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The
EPA RRP Rule, What it Means to the
Contractor
May
13 was the date of our educational program
presented by Don Ebding and Mark Fleming regarding
the affects of the EPA's RRP Rule on your
business. For those in attendance this program was
quite an "eye opener" concerning the legal and
liability ramifications of the new RRP Lead Rule
mandated by the Federal EPA. Mr. Ebding and Mr.
Fleming were kind enough to provide their
PowerPoint slides for all to
review.
Please click here for Mr. Ebding's
presentation.
Please click here for Mr. Fleming's
presentation.
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Ten-four
'10, Bring a Good Buddy
Miami
Valley NARI is five months into our 2010
membership campaign entitled: "Ten-Four '10, Bring
a Good Buddy". Our latest two recipients of the
$100.00 bounty are Ray Bell, CR with Greater
Dayton Building & Remodeling and Tim Garrison,
CR, CKD with Home Towne Construction. Don't forget
that there will be a drawing at the end of the
campaign (October 15, 2023) for a Cruise, and
it won't be on the Ohio River. The more members
you recruit the more times your name will be
available for the drawing. Don't miss out; recruit
a "Good Buddy" today!
Congratulations
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Membership
Meeting May 25, 2024
Gas
Safety and Efficiency
Presented
by Mike Wilson
Join
us as Mike Wilson of Vectren talks about "Gas
Safety and Efficiency" including new marking
standards that were implemented in April. 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 luncheon will take place
at the Ramada Plaza North on Wagner Ford Road.
Registration and Networking begin at 11:00
a.m. Lunch and the program are from
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Registration fees are
$25.00 for members and $30.00 for
non-members. Register today at www.naridayton.org or call (937)
222-6274 and RSVP today!
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Membership
Meeting June 10, 2024
Leading
Your Business Into
Retirement
Presented
by Brian Schlosser
Sales
lead times are long. Competitors are bidding
jobs with no margin. Overall demand for your
service is down. Customers are paying
late. Suppliers are not extending
credit. We could go on all day. Times
are tough. Retirement? Are you
kidding?
Now is the time to
rebuild your business from the ground up.
Brian will be discussing practical steps on how to
lead your business and your people to your goal of
financial security and success.
The breakfast will take place
at the Ramada Plaza North on Wagner Ford Road.
Registration and Networking begin at 7:30
a.m. Breakfast and the program are from
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Registration fees are
$10.00 for certified, $20.00 for members and
$30.00 for non-members. Register online at
www.naridayton.org or call (937)
222-6274 and RSVP
today! |
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EPA
RRP Rule Certification June 11, 2024
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EPA
RRP Rule Certification June 15,
2010
Miami
Valley NARI has another class for the EPA's RRP
Rule Certification scheduled for Tuesday, June 15,
2010. This class will be instructed by
William Menrath, MS. If you or your firm is
not yet certified, here is an opportunity. The
class will take place from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
at the Ramada Plaza North on Wagner Ford
Road. The cost of the class is $179.00 for
member companies or $229.00 for non-member
companies.
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. This course will teach attendees
how to comply with the EPA Renovation, Repair and
Painting Rule and the HUD Lead Safe Housing Rule,
and how to perform lead-safe work practices safely
and effectively. Once you have successfully
completed a 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 is limited to 24
students and will fill up quickly. Please
call (937) 222-6274 to register or go to
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Proposed
Changes to the EPA RRP Rule
The
following is a summary of some proposed
changes to the RRP Rule - yes,
already.
Containment
in exterior
projects
If
the renovation will affect surfaces within 10 feet
of the property line, the renovation firm must
erect vertical containment to insure that dust and
debris from the renovation does not contaminate
adjacent buildings or migrate to adjacent
properties. Vertical containment may also be
necessary in other situations, such as in windy
conditions, in order to prevent contamination of
other buildings, other areas of the property, or
adjacent buildings or
properties.
Project
Clearance
Occurrence
1 - Clearance by a certified inspector, certified
risk assessor, or certified dust sampling
technician is required after renovations involving
the demolition, or removal through destructive
means, of more than 6 ft2 of plaster and lath
building component, or the disturbance of paint
using machines designed to remove paint through
high-speed operation, such as sanding, grinding,
power planning, needle gun, abrasive blasting or
sandblasting.
The certified
inspector, certified risk assessor, or certified
dust sampling technician:
1) must
perform a visual inspection to determine whether
dust, debris or residue is still present in the
renovation work area. If dust, debris or
residue is present, these conditions must be
removed by re-cleaning and another visual
inspection must be performed.
2) must collect dust wipe samples
and send them to an recognized EPA laboratory for
analysis
3) if the residual lead
level in a particular dust sample or test equals
or exceeds the applicable clearance level, the
components represented by the failed sample or
test shall be recleaned and
re-tested
4) must prepare a clearance
report and provide it to the renovation firm
within 3 days of the date that the final dust wipe
testing results are
obtained.
Occurrence 2 - Dust wipe
testing must be performed by a certified
inspector, certified risk assessor, or certified
dust sampling technician after all renovations
involving the use of a heat gun at temperatures
below 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit, removal or
replacement of window or door frames, scraping 60
ft2 or more of painted surfaces, and removing more
than 40 ft2 of trim, molding, cabinets, or other
fixtures.
The certified inspector,
certified risk assessor, or certified dust
sampling technician:
1) after
cleaning verification has been performed, must
collect dust wipe samples
2) dust
wipe samples must be analyzed by a laboratory or
other entity recognized by EPA
3)
must prepare a dust wipe testing report and
provide it to the renovation firm within 3 days of
the date that the dust wipe testing results are
obtained
Notification
If
clearance or dust wipe testing is performed, the
renovation firm must provide, within 3 days of the
date the renovation firm receives the report, a
copy of the clearance or dust wipe testing report
to the owner of the building; and, if different,
an adult occupant of the residential dwelling, if
the renovation took place within a residential
dwelling, or an adult representative of the child
occupied facility.
Please click
here for the entire
article.
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How
to Keep Customers for Life
We
all know the adage that it's a lot cheaper to keep
customers than it is to get new ones. Dan Kennedy,
one of the world's leading marketers, has
conducted a study into why businesses fail to keep
customers.
Here are the reasons customers
leave:
� 1% die
� 3%
move away
� 5% follow a friend or
relative's advice and switch to their
recommended supplier
� 9% switch
due to a better price or better
product
� 14% switch due to product
or service dissatisfaction.
Please
click here for the entire
article.
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Contractor
Makes Mark with 'Footprint' Analysis
Turman
Commercial Painters says it has something in
common with business behemoths Wal-Mart, Intel,
and Citibank: all are going where relatively few
companies have gone before with pioneering
environmental initiatives.
Turman,
based in Livermore, Calif., says its actions in
the environmental arena deserve special notice, in
that the company is one of the few businesses in
the construction and allied trades to conduct a
"carbon-footprint analysis" of its
operations.
Please click here for entire
article.
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Understand
Your Company's Break-Even Point
By
Lynn Vos
Every
business owner needs a fundamental understanding
of a company's break-even point. What's a
break-even point you ask? The profit and loss
break-even point is the point at which costs or
expenses are equal to the revenues.
Every
business owner needs to know at what level of
sales he can cover his expenses. Then you can take
this number and use it to guide your performance
and/or communicate to your employees the minimum
level of performance needed to keep the business
going.
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Speedup
in Demand for Countertops Forecast
By Craig
Webb
America's
demand for countertops will grow between 2008 and
2013 at close to twice the annual rate that it
showed during the preceding five years, reaching
760 million square feet in 2013, the Freedonia
Group recently forecasted.
Engineered and
natural stone countertops will see the biggest
percentage gains, climbing 8% and 9.6%,
respectively, but laminates will continue to
account for nearly three-fifths of all sales, the
Cleveland-based research group said.
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