August 2011 Building Buzz

Bismarck-Mandan Home Builders Association

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August 2011 Issue 8 www.bmhba.com

Professionals building our community through promotion of home ownership, education and legislation since 1958.

Mark Your Calendars!

A FREE OSHA-10 Construction Safety Training Course will be offered August 10-11. Contact NDAB to register.

The Sporting Clay Shoot is scheduled for August 25. If you have not received your registration, contact the office.

If you would like more information about these events or to register, contact the HBA office at 222-2400.

Inside This Issue President’s Letter Permit Report

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Membership Highlights 5

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Innovative Basement Systems Wagner Construction

Calendar of Events

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2011 New Members

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News & Events

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PAC Golf Tournament Thank you sponsors!

Flood Assistance for Businesses

National News

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The Green Page

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NDAB News

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HBA News from Around the State

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Building Buzz Publisher/Editor Layout Editor/Writer

Roxanne Jacobson Chelsea Gleich

HBA President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Secretary/Treasurer Past President Board Member Board Member Board Member Board Member Board Member

Scott Duchsherer Chad Moldenhauer Eric Brenden Vance Vetter Dana Schlomer Todd Brady Paula Haider Mike Hopfauf Minda Lloyd Nadine Schaff

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A Word from Our President: Good Works Summer seems to be flying by with all the activities statewide going on. Our neighbors to the North are seeking any Scott Duchsherer resources President, BMHBA available to help them out in their time of crisis. If you have a spare worker or some materials collecting dust, consider sending them to Minot to help if you have time.

The BMHBA has some upcoming training for HBA members. The training will be relevant to all areas of the construction industry. August

10 and 11 there will be an OSHA-10 class available to members FREE of charge. If you have some workers who need to be trained, why pay for it when they can receive it for free as a benefit of being an association member? Contact the BMHBA office for more details.

exceptional job this year please nominate them.

The Fall Parade of Homes is right around the corner. We are looking for volunteers to help put out signs and tally votes, so if you know of anyone who would be a great help let the BMHBA know and we can contact them and ask if they would “A man is not paid for having like to help out the association. a head and hands, but for usA BIG thank you to all the volunteers, sponsors and events ing them.” - Elbert Hubbard committee for making the golf We will soon be sending out tournament another great success. nominations for Builder of the Year Also thank you to the businesses and Associate of the Year. So, take a that donated time and items for the look at some of the work being done goodie bags and door prizes. We this year, and if you think a “builder” appreciate all you do for the or “associate” has done an association.

Permit Report Through June 2011 Bismarck/Burleigh permit reports are available online at: www.bismarck.or/index.aspx?nid=121

Bismarck City Permits

YTD 2011

YTD 2010

YTD New Residential Single Family Detached Single Family Attached Duplex 3 or 4 Unit 5+ Unit YTD Remodel and Garages YTD New Commercial/Public YTD Alter Commercial/Public

157/$26.94M 119/$21.24M 38/$5.73M 0/$0M 0/$0M 0/$0M 28/$.29M 24/$5.127M 8/$2.38M

165/$30.02M 118/$20.83M 45/$7.05M 0/$0M 0/$0M 2/$2.14M 42/$0.385M 15/$1.96M 9/$2.72M

Mandan Permit Reports are available online at: www.cityofmandan.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={51E317A6-4F3D-4DCF-A472-A197BA37CA13}

Mandan City Permits

YTD 2011

YTD 2010

YTD New Residential Single Family Duplex Condos Multi-12 units YTD Remodel and Garages YTD New Commercial YTD Alter Commercial

50/$13.49M 30/$8.18M 2/$1.3M 16/$2.44M 2/$1.57M 53/$.7M 3/$2.044M 12/$.28M

34/$8.91M 30/$7.17M 1/$1.1M 3/$.64M 0/$0M 59/$.69M 3/$.91M 18/$2.1M

Morton County Permits Only Report at Year End

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Calendar of Events August 10-11 OSHA-10 Safety Training—ND Safety Council Office August 23 BMHBA Board Meeting August 25 4th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot— Capital City Sporting Clay Shooting Complex September 22-25 Fall Parade of Homes September 27 BMHBA Board Meeting October 13 Octoberfest GMM - Elks Lodge October 25 BMHBA Board Meeting November 17 Associate GMM & BMHBA Board Meeting December 15 BMHBA Holiday Open House Ramkota Hotel & BMHBA Board Meeting *All BMHBA Board Meetings are held at the BMHBA Office

Welcome New Members We would like to thank our new members for joining us and welcome them to the Association. We look forward to helping them build their businesses and build our community. The 2011 new members are: Alliance Concrete LLC

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Board of Directors PRESIDENT Scott Duchsherer Prairie Aire Homes 843 Longhorn Drive Bismarck, ND 58503 Phone: (701) 258-5733

1ST VICE PRESIDENT Chad Moldenhauer K & L Homes, Inc. PO Box 7188 Bismarck, ND 58501 Phone: (701) 258-4584

2ND VICE PRESIDENT Eric Brenden Northwest Contracting 3420 E Century Ave. Bismarck, ND 58503 Phone: (701) 255-7727

PAST PRESIDENT Dana Schlomer Schlomer Construction 4618 Meadow Chase Lane Mandan, ND 58554 Phone: (701) 663-3845

SECRETARY/TREASURER Vance Vetter Vance Vetter Construction 2500 Railroad Ave., Unit A Bismarck, ND 58501 Phone: (701) 751-8218

BOARD MEMBER Minda Lloyd ND Guaranty & Title Co. 201 4th Ave. NW Mandan, ND 58554 Phone: (701) 663-5362

BOARD MEMBER Paula Haider Haider Glass Specialties 1535 Park Ave. Bismarck, ND 58504 Phone: (701) 250-6787

BOARD MEMBER Mike Hopfauf Hopfauf Custom Builders PO Box 425 Mandan, ND 58554 Phone: (701) 663-7691

BOARD MEMBER Nadine Schaff American Bank Center PO Box 2197 Bismarck, ND 58502 Phone: (701) 221-4726

BOARD MEMBER Todd Brady Miller Insulation Co. PO Box 1393 Bismarck, ND 58502 Phone: (701) 258-4323

BMHBA National Directors Dana Schlomer, Builder National Director Scott Duchsherer, Builder National Director Eddy Mitzel, Builder National Director Todd Brady, Associate National Director

Spaces, Inc.

Dakota Windows, Doors & Sunco Siding Terra Resources GreenLight Systems Terrace Heights Huntington Homes

Town and Country Homes

Missouri Basin Materials

Truck Collision Center

ND Laser Fat Loss Nibbles & Brunch

Unique Homes/ Unique Services

Precision Builders LLC

Viva Valances

Precision Concrete Cutters Willow Creek Lawn & Landscape Sculpture by Design, Inc. Zimmerman’s Furniture

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Membership Highlights Innovative Basement Systems Offers Products, Installation and Service Innovative Basement Systems Keith and Ross Johnson Owners/Partners 4258 3rd Ave. N. Fargo, ND 58102 Phone: 701-365-0097 Email: kjohnson@ innovativebasementsystems.com Website: www.innovativebasementsystems.com Innovative Basement Systems was founded in 2005 in Fargo. Since then they have expanded to serve all of North Dakota and Minnesota in solving their basement/crawl space problems.

The company’s mission is to operate in an effective and efficient

manner with concern to the best use of resources: people, material and time. They strive to manufacture quality products and offer only the finest installations to customers in the housing and building industries, according to their website.

Innovative Basement Systems specializes in basement waterproofing, foundation repair, crawl space repair and radon services. “We have risen to the cause of quality work, fair prices and steadfast dedication to our customers,” their website states.

They are a member of the

Basement Waterproofing and Crawl Space Contractor network of over 300 dealers across the country, as well as the BMHBA and HBA of Fargo -Moorhead.

Innovative Basement Systems offers patented products for moisture control as well as installation services. With 24 Quality and Innovation awards for basement waterproofing and moisture control products, they can solve all your basement/crawl space problems.

Wagner Construction: Long-Time Company Uses Fresh Thinking Wagner Construction Frank & Dan Wagner President & Vice-President 3800 Commerce Dr. Ste. A Bismarck, ND 58501 Office Phone: 701-223-8506 Email: Wgnr@btinet.net Wagner Construction is a secondgeneration custom home, remodel and light commercial general contracting company. Frank’s background in construction stretches all the way back to Denny’s Painting through Weeda’s Construction and Strand Construction, which Frank bought out when Orville Strand retired. To date, the now Wagner Construction company has been involved with building throughout the state of North Dakota for over 40 years. Dan, who has been working with his dad most of his life, has now taken over the day-today operations of Wagner Construction.

Wagner Construction prides itself on doing what so few builders do today—building custom homes based on the wants and needs of their

clients. They do not sit down and tell their client’s “here’s what you get.”

According to Frank and Dan, every Wagner Construction home is one-of-a -kind, because it starts with the ideas and dreams of the homeowner.

Using state-of-the-art drafting and design technology, unlike the drafting table and ruler of Frank’s day, Dan creates original homes for his clients. When you build with Wagner Construction, you know there will never be another home quite like yours. They pride themselves on quality, craftsmanship and style.

Wagner Construction understands that, for most people, building a home is the biggest investment they will ever make, and they deserve the best service because of it. They apply that same level of customer service to their remodeling projects as well.

Wagner Construction has the experience and knowledge to take on any remodel project—big or small.

Frank and Dan Wagner can sum

up the essence of their company in one sentence—”Wagner Construction prides itself on providing a quality product for an honest price.” And according to them, that’s been the company philosophy from the beginning and will continue to be for many years to come.

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BMHBA News and Events Hawktree Golf Club Congratulations to our team winners!

Home of Another Great Golf Tourney On July 14, 136 golfers took over the Hawktree Golf Club for the annual Bismarck Title Company Invitational Golf Tournament. It turned out to be a great day for golf.

The clouds remained to keep the intense sun heat away, making the temperature about perfect minus a bit of humidity.

The day began with registration at 11 a.m. A shotgun kicked off the start of the official tournament at noon.

The golfers finished the Peoria handicap style tournament around 5:30 p.m. and ended the day with a steak dinner in the clubhouse.

The sponsors did not disappoint again this year. There were goodie bags for each golfer and treats throughout the course such as margaritas, shrimp cocktail, ice cream bars and more.

The tournament included 5 holein-one contests sponsored by Bismarck Title Co., as well as closest to the pin and longest putt for men and women and a chipping contest sponsored by the Bismarck-Mandan Board of REALTORS The individual winners were: Nadine Schaff (longest putt), Bob Johnson (longest putt), Caroline Johnston (longest drive), Jason Schmidt (longest drive), Gerry Rudnick (closest to the pin) and Kristi Bohl (closest to the pin).

Golfers had the opportunity to win in prize drawings, as well. The winner of the putter from PAC was Scott Schafer. Keith Lindsay won the hardwood floor care kit from MagiTouch Carpet One and Al Thomas won the pair of Hawktree passes from Starion Financial.

Left: 1st place for net score went to Brandon Hoffman, Jason Arenz, Scooter Pinks and Chad Moldenhauer. Right: 1st place for gross score went to John Jessen, Scott Ahman, Dave Nelson and Jack Knutson.

Left: 2nd place for net score went to Ryan Schmidt, Cory Knutson, Ron Knutson and Drew Knutson. Right: 3rd place for net score went to Ken Huber, Dave Herner, Terry Hilt and Don Roloff.

Thank You Golf Sponsors!

BMHBA President Scott Duchsherer and his wife Brandi, on behalf of all those at the BMHBA, would like to specially thank the sponsors who made the golf tournament possible.

Thank you to Bismarck Title Co. (platinum sponsor), RDO Equipment, Northwest Contracting, ND Guaranty and Title (dinner sponsors), ABC Seamless, Advanced Mechanical, American Bank Center, Bismarck Tribune, Capital Electric Cooperative, Capital Credit Union, Cornerstone Bank, Dakota Community Bank, Ferguson Enterprises, Gate City Bank, Jerome’s Distributing, Kirkwood Bank & Trust,

Miller Insulation, Montana-Dakota Utilities, Northern Plains Plumbing, Heating and Air, Pro-Build, Rudnick Construction, SPS Company, Inc., Starion Financial and Swenson, Hagen and Co. (hole sponsors).

We’re looking forward to another great tournament next year thanks to all the generous sponsors.

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BMHBA News and Events Disaster Assistance Available to Businesses for Physical Damage and Economic Injury On July 6, the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce hosted a flood recovery lunch and learn seminar which Chelsea attended. Here are the highlights of what business owners and individuals need to know.  Once you file for disaster relief with FEMA, you will be given a Small Business Association loan application.

Fill it out now. If you don’t, your application will be held up in the process and you still have the opportunity to deny the loan if you decide you don’t need it once it’s offered. Also, if you are denied a loan based on your ability to pay, you may be eligible for other FEMA assistance.  You don’t need to wait for insurance to process before filing for

disaster assistance. They can be done simultaneously.  How your SBA loan amount is determined: Disaster LossesInsurance = SBA Loan  Businesses are eligible to receive up to $2 million to repair/replace disaster damage including inventory, machinery, etc.  Even if your business was not physically effected by the flood, you may be eligible for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan. This loan is meant to cover operating expenses that cannot be met due to economic injury.  To prove economic damage, the business owner must supply 3 years of tax returns, profit and loss statement and balance sheet. SBA can help you

What’s Next at the BMHBA? OSHA-10 Construction Safety Training Members have the opportunity to take advantage of another great member benefit this August—a free OSHA-10 safety training course. The 10-hour course will cover OSHA standards and construction safety.

The course will be held Wednesday, August 10 from 1—5 p.m. and August 11 from 8 a.m.—5 p.m. at the ND Safety Council Office.

Registration is limited to 5 participants per company, and space is limited. Pre-registration is required. You should have received the form in the mail. Contact NDAB at 222-2401 or sandy@ndbuild. com for more information or to register.

4th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot The BMHBA is keeping the friendly competition going with the 4th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot scheduled for August 25 at Capital City Sporting Clays Shooting Complex. The cost is $50 per shooter.

Registration begins at 3:30 p.m. with the shoot starting at 4 p.m. The shoot will be follow by a catered picnic and beverages. Registration deadline is August 19. You should received your registration form in the mail. If you have not received it or have any questions, contact the BMHBA office.

obtain the paperwork if it’s been lost or damaged in the disaster. Apply for SBA loans even if you’re not sure you’ll need it or how much you’ll need. Business owners are given a 6-month grace period in which to accept their loan and decide what to do (remodel, rebuild, relocate) which can be extended for good reason.  Unemployment assistance is also available for those out of work due to the disaster.

To find out more details visit the Burleigh County Business Recovery Center located at the Bank of North Dakota in the Small Business Development Center office. Office hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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National News: Appraisers Making Headway in Recognizing Value in Green Home Features NBN - The continuing effort to provide recognition for the added value of energy-saving and other green features in homes will take another step forward around midsummer when the Appraisal Institute is expected to add a green and energy addendum to its appraisal report form.

Green builders have been waging an uphill battle in recent years to convince the lending community to recognize the difference between homes that are just built to code and those that incorporate techniques, systems and products that can dramatically reduce monthly utility costs, which represent a significant expense for home owners.

Sandra Adomatis, whose firm, Adomatis Appraisal Service, is located in Punta Gorda, Fla., announced the new Appraisal Institute addendum on May 3 during NAHB's National Green Building Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City.

Adomatis said she hopes the addendum will be adopted by the Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "Builders can fill it out ahead of time and give it to the appraiser," she said, who "can't always see what's behind your walls."

Adomatis confessed that she herself knew little about the attributes of green homes until she ran into a green builder whose home she was appraising who was kind enough to point out that she didn't know what she was doing.

She told him it was the first green home she had ever worked on, and that prompted the builder to provide a crash course in green housing, the start of her education on an increasingly important segment of the housing industry about which most appraisers still know next to nothing.

"Ask 10 appraisers and only one has ever seen a HERS report," she said, referring to the evaluation that a trained energy rater provides on the

overall energy efficiency of an individual home.

The Appraisal Institute, she said, has been stepping up efforts to make its members more knowledgeable through its Valuation of Sustainable Buildings Professional Development Program, which is conducted in the classroom and online and whose curriculum includes an introductory course and a course presenting case studies on residential green buildings, with a similar course on commercial buildings coming online soon.

Some builders have been signing up for the instruction, she added, and more courses will be added as new technologies are developed.

entered into the equation when qualifying a buyer for a mortgage.

The SAVE (Sensible Accounting to Value Energy) Act would hand a clear advantage to new homes over existing homes, she said, but also would create a healthy retrofit market.

The second phase of the program envisioned by SAVE would tackle water consumption.

Adomatis recommended Home Energy Saver Pro as a tool for assessing average utility bills for homes compared to other homes in the same zip code. "This is a good tool for appraisers," she said.

Keeping Up the Pressure Leading efforts for years to make green mortgages a mainstay of the financing options available to home buyers, David Porter, of Porterworks in Stanwood, Wash., indicated that now is hardly the time to ease up on exerting pressure on the lending, appraisal and sales community.

While there are many lending products available that recognize the value of green homes, both for new housing and renovations, none is being consistently offered by lenders, he said.

"Force lenders to learn these programs," Porter said. "Require lenders to get trained and offer programs to borrowers at the time of loan application."

Correcting a 'Blind Spot' in Builders should also be pushing for Mortgage Underwriting the inclusion of green in consumer As commonly discussed during the search sites. conference, consumers themselves And "when you build green, have have a lot to learn about green the certification recorded with the building, and upgrading the existing title so that it will travel with the housing stock, which lags far behind property," Porter said. new housing in energy efficiency, "Communicate to the buyer what represents a major opportunity for the power of green is," he said. "Go the industry. through the list of green features and Adomatis described one concept, turn them into benefits, such as a embodied in legislation championed higher R value equals lower utility

by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), that costs." would correct a "blind spot" in current And builders need to ensure that mortgage underwriting and home the appraiser evaluating the home is appraisal practices by adding competent, with the experience and expected energy costs to the principal, education needed to do the job interest, taxes and insurance now competently.

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The Green Report: The Building Buzz Goes Electronic Along with the new look and new name, the BMHBA is now offering you a new way to receive your monthly newsletter—electronically.

In an effort to conserve paper, (and give our members what they want!) we will now be offering the Building Buzz electronically via email as well as in hard copy. The newsletter will also be posted on the website.

If you would like to receive the newsletter electronically and help the BMHBA go green, please fax back the sign-up sheet to the right or email the information to Chelsea at chelsea@bmhba.com. Thanks for helping us conserve paper while still keeping you informed!

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