ARC Flash Awareness This class presents the information required to compliance with NFPA 70E 110.2 and MIOSHA Part 40 pertaining to Electrical Safe Work Practices. This is for employees who are regulated by the provisions of sub-rules (1) to (3) of this rule, but who are not qualified persons, shall also be trained in, and familiar with, any electrically related safety practices which are not specifically addressed by these rules, but which are necessary for employee safety. The class covers electrical arc flash safety awareness, regulations, and hazards. Students will review MIOSHA, NEC, and NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Regulations and Standards on Unqualified employees.
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July 16-17 9:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m. $190/Member - Nonmember
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Modular Construction: A Story of Hope and Promise
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From Eyeroll to Reality: How a Small Engineering Firm Prepared for a Pandemic
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Exiting the COVID-19 Storm: Considerations for the Construction Industry as It Rebounds from the Coronavirus
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Making History in Corktown: Bringing Michigan Central Station Back to Life
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CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT Picture Perfect: The Monahan Company Restores a Midtown Gem: The James Scott Mansion
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ABOUT THE COVER A visionary Ford Motor Company has assembled an accomplished team of constructors and design professionals to revitalize the iconic Michigan Central Station: The Christman Company joined forces with L.S. Brinker Company to form the Christman/Brinker Corktown Transformation Joint Venture as the construction manager of this colossal and complex project. The joint venture is working closely with Quinn Evans Architects, one of the nation’s leading architectural firms specializing in planning, design and historic preservation. Photos Courtesy of James Haefner for Ford Motor Company 6 CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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CAM and COVID-19 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, the Construction Association of Michigan has continued to share what we are doing to support our members and employees. Read about other developments on our Coronavirus: Info and Updates page at buildwithcam.com/ 2020/03/12/coronavirus. As new information becomes available, including tax, unemployment and legal resources, we will continue to update the information and add links to this page. CAM staff continues to be available to our members and colleagues. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at cam@buildwithcam.com or call (248) 972-1000. If your company has produced information that may be of use to other members, you may email it to alfonsi@buildwithcam.com or inclusion in our list of resources. Special thanks to McAlpine PC, Butzel Long, Miller Canfield, Plante Moran, Doeren Mayhew, and Rehmann for their contributions.
Interim Update: The U.S. and Michigan Economic Outlook for 2020–2022 The U.S. and Michigan economies are also evolving as a result of the measures taken to mitigate the pandemic. This interim U of M Economic Outlook, developed by the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, aims to keep readers informed as economic events continue to unfold. The COVID-19 pandemic has already proven to be extremely disruptive to the economy. “This brief interim forecast update aims to keep readers informed as economic events continue to unfold. The COVID-19 Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
pandemic has already proven to be extremely disruptive to the economy. We now expect U.S. real GDP to decline by 7 percent from the first quarter to the second quarter of the year, or 25 percent on an annualized basis. We forecast the national unemployment rate to reach a peak of 16 percent in May and to average 14 percent in the second quarter. We expect unemployment to rise even further in Michigan, to 23 percent for the quarter.” Visit lsa.umich.edu/econ/rsqe.html to read the full report.
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ACEC/M Presents “FIRM OF THE YEAR” to Honor Small and Large Engineering Companies The American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan (ACEC/M) presented its 2020 member “FIRM OF THE YEAR” awards at the Engineering & Surveying Excellence Awards Gala held in March. Both a large firm (>30 employees) and a small firm were recognized during the event. This is the highest ACEC/M honor bestowed and the only award program instituted to recognize ACEC/M member firms for their leadership in professional practice and community service. Recognition is based on actions taken by a member firm to progressively develop its management practices and for
The personal development of the individuals in the electrical contracting industry has an immeasurable benefit on the whole, and to facilitate this, the National Electrical Contractors Assocation (NECA) is announcing the Education Advancement Resource Network (EARN). This new initiative provides a network of higher learning opportunities for the NECA membership, connecting individuals with a curated selection of programs from three world-class educational institutions. "While our industry depends on hands-on skills like bending conduit and pulling wire, this program allows our contractors to advance further, with learning opportunities in project management, business administration, marketing, accounting, and human resources, among others," said NECA CEO David Long. NECA has initially partnered with Brandman University, Louisiana State University Online and Oakland City University, offering 17 certificate programs, with some providing additional college credits. These programs are hosted entirely online, and many are offered on-demand, allowing individuals to start right away. Visit www.necanet.org/earn to learn more. CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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Leaders In The Demolition Industry Since 1994. Located in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
DKI International Inc. specializes in the selective demolition of architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical systems. Our work includes structural shoring, temporary support, concrete saw-cutting & removal, light machine work, and removal of all types of flooring.
DKI Demolition www.dkidemolition.com
Site foremen are 30-Hour OSHA approved and take the highest levels of care to ensure the safety of all involved. DKI prides itself on the highest quality standards and takes all necessary measures to provide a safe and efficient work place.
248-538-9910 Email: estimating@dkidemolition.com 6775 Daly Road, Suite 101 West Bloomfield, MI 48322
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assuming leadership roles in community outreach activities and ACEC/M programs that strengthen the profession for all members. In the large firm category, ACEC/M member firm OHM Advisors, headquartered in Livonia, took the honor. The 2020 ACEC/M small firm of the year award went to FK Engineering Associates, located in Madison Heights.
ACEC/M Large Firm of the Year In 1962, engineering veteran John E. Hiltz joined Melvin “Ernie” Orchard to form John E. Hiltz & Associates in Detroit, with 15 employees. Their vision was a firm built on extraordinary relationships with municipal clients, providing insightful engineering counsel, and delivering on a promise to Advance Communities. Today OHM Advisors has more than 500 employees with offices in 3 states and is ranked #251 on the ENR 500 list. Current President John Hiltz, a past
President of ACEC Michigan, leads the firm and remains focused on “advancing communities.” Hiltz has been a state and national voice for greater investment in Michigan’s aging infrastructure. OHM Advisors has long supported ACEC, and their leadership dates back more than 40 years ago when Ernie Orchard served as President of ACEC Michigan. OHM Advisors stands out as a company that helps to advance the consulting design profession, is actively involved in the success and growth of ACEC/M, and continually gives back to the community.
ACEC/M Small Firm of the Year FK Engineering (FKE) was launched in 2012 by professional engineer Fritz Klinger. Klingler has over 30 years of experience in civil engineering and underground construction and has quickly grown the firm to over 27 employees. Vice Presidents Joe Alberts and Zach Carr complete the leadership team and add
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more than 50 years of combined experience. Although a small firm, FKE has tackled big projects including the Gordie Howe International Bridge, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit River Interceptor, and the Fraser emergency sinkhole repair. FKE has been purposeful in its efforts to advance the consulting design profession through contributions to the ACEC/M scholarship and PAC funds and by participating in legislative outreach events. FKE has contributed charitably and actively participated in multiple Pure Oakland Water events and suicide prevention fundraisers.
Updated Online Employee Injury and Illness Incident Reporting Form MIOSHA recently introduced a revised online form for use in reporting workplace injuries and illnesses. This form, which can be found at /forms.leo.state.mi.us/miosha-incidentreport, includes the ability to report any workplace injury or illness that resulted in an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or the loss of an eye, as well as injuries caused by a mechanical power press even if the injury did not result in an inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or the loss of an eye. For any questions using the online reporting form, please call MIOSHA’s tollfree Severe Injury and Illness Reporting hotline at 844-464-6742.
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Safety Tool Kit MANAGING SAFETY TRAINING DURING
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ur personal and business landscapes changed dramatically during March of 2020. Amidst the outbreak of COVID-19, orders from the government to shelter in place, confusion about what critical infrastructure meant, and the economic uncertainty that came with the closing of many businesses, management teams and safety professionals across the state and country had to figure out how to keep their critical operations running and drive commerce remotely. This article will discuss some of the resources and tools that can be used to facilitate effective communication and training, and provide the ability to interface with our clients for the purposes of business continuity. As the Director of Education and Safety Services for CAM, I oversee the operations of our training center and provide consultative assistance to our members on matters of safety. The challenges created during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order really challenged my skills as a manager and communicator to overcome the limitations that I faced in delivering a consumable service to our membership remotely. In the world of safety, we stress the importance of having an emergency action plan for our employees’ safety during high-stress situations like fires, severe weather, earthquakes, etc. We don’t often, however, consider the potential for situations to arise that will completely overwhelm our capabilities to respond or that severely limit our ability to respond. Our technical capabilities at the association were tested during this crisis. We had to figure out the means and methods to transition our in-office employees to work remotely with equipment that wasn’t necessarily designed to be portable. Essentially, this meant boxing up computers, monitors, the purchasing software and equipment that would allow our employees the ability to work remotely. As managers we had to develop systems to provide oversight, effective communication, and coordination for our staff. Were we prepared for this? The simple answer to that is no, we weren’t. This reality was not unique during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, with many employers finding themselves in similar situations. As a business, our ability to effectively communicate with both our external and internal customers (employees) is of critical importance to the effective operation of our businesses. At the association, we deployed our social media resources, website, and subscriptions to programs like GoToMeeting, LogMeIn, Conference Call.com, Skype, DropBox, Google Drive, Microsoft Office 365 and a variety of other tools to create a virtually connected workspace that allowed for the continued delivery of services to our membership. I have worked with other safety professionals to host meetings, coordinate training events, and to deliver award ceremonies utilizing these tools. As we utilized these tools for the delivery of these events, it quickly became apparent that effective coordination amongst the stakeholders was essential for successful delivery of a particular event. I will be the first to admit that I had many trial-and-error moments as I worked through this process. I also found myself implementing other tools like Google Docs, Forms, Classroom, YouTube and other collaboration tools to gather information from and disseminate information to my stakeholders, which included safety professionals, governmental agencies, students, instructors, CAM employees and our board of directors. As we move forward through this crisis, I imagine that many of us will have developed best practices, policies, and procedures that will allow for a more fluid transition and enhanced workplace readiness for events like the COVID-19 outbreak. I say that, because of our editorial deadlines--while you are seeing this article in May, I wrote it in March, while still figuring out how to move forward. 10 CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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It is essential for the senior management team in any organization to take stock of the tools that they have at their disposal, perform a S.W.O.T analysis to determine where, when, and what tools they will need to effectively coordinate their business operations. There are a tremendous number of collaboration tools available for use and it is important to note that they are not all created equally. You will need to determine what tools will best allow you to deliver the type, quality, and quantity of materials or communications needed to operate your business during a crisis like we have now. This requires the implementation of a systematic approach that incorporates the same core elements that we see in our safety programming including: • • • • • • •
Management Commitment Employee Involvement Threat Identification Threat Correction and Control Systems Training for All Levels System Evaluation and Improvement Coordination amongst stakeholders
Through the effective planning and implementation of controls, we can overcome the adversity that we are currently facing by the COVID19 crisis and create readiness plans for any similar future circumstances whether from disease or natural disaster For more information on this topic, please contact Jason Griffin at Safety@buildwithcam.com or for more information on the COVID-19 situation please visit our webpage at https://buildwithcam.com/2020/ 03/12/coronavirus/. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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MODULAR CONSTRUCTION: A Story of Hope And promiSe “Three things you can depend on in architecture. Every new generation will rediscover the virtues of prefab. Every new generation will rediscover the idea of stacking people up high. And every new generation will rediscover the virtues of subsidized housing to make cities more affordable. Combine all three - a holy trinity of architectural and social ideals” – Hugh Pearman
By Damian Farrell, FAIA. LEED AP. Licensed Michigan Builder
his quote rings true for the architecture profession. Modular construction, the trinity mentioned above, represents something really cool to many architects! The images of modules being craned into place continue to capture the public’s attention, and it’s something that—on paper—could play a meaningful role in addressing the current housing crisis. Worldwide, headlines like “The Future Is Prefabricated,” “Taking It In Stages: Modular Construction and India’s Urban Challenge,” and “Modular Building Could Lead the Way in China's Commercial Construction,” can be found in many publications, blogs and construction news sites. It seems that much of the world is asking the same question: Can Modular/ Permanent Modular/ Pre-Fab/ Panelized/ Volumetric Construction/ Kit/ Transportable/ Factory-built/ Off-Site Fabrication—call it what you will—play a major role in solving building, labor, skilled trades and housing crises around the globe?
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What Is the State of the Union? So where does this centuries-old method of construction sit in today’s construction industry? Well, it’s a mixed bag. For decades now, the U.S. industry has been mostly located on the east coast, Pennsylvania and Indiana. The majority of these factories have been providing their own catalog of homes through a dealer/builder network. Only a handful of these factories are geared for larger-scale commercial projects, and therein lies a major issue. An alarming number of smaller production facilities have closed, unable to adjust to the changing demands of modular as this methodology is getting more and more attention in the commercial construction world. Investments haven’t been made in new technologies that can speed up production. We currently cannot meet our needs as the industry is caught in the cross-fires of demand. But make no mistake, there are a lot of fantastic, recently executed projects across a wide range of project types. Modular has reached the tipping point and is finally here to stay. The Corner at Michigan and Trumble, designed by Rossetti for Larsen Development with modules from Champion Modular, is a notable Michigan project and is a superb example of the design freedom that exists while working with the dictates and efficiencies of modular construction. On the other hand, massive investments have been poured into mega-factories on the west coast. Katerra, Entekra, Factory OS etc. They haven’t fully proven themselves yet. Only time will tell. Marriott, for instance, has now completed 50 hotels using modular construction. 12 CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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At 26 stories and 360 feet, Marriott International's AC Hotel New York NoMad will be the world’s tallest modular hotel. Besides finished, painted walls, each module will contain a fully outfitted guest room, with beds, sheets, pillows, flooring, even toiletries, according to architect Danny Forster & Architecture. Associate architect: Epstein. Photos courtesy Marriott Intl. and Danny Forster & Architecture Currently, modular represents about 3-5% of total permanent construction in this country – hardly a threat to traditional on-site construction in any way. However, if the modular industry can promote and develop itself in conjunction with well-planned, mechanized factories that can meet and adapt to the new demands of single-family and commercial construction, the better the world of permanent modular construction will be and its viability as a main stream option will be secured. The same needs to be said for the development of well-trained factory teams who are fully integrated into the project team and project goals.
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Successful modular doesn’t end at the factory. “Radical innovation is needed to answer the construction sector’s stagnation in productivity…may come from a myriad of business models including existing modular company upscaling… or new startups looking to vertically integrate the supply chain of project delivery in a radical fashion” - Smith & Rupnik, 5 in 5 Modular Growth Initiative, © Modular Building Institute
What Is Modular Construction? · Modular buildings and modular homes are prefabricated buildings or houses that consist of repeated sections called modules. · Modular buildings must conform to all relevant local, state and national building codes and are permitted through a state process. (IRC, IBC etc.)
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The Benefits of Modular: Modular has many proven benefits. The primary and well-touted being faster build time and quicker return to investors. There are also documented cases of significant cost savings over site built. The chart above illustrates the necessary planning to ensure that modular construction is being carried out at the same time as the site work. This overlap is what generates one of the two time benefits of modular. The other time saver is the nature of production line assembly with all subs, materials and inspections under one roof. It also shows the integration of the additional layers of shop drawings, state permits and state inspections. But there are many more including easier cost estimating in the factory, higher-quality construction (these boxes have to survive travel and craning), controlled construction environment, design flexibility, buying power and better supply chain control. Modular is not for every project. It’s a viable, alternative delivery method for certain sites and certain project types. Modular and Sustainability: Like any technology, prefabrication can be harnessed to create sustainable ends. In fact, it is remarkably well-positioned to do so on many levels. It’s a long list of potential benefits and includes things like reduced waste, bulk (not piece-meal) delivery at all “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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levels, improved worker conditions and easier monitoring of systems and materials installations to meet desired sustainability goals.
What’s Our Challenge? Modular and prefabrication is well proven in the U.K. and parts of Europe. The Scandinavian countries in particular have long demonstrated and accepted this delivery method. BoKlok, the Skanska/Ikea operation delivers about 1,200 homes a year with a total of 12,000 completed homes in Sweden so far. These proven systems grew out of an industrial approach to construction. The U.S. modular world grew out of the construction industry. About the Author Damian Farrell FAIA LEED AP, moved to Ann Arbor from his native South Africa in 1987 and has been practicing architecture in Michigan Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
since then. Between stints at two Michigan architecture firms, he founded Damian Farrell Design Group V1.0 and 5 years later, Damian Farrell Design Group (DFDG) V1.1. He has led projects in the retail, restaurant, senior care, adaptive reuse, office, mixed-use, multifamily and single-family markets. His work has won numerous awards and has been featured in many publications. Farrell has a particular interest in modular construction. His first modular project was completed 14 years ago, and he is currently working on a 30-unit modular condominium project. He is a founding member of the Ann Arbor 2030 District and also serves on the AIAMI Board as the State Representative for the AIA Huron Valley Chapter; Building Systems Council Joint Subcommittee of the National Association of Home Builders; Artrain Board; The Arts Alliance Board; ULI Michigan Small Scale Development Local Product Council; AIAMI Fellowship Committee; and the Board of the Michigan Architectural Foundation.
Acknowledgements: • Ryan E. Smith, University of Utah, Chair, Off-Site Construction Council, National Institute of Building Sciences. His dedication to the modular industry, his research and his extensive writings about the industry are extraordinary and inspirational. • Gary Fleisher, industry veteran and author of the daily blog: “Modular Home Builder. The Voice of the Modular Housing Industry.” • Devin Perry with the Systems Building Council of the National Association of Home Builders is working so hard to gather members from each discipline to be a powerful voice and ambassadors of modular.
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From Eyeroll to Reality: How a Small Engineering Firm Prepared for a Pandemic By Tricia Ruby, Ruby + Associates, Inc. ometimes you get lucky. It’s hard to use that word at a time like this. Lucky. But that’s how I’m feeling right now. Lucky our people are healthy. Lucky our family and friends are healthy. And lucky that our structural engineering firm, Ruby + Associates, is in a business that can be performed remotely. There is a saying, however: Luck favors the prepared. And Ruby being prepared to handle this crisis had nothing to do with luck. We were prepared. So let’s rewind the clock a bit to 2017. Even though we are a relatively small engineering firm at 45 people, Ruby has had a Board of Directors with two to three outside members since 2007. When I took over as CEO in 2011, I reformed the Board to fill gaps in my own experience, and to be surrounded by people who would challenge me and hold me accountable. Like a typical board, we meet four times per year, and focus on bigpicture, forward-thinking strategies. Sometimes this yields board assignments for our internal team. In 2016, for example, we restructured the company to align our six services to ensure excellence in each one, and to promote internal leadership development – this was the result of a board assignment. In 2017, the board assignment was to create an Emergency Preparedness Plan for every possible scenario. We created an internal team made up of HR, IT, and a Project Manager and thought through how we should approach different potential risks and then documented our plan. If something happens to me, we now have a plan for that. A power outage, we have a plan for that. A fire in the server room, we have a plan for that – I even forced our IT Specialist to go through a fire drill to ensure the plan worked. At the time I thought that was the most likely scenario. Some of the less-likely scenarios: a bomb threat, bioterrorism, blood borne pathogens. Yep, we have a plan for those. Also on the list was planning for a pandemic – and at the time I thought that was the most ridiculous scenario to consider. I couldn’t believe we were even discussing it…I actually thought it was a waste of time. I rolled my eyes, but we created a plan for that anyway. The benefit of all that planning was that it really informed and transformed our infrastructure spending from that day forward. In order to be prepared for many of those scenarios, our systems needed to look different. So over the next 18 months, we invested in technology, both hardware and software, that enabled our ability to stay operational should one of those unlikely events happen. We changed how we backed up our systems. We shifted our thinking related to software licenses. We improved our security and increased our ability to work from home. And we invested in technology that allowed for collaboration whether in person, or remotely. In general, engineering and architecture work and client collaboration can be done remotely – we are truly fortunate given the stay home orders. Most firms I have talked to haven’t missed a beat. Having the proper infrastructure and technology has been critical for survival.
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In the spirit of transparency, I have to come clean. We created this plan for each of those worst-case scenarios – but I thought some of them were so ridiculous that I didn’t want to roll it out to our staff. We were having one of our busiest years – how was I to explain why we spent so much energy on a plan I thought we’d never use? So we created the plan, but only the few people involved in creating it and our management team knew about it. I think the most I ever spoke about it to our staff was just to say that we had a plan. Looking back on that effort now, I am so thankful for that board assignment, eyeroll and all – and for our Board in general. We have always gotten great value out of the external influence. Since they aren’t involved in the day-to-day operations, they are able to ask questions and challenge us to think bigger. As unexpected as the COVID-19 pandemic has been, when Michigan got hit, we didn’t have to spend our energy wondering how we were going to operate – that had already been figured out. Our team was equipped with VPN licenses that allowed a smooth transition to remote work. Microsoft Teams had been purchased, tested and rolled out with a few internal teams in 2019, so it was ready for firm-wide deployment during our physical office closure as a proven communication and collaboration platform for Ruby’s engineers and administrative staff. We were able to quickly shift our energy on evaluating how our projects might be affected and how best we could support our clients. As a structural engineering firm that supports the construction industry, understanding the pandemic’s potential effect on our clients and their projects was paramount. We created a Project Risk Assessment Matrix, which identified potential project delays due to a quarantine, plant shutdowns or halted construction sites. This visual tool was helpful for management in adjusting and assigning engineering resources related to “full-steam ahead” projects versus those projects with less likelihood of continuation during the pandemic. The Assessment Matrix was also public to the entire staff to maintain the transparency so important in our culture. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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As of the writing of this article, expectations are that the construction industry will be released back to work very soon. So while we will continue to work from home, our clients are eager to get back to work, since construction can’t be done from a home office. We are evaluating how we can support them onsite, when requested, with proper site visit protocol, COVID screening and required PPE. For the AEC firms that were unprepared for this pandemic, for what other disasters haven’t you prepared? Now is the time to evaluate and develop a plan. It seems that no scenario is inconceivable. Plan for the demise of the CEO or other key leader. Plan for a fire in your server room. Plan for an extended power outage. And most certainly, prepare for the one scenario that makes you roll your eyes. You won’t be sorry.
About the Author: Tricia Ruby is President and CEO of Ruby+Associates, Inc. Structural Engineers, with offices in Bingham Farms and Grand Rapids. She is a member of the CAM Board of Directors, and was elected in 2019.
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Exiting the COVID-19 Storm: Considerations for the Construction Industry as It Rebounds from the Coronavirus
Michael C. Decker
By , Butzel Long's Construction Law Practice Group he coronavirus has impacted every industry and every person, creating challenges of every kind and every nature — short-term, long-term, economic, non-economic — the list is endless.
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Of course, the key to handling any challenge is planning — a fact reflected and supported by Executive Order 2020-42 issued by Governor Whitmer on April 9, 2020, which requires certain businesses to prepare and develop COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plans. The construction industry has been no exception to the challenges created by COVID-19 — projects have been suspended and terminated; workers have been displaced and unemployed — again, the list is endless. Just as owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and suppliers had to plan and prepare as they entered the COVID-19 storm, they too need to plan and prepare as they exit it. As the industry exits it, the following are items for everyone in the industry to consider and address:
1. Operation-Related Considerations • Assess and manage the development and impact of COVID-19-related requirements and guidelines issued by federal, state, and local governing bodies and authorities and comply with the same. • Analyze and request potential emergency and financial support and relief to address and mitigate financial hardships caused by COVID19. • Assess and manage assets, cash flow, and financial arrangements with lenders, owners, contractors, and suppliers.
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and whether bid on or pursue the same given status and stability following COVID-19. Review and analyze contracts and contractual arrangements to assess contractual rights and obligations and consult with attorneys about the same (e.g. breaches and events of default, notice and termination requirements, and applicability of force majeure provisions). Identify and address schedule and critical date-related issues and extensions of the same. Analyze and address any potential delays and changes or claims related to the same. Identify and mitigate any potential supply chain and delivery disruptions caused by factory and facility closures, travel restrictions, or employee absences. Analyze and address any potential extra work costs and changes and claims related to the same. Analyze and address any acceleration costs and changes and claims related to the same. Identify and introduce alternative communication methods and channels in anticipation of or in response to COVID19 related restrictions, absences, and impacts. Analyze and address material, equipment, labor, and trade shortages. Identify and communicate with project parties and personnel (and coordinate and cooperate with the same to the extent required or needed) Identify and address any potential need for additional forces or shifts to make-up time or overcome delays caused by “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
COVID-19 related issues. • Analyze and address concurrent work items and projects and the effect of the same on the availability of forces and equipment and the ability to properly and timely complete the same. • Review and analyze construction, material, and means and methods related specifications and address issues related to the same. • Identify and analyze increases and decreases in contract price and contract time and properly and timely submit notices and claims for the same. • Analyze and address potential dispute and remedies for and resolutions of the same.
The foregoing considerations are not exhaustive. Rather, they are intended to get you to begin to think about everything impacted by COVID-19, whether it be operation, employment, or project related, and how the coronavirus has and will reshape the industry so you can take the appropriate steps to address those things. If you have any questions or concerns about or need any assistance with handling any of the foregoing considerations or any COVID-19-related issues (e.g. developing and preparing a COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan), please contact Michael C. Decker at (517) 372-4928 or decker@butzel.com or any of the other attorneys in Butzel Long's Construction Law Practice Group.
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Making History in Corktown: Bringing Michigan Central Station Back to Life By Mary Kremposky McArdle Associate Editor
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estoration of the colossal Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown is gaining speed, the “train” having left the station and expected to arrive in 2022. Sidetracked for over 30 years and long a symbol of urban blight, this once spectral building rising up out of the grassy expanse of Roosevelt Park is no longer a victim of scrappers and “tourists” with spray paint cans. The building is finally in expert hands. As the building’s visionary owner, Ford Motor Company has assembled an accomplished team of constructors and design professionals to resuscitate this iconic landmark, including The Christman Company. The construction management firm has been delivering high-profile, complex historic preservation projects in Michigan and across the country for over 30 years. Christman has joined forces with long-time partner L.S Brinker Company, a Detroit-headquartered firm with extensive experience in working in Detroit. Together, the two construction management companies have formed the Christman/Brinker Corktown Transformation Joint Venture. The joint venture is working closely with Quinn Evans Architects, one of the nation’s leading architectural firms specializing in planning, design and historic preservation. Together, the three companies, led by Ford Land’s Detroit Development construction manager Richard Bardelli, are using their collective expertise to tackle the granddaddy of all restoration projects. As Bardelli explains, the building’s eight acres of masonry and a cornice a quarter mile long is an indicator of the immensity of the task, along with its 640,000 square feet of space divided into three different building types:
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A single-level, 65-foot-high building primarily houses a waiting room and ticket lobby. The waiting room structure has a grand architectural presence with ornate terracotta, fluted columns and 40-foot-high arched cast-iron windows on the exterior and a specialty structural clay tile called Guastavino on its interior vaulted ceilings.
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Fifteen stories of an 18-story tower rise above a podium-like lower building housing public areas such as the waiting room. This gem of a space flows directly into the ticket lobby, followed by a concourse and the ramp leading down to a boarding area called the train shed. The tower rises in the middle of the lower building in the location directly over the ticket lobby and arcade. In the concourse, crowds of travelers once waited under now long-gone glass skylights to be funneled through iron grille gates and down to the train shed to board The Twilight Limited, The Mercury, The Motor City Special and other trains to cities in Michigan and across America. Only the train shed – its iron superstructure removed decades ago – is not part of the current contract, said Christman/Brinker Senior Vice President Ronald Staley, FAPT. Today, the future is under construction within this vintage building. Originally built in 1913, the Michigan Central Station (MCS) will be the centerpiece of Ford’s Corktown campus. “In Corktown, we are creating an innovation hub in an urban setting to develop, design and test mobility solutions that will shape the future of transportation,” according to Ford’s corporate website. This former rail station will soon be a center for autonomous and electric vehicles, as well as urban mobility solutions. The community will be welcomed into the restored grandeur of the waiting room and surrounding spaces soon to house destination retail, restaurants and event space. “Ten of the 13 floors of the office tower will be office space,” Bardelli said. “The top three floors of the tower will be hospitality space. The view is impressive in either direction, and architecturally, it’s absolutely amazing when you look out of the windows at the building itself.”
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The walk-through brought home the sheer magnitude of the building and the complexity of the coming restoration as well. Like slaying a many-headed dragon, the project involves three different building components – waiting room, tower and concourse – and a diverse assortment of materials and systems in varying conditions. According to Staley, restoring the largest Guastavino tile installation in Michigan is expected to take two years. Not to mention – thanks to the scrappers’ removal of the copper roof – replacing the severely deteriorated cast-iron frames of the waiting room’s arched windows with steel frames. “It could be very overwhelming when you first try to get your arms around what it is going to take to restore that building and bring it back to life,” said Staley. “But with our extensive work in historic preservation projects and other large-scale endeavors, there really wasn’t anything in this building that we hadn’t seen previously in our historic preservation work. The only difference is the magnitude of many of the building components, such as the eight acres of masonry. Without question this is the largest historic preservation project that we’ve done in terms of pure quantities.”
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Making It Safe As the saying goes, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” and the first step in the revitalization of the Michigan Central Station was to make the building safe and accessible. As part of the Make Safe phase, Christman/Brinker expended a great deal of effort in repairing the stairways to create egress routes. “Although the existing stairways were still in place for the most part, scrappers had removed many of the cast-iron railing systems,” said Larry Brinker, Jr., president of LS Brinker and of the Christman/Brinker joint venture. “We made sure all the handrails were OSHA-compliant and that all the treads were in place.” Avoiding missteps was an important part of the Make Safe plan. “Make Safe activities included installing temporary lighting and identifying the areas no one should enter or even walk on,” said Christman/Brinker Project Executive Douglas Norton, PE, LEED® AP, who is leading the on-site operations team. Christman/Brinker installed OSHA-compliant railings and floor covers to shield workers from open elevator shafts and similar hazards. “There were openings all around the perimeter of each floor where
An Ice-Cold Welcome As part of an initial walk-through, Staley first entered the graffiti-covered interior of the station in February 2018. “There hadn’t been any heat in the building in 30 years,” Staley recalled. “It was cold.” More than chilling his bones, the cold led to the formation of pockets of thick ice in certain areas of the cavernous building. “The ice was over six feet deep in a basement over a boiler room subbasement,” Staley said. “Deterioration of the tower roof turned the 13th floor into a skating rink on any given day in the winter. The upper floors incurred a great deal of slab damage, because of freeze-thaw over the years.” The scrappers’ quest for copper roofing did its share of damage to the waiting room building. Stripping the copper roof led to ice buildup in the attic over the Guastavino tile vaulted ceilings. “The water drained into the areas around the edges, and ice built up in these big deep triangular areas,” Staley said. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Left: On the waiting room exterior, soaring columns with Corinthian capitals “sprouting” carved acanthus leaves – the plant symbolizing immortality or enduring life – mark a building once viewed as lost but now undergoing an amazing revitalization. Above: Limestone ornamentation adorns the pediments of the waiting room exterior. The theft of its copper roof and gutter system has earned the waiting room exterior the dubious distinction of being the building’s most distinguished but most damaged architectural jewel. Christman/Brinker and RAM Construction Services are coming to the rescue with the repair or replacement and then cleaning of the waiting room’s lavish Beaux-Art elements.
the former heat piping for the radiators once ran up and down the building,” Staley said. “The openings were large enough that they all had to be covered over to prevent debris from falling and harming anyone.”
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Making It Dry: Turning the 13th Floor into a Bathtub Make Safe activities began in October 2018 and reached completion in late summer to early fall of 2019. Before total Make Safe completion, Quinn Evans Architects could begin its building assessment as sections of the massive building were deemed safe and made dry through temporary roofing and dewatering. Temporary roofing was needed to stop the flow of water into the building. “Most of the roofing was either rotted out or removed by scrappers at previous dates,” Staley said. The joint venture enlisted Schreiber Corporation to install temporary white membrane roofing over the waiting room to protect this gem of the Michigan Central Station from further damage. “That roof was very important because the most valuable architectural finishes of the building are in that space,” Staley said. Christman/Brinker devised several ingenious temporary roofing strategies to immediately protect other areas of the building from Mother Nature’s bombardment of rain, snow and wind. “The building stands alone on a sizeable site, and the winds are amazing,” Staley said. “The wind up on the top of the tower has a tendency to kind of take everything and “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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blow it to Mackinac Island.” A temporary roof in this exposed, wind-buffeted location would require complex measures typically reserved for permanent roof installation. The solution: In lieu of a temporary roof on the actual rooftop, a system of sloped plastic sheeting was installed on the 13th floor to capture every drop of precipitation. “We basically built a large bathtub if you will,” Staley said. “Once the rain comes in through that deteriorated roof deck, the sloped plastic sheeting contains and directs the rainwater to a gutter system. Benkari Plumbing either connected existing storm water pipes or added new ones to transport the rainwater back out of the building.” Installation of a permanent roof will begin in late summer 2020. Without a glass skylight, the concourse had been exposed to the elements for years. “Of course, we didn’t want to install either new glass or a temporary roof until we are done working on the tower above the concourse,” Staley said. “The winds on the concourse side of the building are very challenging as well.” The solution: Christman/Brinker called upon Schreiber Corporation to adhere a roofing membrane to the already deteriorated floor of the concourse. “We know we are going to install a new floor in the concourse anyway, so this proved to be a good solution,” Staley said. “Because the floor slopes towards the train shed, the water flows in that direction and drains into sumps at the floor level to help keep the water out of the basement.” Norton offers a timeline for the complete dry-out period: “These temporary measures were completed mid-2019 and the drying will continue until the permanent roof and window installation is completed in mid-2021.” Overall, the dry-out period includes not only temporary roofs and drains, along with window coverings, but also water removal from the basement. Making It Dry: Dewatering and Discoveries Down Under In dewatering the basement, Christman/Brinker ultimately removed over 500,000 gallons of water from the building. Once this lake was pumped out of the basement, more surprises were in store for the team. “We found several different levels to the basement that were not indicated on the original drawings,” Staley said. In fact, add the recently uncovered basement levels to the tally and the building has 18 levels rather than 15. Norton offers a “tour” of the station’s below-grade labyrinth: “Under the waiting room is a single basement, but underneath the tower is a basement and what we call the upper foundations space that is accessible and that a person can actually enter.” The concourse has the most complex network of spaces and tunnels. “The main basement level depresses on one end and drops even further into a mechanical room,” Norton said. “Below the mechanical room, we found a tunnel that was used Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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to bring coal to and remove ash from the boiler room. There is even another series of tunnels under the main basement of the concourse that were most likely used for piping and maybe electrical systems. We believe some of these tunnels extended underneath the lower level of the train shed.” Other disparities existed between the original 1913 drawings and the existing structure. “The original drawings showed the building on caissons, but the reality is it sits on a mat slab,” Staley said. “None of these changes showed up on the original historical drawings of the building, and they were unknown until the water was pumped out of the lower levels.” According to Norton, the water had exacted a toll on the concrete and reinforcing steel, but the structural integrity of the building was not compromised. “Between the water itself and the high humidity levels in the basement, moisture will reach the reinforcing steel if the concrete does not properly cover the steel in a concrete
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Making a Plan With the building safe, dry and all the hidden levels exposed, the design team could make further progress in tackling the building assessment, including analyzing the structural steel frame. Norton details the results: “The steel frame of the building is thought to be in better shape than some expected. The large transfer beams holding the tower column grid over the open ground-floor areas are generally in good condition as well. There is minor deterioration of the exposed concourse trusses. Greater deterioration is found in the embedded concourse perimeter trusses and will require a significant amount of repair and reinforcement.” The entire building assessment involved a meticulous assessment of the building’s concrete, steel, brick and stone, as well as other materials. “Testing Engineers and Consultants (TEC) with Pullman provided exploratory testing for structural engineer Silman and performed core drills in certain areas and on certain materials, such as concrete and masonry,” Bardelli said. “They extracted the material and conducted lab testing to determine the condition of those materials and what may or may not have to be replaced. It was quite an extensive effort to conduct these detailed engineering assessments of the space. The design team used the information as the basis for construction documents. In short, we made the building safe and dry for people to conduct the building investigation and prepare the construction documents. We were then able to begin the actual restoration.” Norton outlines the overall plan for bringing the building back to life: “The broad plan is to first focus on securing the building enclosure and making it weather-tight by repairing the masonry walls, as well as the roof structures and roof membrane, followed by structural repairs within the building and any remaining interior demolition. Work then shifts to rebuilding the interior, along with its grand architectural finishes and the MEP systems.” According to Staley, Christman-Brinker will also finish tenant spaces to the point of what is called white-box finishes to allow each tenant to build-out their own spaces. At the granular level, a detailed sequencing of the construction work consumed almost nine months due to the diversity of building components in close proximity and the building’s monumental size and scale. “My hat’s off to the entire Christman/Brinker Team in being able to take such a large object and break it into its component parts,” Brinker said. As an example of sequencing complexities, weather protection and seasonal factors had to be taken into consideration when sequencing the very weatherdependent masonry trade. “And when you have eight acres of masonry, it can be very challenging to create that sequence,” Staley said. Safety and efficiency were guiding principles of the “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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construction sequencing plan. “While we are working on half of the tower we can’t be working below it for safety reasons,” Staley continued. “For that reason, we have areas isolated on one side while we are working on the other.” In this Rubik’s Cube, if different work is done on opposite sides of the tower simultaneously, both sides have to finish at the same time for an efficient switch to happen. Multiply these measures and more across 640,000 square feet of built space and one gets a sense of the effort poured into the sequencing plan. Making It Beautiful: The Waiting Room Building Exterior Repairing the damaged building exterior to make it structurally secure and watertight was one of the first restoration measures. The waiting room structure is a limestone-clad temple to travel designed in the Beaux-Arts style. A procession of grand arched windows and smaller companion arches flows across the building’s face. Three triangular pediments form the roofline above the large windows, and each pediment face, or tympanum, has a dense weave of opulent ornamentation. Soaring columns with Corinthian capitals “sprouting” carved acanthus leaves – the plant symbolizing immortality or enduring life – mark a building once viewed as lost. The waiting room has the building’s most distinguished architectural features, but it also incurred the most damage. “The saddest part of what happened to this building is when the copper roof and gutter system was stolen,” Brinker said. After the roof went missing, water gathered at the roof perimeter and began infiltrating the cast-iron window frames and the limestone. Staley adds, “For decades, rainwater had been coming down the back side of those walls on the front of the building. Photos from even a few years ago show a very mottled dark appearance on that wall, and it's because the walls are just saturated from years of water coming in through the brick and through the stone from the backside. When we did cores of the stone we didn’t have to go back very far before we found stone that was just deteriorated because of being subject to the freeze-thaw cycle for decades. The moisture also caused the cast-iron windows to rust. I’ve never seen cast iron rust so badly, a direct result of being damp for so long.” Christman/Brinker and RAM Construction Services have come to the building’s rescue. “RAM disassembled a portion of that front façade to remove the limestone and the steel that interfaces with it,” Staley said. “This steel holds up the rest of the structure all the way to the roof perimeter, which has some of the worst deterioration.” The original limestone on the building has a unique pattern almost resembling the vertical striations of quarter-sawn oak. “The banding pattern of this Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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particular limestone was popular in the early 20th Century but fell out of favor in the 1980s,” Staley said. “The good news is that we found the exact stone to match the original stone from the same quarry located near Bedford, Indiana. The Dark Hollow Quarry had closed 30 years ago, but large blocks of stone were discovered in a patch of woods on the quarry site. “We were able to purchase 5,000 cubic feet of that stone,” Staley said. Beginning in March 2020, Capital Stone Works, under contract with RAM Construction, got busy fabricating the found stone units in its Bridgeport facility. The limestone units are remarkable in size as well. “Luckily, stones large enough for our use were available, and we didn’t have to try and re-open the quarry to get them,” Staley said. “Some of these stones are almost seven foot thick.”
About a quarter of the stones on the waiting room’s front facade will be replaced, including a limestone railing system, some of the column shafts, and one of the capitals. “The exterior ornamentation of the waiting room is limestone also quarried in Indiana,” Norton said. “The existing pieces will be repaired or replaced as necessary and cleaned.” Christman/Brinker is currently working with Ideal Contracting on preparing mockups necessary for the replacement of the cast-iron window frames. “The work will involve abatement plus removing the cast iron and repairing it with steel, as well as repainting and new insulated glass installation,” Staley said. The lower building areas, flanking the waiting room, have a cluster of large-scale wood windows. Christman Constructors, Inc. will be restoring these wood windows installed in roughly 20 different locations. Work is now underway on these massive wood windows that escaped the excessive damage inflicted on its cast-iron counterparts. “When the copper roof was removed, these wood windows stayed relatively dry for some reason,” said Staley. “The wood frames appear to be very salvageable and restorable, and that work is getting underway now. The sashes have been taken out and sent over to Zeeland Architectural Wood Products in Zeeland, Michigan for either restoration or replication.” Making It Beautiful: Exterior Tower Restoration Once restored, the tower exterior will look like its old self again. In 1913, the tower exterior presented a striking contrast of cream-colored brick and light-gray accents. Over a thousand light-gray painted wood windows blanketed the building, and grayish cast-iron spandrel panels above each window header created vertical bands of color scaling the full height of the tower. Having seen the mockups of the exterior restoration, Staley is eager for the public to view the end product. Once completed, “the cleaned brick will create a wonderful contrast with the window frames and the vertical lines of the panels reaching all the up to the grayish halo of terracotta around the top of the tower,” Staley said. “It will make a remarkable difference in the building’s appearance. It is something the public has not seen in decades.” Norton outlines the steps needed to transform the rest of the tower exterior. First, RAM installed a series of hydraulic lifts to access the exterior masonry. Commonly called mast climbers or simply known by the brand name of Fraco, “these large scaffold platforms are connected to two mast towers that either rest on the ground or on support steel jutting out through a window of the tower,” Norton said. The platform travels up and down the masts and provides access to the building face. RAM removed terra cotta samples of the Juliet balconies on the 10th floor, as well as the cornice, the
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bricks and some stone work to allow the design team to closely assess the materials; the hydraulic lifts offered the design team direct access as well. “The design team can then make decisions on what can stay and what has to be replaced,” Norton said. Norton lists the steps in the tower’s exterior restoration: “The bricks are in good condition but the joints will have to be repointed. The cast-iron spandrel panels will be cleaned and painted, the masonry will be cleaned, and any deteriorated brick will be replaced. As the scaffold is lowered the final inspections and tweaking will be done. Additionally, any windows that are being replaced will be installed and the perimeters caulked.” Beginning in June 2020, the scaffold will be relocated from the west to the east side of the building, and RAM will tackle the other half of the tower exterior. As a budget and schedule strategy, RAM suggested using glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) in lieu of terracotta. “I give RAM Construction Services credit for this suggestion,” Staley said. “It is similar to what RAM did on the Book Tower. Essentially, we are using various synthetic materials versus original period materials for the quarter-mile of cornice that we will be replacing, along with the Juliet balconies. The balconies are made out of multiple pieces of terracotta, which let in a great deal of water because there are so many joints. “The fiberglass material is lighter, takes less labor to install, is quicker to fabricate, and is very well accepted in the historic preservation community for a building such as MCS,” Staley continued. “Back in the day, terracotta replaced the art of stone carving. The appearance of both materials is the same but the terracotta was actually developed to save costs.” Plans are in the making for the tower interior as well. The upper-level interior was in worse condition than the rest of the concrete-covered, steel-framed structure because of its greater exposure to the weather. But one repair has nothing to do with Mother Nature – not a single floor in the office tower was actually smooth. “Because of the way the original floors were poured, incorporating wood sleepers for future wood floors, our path right now is to reinforce all the office floors and pour all new floor slabs to create a smooth level surface,” Staley said. “And since we will have to level the floors, working with the design team we were able to develop the most economical project solution and make it structural reinforcing of the floors as well.”
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of the interior’s architectural treasures, including remnants of original marble still remaining primarily in the office areas and elevator lobbies. “We salvaged samples of decorative cast plaster, because there are only a few areas of that plaster stable enough to remain in place,” Staley said. In lieu of cast plaster, the project team will use material substitutes in less visible areas of the waiting room as a cost and schedule strategy. Blueboard or drywall covered in a thin coat of scored plaster will be used in areas above six feet. The Christman Company used a similar system during the restoration of the Michigan Capitol years ago. “At the Capitol and now at MCS, we will score the thin plaster to look like stone versus using the cast plaster system,” said Staley. “Back in 1912, cast plaster was their value engineering alternative to real stone. We are using a contemporary system that has the same look as the original material, but it will be more economical.”
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Grunwell-Cashero in partnership with Graciano Corp. will provide mock-up development for restoration of the Guastavino structural tile ceilings. Based in Pittsburgh, Graciano is well-known for its notable Gaustavino tile restorations, including the Oyster Bar & Restaurant in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. The two companies will create mockups to restore the three Gaustavino tile vaulted ceilings in the waiting room. “We released an order for replacement tile to Boston Valley Terra Cotta based in Buffalo, New York in June 2019,” said Staley. Christman/Brinker bid the scaffolding in April 2020 and expects work to begin soon on the restoration of these structural clay tile vaulted ceilings. Each of these ceilings measures from four inches thick at its highest point and over 16 inches thick at the lowest part of the vault. An updated January 28, 2020 article in Traditional Building magazine defines this distinctive system: “Guastavino tile is a masonry construction using thin tile built up in multiple layers to form a composite of thin shells in various configurations of self-supporting masonry arches and vaults. The building technique was brought to the United States by Rafael Guastavino from Catalonia, Spain, in the late 19th century. The construction company that he formed, along with his son that followed in his footsteps,
remained in the business of building Guastavino vaults up into the early 1960s.” The Christman Company has worked with Guastavino tile in several different projects, including the Thomas Jefferson-designed building called the Rotunda at the University of Virginia and at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. “We’ve worked on them before, but the one at the Michigan Central Station is three times as large,” Staley said. The Transformation Team Detroit not only has a wonderful stock of historic buildings, but also the trade contractors experienced in revitalizing these iconic structures. “Our joint venture team has enjoyed many decades of working on some high-profile monumental historic preservation projects,” Brinker said. “It is a very small community of specialty contractors, for example that can do the plaster work, the Guastavino work, and the masonry work on a building like MCS. We are blessed in many ways in Detroit with the RAMs, the Grunwell-Casheros, and the Pullmans. Because of the resurgence of work in Detroit, many companies and many people have worked on buildings like MCS recently, even with the shortage of trades.” According to Staley, the sheer magnitude of MCS
translates into a very limited number of bidders even from a national standpoint in such specialties as plaster restoration or the Gaustavino tile. “What we have been trying to do is put together partnerships, such as Grunwell-Cashero and Graciano,” Staley said. “We have been thinking through these processes to be able to utilize as much local labor as possible to supplement some of the national firms that might not even have the quantity of people to do the work.” At publication time in April, Norton detailed what’s on the agenda for 2020: “This year will be busy procuring the remaining work packages for the skylight, concourse masonry restoration, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and interior finishes. Construction work will include the remaining demolition and structural repairs on the concrete floors and roofs; the west side tower masonry restoration will complete and the process will resume on the east side; and the Guastavino ceiling restoration will begin in early summer in the waiting room.” Brinker, Norton and Staley are proud to have a leadership role in this landmark project. Brinker’s corporate office is just down the street from the station. The restoration of this landmark will likely drive more development and community improvement west on Michigan Avenue toward the area in Detroit that LS Brinker has invested in for many years. Norton has fond memories of boarding a train from Detroit’s incomparable Michigan Central Station. Norton is proud to lead on-site operations to restore this monumental building, and ultimately, to offer its grand spaces to the making of future memories for the countless people who will soon walk through the building’s doors. For Staley, the project is one of the high points of a distinguished career focused on historic preservation. He has worked on historic preservation projects around the country and even a few internationally. “I am elated to be able to be part of this project for our joint venture team and to help lead it,” Staley said. “It’s a challenging project because of its magnitude but when the building is finished and back in business, we all know it’s going to be a game changer for Detroit, for Michigan and for Ford Motor Company. It’s one of those projects that you just couldn’t be any more excited about.” The following companies participated in this groundbreaking project, with more awards to follow in 2020:
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Shown above is the sloped and semi-spherical version of a vegetated roof at the Headlands Waterfront Event Center and Observatory set in an International Dark Sky Park west of Mackinaw City. The shape is meant to conjure up the image of a celestial dome.
TOP ROOFING TRENDS IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS By Mary Kremposky McArdle Associate Editor nly twenty years into the 21st Century and waves – some would say shock waves – of change have rocked our daily lives from terrorism and a severe recession to a global pandemic. Adopting protective measures improves our collective resilience to these seismic forces. It’s all about resilience, and the roofing industry has taken its own measures to manage the forces impacting clients’ roofing systems and its own industry:
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• Roofing contractors have rapidly embraced digital technologies to boost efficiency and to attract young tech-loving workers to an industry in the throes of an entrenched labor shortage.
• The National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) has launched a new certification program to instill a higher level of professionalism in the roofing workforce and to inspire potential workers to select roofing as a career path.
Resilient and sustainable roofing systems, digital technologies, a continued labor shortage and new training programs are all trends influencing the roofing industry. NRCA CEO Reid Ribble identified and discussed these top trends that are currently impacting the industry and that will continue to impact the roofing industry over the next five to ten years. An Increase in Resilient Roofing Products “As mature of an industry as we are, I believe that the next decade will probably usher in more change than what we saw since the 1970s when the roofing industry moved from bituminous or asphalt systems to single-ply,” Ribble said. “We're going to see a new evolution of roofing products that are more focused on resiliency, climate change and energy.” According to Reid, the change in storm activity, particularly the amount of hail that is now hitting regions of the United States, is spurring the development of resilient roofing systems. “If you look at hail charts from 15 to 20 years ago to today, it is dramatic how many more regions of the United States are experiencing large hail events,” Ribble said. “When you look at the impact of tornadoes and hurricanes, climate change is having a dramatic impact on the roofing industry.” 32 CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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dramatically and you're going to see them continue to evolve over the next decade,” Ribble added. Ribble believes the trend toward resilient roofing systems will continue and will ripple throughout the roofing industry. “Not only will roofing manufacturers shift to more resilient products, but roofing designers, architects and engineers will be calling for it and installers will be learning how to install it correctly,” Ribble said. Sustainable Roofing Systems on the Rise In Michigan and the Midwest, more hail and high winds call for resilient roofing systems and increasingly intense rain events, leading to flooding and more polluted waterways, make vegetated roofs an option for storm water control. “Take the city of Milwaukee or Chicago where a massive hard-driving rain will sometimes overflow the storm sewers and raw sewage will push out into Lake Michigan,”
Ribble said. “By having vegetated roofing on a roof, the first three-quarter-inch or inch of rain never actually gets to the drain, because it's absorbed into the soil medium that's up on the roof. Europe is well ahead of us on the whole idea of vegetated roofing for storm water management, but we will see this taking off more in the United States.” The benefits offset the initially higher costs of vegetated roofs. This roofing system could reduce the size of – or even eliminate the need for – a retention pond to control a site’s storm water. “Instead of having a hole in the ground, you’ve got a building with a vegetated roof that you can rent out,” Ribble said. “There are ways of looking at the economics that makes sense in terms of vegetated roofs.” Integrated solar roofing products – the roofing product itself actually generates electricity – are another growing trend in the sustainable roofing category. Currently, these systems are being primarily installed on private residences.
The term resilient roofing covers systems and product, ranging from impact- to even fire-resistant. “Resilient roofing systems are available that can better withstand impact,” Ribble said. “And impact resistance is often not about the actual membrane, but what's underneath the membrane. If a hard, twoinch piece of ice, such as hail, hits the roof, and if the surface under the membrane is hard enough, the ice will shatter and is less likely to damage the roofing system. “The asphalt shingle industry is introducing new hail-resistant products that have blends of rubber polymers in the asphalt. For this roofing system, the addition of rubber produces different types of softening points on the asphalt, making this type of roofing system less brittle and more resistant to damage.” Resilient roofing systems are capable of withstanding high winds as well. “The methods of attachment have changed Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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“CertainTeed, GAF and Tesla already have fully integrated solar roofing products that not only generate electricity but are a water-shedding product in and of itself,” Ribble said. “Tesla's Solar Roof and both GAF and CertainTeed have fully integrated solar roofing products that are now becoming pretty cost competitive.” The cost competiveness for integrated solar roofing products varies in different markets, depending on the availability of tax incentives and the cost of electricity in a particular market. Even more advanced solar roofing systems are currently available. “Tesla’s Solar Roof, for example, has a power wall system that stores the surplus energy,” Ribble said. “You can generate power all through the day, store it in a battery, and use the battery power in the evening. In the next 10 years, I believe this technology is going to become more and more mainstream.”
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Rapid Expansion of Technology and Continued Labor Shortages The roofing industry is also experiencing a rapid influx of digital technologies. “Probably five years ago is when we started to see this big push toward technology,” Ribble said. The rise in technology usage is part of the industry’s drive for efficiency but the swiftness of its adoption is a response to the labor shortage. “I believe the labor shortage is going to continue,” Ribble said. “We have a massive shortfall of workers in the country, anywhere from 40,000 to 60,000 roofing workers short.” A labor-saving example of a digital technology is the virtual estimating services of companies such as EagleView and Hover. “Their systems are capable of taking photos of a building or home from five or six different angles,” Ribble said. “Literally, you can almost look at any building or home without ever leaving your office.” According to Ribble, the photos are converted into a drawing or model and a takeoff provides, for example, how many lineal feet of eave, rake and valley, along with how many square feet of roofing surface. “No one has to actually get up physically on the roof to get some preliminary numbers,” Ribble said. “At the end of the day, however, someone is still going to have to look at the roof.” According to Hover’s website, its mobile app can take eight photos capturing each angle of a home. The photos are automatically uploaded to the cloud, “and using our patented technology, we transform your photos into a fully measured and customizable 3D model.” A contractor can “access all roof and siding measurements within the 3D model in our app or online, or export via PDF, Excel, or other file formats.” According to EagleView’s website, the company’s EagleView Estimator is “an easy-to-use estimating tool. The complete integration of EagleView’s accurate measurement reports combined with catalogs from national, regional and local suppliers provides contractors with the ability to prepare extremely detailed and accurate estimates.” Ribble assesses technology on the work site: “Technology is changing how we measure roofs, and how we estimate “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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roofs. It's changing how we communicate with customers, and even changing how roofing is being installed. All the seaming on thermal plastic roofs, such as TPO and PVC, is done with robot welders today. It’s been going on for a while now, but it is now becoming broadly accepted. In fact, it results in a near perfect seam. When done correctly, it’s almost impossible to make a mistake.” Both sustainable roofing systems and digital technology may help to attract youth to the roofing industry. “We recognize that we have to get away from the stigma of being just a roofer,” Ribble said. “If you start to talk about integrated solar roofing products or the use of robots with a 17- or 18-year-old kid, who perhaps isn’t all that interested in going to college, their eyes just light up.” The NRCA and roofing manufacturers are building training programs not only to train the roofing workforce but to inspire people to join the industry. “There is an industry-wide, all-hands-on-deck effort to build a sustainable, professional and certified workforce,” Ribble said. “Everybody's participating in it in the industry. “Some of the NRCA’s training programs are called TRAC or Training for Roof Application Careers,” Ribble continued. “TRAC is delivered in English and Spanish directly to a person’s smartphone, iPad or laptop. Virtually all the manufacturers are improving, expanding and conducting more training for workers. Carlisle, for example, just built a brand new multimillion dollar, stateof-the-art training center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.”
asphalt shingles is a discipline.” NRCA launched the professional certification program in February 2020. Certifications are available in three disciplines, including TPO and PVC or thermal plastic roofing, the largest and most dominant installation in commercial roofing systems today. The other two certifications are asphalt shingle installation and a roofing foreman certificate. The NRCA will launch its fourth certification program in EPDM roofing on May 1, 2020. The training to obtain the certification can be obtained in a number of different ways. “Sometimes the company pays to have the worker become certified,” Ribble said. “In some cases, the worker wants to obtain certification on their own, and in other cases
Instilling Professionalism in the Roofing Workforce The NRCA is part of a drive to instill a higher degree of professionalism in roofing workers. “The NRCA has started providing professional certifications just this year,” Ribble said. “We can show a young roofing worker that there is an actual career path in the roofing industry through professional certifications. We can say to them, ‘The value of your work increases as you become more qualified in different areas.’ We are creating these professional certifications based mainly on roofing system disciplines, for instance Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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there's a shared agreement between the company and the worker. For example, the company will pay for the certification exam and the worker will agree to work for the company for 18 months. There are many different ways to make it happen but hundreds of people are going through the process right now.” The two-pronged certification process first requires the worker to pass a knowledge-based exam, and the second part involves the installation of a mockup to prove a worker’s proficiency in a particular roofing discipline. “The knowledge-based exam is a proctored exam,” Ribble said. “No one is giving answers to the worker. That exam is weighted about 50 percent on safety and 50 percent on product and installation knowledge. “About 75 percent of the people are passing and about 25 percent of the people are failing the test. We actually have preexams, kind of like a PSAT type of thing. They prepare people and allow them to practice for the exam. “If they pass the knowledge-based exam, we will have an independent third-party assessor come to their place of business or to a manufacturer's training center, an association training center or a union training center. They will have to roof a small mockup and demonstrate their ability to install the roofing system in front of a third-party assessor who is highly skilled in how that roof must be installed. After the roof is done, the assessor inspects it for quality and then NRCA issues the certification. “The exam is timed because we believe if we're going to make a person a NRCA professional-certified roofer, they must be efficient. Essentially, the exam not only measures a worker’s skill, it measures their efficiency, their knowledge of safety and their knowledge of how to use equipment and tools. “When a roofer becomes certified, we can see the pride that is instilled in the worker. And the companies have a lot of bragging rights, essentially saying, ‘If you hire me to do your roofing job, here's what you should expect from the worker that we send to install your roof.’ “We even have a QR code on the certification ID card to prevent the certification system from being scammed through the presentation of fraudulent papers. The certification ID goes directly into our database, and we can verify that the worker holding the certification card is in fact the person that passed the exam and the test. “We did a soft launch about a year ago because we wanted to beta test the exam system. But the major launch or hard launch was in February 2020 at the International Roofing Expo. We had around 45 workers go through the certification process at the Expo.” Clearly, the roofing industry is preparing to meet the next decade of the 21st Century first by producing resilient and sustainable products capable of weathering climate changeinduced storms. The industry’s manufacturers, contractors and associations are showing the same resilience in drawing new workers to its labor-starved rooftops by rapidly embracing new digital technologies and crafting new training and certification programs designed to instill pride in its current workforce and a vision of a future career in prospective workers.
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The Monahan Company Restores a Midtown Gem: The James Scott Mansion By Mary Kremposky McArdle Associate Editor acant for 40 years and ravaged by fire, not much was left of the building some called the Peterboro Castle. Originally built in 1897, the grand mansion of real estate developer James Scott had become a broken shell of stone and brick. More than 30 years ago, a large fire triggered the collapse of the roof and a prominent gable, and gutted the interior of the vacant building as well. What flame began the weather finished: Over the decades, the freeze-thaw cycle and the slow burn of abandonment led to a gaping swath of destruction in the central part of this once sumptuous stone exterior. Over time, the opening spread from the erased roof gable and almost reached the top of the arched front door. Despite such extensive damage, other parts of the stone-clad wall stood tall, including two turret-capped towers – one pointed like a witch’s hat and the other similar to an actual castle’s circular and toothed battle tower. As persistent as these two sentinels, longtime Midtown developer Joel Landy battled for decades to protect the remnants of this splendid stone mansion from scrappers, squatters and the threat of the wrecking ball. Despite its state of ruin, something of the building’s original grace shone through the crumbling masonry and the vines blanketing the stone – and even the front door – at the height of summer. Landy began to collect stone units and pieces of wood trim that often fell from the building, according to Senior Project Manager Kifah Jayyousi, PhD, PE, PMP, for The Monahan Company, the construction company that helped Landy rebuild his dream home. This repository of original materials would become a treasure trove of wood and stone for use during the building’s exterior restoration and adaptive reuse into 27 apartments and garden-level retail.
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That day arrived in Landy had 2016. prevailed in the fight to protect the building from demolition, and had even acquired the property and secured financing for the revival of this jewel in the rough located on Peterboro Street and Park Avenue just a few blocks north of Little Caesars Arena. “Everybody else wanted the building torn down,” said The Monahan Company’s Project Director John E. Monahan. “But Joel had the vision, and he stuck by it for decades. It took a great deal of tenacity to bring the building back to life.” As general contractor, Landy assembled a team with a strong commitment to historical preservation and a tenacity of its own. The Monahan Company, set to celebrate its centennial in 2022, has an extensive portfolio of Midtown redevelopment projects. Wellknown in the field of historical preservation, architect Charles Merz, of Merz & Associates, discovered a blackand-white photo of the Scott Mansion in the Detroit Public Library’s Burton Historical Collection, according to Monahan. The photo dates to 1910 when Peterboro Street was lined with grand mansions displaying the prosperity of its owners and a growing city. Thanks to this vintage photo, the James Scott mansion was revealed in its original glory: The Peterboro façade flows in a rhythm of rounded turret-capped towers, bay windows and flat stone-clad expanses. The distinctive roofline not only includes the two turrets but also a series of minaret-like miniature stone towers flanking two roof dormers and one side of the roof gable; a small gable below the main one accents the arched front entry. Landy’s and The Monahan Company’s revival of this Cinderella of a building was based on this single vintage photo. “It’s as if somebody said, ‘Here is a photo of my dream house; build it for me, and without Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
detailed construction plans,’ ” said Jayyousi. “That is exactly what Monahan delivered. We recreated history from a photo.” The Scott Mansion Then and Now Originally, the three-story building was constructed with the stone exterior facing Peterboro Street and a virtually windowless brick wall on the back side. As another anomaly, “the original mansion was built as a long, narrow structure only 20 feet deep,” said Monahan. After Scott’s death in 1910, the castellated or castle-like section was constructed as part of an east addition, said Developer Joel Landy. A brick-clad addition – with windows – was added to the back of the building. “Together the two additions basically tripled the size of the building,” said Jayyousi. The newly expanded 24,000-squarefoot mansion became a type of apartment hotel in 1910, and in modern times, it served as an apartment building until its abandonment. History is repeating itself
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today but in a more fortunate way. Over the last few years, Landy, The Monahan Company and Merz Associates have turned a virtually destroyed interior into a coveted Midtown apartment dwelling. “The architect drew the 27 apartment spaces to best fit them into a structure that is not a perfect rectangle,” said Monahan. “The walls jog in and out, giving the building all kinds of nooks and crannies.” As a result, no two apartments are alike in design and configuration, offering residents a custom-shaped living space. Landy and The Monahan Company infused an early 20th Century character into the lobbies and corridors, placed modern amenities into the residences, and installed energy-efficient building systems throughout the entire building. More than up to code, the building is a sustainable 21st Century dwelling wrapped in the stone-clad walls of a late 19th Century structure. “I think Joel’s main goals were to make what is visible on the building look like the
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original building,” Monahan. “For instance, the project replicated the slate roofs and copper gutters along the Peterboro side of the building. The building’s flat roof has a white thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) system, because the flat roof is not visible and it meets his goal of having an energyefficient building. From the thermally efficient windows to the building insulation, the entire building is incredibly energy-efficient, and it is very well sealed.” A New Structure for a 19th Century Mansion In late 2016, The Monahan Company launched the amazing transformation of this Victorian mansion. The scope of work? “Basically, everything had to be redone,” said Monahan. The Monahan Company rolled up its collective sleeves and rebuilt “everything” from the front entry to a new roof structure, along with all the stone work in between and the MEP systems now within the building.
The badly damaged windows were replaced with Pella windows. The windows are historically accurate, aesthetically pleasing, and well insulated to meet the owner’s energy-efficiency goals.
Rebuilding included extensive waterproofing at the garden level and the pouring of new basement walls. “We rebuilt the foundations, and even added to it,” said Jayyousi. The new foundation and concrete work supports two new stairwells, as well as the pit and shaft for a new four-stop electric traction elevator. Structurally, “the collapsed roof had to be rebuilt, and we had to rebuild the structure of the building itself, including the addition of some steel members to support the new roof trusses,” said Monahan. The new roof trusses, roof deck and the building structure itself are predominately wood. “Initially, the owner thought steel would be the answer to the entire structure,” said Jayyousi. “We value engineered it by replacing much of the steel with wood. This strategy offered the owner an excellent structure at a much reduced cost.” Phase I: Restoring the Stone Exterior Stone is definitely the star of the building, whether it is the slate on the roof or the rough-faced or rusticated stone of the exterior walls. For the roof, slate cut in hexagon-shaped tiles was quarried in 40 CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
Vermont. “We were waiting for the spring thaw in order to get it cut from the Vermont quarry,” said Jayyousi. “It is a special cut to match the building’s original slate.” These specialty slate tiles encircle the witch’s hat turret, blanket the sloped roof, and cover the rebuilt gable and two dormers. Among these slate-covered structures, “we also had to rebuild the beautiful witch’s hat turret entirely, including applying a fireproof protection spray paint on the inside,” said Jayyousi. “We installed a custom finial to match the turret’s original copper ball finial. For the dormer roofs, we installed slate along with copper flashings and copper downspouts. Each dormer has its own venting system as well.” Overall, the building’s varied roofline has six different types of roofing forms and systems, ranging from circular and gabled to sloped and flat. The unseen flat TPO roof is capable of reflecting heat and reducing a building’s heat load. For the stone walls, The Monahan Company was confronted with a damaged stone shell on three sides. “Most of the top or upper part was “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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damaged or burnt out,” said Jayyousi. Visible through gaps in the Peterboro stone facade, “the brick back side of the building was actually missing much more material than the front side,” added Monahan. The Monahan Company used its own cadre of specialty trade contractors with extensive experience in historic preservation. “The masonry contractor and the stone company were the secret,” said Landy. “I watched the mason subcontractor from J S Masonry build the porch with a hammer and chisel in two days out of half-new and half-old materials. He is a miracle worker.” The masons rebuilt the minaret-like miniature towers flanking the dormers and main gable. “The masons rebuilt these small stone towers from scratch,” said Jayyousi. The masons salvaged and restored much of the original stone and brick remaining on the site. “The stone was kept on a property next door that belongs to Joel,” said Jayyousi. The salvaged
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stone was reused primarily on the Peterboro façade, particularly on the witch’s hat tower and other areas visible from the street, added Monahan. As a second material source, The Monahan Company purchased historical salvage brick and stone. “There are a number of Detroit suppliers who offer historical stone and brick for reuse,” said Jayyousi. “The materials are in excellent shape. Instead of buying brand new stone and brick, we could utilize these materials to give the building a historic look that complements the original stone.” As a third source, intact areas of stone and brick were repaired. “Some of the walls were intact, but even these walls had to be tuck-pointed and brick and block replaced,” said Monahan. The original Peterboro façade had stone accent bands and a checkerboard pattern of reddish Jacobsville sandstone and dolomitic limestone near the very peak of each dormer and gable. These decorative accents were either discolored or destroyed, and while the black-and-white
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vintage photo provided the exterior details of the stone, the photo could not show the stone’s original coloration and pattern. Fortunately, according to Jayyousi, Landy had collected not only materials fallen from the building but also the memories of local residents about the coloration of the stone. “We relied on these memories to recreate the actual stone color,” said Jayyousi. Today, the roof and walls of this splendid mansion of stone are once again a feast for the eyes. “Our masons have rebuilt the stone work and have created a work of art,” said Jayyousi. “We also cleaned the entire façade to give it back that original crisp look.” Proud of this masonry restoration, Jayyousi says, “We took that building and built it up brick by brick, stone by stone and mortar by mortar. If you look at the outside of the building today, you will see a building that goes back to the late 19th Century with its beautiful witch’s hat turret and its wonderful stone details.”
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As part of securing the building envelope and restoring the mansion’s original appearance, The Monahan Company replaced the badly damaged windows with Pella windows. “Pella is well known for its historical windows, and they are well-insulated windows to meet the owner’s energy-efficiency goals,” said Jayyousi. Phase II: Rebuilding the Interior The demolition plan called for completely gutting the virtually destroyed interior. Left with a clean slate, The Monahan Company recreated an interior offering vintage ambiance and contemporary amenities. With its 100-year-old oak wainscoting, elaborate crown trim and arched floor-to-ceiling windows, the lobby’s woodwork draws one into the early 20th Century. According to Jayyousi, the large arched windows have sills as much as a foot deep, along with jamb extensions and a lower wood apron that together almost turns a window sill into a reading nook in a bay window. The building has crown trim throughout the interior, along with chair railing and picture railing. According to the website of Bob Villa of This Old House fame, picture railing is a type of molding common in the Victorian era because it offered “an elegant way of hanging artwork on hard-to-penetrate plaster walls.” Some of the wood trim is original to the building. “We salvaged some of the wood from the demolition,” said Jayyousi, “but Joel had some wood trim in his warehouse that he had saved over the 42 CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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years as the pieces fell off the building. He dreamed that one day he would rebuild this building. He gave us all of those pieces and we rebuilt it from scratch.” The wood pieces were damaged and warped but the carpentry team had the skill and perseverance to successfully tackle this intricate work. “It took a great deal of hard work,” said Jayyousi. “Our carpenters spent weeks – not hours and days – but weeks and weeks working to restore the wood. Not many contractors in town are able to work with 130-year-old wood and restore it to its original. We gave life to that wood by stripping, shaving and refinishing it, and we had to imagine what the trim looked like because we had no internal photos of the original building.” Today, the building’s beautifully restored woodwork and trim, along with the lobby’s vintage light fixtures and wood mantle, as well as the ornamental balusters of the two new steel staircases “all give you the impression you are living 80 or a 100 years ago,” said Jayyousi. The apartments have hardwood floors, contemporary appliances and sleek Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
kitchen countertops made of a South American black stone. The residences have vintage touches as well. The bathroom floor tile has a mosaic blackand-white pattern, and the vanity mirrors have an early 20th Century character. The list of amenities includes laundry facilities and nine steel balconies for nine different apartments on the south-facing part of the building. “We provided fire protection for those balconies, so residents could enjoy a barbeque in the summer,” said Jayyousi. Phase III: Energy-Efficient Systems in a Stone Shell The MEP systems join the well-sealed building to create an energy-efficient fortress. The Monahan Company used closed-cell spray foam insulation on both exterior and interior walls. “We beat all the energy-efficiency standards for everything,” said Jayyousi. “The insulation was well beyond what was required, and in addition to that all of the walls were heavily insulated between the interior wall partitions. Once we were done, we were CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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inside the building in the middle of winter and it was warm even without a furnace running.” At the Scott Mansion, a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system serves a lobby and stairwell area as an example of how the building blends the ambiance of a past century with best practices in today’s building systems. “We used every advanced system to rebuild the Scott Mansion, and VRF is a very energy-efficient and advanced HVAC system,” said Jayyousi. A forced air fan coil split system services each individual apartment. “This means each apartment has a forced air furnace for heat and a split system – an outdoor and an indoor
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unit – called fan coil units for cooling,” said Jayyousi. “The building has the most advanced model available in terms of that system.” According to Monahan, “Kifah pretty much handled the re-engineering of the heating and cooling system.” All of the HVAC units are placed on the building’s flat roof in order to avoid any visibility from the street view. The building has efficient low-flow plumbing fixtures as well. Residents will be relieved to know that the building also “has backwater valves to protect the building from any flooding,” Jayyousi said. “We have a sump pump obviously by code for the elevator, but we also installed a special sump pump by the alley to avoid any potential overflow from the alley into the garden level of the building. Not any of the pumps are visible to the residents.” The Monahan Company installed all new utilities for the building, including sewer, storm, gas and electric. “New electrical service, new fiber-optic cable for Internet service and Wi-Fi technology were brought in,” said Jayyousi. “We installed brand new fire protection, fire alarm and life-safety systems as well. “Additionally, the building meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and several apartments are built to accommodate people using a wheelchair,” Jayyousi continued. From MEP to ADA, “we have taken a building with nothing but a couple of walls standing and we have rebuilt it to the most up-to-date building code standards.” Needless to say, the building systems passed inspection with flying colors. “Fire marshals, elevator inspectors, and Detroit building inspectors for the MEP systems were very impressed with what was delivered,” Jayyousi said. Altogether, the project spanned three years but the work was not continuous. Completed in January 2019, “the building was effectively built in one year from scratch,” said Jayyousi. From the exterior stone restoration to the building systems, Monahan says, “Each step was demanding, but I enjoyed the challenge and I appreciate the opportunity to work on such a building. It is a building to be proud of having restored.” “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Project costs tallied approximately $6 million in total and $4.5 million in construction. Of the recent project, Landy added, “It was nothing 40 years, lots of money and a great team couldn’t do.” The “after picture” of this pictureperfect building is an exacting image of the Scott Mansion’s original beauty, and the interior offers another Midtown gem in this growing area of Detroit. The process was demanding; the results are truly stunning. About the Company - The Monahan Company’s Midtown Projects On the verge of its own centennial in 2022, The Monahan Company is currently working on several other historical projects in Detroit, including the conversion and restoration of the circa 1922 Jefferson Intermediate School building into a commercial building. Another project is Midtown West and Chroma, a food hall in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction area.
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The Monahan Company’s portfolio of Midtown area projects include Canine to Five, Iconic Tattoo, 4130 Cass Ave., John R. Rowhouse, Crystal Lofts, Garden Lofts at Woodward Place, The El Moore, Newberry Hall, Sherbrooke Apartments, Woodward Garden Theater Block, Garden Theater Venue, Woodward Garden Apartments, The Strathmore, Woodward Willis, and The Plaza.
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Electrical – R & J Electrical Services, Inc., Clinton Charter Township Elevator – Schindler Elevator, Livonia Fire Protection – Macomb Mechanical, Sterling Heights Hardware- Fred’s Key Shop, Detroit Heating – Extreme HVAC, Dearborn Insulation – Kenco Energy, Holly Lumber – Carter Lumber, Macomb Masonry – JS Masonry, Bloomfield Hills Millwork – CAJ Creative Contractors, Bingham Farms Painting – KGM Painting, Macomb Plumbing – Gundick Plumbing, Riverview Roofing – Lebec Enterprises, Linden Wood Floors – JM Affordable Hardwood Floors, Romulus
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Joel Landy:
The Man Who Rebuilt a Neighborhood n 1978, Joel Landy moved into a Victorian house in Detroit from an area suburb with two friends. Located in the former Cass Corridor, the Victorian mansion’s “neighbors” were vacant, hollowed-out historic homes in a once posh enclave of late 19th Century Detroit. Landy has never moved from this house. He has not only established deep roots in the area, but through grit and a miracle or two, he has succeeded in turning this once vacant cluster of homes on nearby Peterboro Street back into a neighborhood once again. Landy and a neighbor achieved historic designation for Peterboro Street in 1984, and he now owns every house on the entire block except for one. Over 40 years later, Landy has restored 11 buildings on Peterboro Street alone, including the incomparable James Scott mansion. Landy purchased the James Scott mansion in the early 1990s. “I couldn’t let these beautiful structures crumble to dust on my watch,” Landy said in a Capital Impact Partners 2017 Annual Report, Capital Impact Partners being a lender for the James Scott mansion revitalization. Although eager to transform the mansion, Landy’s health problems and the 2008 recession slowed his efforts until the recent revitalization. He began working with Sue Mosey, Executive Director of Midtown Detroit Inc., to develop a financing package. Mosey brought in Capital Impact Partners. “The $6 million project leverages federal and state historic tax credits and a mortgage from Capital Impact partners, along with developer equity,” according to the Capital Impact Partners report.
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For the revitalization itself, “I designed and built the lobby and corridors from parts I had collected for years,” Landy said. “I had never walked through the building, however, because it was still operating when I moved to the area in 1978.” Additionally, “I did the site work, historic lighting, granite walkways and other work,” Landy continued. “I also did all soft-cost jobs and was a consultant for all the state and federal historic and brownfield credits.” To revitalize the James Scott mansion, Landy also “found many good contractors in the CAM Buyer’s Guide.” Over the last 40 years, Landy has played a pivotal role in projects throughout the Midtown area. His efforts began as a group of friends working to build a community and expanded to include the redevelopment of a host of structures. “Those of us in the neighborhood that were fixing old houses, we were kind of early settlers,” said Landy in the Capital Impact Partners report. “We did barn raisings, and people would go to one house and everyone would fix the garage, or everyone would put a roof on. Of course, at that time we thought everything would be fixed in five years, and that was 35 or 40 years ago.” Landy “began acquiring and fixing up each property using little more than his own sweat equity and that of his friends,” according to the Capital Impact Partners report. “Eventually, people came to call the neighborhood ‘Landy-land.’ Landy has operated as a sort of a single-handed, not-for-profit economic development agency in the neighborhood for decades,
spinning off businesses in the hopes of building a functional community. “By 2016, Landy had amassed 50 properties within a three-square-mile area. Over the last 20 years, he has been able to borrow and invest more than $50 million in Landy-land, creating more than 100 units of market-rate housing, a charter school and multiple businesses.” Until fairly recently, “I was the only mixed-income and market rate (developer) south of Martin Luther King Boulevard,” said Landy. He credits the change in the area’s fortunes to the work of a dedicated group of 10 people and two key strategies: “Changing the name to Midtown from the Cass Corridor, although Cass Corridor crime was more perception than fact. It was then okay to live and work in a place called Midtown. We brought spendable income privately subsidized into the area instead of having only 100 percent affordable housing. If you don’t have shoppers, you don’t have stores, and then you don’t have jobs.” Over 40 years, Landy’s number of properties has grown, but his motivations remain community-minded. It was never about winning a living game of Monopoly. Having money and property “wasn’t really the motivation,” Landy said in the Capital Impact Partners report. “I was fortunate that the things that I was doing worked – that we changed the map and changed history. That’s really more important than the money, truthfully.”
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Leica Geosystems Focuses on Construction Safety with Personal Alert Technology Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, recently introduced the Leica iCON PA10 and PA80 personal alert systems that create warnings when vehicles and pedestrians on construction and mining sites come into close contact to avoid potential accidents, significantly increasing safety.
Hilti Cordless Breaker Selected as Most Innovative Products Winner Hilti is pleased to announce that cordless breaker TE 500-A36 was a 2020 Most Innovative Products Award winner at the World of Concrete tradeshow in Las Vegas. Presented annually, the MIP Awards highlights many products exhibited at World of Concrete. Winning products are chosen based on the innovation they bring to the industry. The TE 500-A36 cordless breaker was names an Industry’s Choice winner in the Repair/Demolition Materials, Tools, and Equipment category. Specifically engineered for the challenges associated with breaking concrete and masonry, the TE 500-A36 gives construction professionals the power of a corded breaker with the mobility and productivity of a cordless solution. Powered by the strongest and highest capacity (36-volt 9.0 ah lithiumion) battery in its class and a high-efficiency brushless motor, the cordless breaker delivers unmatched power, performance, and reliability. The tool includes Hilti’s exclusive Active Vibration Reduction (AVR) technology, which reduces the tool’s triaxial vibration over 30% compared to the competition and helps keep contractors productive. Couple it with the VC 75-A22 cordless backpack vacuum system for an OSHAcompliant, virtually dustless solution. For more information, visit www.hilti.com. Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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Pettibone Adds 10,000-Pound-Capacity Telehandler to X-Series: Extendo 1056X Pettibone recently introduced the Extendo 1056X telehandler to its X-Series lineup, providing a 10,000pound-capacity machine capable of reaching lift heights of 56 feet. The new Extendo builds upon Pettibone’s tradition of rugged design while offering numerous
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performance improvements for contractors and rental users working in masonry, construction and other material handling applications. The Extendo 1056X comes standard with a 74horsepower Cummins QSF 3.8 Tier 4 Final diesel engine that features a DOC muffler and requires no diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). The machine is also the first X-Series model to offer an optional Deutz 74-horsepower Tier 4 Final engine. A 117-horsepower Cummins engine option is available as well. Mounted on a side pod, the engine offers easy service access while allowing excellent curbside visibility and ground clearance of 18 inches. Featuring a four-section boom, the 1056X delivers maximum lift capacity of 10,000 pounds, max forward reach of 40 feet, and max lift height of 56 feet. The boom structure’s formed plates offer greater strength while reducing weight. The design also minimizes boom deflection for better control and accuracy when placing loads. Abundant boom overlap provides smooth operation and reduces contact forces on wear pads, thereby extending service life. A bottom-mounted external extend cylinder further reduces the load on wear pads by up to 50-percent. This cylinder location also provides greatly improved service access to internal boom components. Fastener-less wear pads also simplify service, and heavy-duty extension chains help ensure stable boom functions. Drivetrain and axles have been optimized to provide greater tractive effort with minimal tradeoff on top end speed. A pintle hitch mount adds versatility for towing. Built for use on rough terrain, the unit offers full-time 4-wheel-drive with limited-slip front axle differential. Tight steer angle capability provides an efficient turning radius of 14 feet, 4 inches. The Dana VDT12000 Powershift transmission offers three speeds, forward and reverse. The Extendo operator cab maintains Pettibone’s ergonomic seat, pedal, joystick and steering wheel positions, while optimizing line of sight in all “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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directions. A new analog/LCD gauge cluster comes standard. An optional 7inch digital display with integrated back-up camera is also available. The cab also offers enhanced climate control, flat bolt-in glass, split door design, openable rear window, USB accessory plug, lockable storage under the seat, and water-resistant components for easy interior washdown. Other features include non-tensioned boom hoses, split-system electrical circuit panels, a 12-volt accessory plug in the engine bay, and heavy-duty bright LED lighting. Additional options include a sling hook for additional load security and a wide variety of attachments. For more information, visit www.gopettibone.com.
Wooster Products Introduces FLEX-TRED™ Edge Sealing Compound According to Wooster Products, its new Flex-Tred™ Edge Sealing Compound is easier to use and with no VOCs, is easier on the environment. A one-part, high solids, elastomeric sealant, this solvent release product is ready to use without mixing, priming or heating. Easily applied by squeeze tube, this flexible compound seals Wooster’s Flex-Tred™ anti-slip tape to all types of metal including galvanized, wood, particleboard, plywood, EPDM and other kinds of rubber, thermoplastics, thermoset plastics, fiberglass and other fiber reinforced plastics, concrete, masonry and glass. Fast-drying Flex-Tred® Edge Sealing Compound is tack-free in under an hour – and can be painted when dry. According to Wooster, it has outstanding water and moisture resistance, and resists cracking, chipping and peeling, enhancing the service life of Flex-Tred™ anti-slip tape products. The product can be used at Visit us online at www.BuildwithCAM.com
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temperatures above 40°F. The applied bead will shrink approximately 55% so no tooling is necessary for most applications. The bead surface will be tack free in 1545 minutes, depending on ambient conditions. For additional information visit www.woosterproducts.com.
M18 FUEL™ SUPER SAWZALL® Reciprocating Saw Kit The SUPER SAWZALL® Reciprocating Saw generates 15A corded power, faster cuts than 15A reciprocating saws and delivers up to 150 Cuts in 2x12 SPF per charge. Designed to perform in the toughest applications, the M18™ FUEL SUPER SAWZALL® combines Milwaukee's legendary performance and durability with the portability of the M18™ platform. The POWERSTATE™ Brushless Motor Provides 3,000 SPM and higher speeds under load for corded cutting performance. REDLINK PLUS™ intelligence ensures maximum performance and protection from overload, overheating and over discharge. The M18™ REDLITHIUM™ HIGH OUTPUT™ HD12.0 battery delivers unmatched run-time in all applications. Provides 50% more power and runs 50% cooler versus standard REDLITHIUM™ HD packs. The 1-1/4" stroke length removes more material with each stroke and On/Off orbital action provides aggressive cuts in wood and smooth cuts in metal. Variable speed trigger and 5speed dial provide maximum speed control for any application. The QUIKLOK® blade clamp allows for tool less blade changes and a rafter hook provides a convenient way to store the saw between cuts. For more information, visit www.milwaukeetool.com.
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Keo and Associates, Inc. a commercial construction company headquartered in Detroit, is pleased to announce the hiring of Anthony Pipitone to its management team as Pipitone Vice President Business Operations. Anthony brings over 30 years of experience in the commercial, residential and retail construction industries, working in major U.S. markets managing all aspects of new construction, renovation and reconstruction projects. Diverse background in project management, construction management, owner’s rep, operations, and field supervision, representing all facets of the project team including owner, architect, contractors, construction managers and trades.
magazine, has been selected as the recipient of NAC’s Ted C. Kennedy Award, the Academy’s honor. The highest Executive Committee confirmed the recognition Tuchman with a unanimous vote. Tuchman, a renowned steward of ENR, has guided the weekly magazine’s transformation into the digital era. Her ENR tenure is noteworthy for many reasons, but particularly because this business-to-business publication focuses on what is taking place in all aspects of the design, engineering, and construction industries worldwide. She also has expanded the ENR mission to include educating the broad public on the industries’ key policy and operational strategies, techniques, and issues.
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Mike Tolson has accepted the position of solar business development manager at GEM Energy, a Rudolph Libbe Group company. He will be responsible for Tolson customer relationships throughout the eastern half of the United States. Tolson has worked in real estate development for several years and has authored publications on renewable energy and energy efficiency. He holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies in real estate development, an executive master’s degree in business administration and a graduate specialization in finance from the University of Toledo.
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Aristeo, based in Livonia, recently received the Michigan Concrete Association Michigan (MCA) Award of Excellence for its work at the Ford Motor Company Vehicle Performance & Electrification Center (VPEC). This award goes to concrete projects that showcase 50 CAM MAGAZINE MAY 2020
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excellence in design and construction, and recognizes the entire project team inclusive of the project owner, contractor, and engineer. The Aristeo project team accepted the award at the MCA 2020 Winter Conference on February 13th. The Ford VPEC project was chosen because of Aristeo’s success with overcoming a number of planning/scheduling and materials-related challenges, but also because of the complex concrete construction that Aristeo executed to the highest standards, according to MCA. This project included three connected buildings, one of which contains a next-generation aerodynamic wind tunnel, a state-of-the-art rolling road system, and a traversing measurement system. The wind tunnel building was constructed via many unique concrete pours that required Aristeo’s expertise to execute successfully. This included radius, pitched, and curved concrete sections, suspended decks, pitched suspended decks, cast-in-place concrete
walls, and two concrete box beams that suspended the 200,000-pound traversing system over 50 feet in the air. Aside from the complex concrete situations, Aristeo’s team also worked with the entire project team to overcome several unique challenges, including coordination of many project teams and their unique schedules across the jobsite, space and equipment availability, concrete availability, range of concrete mix designs, and incredibly strict tolerances necessary for the wind tunnel facility.
Lift Line has gone digital: The Spring edition of ALL Crane customer communication is now available online. For ten years, the ALL Family of Companies has stayed connected with customers via Lift Line, a compendium of products for sale mixed with details of exciting and unique lifts. Now, it’s going digital. ALL customers—and prospective customers—can view an online copy of
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Mans Lumber and Millwork, Trenton, has announced the acquisition of Legendary Millwork, Troy, the area’s premiere manufacturer of custom millwork, trim and doors. Legendary Millwork was founded in 1998 and focuses on producing highend custom millwork in all manners of wood, from historical renovations to new construction, in commercial and residential applications. “We are honored and excited to welcome the Legendary Millwork team to the Mans family,” said Doug Mans, president, Mans Lumber and Millwork. “As we continue to recruit and acquire the best in the industry, Legendary Millwork’s expertise in highly specialized millwork design and production aligns with our goal of providing customers with ‘concept to completion’ services and access to the best millwork and trim products.”
Roncelli Inc. Construction Services, Sterling Heights, and Macomb County-based Andiamo Italia and SVS Vision Optical Centers have partnered to provide catered meals to the healthcare workers at Mount Clemens-based McLaren Macomb hospital amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, April 15, Andiamo brought their own Italian cuisine to hundreds of frontline healthcare providers and essential workers of McLaren Macomb as the hospital provided lifesaving treatment during the coronavirus outbreak.d “Over the past several weeks, our community has demonstrated a level of generosity that words cannot describe,” said Tom Brisse, McLaren Macomb president and CEO. “We are extremely proud to be associated with companies so willing to show their appreciation, and we are grateful to Andiamo, Roncelli and SVS Vision for their support.” “We’ve always tried to be a good steward in the community and give back,” said Thomas Wickersham, Roncelli president. “We wanted to recognize not only the frontline workers facing this horrible virus every day but also those making sure non-COVID patients are safe too.”
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