-risk chance to see if advertising is
for you.
John Hock is the advertising
director of the Dayton Business Journal and has a
solid background in sales, training and
management.
The breakfast
will take place at the Ramada Plaza North on
Wagner Ford Road. Registration and
Networking begin at 7:00a.m.
Register today at
www.naridayton.org or call
1-800-498-NARI and RSVP
today! |
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RRP
Certification Class Added
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR: William Menrath, MS
EPA's
Renovation, Repair and Painting Final Rule (40 CFR
745) requires that renovations conducted for
compensation, must be performed by Certified Firms
using Certified Renovators. Renovation firms that
wish to work in pre-1978 homes and child-occupied
facilities must apply to EPA and pay a fee in
order to become certified. Renovators seeking to
become Certified Renovators must successfully
complete an EPA-accredited renovator course or a
course accredited by an EPA authorized State or
Tribe. This course is the EPA model course for
Certified Renovators and as such meets all
requirements in 40 CFR 745.90.
This course
will teach you how to comply with the EPA
Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule and the HUD
Lead Safe Housing Rule, and how to perform
leadsafe work practices safely and effectively.
Once you have successfully completed this
Certified Renovator Initial Course, delivered by
an EPA-accredited training provider, you will be
an EPA Certified Renovator. EPA Certified
Renovator status will allow you to do lead safe
renovation, repair, and painting work in pre 1978
housing and in child-occupied facilities where
work will disturb lead-based paint.
The
class will be conducted at the Ramada Plaza Dayton
located at 2301 Wagner Ford Rd. The cost for this
program is $179.00 for members and $229.00 for
non-members. Class size is limited to 24 students
and will be done on a first come, first serve
basis. Register today at www.naridayton.org or call
1-800-498-NARI and RSVP
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Wednesday
March 24, 2024
Sponsored
by Billy Brink of Ferguson Enterprises
Please
join us for Miami Valley NARI's first "Happy Hour"
social event. Ferguson Enterprises is hosting the
get together at Tale Gators Italian Pub located in
Centerville, OH. Dry snacks and drinks will be
compliments of Ferguson. Come on in and unwind!
Visit with some old friends you haven't seen in
awhile and some new friends you haven't met yet.
What better way to welcome in the spring than to
hang out with your favorite NARI pals! (Don't
forget to get with Billy and the gang to discuss
your next project. They'd love to help
you!)
Register by contacting the
Miami Valley NARI Office at (937) 222-NARI
(6274) by fax 222.5794 or online at
www.naridayton.org
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Save
the Date: April 27, 2010
The luncheon
will take place at the Ramada Plaza North on
Wagner Ford Road. Registration and
Networking begin at 10:30 a.m. Lunch
and the program are from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. Watch for more info in the near
future!
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Shred
Material Free At Secure Your ID Day
Plan
to shred all your important personal and
professional documents at your Better Business
Bureau's Secure Your ID Day presented by the
Butler Heating And Air Conditioning
Company...
Saturday,
April 17, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Start
cleaning out your files today at home and in the
office. And, bring boxes or bags of documents to
be shredded (location being finalized) and take
home the tips and resources you need to help
protect yourself from identity theft. Credit card
statements, old checks, IRS tax returns and any
other sensitive material can be brought to the
event to be shredded free.
Documents to be
shredded will be recycled and should be removed
from binders, but staples, paper clips, CDs and
floppy discs are okay to be shredded.
This
is a unique effort to protect businesses and
consumers from identity theft, emphasizing the
importance of shredding documents and safeguarding
personal information. Through the two 2009 events,
your BBB shredded over 14 tons of material
locally, which was dropped off by 345 vehicles.
Overall, this national initiative saw
consumers and business owners deliver more than
650 tons of material for safe, responsible
destruction in 2009, making BBB Secure Your ID Day
the largest event of its kind ever held.
Secure Your ID Day is sponsored nationally by the
National Association for Information Destruction
and National Foundation for Credit Counseling.
Local sponsors include the Butler Heating
& Air Conditioning Co., Vectren Energy
Delivery of Ohio, Glawe Awnings and Tents, WHIO-TV
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Bogus
Contractors Use Dead Man's License
Two
brothers caught using a dead contractor's
cancelled license and several other unlicensed
contractors are facing a variety of criminal
charges by California's State License
Board.
Andrei Sitkin, an unlicensed
painter, and his brother, unlicensed tile worker,
Sergey Sitkin, are accused of contracting without
a license, illegal advertising, and using the
contractor license number of an Agoura Hills man
whose license was cancelled upon his death in
1993.
The charges followed a sting
by the CSLB in cooperation with the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's and District Attorney's offices.
California Business & Professions (B&P)
Code carries penalties of up to $10,000 and up to
one year in jail for willful and intentional use
of a contractor license number that does not
correspond to a number on a current, valid license
held by that individual.
Another pair of contractor brothers
also received misdemeanor Notices to Appear (NTA)
in superior court. Martin Sanchez faces
charges of contracting without a license and
illegal advertising. His brother, Gerardo
Sanchez, was issued an NTA for allowing Martin to
use his expired license.
A
fifth man, Sergio Romero, received an NTA for
contracting without a license, illegal advertising
and misdemeanor misrepresentation of a license not
issued to him. Authorities say Romero first
claimed the license was his retired father's, then
his cousin's, and then that he didn't remember his
father's name. The license is actually one that
belonged to a Portland, Ore., general engineering
company that cancelled the license in 1999.
Nine other men were charged with
contracting without a license, including Heriberto
Ochoa-Cortez, who is also accused of illegal
advertising and soliciting an excessive down
payment.
The CSLB web site includes
a license look-up feature that also indicates
whether the licensee has the required workers'
compensation coverage and current license
bonds.
CSLB licenses about
310,000 contractors from various
trades.
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WarmlyYours
Radiates Confidence Through Recession
By
Ann Meyer
With
a "no layoffs" pledge to employees, Julia Billen
needed new sales to prop up her radiant-heating
business.
Like most businesses in
construction and remodeling, Billen's Long
Grove-based WarmlyYours Inc. saw its revenue
plunge when the recession hit. Until 2008,
WarmlyYours' sales had been climbing rapidly,
making Inc. magazine's list of the 5,000
fastest-growing private companies in 2007, when it
hit about $6.8 million in annual sales. Back then,
it didn't have to look for growth, because sales
came easily, Billen said.
But when
the market declined and revenue fell 27 percent,
Billen was determined not to lose good
employees.
"My mantra has been, there are
no layoffs. We are getting through this together,"
she said.
So Billen and her 60 workers went on
the offensive, spending money to make money. They
strengthened the company's infrastructure,
improved its systems by writing original software
and planned a strategy for growth.
"We took
time to make ourselves stronger," she
said.
The result is a new division that
markets and installs heating under asphalt pavers
to extend the outdoor entertaining season while
also keeping pathways free of snow and ice during
the winter. Another heating system runs along
gutters and rooftops, eliminating the need to get
up on a ladder and knock off excessive snow and
ice. Already, the new snowmelt and de-icing
division is profitable, Billen said.
The
new product line is the result of a year's worth
of formal planning, based on market research that
considered an aging population, growing interest
in outdoor living and heating trends in Europe,
Billen said.
As Billen reflects on the past
18 months, she believes the recession helped her
business.
"It allowed us to be much more
focused and thoughtful," she said. "When you're
growing fast, you can't get caught up. You feel
like you are going in a million
directions."
Recessions often spur
innovation, according to research by consulting
firm McKinsey & Co. A study of 1,000 U.S.
companies over an 18-year period, including the
recession of 1990-91, found those that pursued
opportunities and spent cash reserves during the
recession ultimately gained market share.
"Winners
invest behind innovation and research and
development during a downturn," said Asutosh
Padhi, a senior partner at McKinsey in
Chicago.
What's more, recessions are
conducive to change. "It's very tough to
drive change when things are going well," Padhi
said. Strategic planning can give companies
a competitive advantage no matter what the economy
is doing, yet few companies take time for it, said
Rich Horwath, author of "Deep Dive: The Proven
Method for Building Strategy."
"People
think about it as this overwhelming three-month
process, but great strategy plans aren't that
complicated," said Horwath, president of the
Strategic Thinking Institute in Barrington
Hills. Being strategic involves
"intelligently allocating limited resources,"
including time, talent and money, to outperform
the competition, he said.
In
his book, Horwath provides a roadmap for companies
to follow, starting with evaluating the business
and the environment, allocating limited resources
appropriately and taking
action.
Successfully launching a new line
depends on having the necessary core competencies,
understanding the marketplace and competitive
landscape, and developing a business model that
will make money while providing value to
customers, Horwath said.
WarmlyYours'
market research pointed to growing potential in
snowmelt and de-icing. When a competitor's former
employee asked WarmlyYours for a job, Billen
snapped him up, recognizing he could help the
company excel in outdoor heating. And despite a
tight credit market, Billen was able to secure a
loan in 2009 backed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration, she said.
WarmlyYours also
has added installation services to its core
product of radiant heating for baths and kitchens,
offering warm tile floors plus towel warmers and
mirror defoggers. WarmlyYours has partnered with
another company to provide qualified tradesmen in
22 states, Billen said.
Innovation is not
new for Billen, who bought the Internet portion of
an existing heating company in 1999, creating
WarmlyYours with co-founder Georges Selvais. With
marketing experience but no background in heating,
Billen looked at competitors' marketing focus on
BTUs and voltage and believed there was a better
approach.
"The way I positioned it, we were
selling luxury, warmth and comfort," she said. At
trade shows, she set up a Tiffany lamp, rug and
decorative screen to convey a luxury
image.
The company did impose a salary
freeze and cut its 401(k) match and tuition
reimbursement after sales fell in 2008, but it
still provides health insurance and a free daily
lunch for employees.
While holding the line
on workers' pay, Billen cut her own salary - and
maintained an optimistic outlook.
"I kept
chanting, 'Keep pushing and no fear,' until even I
believed it," she
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