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Some vendors have one-price-fits-all and\nothers have a la carte pricing. </span><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\"> Look for extras, including support, upgrades, etc. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Scalability of product</span></strong> &ndash; You need to look for a product that can start out simple. Once your \nemployees\nwork through the learning curve and gain reasonable comfort, you will \nwant to\nadd more controls, restrictions and functionality as necessary. You \nshould\nselect a vendor that can help through integration issues, workflow \nchanges or\nadjustments and possibly even personnel challenges. It is important to \nrealize\nhow you are run today may not be the way you need to run tomorrow. 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We have been extremely \npleased\nwith our selection and the relationship we have formed. BakerTriangle is\n already\nseeing the benefits of electronic time and attendance and would \nrecommend every\ncontractor see if it would work for their company. Time and attendance \ncan save\nyour company thousands of dollars each year. If you are looking for ways\n to\nmanage costs in a down economy, this might be right for you</span></p>\n<p><strong><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">About\nthe author </span></strong><strong><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\"><br /> </span></strong><em><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Kenneth\nSewell\n is director of technology for BakerTriangle, a drywall, ceiling and\nplaster specialty contractor headquartered in Dallas. 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Approximately 125 IBEW Local One electricians and NECA electrical contractors are donating $80,000 in manpower and material to make 50 homes safer for disadvantaged families.  The Electrical Connection is a partnership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One and the St. Louis Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).</p>\n<p>Work began May 1 when more than 20 service trucks fanned out through low-income neighborhoods. Work will continue until all improvements are made. It is the seventh year in a row that The Electrical Connection has supported Rebuilding Together.  During that time, it has donated $480,000 in labor and material to improve 300 homes for low-income, elderly St. Louisans.</p>\n<p>\\\"The Electrical Connection\\\'s IBEW/NECA partnership is essential to ensuring low-income residents are living in safe conditions,\\\" said Dave Ervin, Rebuilding Together executive director. \\\"It\\\'s their expert eyes that discover and fix potentially dangerous electrical hazards.  Without their  help, these repairs would simply not get done.\\\"</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"ibew neca\\\" height=\\\"305\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/ibewneca.jpg\\\" width=\\\"267\\\" />In the past seven years, the most common hazards found by the Electrical Connection are nonfunctional fixtures, exposed service panels and wire splices, and outlets within six feet of a water source that are not protected by a ground fault interrupter.</p>\n<p>\\\"What\\\'s really inspiring this year is that our volunteers have been struggling with unemployment in a construction industry mired in a deep recession, but they still feel compelled to give back to the community,\\\" said Stephen P. Schoemehl, IBEW Local One business manager.  \\\"I\\\'m extremely proud of their dedication to this annual effort to help others.\\\"</p>\n<p><strong>Spotlighting National Electrical Safety Month</strong></p>\n<p>The Electrical Connection\\\'s initiative coincides with May being National Electrical Safety Month.  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style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\"><a href=\\\"http://tracking.naylorcampaigns.com/track?type=click&amp;mailingid=510959&amp;messageid=510728&amp;databaseid=510728&amp;serial=1202885035&amp;emailid=tom@paradowski.com&amp;userid=117675&amp;extra=&amp;&amp;&amp;2017&amp;&amp;&amp;http//www.naylornetwork.com/ngc-nwl/articles/?aid=67864&amp;projid=4253\\\"><strong><span style=\\\"text-decoration: none; color: #333333;\\\"></span></strong></a></span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\"><br /> </span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><em><span style=\\\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">By Kenneth Sewell,</span></em></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><em><span style=\\\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Director of\nTechnology for BakerTriangle </span></em></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><em>(From AGC&nbsp; of America TechBrief)<br /></em></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">With so many vendors, how do \nyou pick\nthe right time and attendance software? </span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\"></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">BakerTriangle\nrecently jumped into the deep end of the pool and began replacing paper\ntimesheets with an electronic version. After 35 years of collecting time\n the\nold-fashioned way, our management team felt it was time to upgrade this \ncrucial\narea. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Like all\nconstruction companies, payroll is a critical component. Most companies \npay\nweekly, which does not give much time for trial and error. We started \nthe\nselection process with an internal needs assessment to determine what we\n wanted\nto accomplish with electronic time and attendance collection. After we\nunderstood our requirements, we talked with the multitude of vendors. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">We researched\nfor more than three months and talked with 15 or so vendors claiming to \nhave\ncustomers in the construction market. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Here are some\nobservations made as we decided: </span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Not all vendors have \ncustomers who\nwork in construction</span></strong> &ndash; Ask for references in construction. The job-site environment in our business is\nchallenging and you should choose a vendor with experience collecting \ntime at a\nreal job site; not in a factory or an office cubicle.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Accounting system \nintegration</span></strong> &ndash; I visited a customer site of a vendor and was \nhorrified to see the lack of\nintegration with accounting software. This customer had to manually \nenter each\nemployee, job and cost code into time and attendance software. This \npractice\nwastes time and is error prone. There are different levels of \nintegration, but\nat a minimum, you do not want to re-enter employees and jobs. Do not buy\n a\nsystem until you test the integration with your accounting package. If \nyou only\ntake the salesman\\\'s word, you are asking for trouble. Once you have \nnarrowed\nselection to two or three vendors, ask to see a demo of integration with\n your\ndata. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Where are the \nprogrammers?</span></strong> &ndash; Some companies outsource programming to \noverseas developers. A vendor can\nsave costs by outsourcing, but that could cost your company money. Keep \nin mind\nthat every Windows patch or upgrade could potentially cause problems \nwith your\nsoftware. It is hard to put a price on the peace of mind knowing your \nsoftware\ndevelopment team is reachable and not asleep on the other side of the \nplanet.\nMake sure they are real. Ask to talk with them.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Web-based or \nclient/server?</span></strong> &ndash; Many vendors are beginning to push Web- or \ncloud-based solutions. While that\nmight work well in the office, be careful selecting an Internet-based \nsolution\nfor a job site. Many sites have connection issues and you would not be \nable to\ncollect time while offline. The best solutions offer offline collection \nof\ndata, which works well for job sites and Internet-based solutions for \nthe\noffice.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Devices</span></strong> &ndash; \nWhat device\nis your vendor pushing you to buy? Beware of vendors who only support \none\ndevice or solution. Beware of vendors who push the Palm PDA or other \noutdated\nplatforms. You do not have to be in the IT field to know the world of\nsmartphones is rapidly changing. You cannot expect a vendor to have \nversions\nfor every device or platform, but they should have options. Interesting \nthings\nare happening with netbooks and tablets. The technology and hardware \ndevices\navailable in 6 to 12 months will be quite different than today. Make \nsure your\nvendor will help your company take advantage of changes.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">To fingerprint or not?</span></strong> &ndash; Exciting things are happening in biometrics. Technology is evolving \nand\ncompanies are already fingerprinting employees at job sites. 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After 35 years of collecting time\n the\nold-fashioned way, our management team felt it was time to upgrade this \ncrucial\narea. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Like all\nconstruction companies, payroll is a critical component. Most companies \npay\nweekly, which does not give much time for trial and error. We started \nthe\nselection process with an internal needs assessment to determine what we\n wanted\nto accomplish with electronic time and attendance collection. After we\nunderstood our requirements, we talked with the multitude of vendors. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">We researched\nfor more than three months and talked with 15 or so vendors claiming to \nhave\ncustomers in the construction market. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Here are some\nobservations made as we decided: </span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Not all vendors have \ncustomers who\nwork in construction</span></strong> &ndash; Ask for references in construction. The job-site environment in our business is\nchallenging and you should choose a vendor with experience collecting \ntime at a\nreal job site; not in a factory or an office cubicle.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Accounting system \nintegration</span></strong> &ndash; I visited a customer site of a vendor and was \nhorrified to see the lack of\nintegration with accounting software. This customer had to manually \nenter each\nemployee, job and cost code into time and attendance software. This \npractice\nwastes time and is error prone. There are different levels of \nintegration, but\nat a minimum, you do not want to re-enter employees and jobs. Do not buy\n a\nsystem until you test the integration with your accounting package. If \nyou only\ntake the salesman\\\'s word, you are asking for trouble. Once you have \nnarrowed\nselection to two or three vendors, ask to see a demo of integration with\n your\ndata. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Where are the \nprogrammers?</span></strong> &ndash; Some companies outsource programming to \noverseas developers. A vendor can\nsave costs by outsourcing, but that could cost your company money. Keep \nin mind\nthat every Windows patch or upgrade could potentially cause problems \nwith your\nsoftware. It is hard to put a price on the peace of mind knowing your \nsoftware\ndevelopment team is reachable and not asleep on the other side of the \nplanet.\nMake sure they are real. Ask to talk with them.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Web-based or \nclient/server?</span></strong> &ndash; Many vendors are beginning to push Web- or \ncloud-based solutions. While that\nmight work well in the office, be careful selecting an Internet-based \nsolution\nfor a job site. Many sites have connection issues and you would not be \nable to\ncollect time while offline. The best solutions offer offline collection \nof\ndata, which works well for job sites and Internet-based solutions for \nthe\noffice.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Devices</span></strong> &ndash; \nWhat device\nis your vendor pushing you to buy? Beware of vendors who only support \none\ndevice or solution. Beware of vendors who push the Palm PDA or other \noutdated\nplatforms. You do not have to be in the IT field to know the world of\nsmartphones is rapidly changing. You cannot expect a vendor to have \nversions\nfor every device or platform, but they should have options. Interesting \nthings\nare happening with netbooks and tablets. The technology and hardware \ndevices\navailable in 6 to 12 months will be quite different than today. Make \nsure your\nvendor will help your company take advantage of changes.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&bull; <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">To fingerprint or not?</span></strong> &ndash; Exciting things are happening in biometrics. Technology is evolving \nand\ncompanies are already fingerprinting employees at job sites. Facial \nrecognition\nand eye scans are available today, but the price will need to drop \nbefore it\nbecomes feasible. Pick a good vendor already planning on the future.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\"> <strong><span style=\\\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Lease or purchase?</span></strong> &ndash;\nYou can lease your time system and pay recurring charges each month or \ncan you\npurchase and amortize the cost. Both have benefits, but make sure your \nvendor\ncan meet your needs. 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Approximately 125 IBEW Local One electricians and NECA electrical contractors are donating $80,000 in manpower and material to make 50 homes safer for disadvantaged families.  The Electrical Connection is a partnership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One and the St. Louis Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).</p>\n<p>Work began May 1 when more than 20 service trucks fanned out through low-income neighborhoods. Work will continue until all improvements are made. It is the seventh year in a row that The Electrical Connection has supported Rebuilding Together.  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Without their  help, these repairs would simply not get done.\\\"</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"ibew neca\\\" height=\\\"305\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/ibewneca.jpg\\\" width=\\\"267\\\" />In the past seven years, the most common hazards found by the Electrical Connection are nonfunctional fixtures, exposed service panels and wire splices, and outlets within six feet of a water source that are not protected by a ground fault interrupter.</p>\n<p>\\\"What\\\'s really inspiring this year is that our volunteers have been struggling with unemployment in a construction industry mired in a deep recession, but they still feel compelled to give back to the community,\\\" said Stephen P. Schoemehl, IBEW Local One business manager.  \\\"I\\\'m extremely proud of their dedication to this annual effort to help others.\\\"</p>\n<p><strong>Spotlighting National Electrical Safety Month</strong></p>\n<p>The Electrical Connection\\\'s initiative coincides with May being National Electrical Safety Month.  According to the United States Fire Administration, home electrical problems cause 7,800 fires, 485 deaths and $868 million in property damage on average each year.</p>\n<p>A 2008 study by the Fire Protection Research Foundation said aged homes are most susceptible to fires spawned by outdated and/or improperly installed electrical infrastructure and that the  dangers can often remain hidden. It found that most hazards were caused by improper installation and maintenance and a failure to meet the safety provisions of the National Electrical Code (NEC).</p>\n<p>\\\"It\\\'s our hope that The Electrical Connection\\\'s efforts in Rebuilding Together will help people understand the importance of ensuring all electrical installations or upgrades are performed in accord with the NEC,\\\" explained Douglas R. 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line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Amid the growing customer\ndemand for green design solutions, it is important that trade professionals\nunderstand the standards and future regulation changes for achieving green\nbuilding certifications. When it comes to meeting those standards with paints\nand coatings, guidelines on indoor air quality are important to follow. The\ngood news is that paints low in odor and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can\nhelp meet these indoor air requirements.</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">To be classified or marketed\nas low-VOC paint, government organizations, including the Environmental\nProtection Agency (EPA), require that the VOCs are limited to 50 grams per\nliter for field applications. Green paints that meet these environmental\nstandards have 20-30 percent of the VOCs of traditional paints.</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">However, low VOC should not\nbe the only criteria for green. Quality green coatings should also offer trade\nprofessionals a number of performance benefits. These include minimal odor that\nallows for application in occupied spaces; better hiding and longer lasting\nperformance to minimize the frequency of repaints; antimicrobial properties\nthat resist mold and mildew on the paint film to maintain a fresh appearance; superior\nstain and burnish mark resistance that make the coatings a perfect fit for\nhigh-traffic areas; and a washable, scrubbable surface that eliminates the need\nfor harsh cleaning chemicals.</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><strong><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&nbsp;</span></strong></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">While these performance\nbenefits make specification of quality green paints seem like an easy choice,\nit can still be a challenging decision for trade professionals. This is largely\ndue to the fact that it can be difficult to stay up to date on the VOC content\nregulations and standards that qualify a coating as &ldquo;green.&rdquo; For example, there\nare currently six different sets of VOC regulations being followed throughout\nthe United States. For trade professionals, these varying regulations require a\nthorough understanding of all regional standards at all times, to ensure\ncompliant products are specified for every project, no matter the location.</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">What&rsquo;s more, VOC regulations\nare not hard and fast, but instead are changing every year. For instance, in\n2009 alone, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts and Rhode Island joined the majority\nof states in the Northeast following the Ozone Transport Commission Model Rule\nguidelines for VOC emissions. Indiana is also expected to join this group\nsometime in early 2011. Additionally, the EPA has proposed a new national\nstandard to VOC emissions that if passed, could take effect in early 2011, and\nin California, where the California Air Resources Board Standard is followed,\nchanges to VOC emissions policies are also expected to take effect in 2011. </span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p align=\\\"center\\\" class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\\\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">While the specific details\nof these pending regulation changes are unknown, and specifying green coatings\nremains a bit challenging as a result, it is important to stay informed of the\nchanges as they are implemented. Doing so will strengthen relationships and\nbuild trust with customers exploring green building solutions for their\nconstruction projects. Additionally, as these rules change and become more\nstringent, certain types of paints that trade professionals have grown accustomed\nto will disappear from store shelves, and new paint specifications will have to\nbe adopted. For example, high-VOC, oil-based paints will soon be replaced by\nwater-based or higher volume solid alkyd paints.</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><strong><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Using\nGreen Design to Build Business Success</span></strong></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">As technology improves and\nwe all become more aware of our global footprint, the green trend will soon\nsimply become the green standard, and understanding how to meet the new\nregulations will be a differentiating factor for consumers when selecting a paint,\nbuilding, or design contractor. As the green building movement gains momentum,\nconsumers are getting smarter about the sustainable aspects of their purchases.\nWhat&rsquo;s more, they want to do business with companies who exhibit a strong\ncommitment to the environment while making the products they will purchase.\nTrade professionals who are in step with the green regulations, knowledgeable\nof green coating trends and who provide environmentally friendly product\nofferings will be a valuable resource to their customers.</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Be sure to talk with a\nreputable manufacturer&rsquo;s representative about green paint and coating options.\nKnowledgeable specialists can provide specific product information and\ntechnical performance data that will help in selecting products that deliver\nmaximum quality, appearance, performance and value to customers.</span></p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"13\";s:10:\"category_1\";s:2:\"99\";}'),(2386,903,2,4,1274335376,'a:30:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"903\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-05-19 05:56 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:2:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";i:1;s:2:\"99\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"Space Displays Solar That Works\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:31:\"space_displays_solar_that_works\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:31:\"Space Displays Solar That Works\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:100:\"Walk in to the new offices for Space LLC architectural design studio at 4168 Manchester and look up.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:1:\"9\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:25:\"Space, HVAC, green, solar\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:7979:\"<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Walk in to the new offices for Space LLC architectural design studio at 4168 Manchester and look up. The piping and radiator-like fins that stand out from the perimeter of the open office space about eight feet above the floor are part of a unique part of an innovative heating and cooling system that will help Space use 51 percent less energy than a similar facility built just to code.</p>\n<p>Those fins aren\\\'t for heat, however. The heat will actually radiate up from the floor from hot water pipes that snaked to and fro within the concrete slab. That\\\'s not so unusual. What is unusual is the heat source.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Space Architects\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"305\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/space_1.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"267\\\" />The water that flow through the floor pipes to radiate warmth is heated by solar thermal tubes mounted on the roof of the one-story building. These aren\\\'t the low efficiency solar water heaters of the 1970s. These clear glass tubes contain copper pipes with aluminum wings to maximize heat gain. 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When it comes to meeting those standards with paints\nand coatings, guidelines on indoor air quality are important to follow. The\ngood news is that paints low in odor and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can\nhelp meet these indoor air requirements.<br /></p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">To be classified or marketed\nas low-VOC paint, government organizations, including the Environmental\nProtection Agency (EPA), require that the VOCs are limited to 50 grams per\nliter for field applications. Green paints that meet these environmental\nstandards have 20-30 percent of the VOCs of traditional paints.<br /> <br />However, low VOC should not\nbe the only criteria for green. Quality green coatings should also offer trade\nprofessionals a number of performance benefits. These include minimal odor that\nallows for application in occupied spaces; better hiding and longer lasting\nperformance to minimize the frequency of repaints; antimicrobial properties\nthat resist mold and mildew on the paint film to maintain a fresh appearance; superior\nstain and burnish mark resistance that make the coatings a perfect fit for\nhigh-traffic areas; and a washable, scrubbable surface that eliminates the need\nfor harsh cleaning chemicals.</p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">While these performance\nbenefits make specification of quality green paints seem like an easy choice,\nit can still be a challenging decision for trade professionals. This is largely\ndue to the fact that it can be difficult to stay up to date on the VOC content\nregulations and standards that qualify a coating as \\\"green.\\\" For example, there\nare currently six different sets of VOC regulations being followed throughout\nthe United States. For trade professionals, these varying regulations require a\nthorough understanding of all regional standards at all times, to ensure\ncompliant products are specified for every project, no matter the location.</p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">What\\\'s more, VOC regulations\nare not hard and fast, but instead are changing every year. For instance, in\n2009 alone, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts and Rhode Island joined the majority\nof states in the Northeast following the Ozone Transport Commission Model Rule\nguidelines for VOC emissions. Indiana is also expected to join this group\nsometime in early 2011. Additionally, the EPA has proposed a new national\nstandard to VOC emissions that if passed, could take effect in early 2011, and\nin California, where the California Air Resources Board Standard is followed,\nchanges to VOC emissions policies are also expected to take effect in 2011.</p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">While the specific details\nof these pending regulation changes are unknown, and specifying green coatings\nremains a bit challenging as a result, it is important to stay informed of the\nchanges as they are implemented. Doing so will strengthen relationships and\nbuild trust with customers exploring green building solutions for their\nconstruction projects. Additionally, as these rules change and become more\nstringent, certain types of paints that trade professionals have grown accustomed\nto will disappear from store shelves, and new paint specifications will have to\nbe adopted. For example, high-VOC, oil-based paints will soon be replaced by\nwater-based or higher volume solid alkyd paints.</p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\"><strong>Using\nGreen Design to Build Business Success</strong></p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">As technology improves and\nwe all become more aware of our global footprint, the green trend will soon\nsimply become the green standard, and understanding how to meet the new\nregulations will be a differentiating factor for consumers when selecting a paint,\nbuilding, or design contractor. As the green building movement gains momentum,\nconsumers are getting smarter about the sustainable aspects of their purchases.\nWhat\\\'s more, they want to do business with companies who exhibit a strong\ncommitment to the environment while making the products they will purchase.\nTrade professionals who are in step with the green regulations, knowledgeable\nof green coating trends and who provide environmentally friendly product\nofferings will be a valuable resource to their customers.</p>\n<p style=\\\"line-height: 150%;\\\">Be sure to talk with a\nreputable manufacturer\\\'s representative about green paint and coating options.\nKnowledgeable specialists can provide specific product information and\ntechnical performance data that will help in selecting products that deliver\nmaximum quality, appearance, performance and value to customers.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"13\";s:10:\"category_1\";s:2:\"99\";}'),(2391,905,4,4,1274888370,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-05-26 05:35 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:2:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";i:1;s:3:\"100\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:52:\"Horner and Shifrin Redesigns 270/Route 3 Interchange\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:52:\"horner_and_shifrin_redesigns_270_route_3_interchange\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:52:\"Horner and Shifrin Redesigns 270/Route 3 Interchange\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:133:\"Horner & Shifrin has completed design plans for the reconstruction of the I-270 and Illinois Route 3 interchange in Granite City, IL.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:30:\"Horner & Shifrin, Granite City\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:1152:\"<p>Horner &amp; Shifrin has completed design plans for the reconstruction of the I-270 and Illinois Route 3 interchange in Granite City, IL to improve traffic flow and safety while being compatible with the proposed Chain of Rocks bridge replacement currently being designed by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).  The design also will also save money for the Department by eliminating unnecessary future reconstruction when the proposed Chain of Rocks bridge replacement is connected to the improved interchange.</p>\n<p>The project involved the reconstruction of the existing cloverleaf interchange just east of the I-270 bridge over the Chain of Rocks canal to allow the loop ramps on the west side of the interchange to be removed.  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The judges this year were: Dr. Steve Bannes, director, Graduate School of Construction Management, Washington University; Dr. John Gaal, director of education, St. Louis Carpenters\\\' District Council; Dustin Bopp, principal of Bopp Architecture, Thomas Finan, publisher of St. Louis Construction News &amp; Real Estate (CNR), and Peter Downs, editor of CNR.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Regional Excellence\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"306\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/regional_1.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"269\\\" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>The 2010 Regional Excellence Awards are:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Innovation Award</strong><br />Harris Stowe State University Early Childhood Development and Professional<br />Education Center<br />Owner:  Harris Stowe State University<br />Architect:  KAI Design &amp; Build with Adrian Luchini<br />Construction Manager: Kwame Building Group<br />General Contractor: Kozeny-Wagner Inc.</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comment: \\\"This project has a great design and uses innovative materials, and it is important for furthering the understanding of childhood development and parenting techniques while propelling Harris-Stowe State University to the head of the class locally, nationally, and internationally.\\\"<br /> <strong><br /> Office Building</strong><br />Edward Jones South Campus Building Addition<br />Owner:  Edward Jones<br />Architect:  Arcturis<br />General Contractor: McCarthy Building Cos.</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comment: \\\"A huge project, a nice design, an exemplary safety record, and unusually thorough testing of the building envelope.\\\"</p>\n<p><strong>Urban Transformation-New</strong><br /> Moonrise Hotel<br />Owner: Joe Edwards<br />Architect: ACI/Boland<br />General Contractor: Paric Corporation</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comments: Joe Edwards has hit another home run. The project team overcame challenging construction issues to create a great economic booster for that area. The design integrates well with the neighboring Pageant and the building is garnering international attention. 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Fad diets. Get rich quick schemes. Pre-cooked foods. There are shortcuts everywhere you look.\";s:11:\"field_ft_45\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_22\";s:19:\"Leadership, Collier\";s:11:\"field_ft_22\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_23\";s:3507:\"<p>It seems like we\\\'re all looking for a quick fix or a miracle cure nowadays. Fad diets. Get rich quick schemes. Pre-cooked foods. There are shortcuts everywhere you look.</p>\n<p>Despite the prevalence of quick and easy solutions in our lives, some endeavors require hard work. One that comes to mind is farming.<br />Farming - the world\\\'s second oldest profession - has been used as a teaching tool by many a motivational speaker and business author: \\\"You reap what you sow.\\\" \\\"If you don\\\'t plant in the spring you can\\\'t expect a harvest in the fall.\\\" We\\\'ve all heard these old adages and platitudes. They\\\'re corny (pun intended) and simplistic.</p>\n<p>They\\\'re also true.<br /><br />Similar analogies could be applied to leadership.</p>\n<p>In leadership, as in farming, the result is directly related to earlier preparation.</p>\n<p>I frequently run into business owners who bemoan the behavior of their staff. One common complaint goes something like this: \\\"We hold company huddles and when I ask for input, nobody speaks up. Yet after the meeting is over, everyone shares their comments - which are mostly negative - all around the office.\\\"</p>\n<p>There are two problems with a workplace like this. One is the lack of feedback during meetings. The other is the willingness of employees to engage in destructive and poisonous conversations outside meetings.</p>\n<p>Both problems are treatable with a dose of leadership.</p>\n<p>In the first case - lack of discussion in company meetings - how about this approach? Take employees aside, one at a time, and have a private discussion like this: \\\"Joe, you\\\'re a respected member of this team. I value your opinion and so do your fellow team members. I know you have good ideas. Yet, when we\\\'re in a meeting and I ask for feedback, you usually avoid speaking up. I really want our huddles to be constructive, so having a healthy dialog is important. Can I count on you to more actively participate in the future?\\\"</p>\n<p>Any reasonable employee would readily respond to a one-on-one appeal like this.<br />Let\\\'s take a look at the second problem, complaining. I\\\'ve personally used the following technique in my own businesses, and it works. It depends on being direct and is delivered to the entire team together: \\\"During our meetings, I ask for questions or comments. Generally, there are none. Yet, after the meeting I hear various people offering negative comments about company decisions. Going forward, let\\\'s kill the rumor mill and all the negativity. If you aren\\\'t comfortable speaking up in our meetings, see your supervisor or me to share your thoughts. But if you aren\\\'t willing to do that, then you give up the right to complain to your teammates. If anyone comes up to you and starts complaining, tell them to take it to their supervisor. Let them know that we provide ample opportunities to speak up to our leadership, and that we are all trying to drive negativity out of our workplace.\\\"</p>\n<p>No yelling. No threatening. Just leadership.</p>\n<p>If you enter the word \\\"leadership\\\" into thesaurus.com, one of the synonyms that pops up is influence. It\\\'s a good way to describe it. In fact, I think leadership boils down to three main activities:<br />&bull; Influence<br />&bull; Setting the example<br />&bull; Removing obstacles for your people</p>\n<p>This stuff is simple but not easy. 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They have to work at it.\n\n\\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:9733:\"<p>In an economy where money is tight, contractors can\\\'t take getting paid for granted anymore. They have to work at it. <br /><br />\\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall.</p>\n<p>Because of clients ignoring invoices, \\\"In the past year I\\\'ve spent more money on attorney\\\'s fees than ni the 14 previous years combined,\\\" said Tim Wies, president of T.J. Wies Contracting in Lake St. Louis. But attorney\\\'s fees are just the tip of the iceberg.</p>\n<p>Savvy business operators such as Kiepp and Wies have instituted new policies and procedures that help  them collect from clients and, if necessary, and pave the way for successful court cases. Both companies have accelerated their invoicing, sending bills out the day or week the work is completed instead of waiting for the end of the month. Both have someone on staff responsible for collections.</p>\n<p>River City Drwyall also:<br />- sends out overdue invoices after 30 days,<br />- sends out payment reminders twice a month instead of every 30 days, <br />- has someone call a client after an invoice is overdue, because sometimes phone calls work better than letters, and<br />- \\\"I will personally call the owner,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>But before collection actions, before even the contract, comes the vetting. River City Drywall works for a lot of local and privately-owned companies. One of the new practices Kiepp initiated was to subscribe to, and read, a periodic credit report that lists all the mechanic\\\'s liens, tax liens, and lawsuits filed locally in the building and construction industry. \\\"When we see a contractor on the list several times, we chose not to do business with them, and it helps us prepare if we see one of our customers on it,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>A company that makes it past the credit report still has to fill out a customer information form giving River City Drywall references and permission to contact their lender and title company.</p>\n<p>Michael Wolf, an attorney specializing in construction law at Reizman Berger P.C., called such practices obvious, but added that too many subcontractors have overlooked them.</p>\n<p>\\\"Before you go into business with someone, shouldn\\\'t you know as much as you can about them?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"There are AIA and ConsensDocs contracts that allow lower tiered contractors to ask for the upper tier\\\'s liquidity,\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>More information, he said, can be found on the Internet:<br />- Check the databases of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (www.stltoday.com) or the St. Louis Business Journal (http://stlouis.bizjournals.com) to see if there are any articles about the company not paying its debts<br />- Check the Missouri Secretary of State\\\'s website (www.sos.mo.gov) to verify the that a corporation is in good standing<br />- Check Missouri\\\'s judiciary website (www.courts.mo.gov/casenet) to see if a company has been sued or brought suit, and the nature of the dispute.</p>\n<p>A contractor who passes River City Drywall\\\'s vetting still isn\\\'t cleared hire the subcontractor. In another new wrinkle to River City Drywall\\\'s business practices since the economy went south, \\\"we now require a personal guarantee from the owner of the company,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>That\\\'s a practice Wolf approves of when dealing with a new or unknown company. \\\"When attempting to collect a debt, a guaranty often means the difference between success or failure when the entity primarily responsible for the debt is out of business or insolvent,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Wies has another practice that reduces his financial risk on private jobs: he furnishes the owner a retention bond as a substitute for the owner holding retention. On many private jobs, the owner withholds a portion of each payment, maybe ten percent, until the job is completed, supposedly as an incentive for the contractor to finish the work. Under Missouri law, however, if a contractor chooses to post a bond, the owner cannot withhold or retain any portion of payments due for the purpose of ensuring that the contractor completes the job.</p>\n<p>\\\"On a private job, you might get three-fourths of the way through when the owner stops paying,\\\" Wies said. Without the retention bond, \\\"you\\\'d be out your last payments and your retention. By putting up the bond, the owner can\\\'t hold back retention, so it protects you from losing the retention when the owner runs into financial problems,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Even with vetting, reminders of personal guarantees, and quick invoicing and phone calls, there are times when owners run into financial trouble and stop paying their bills. Then it is time to file a mechanic\\\'s lien. Kiepp estimated that River City Drywall has filed over 20 in the last two year.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is important to have an attorney file your mechanic\\\'s lien,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"Some people try to save money by doing it themselves, but if it is not done correctly, the defendant\\\'s attorney can get it thrown out,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The biggest thing you can do (to collect what\\\'s owed to you) is don\\\'t let your lien rights expire,\\\" Wies said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The most important thing to do is keep an eye on the calendar and not let the lien time run out,\\\" he said. \\\"You have six months from the last day of work, but determining the last day can be tricky (going back to repair something that was defective doesn\\\'t count), so if there is any doubt, err on the side of earliness and caution,\\\" said Richard Stockenberg, attorney with Gallup, Johnson &amp; Neuman and counsel for the Midwest Council of the American Subcontractors Association. By the way, your last day worked has nothing to do with when you sent out your final invoice.</p>\n<p>And don\\\'t wait until the final week to ask an attorney to file a lien. Subcontractors and suppliers have to file notice of intent to file a lien on the property owner at least 10 days before filing the lien. It can be difficult to find the real owner, Stockenberg said, and if there are multiple owners, all of them have to be served. If there are 100 partners, all 100 partners have to be served. Lawyers will do this service, but it takes time.</p>\n<p>\\\"I typically like to get involved six weeks before the deadline,\\\" said Stockenberg.</p>\n<p>\\\"To this day, I am surprised when I get a call from contractor, who says that someone owes him money, but he doesn\\\'t know the requirements of Missouri\\\'s mechanic\\\'s lien law. To not know the deadlines is contractor malpractice in my view,\\\" said Wolf.</p>\n<p>Wolf said the first step for a contractor is to get training in lien law just as he or she would get training in a trade. That means learning such things as learning how a lien waiver affects him; what to do if a higher tiered contractor tries to get him to sign an enhanced lien waiver; what to put in a credit agreement; and what interest to charge for late payments. The American Subcontractors Association and other industry associations have programs to educate subcontractors and specialty contractors about lien law.</p>\n<p>After learning what they are entitled to, then contractors can worry about how to collect.</p>\n<p>\\\"If you are not preparing yourself to understand the contract you sign, do you really want to pay an attorney to sue to enforce it, and even if he can, do you want him to sue if you can\\\'t collect?\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>A judgement, \\\"it is just a piece of paper, if you can\\\'t collect on it, what is the point?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>In 2003, Clayton-based Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter, P.C. launched a Judgment Collection Program designed specifically to recover judgments for contractors, commercial real estate companies and construction-related clients. Principal Anthony Behr said that since its inception, the program has recovered more than $10 million owed from court judgments.</p>\n<p>\\\"We have found that if a contractor files a mechanic\\\'s lien within six months, we recover 85-90 percent of the money owed to him,\\\" Behr said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The only thing we charge is any garnishment fees we send out on their behalf. They don\\\'t have to do any work to collect; they get out their file and any contact information they have. We go to Internet and try to find any properties, banks accounts, or judgements they have in their favor and we file garnishments. On any judgements that are less than five years old, we get 1/3; anything 5-10 years old, we get 40 percent and we send monthly statements to contractors for the garnishments we\\\'ve made,\\\" he said. \\\"If they already have a judgement, they don\\\'t pay anything up front and if we don\\\'t collect anything, they don\\\'t owe us a dime, except for a garnishment fee that is usually less than $100,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is hard to believe how many judgements there are out there that don\\\'t get collected,\\\" said Joseph Blanner, a partner at Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter. \\\"Most contractors have several judgements in their favor that they haven\\\'t collected. This could be another revenue stream for them,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>For River City Drywall, liens rights are invaluable. Remember those 20 liens they filed in the last two years? \\\"We\\\'ve been successful in collecting every time, and collecting 100 percent of the amount of owed,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"I have conceded the interest with a few of them, but I have not taken anything less than 100 percent of the invoice amount,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The key elements of River City Drywall\\\'s winning strategy are a willingness to wait out defendant\\\'s and an attorney who specializes in liens. \\\"I had one lien I filed for $36,000, and I wound up getting $42,000, because I got 100 percent of the principal and interest,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(2411,913,4,4,1275786127,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"913\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-06-02 05:18 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"IBEW/NECA Hone Competitive Edge\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:31:\"ibew_neca_hone_competitive_edge\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:31:\"IBEW/NECA Hone Competitive Edge\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:311:\"A new agreement signed by IBEW Local 1 and the St. Louis Chapter NECA takes a proactive approach with  major wage and benefit cuts and work rule changes to conteract the loss of market share inflicted by the double whammy of the recession and a new electricians union formed by the Carpenters District Council. \";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:20:\"NECA, IBEW, contract\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:1306:\"<p>A new agreement signed by IBEW Local 1 and the St. Louis Chapter NECA takes a proactive approach with&nbsp; major wage and benefit cuts and work rule changes to conteract the loss of market share inflicted by the double whammy of the recession and a new electricians union formed by the Carpenters District Council.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Doug Martin, executive director of NECA, said that his 147 NECA members and signatory contractors have seen almost a 40 percent cut in the hours worked by the 3,100 electricians they employ.</p>\n<p>Martin said that the new agreement, which went into effect June 1,&nbsp; includes an 8.2 percent cut in wages for the rest of this year, increasing to 8.8 percent in January. 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With benefit cuts and work rule changes, Martin said\nthe total package represents as much as a 10 percent reduction in the\nhourly rate paid by IBEW/NECA customers on some projects. The agreement\ncan be reopened in a year.</p>\n<p>On top of the decreases, the union/contractor team has revised work\nrules in recognition of the additional competition mounted by nonunion\ncontractors and the entry into the market of Local 57 of the Carpenters\nunion.</p>\n<p>\\\"Our goal is to allow our contractors to compete in this environment\nand going forward, and to get our trained electricians back to full\nemployment,\\\" Martin said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The contract changes adopted by IBEW Local One and NECA are unparalleled in terms of listening to what customers say they need and responding with more than anyone expected,\\\" said Jim LaMantia, executive director of PRIDE, the St. Louis area\\\'s construction industry labor-management-owner industry cooperative group, founded in 1972.  \\\"This sets the bar higher than it\\\'s ever been lifted to offer real solutions to bolster our lagging economy.\\\"<br />The new IBEW-NECA contract, effective June 1:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enacts significant wage and fringe benefit reductions.</li>\n<li>Reduces total crew cost through flexible use of apprentices with different skill levels to enable IBEW/NECA union electrical contractors to compete more aggressively and simultaneously increase work opportunities.</li>\n<li>Trims shift work pay, overtime pay and fringe benefit costs.</li>\n<li>Initiates the IBEW Code of Excellence, which solidifies joint employer-employee efforts to meet customers\\\' needs and deliver the best value for every dollar invested in construction.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The Code of Excellence requires employers and electricians to work together to consistently satisfy customers by delivering the highest levels of performance, professionalism and productivity. The code institutes a process for continual improvement to deliver maximum jobsite efficiency and professional performance. Highlights of the code include the following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>All IBEW workers adhere to contractual obligations for a productive work day with minimal idle time.</li>\n<li>IBEW workers and NECA contractors consistently work together to assure delivery of the highest level of value to customers.</li>\n<li>IBEW workers commit to abide by owner and contractor rules and conduct work professionally at all times.</li>\n<li>Electricians and contractors pledge to achieve maximum levels of jobsite safety.</li>\n<li>IBEW workers pledge to be fit for duty at all times with zero tolerance for substance abuse.</li>\n<li>IBEW workers and NECA contractors pledge to work together to maximize productivity and jobsite efficiency.</li>\n<li>Employers provide appropriate tools, planning, supervision and materials to assure the highest levels of performance.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>IBEW Local One adopted a compensation rollback only once before in its 119-year history, a 19.6 percent reduction in 1930 as the country entered the Great Depression.  NECA contractors, who collaborate with IBEW Local One through the labor-management group, the Electrical Connection, pledged to compete with aggressive marketing and pricing.  The new contract allows contractors to use electricians at different stages of training to lower costs while ensuring high quality, safe installations.  The terms maximize the industry\\\'s ability to attract new electricians as jobs develop and start new apprentices throughout the year.<br />IBEW &amp; NECA Aim to Get Stalled Projects Out of Starting Block</p>\n<p>\\\"We looked at our community and our industry in recession and together considered how we could generate jobs, and position our contractors and workforce to be the highest value choice for our mutual customers,\\\" said&nbsp; NECA\\\'s Martin.  \\\"This is an example of labor-management cooperation at work.  Our NECA contractors and Local One understand our customers\\\' needs and the importance of lowering construction costs to help attract and retain business for St. Louis and our eastern Missouri markets.  We hope our actions inspire our customers to move stalled projects out of the starting blocks and take advantage of the lower costs we can deliver, along with the exceptional skills, education and training of our workforce.\\\"<br /></p>\n<p>Stephen P. Schoemehl, business manager of IBEW Local One, added, \\\"When construction investment increases, employment rises and everyone benefits, from neighborhood businesses and restaurants to homebuilders and car dealers.  And because taxes are paid based on spending, income and business revenue, construction spending helps generate more tax dollars to better meet public needs.  Since our last contract, we have been delivering small and massive projects of ever-increasing technical complexity.  As St. Louis competes with cities across the country for the high-tech industries of the future, including renewable energy, our collective skills are among St. Louis\\\' greatest assets.  We want to be buyers\\\' first choice, and IBEW members were willing to make personal sacrifices to move our region forward and invest in its future.\\\"<br /></p>\n<p>The new three-year contract covers about 3,100 IBEW Local One members working for 147 electrical contractors in Missouri plus a number of contractors in Illinois, represented by NECA.  It applies to work in the City of St. Louis and 25 Missouri counties, stretching from the northern border of Lincoln County south to the Arkansas border.  The contract was approved 12 days prior to its June 1 expiration.<br />New Contract Boosts Value, Lowers Costs<br /></p>\n<p>\\\"The changes we\\\'ve adopted are an enormous tribute to the commitment of IBEW members to St. Louis and to our mutual customers,\\\" Martin said.  \\\"As a construction team - labor and management - we must constantly improve our value and performance.  Our new IBEW-NECA contract is a dramatic signal of our ability and willingness to do just that amid great economic, political and financial uncertainties.\\\"</p>\n<p>Terry Bader, senior vice president of development for VisDev Ventures, a Navvis company providing healthcare consulting nationwide, has bought healthcare construction throughout the country for 25 years in both his current role and for 23 years at St. John\\\'s Mercy Medical Center and as director of planning, design and construction for the Mercy System.  \\\"Construction has its cycles, but the current economy is new territory for everyone.  Today, it\\\'s all about the availability of money or lack thereof, due to the economic pressures everyone is under,\\\" he said.  \\\"It is unprecedented to have a union scale back wages.  I have to give the IBEW union enormous credit for being this proactive about getting their members back to work.  In addition, other features of the new IBEW-NECA contract allow electrical contractors to get creative and competitive with the nonunion sector.  As an owner buying construction services, there is no doubt about the high quality of work provided by IBEW members and NECA contractors.  We are spoiled here in St. Louis.  I\\\'m doing work all over the country and the quality doesn\\\'t measure up in many cities around the country.  This is a great example of how the construction industry can work together to find a way to climb out of the hole we are presently in.\\\"</p>\n<p>\\\"I am amazed by what the IBEW and NECA have done together with their new contract.  It\\\'s a great way to promote value for our construction consumers and clients,\\\" said Bob Fritz, vice president of Clayco and 2010 chairman of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of St. Louis.  \\\"We have some of the best construction craft training programs in the country, and we offer the best quality construction in the nation.  But we also have to think globally as an industry, and work as contractors and labor to be competitive in order to win the work.  The new IBEW-NECA contract is a big step in the right direction.\\\"</p>\n<p>Len Toenjes, president of the AGC of St. Louis, said the new contract bolsters efforts by the AGC for several years to strengthen the competitiveness of the St. Louis commercial construction market.  \\\"The new labor agreement between the St. Louis Chapter of NECA and IBEW Local One puts St. Louis in a far more competitive position to attract projects and increase development.  AGC of St. Louis congratulates everyone involved and recognizes the hard work it takes to make significant changes that spur increased economic development.  This contract shows a mutual commitment to build opportunities for additional construction projects in the St. Louis region and generate jobs for construction contractors and the craftworkers they employ.\\\"<br /></p>\n<p>The latest national construction employment report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked overall construction unemployment in February 2010 as the worst in 10 years, reaching 27.1 percent - far worse than overall unemployment.  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They have to work at it. \\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:25:\"Collections, Getting paid\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:9846:\"<p>In an economy where money is tight, contractors can\\\'t take getting paid for granted anymore. They have to work at it. <br /><br />\\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Strangle\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" />Because of clients ignoring invoices, \\\"In the past year I\\\'ve spent more money on attorney\\\'s fees than ni the 14 previous years combined,\\\" said Tim Wies, president of T.J. Wies Contracting in Lake St. Louis. But attorney\\\'s fees are just the tip of the iceberg.</p>\n<p>Savvy business operators such as Kiepp and Wies have instituted new policies and procedures that help  them collect from clients and, if necessary, and pave the way for successful court cases. Both companies have accelerated their invoicing, sending bills out the day or week the work is completed instead of waiting for the end of the month. Both have someone on staff responsible for collections.</p>\n<p>River City Drwyall also:<br />- sends out overdue invoices after 30 days,<br />- sends out payment reminders twice a month instead of every 30 days, <br />- has someone call a client after an invoice is overdue, because sometimes phone calls work better than letters, and<br />- \\\"I will personally call the owner,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>But before collection actions, before even the contract, comes the vetting. River City Drywall works for a lot of local and privately-owned companies. One of the new practices Kiepp initiated was to subscribe to, and read, a periodic credit report that lists all the mechanic\\\'s liens, tax liens, and lawsuits filed locally in the building and construction industry. \\\"When we see a contractor on the list several times, we chose not to do business with them, and it helps us prepare if we see one of our customers on it,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>A company that makes it past the credit report still has to fill out a customer information form giving River City Drywall references and permission to contact their lender and title company.</p>\n<p>Michael Wolf, an attorney specializing in construction law at Reizman Berger P.C., called such practices obvious, but added that too many subcontractors have overlooked them.</p>\n<p>\\\"Before you go into business with someone, shouldn\\\'t you know as much as you can about them?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"There are AIA and ConsensDocs contracts that allow lower tiered contractors to ask for the upper tier\\\'s liquidity,\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>More information, he said, can be found on the Internet:<br />- Check the databases of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (www.stltoday.com) or the St. Louis Business Journal (http://stlouis.bizjournals.com) to see if there are any articles about the company not paying its debts<br />- Check the Missouri Secretary of State\\\'s website (www.sos.mo.gov) to verify the that a corporation is in good standing<br />- Check Missouri\\\'s judiciary website (www.courts.mo.gov/casenet) to see if a company has been sued or brought suit, and the nature of the dispute.</p>\n<p>A contractor who passes River City Drywall\\\'s vetting still isn\\\'t cleared hire the subcontractor. In another new wrinkle to River City Drywall\\\'s business practices since the economy went south, \\\"we now require a personal guarantee from the owner of the company,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>That\\\'s a practice Wolf approves of when dealing with a new or unknown company. \\\"When attempting to collect a debt, a guaranty often means the difference between success or failure when the entity primarily responsible for the debt is out of business or insolvent,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Wies has another practice that reduces his financial risk on private jobs: he furnishes the owner a retention bond as a substitute for the owner holding retention. On many private jobs, the owner withholds a portion of each payment, maybe ten percent, until the job is completed, supposedly as an incentive for the contractor to finish the work. Under Missouri law, however, if a contractor chooses to post a bond, the owner cannot withhold or retain any portion of payments due for the purpose of ensuring that the contractor completes the job.</p>\n<p>\\\"On a private job, you might get three-fourths of the way through when the owner stops paying,\\\" Wies said. Without the retention bond, \\\"you\\\'d be out your last payments and your retention. By putting up the bond, the owner can\\\'t hold back retention, so it protects you from losing the retention when the owner runs into financial problems,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Even with vetting, reminders of personal guarantees, and quick invoicing and phone calls, there are times when owners run into financial trouble and stop paying their bills. Then it is time to file a mechanic\\\'s lien. Kiepp estimated that River City Drywall has filed over 20 in the last two year.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is important to have an attorney file your mechanic\\\'s lien,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"Some people try to save money by doing it themselves, but if it is not done correctly, the defendant\\\'s attorney can get it thrown out,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The biggest thing you can do (to collect what\\\'s owed to you) is don\\\'t let your lien rights expire,\\\" Wies said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The most important thing to do is keep an eye on the calendar and not let the lien time run out,\\\" he said. \\\"You have six months from the last day of work, but determining the last day can be tricky (going back to repair something that was defective doesn\\\'t count), so if there is any doubt, err on the side of earliness and caution,\\\" said Richard Stockenberg, attorney with Gallup, Johnson &amp; Neuman and counsel for the Midwest Council of the American Subcontractors Association. By the way, your last day worked has nothing to do with when you sent out your final invoice.</p>\n<p>And don\\\'t wait until the final week to ask an attorney to file a lien. Subcontractors and suppliers have to file notice of intent to file a lien on the property owner at least 10 days before filing the lien. It can be difficult to find the real owner, Stockenberg said, and if there are multiple owners, all of them have to be served. If there are 100 partners, all 100 partners have to be served. Lawyers will do this service, but it takes time.</p>\n<p>\\\"I typically like to get involved six weeks before the deadline,\\\" said Stockenberg.</p>\n<p>\\\"To this day, I am surprised when I get a call from contractor, who says that someone owes him money, but he doesn\\\'t know the requirements of Missouri\\\'s mechanic\\\'s lien law. To not know the deadlines is contractor malpractice in my view,\\\" said Wolf.</p>\n<p>Wolf said the first step for a contractor is to get training in lien law just as he or she would get training in a trade. That means learning such things as learning how a lien waiver affects him; what to do if a higher tiered contractor tries to get him to sign an enhanced lien waiver; what to put in a credit agreement; and what interest to charge for late payments. The American Subcontractors Association and other industry associations have programs to educate subcontractors and specialty contractors about lien law.</p>\n<p>After learning what they are entitled to, then contractors can worry about how to collect.</p>\n<p>\\\"If you are not preparing yourself to understand the contract you sign, do you really want to pay an attorney to sue to enforce it, and even if he can, do you want him to sue if you can\\\'t collect?\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>A judgement, \\\"it is just a piece of paper, if you can\\\'t collect on it, what is the point?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>In 2003, Clayton-based Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter, P.C. launched a Judgment Collection Program designed specifically to recover judgments for contractors, commercial real estate companies and construction-related clients. Principal Anthony Behr said that since its inception, the program has recovered more than $10 million owed from court judgments.</p>\n<p>\\\"We have found that if a contractor files a mechanic\\\'s lien within six months, we recover 85-90 percent of the money owed to him,\\\" Behr said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The only thing we charge is any garnishment fees we send out on their behalf. They don\\\'t have to do any work to collect; they get out their file and any contact information they have. We go to Internet and try to find any properties, banks accounts, or judgements they have in their favor and we file garnishments. On any judgements that are less than five years old, we get 1/3; anything 5-10 years old, we get 40 percent and we send monthly statements to contractors for the garnishments we\\\'ve made,\\\" he said. \\\"If they already have a judgement, they don\\\'t pay anything up front and if we don\\\'t collect anything, they don\\\'t owe us a dime, except for a garnishment fee that is usually less than $100,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is hard to believe how many judgements there are out there that don\\\'t get collected,\\\" said Joseph Blanner, a partner at Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter. \\\"Most contractors have several judgements in their favor that they haven\\\'t collected. This could be another revenue stream for them,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>For River City Drywall, liens rights are invaluable. Remember those 20 liens they filed in the last two years? \\\"We\\\'ve been successful in collecting every time, and collecting 100 percent of the amount of owed,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"I have conceded the interest with a few of them, but I have not taken anything less than 100 percent of the invoice amount,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The key elements of River City Drywall\\\'s winning strategy are a willingness to wait out defendant\\\'s and an attorney who specializes in liens. \\\"I had one lien I filed for $36,000, and I wound up getting $42,000, because I got 100 percent of the principal and interest,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:28:\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(2414,906,2,4,1275788971,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"906\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-05-26 10:59 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"16\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:50:\"Regional Excellence Awards for Innovation and More\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:50:\"regional_excellence_awards_for_innovation_and_more\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:51:\"Regional Excellence Awards for Innovation and More \";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:251:\"The St. Louis Construction News and Real Estate Regional Excellence Awards recognize those projects completed in the previous year that, in sum, demonstrate excellence in design and construction, and a positive contribution to the St. Louis community.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:1:\"9\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:30:\"Regional Excellence, CNR, 2010\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:4346:\"<p>The St. Louis Construction News and Real Estate Regional Excellence Awards recognize those projects completed in the previous year that, in sum, demonstrate excellence in design and construction, and a positive contribution to the St. Louis community.</p>\n<p>Now in their 21st year, the Regional Excellence Awards are the only comprehensive awards recognizing the best results of the construction industry when all the sectors -- owners, designers, and contractors -- work together as a team. The judges this year were: Dr. Steve Bannes, director, Graduate School of Construction Management, Washington University; Dr. John Gaal, director of education, St. Louis Carpenters\\\' District Council; Dustin Bopp, principal of Bopp Architecture, Thomas Finan, publisher of St. Louis Construction News &amp; Real Estate (CNR), and Peter Downs, editor of CNR.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Regional Excellence\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"306\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/regional_1.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"269\\\" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>The 2010 Regional Excellence Awards are:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Innovation Award</strong><br />Harris Stowe State University Early Childhood Development and Professional<br />Education Center<br />Owner:  Harris Stowe State University<br />Architect:  KAI Design &amp; Build with Adrian Luchini<br />Construction Manager: Kwame Building Group<br />General Contractor: Kozeny-Wagner Inc.</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comment: \\\"This project has a great design and uses innovative materials, and it is important for furthering the understanding of childhood development and parenting techniques while propelling Harris-Stowe State University to the head of the class locally, nationally, and internationally.\\\"<br /> <strong><br /> Office Building</strong><br />Edward Jones South Campus Building Addition<br />Owner:  Edward Jones<br />Architect:  Arcturis<br />General Contractor: McCarthy Building Cos.</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comment: \\\"A huge project, a nice design, an exemplary safety record, and unusually thorough testing of the building envelope.\\\"</p>\n<p><strong>Urban Transformation-New</strong><br /> Moonrise Hotel<br />Owner: Joe Edwards<br />Architect: ACI/Boland<br />General Contractor: Paric Corporation</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comments: Joe Edwards has hit another home run. The project team overcame challenging construction issues to create a great economic booster for that area. The design integrates well with the neighboring Pageant and the building is garnering international attention. In addition, Paric went above and beyond usual diversity efforts with a job shadowing program.</p>\n<p><strong> Urban Transformation-Renovation</strong><br /> Washington University Corner Building<br />Owner: Washington University<br />Architect: Trivers Associates<br />General Contractor: Paric Corporation</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comments: \\\"This project makes a great statement: a great reuse of an existing building that required the project team to go beyond what is typical in negotiating with historical preservationists to add an element to the building that is not historical - wind turbines.\\\"</p>\n<p><strong>Public Space</strong><br />Alton Riverfront and Marina District Amphitheater<br />Owner: City of Alton<br />Architect: Planning Design Studio<br />General Contractor: RCS Construction Inc.</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comments: \\\"A great public space that rejuvenates a city\\\'s historical tie to the river. Amazing to look at - just a cool space.\\\"<strong><br /> <br />Health Care</strong><br /> SSM St. Clare Medical Center <br />Owner: SSM<br />Architect:  HGA and Mackey Mitchell Associates<br />Construction Managers:  Northstar and Kwame Building Group<br />General Contractor: Alberici Constructors</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comments: \\\"The entire project is about what is good for patients - and the result  is a building that looks great.\\\"</p>\n<p><strong>Judges\\\' Award</strong><br />BJC Institute of Health at Washington University<br />Owner:  Washington University and BJC<br />Architect: Cannon Design<br />General Contractor: S.M. Wilson &amp; Co.</p>\n<p>Judges\\\' Comment: \\\"This project knocks it out of the ballpark on every level. 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They have to work at it. \\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:25:\"Collections, Getting paid\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:9904:\"<p>In an economy where money is tight, contractors can\\\'t take getting paid for granted anymore. They have to work at it. \\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall.</p>\n<p>Because of clients ignoring invoices, \\\"In the past year I\\\'ve spent more money on attorney\\\'s fees than in the 14 previous years combined,\\\" said Tim Wies, president of T.J. Wies Contracting in Lake St. Louis. But attorney\\\'s fees are just the tip of the iceberg.</p>\n<p>Savvy business operators such as Kiepp and Wies have instituted new policies and procedures that help  them collect from clients and, if necessary, and pave the way for successful court cases. Both companies have accelerated their invoicing, sending bills out the day or week the work is<img alt=\\\"Strangle\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" /> completed instead of waiting for the end of the month. Both have someone on staff responsible for collections.</p>\n<p>River City Drwyall also:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;sends out overdue invoices after 30 days,</li>\n<li>sends out payment reminders twice a month instead of every 30 days, </li>\n<li>has someone call a client after an invoice is overdue, because sometimes phone calls work better than letters, and</li>\n<li>\\\"I will personally call the owner,\\\" Kiepp said.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>But before collection actions, before even the contract, comes the vetting. River City Drywall works for a lot of local and privately-owned companies. One of the new practices Kiepp initiated was to subscribe to, and read, a periodic credit report that lists all the mechanic\\\'s liens, tax liens, and lawsuits filed locally in the building and construction industry. \\\"When we see a contractor on the list several times, we chose not to do business with them, and it helps us prepare if we see one of our customers on it,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>A company that makes it past the credit report still has to fill out a customer information form giving River City Drywall references and permission to contact their lender and title company.</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: right;\\\">Michael Wolf, an attorney specializing in construction law at Reizman Berger P.C., called such practices obvious, but added that too many subcontractors have overlooked them.</p>\n<p>\\\"Before you go into business with someone, shouldn\\\'t you know as much as you can about them?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"There are AIA and ConsensDocs contracts that allow lower tiered contractors to ask for the upper tier\\\'s liquidity,\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>More information, he said, can be found on the Internet:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the databases of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (www.stltoday.com) or the St. Louis Business Journal (http://stlouis.bizjournals.com) to see if there are any articles about the company not paying its debts</li>\n<li>Check the Missouri Secretary of State\\\'s website (www.sos.mo.gov) to verify the that a corporation is in good standing</li>\n<li>Check Missouri\\\'s judiciary website (www.courts.mo.gov/casenet) to see if a company has been sued or brought suit, and the nature of the dispute.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>A contractor who passes River City Drywall\\\'s vetting still isn\\\'t cleared hire the subcontractor. In another new wrinkle to River City Drywall\\\'s business practices since the economy went south, \\\"we now require a personal guarantee from the owner of the company,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>That\\\'s a practice Wolf approves of when dealing with a new or unknown company. \\\"When attempting to collect a debt, a guaranty often means the difference between success or failure when the entity primarily responsible for the debt is out of business or insolvent,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Wies has another practice that reduces his financial risk on private jobs: he furnishes the owner a retention bond as a substitute for the owner holding retention. On many private jobs, the owner withholds a portion of each payment, maybe ten percent, until the job is completed, supposedly as an incentive for the contractor to finish the work. Under Missouri law, however, if a contractor chooses to post a bond, the owner cannot withhold or retain any portion of payments due for the purpose of ensuring that the contractor completes the job.</p>\n<p>\\\"On a private job, you might get three-fourths of the way through when the owner stops paying,\\\" Wies said. Without the retention bond, \\\"you\\\'d be out your last payments and your retention. By putting up the bond, the owner can\\\'t hold back retention, so it protects you from losing the retention when the owner runs into financial problems,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Even with vetting, reminders of personal guarantees, and quick invoicing and phone calls, there are times when owners run into financial trouble and stop paying their bills. Then it is time to file a mechanic\\\'s lien. Kiepp estimated that River City Drywall has filed over 20 in the last two year.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is important to have an attorney file your mechanic\\\'s lien,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"Some people try to save money by doing it themselves, but if it is not done correctly, the defendant\\\'s attorney can get it thrown out,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The biggest thing you can do (to collect what\\\'s owed to you) is don\\\'t let your lien rights expire,\\\" Wies said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The most important thing to do is keep an eye on the calendar and not let the lien time run out,\\\" he said. \\\"You have six months from the last day of work, but determining the last day can be tricky (going back to repair something that was defective doesn\\\'t count), so if there is any doubt, err on the side of earliness and caution,\\\" said Richard Stockenberg, attorney with Gallup, Johnson &amp; Neuman and counsel for the Midwest Council of the American Subcontractors Association. By the way, your last day worked has nothing to do with when you sent out your final invoice.</p>\n<p>And don\\\'t wait until the final week to ask an attorney to file a lien. Subcontractors and suppliers have to file notice of intent to file a lien on the property owner at least 10 days before filing the lien. It can be difficult to find the real owner, Stockenberg said, and if there are multiple owners, all of them have to be served. If there are 100 partners, all 100 partners have to be served. Lawyers will do this service, but it takes time.</p>\n<p>\\\"I typically like to get involved six weeks before the deadline,\\\" said Stockenberg.</p>\n<p>\\\"To this day, I am surprised when I get a call from contractor, who says that someone owes him money, but he doesn\\\'t know the requirements of Missouri\\\'s mechanic\\\'s lien law. To not know the deadlines is contractor malpractice in my view,\\\" said Wolf.</p>\n<p>Wolf said the first step for a contractor is to get training in lien law just as he or she would get training in a trade. That means learning such things as learning how a lien waiver affects him; what to do if a higher tiered contractor tries to get him to sign an enhanced lien waiver; what to put in a credit agreement; and what interest to charge for late payments. The American Subcontractors Association and other industry associations have programs to educate subcontractors and specialty contractors about lien law.</p>\n<p>After learning what they are entitled to, then contractors can worry about how to collect.</p>\n<p>\\\"If you are not preparing yourself to understand the contract you sign, do you really want to pay an attorney to sue to enforce it, and even if he can, do you want him to sue if you can\\\'t collect?\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>A judgement, \\\"it is just a piece of paper, if you can\\\'t collect on it, what is the point?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>In 2003, Clayton-based Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter, P.C. launched a Judgment Collection Program designed specifically to recover judgments for contractors, commercial real estate companies and construction-related clients. Principal Anthony Behr said that since its inception, the program has recovered more than $10 million owed from court judgments.</p>\n<p>\\\"We have found that if a contractor files a mechanic\\\'s lien within six months, we recover 85-90 percent of the money owed to him,\\\" Behr said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The only thing we charge is any garnishment fees we send out on their behalf. They don\\\'t have to do any work to collect; they get out their file and any contact information they have. We go to Internet and try to find any properties, banks accounts, or judgements they have in their favor and we file garnishments. On any judgements that are less than five years old, we get 1/3; anything 5-10 years old, we get 40 percent and we send monthly statements to contractors for the garnishments we\\\'ve made,\\\" he said. \\\"If they already have a judgement, they don\\\'t pay anything up front and if we don\\\'t collect anything, they don\\\'t owe us a dime, except for a garnishment fee that is usually less than $100,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is hard to believe how many judgements there are out there that don\\\'t get collected,\\\" said Joseph Blanner, a partner at Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter. \\\"Most contractors have several judgements in their favor that they haven\\\'t collected. This could be another revenue stream for them,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>For River City Drywall, liens rights are invaluable. Remember those 20 liens they filed in the last two years? \\\"We\\\'ve been successful in collecting every time, and collecting 100 percent of the amount of owed,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"I have conceded the interest with a few of them, but I have not taken anything less than 100 percent of the invoice amount,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The key elements of River City Drywall\\\'s winning strategy are a willingness to wait out defendants and an attorney who specializes in liens. \\\"I had one lien I filed for $36,000, and I wound up getting $42,000, because I got 100 percent of the principal and interest,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:28:\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(2416,919,2,4,1276067062,'a:28:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-06-08 08:32 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"Classic Sustainability at New Wash. U\\\'s Brauer\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:44:\"classic_sustainability_at_new_wash_us_brauer\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:47:\"Classic Sustainability at New Wash. U\\\'s Brauer\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:161:\"The new home for the engineering program at Washington University in St. Louis combines classic campus architecture with state-of-the-art sustainable technology.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:42:\"Washington University, engineering, Clayco\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:4264:\"<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">The new home for the engineering program at Washington University in St. Louis combines classic campus architecture with state-of-the-art sustainable technology. Clayco Inc. recently completed construction on Stephen F. &amp; Camilla T. Brauer Hall. Ground was broken on the facility in October of 2008, and the project was completed one month ahead of schedule in April 2010. Ground was broken on the facility in October of 2008, and the project was completed one month ahead of schedule in April 2010. <br />&nbsp;<br />The 150,000-square-foot-plus structure is part of Washington University\\\'s School of Engineering &amp; Applied Science and is registered for LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Located near the northeastern perimeter of the University\\\'s Danforth Campus, the four-story concrete Brauer Hall features a granite and limestone fa&ccedil;ade and includes 27 labs. <br />&nbsp;<br />The facility will serve as the home for the School of Engineering\\\'s Department of Energy, Environmental &amp; Chemical Engineering (EECE), provide space for the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy &amp; Sustainability (I-CARES) and share facilities with the University\\\'s highly successful Department of Biomedical Engineeri<img alt=\\\"Brauer Hall\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/brauer.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" />ng.<br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"This structure relates to the rich tradition of historically based collegiate gothic style design on the university\\\'s Danforth Campus, while incorporating the latest technologies to enrich the activities of those who will be utilizing the facility,\\\" said Steve Street, Clayco vice president and project executive on the Brauer Hall construction. \\\"Brauer Hall connects with Uncas A. Whitaker Hall, home of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, on all levels of its west fa&ccedil;ade, presenting a seamless quality to those within the two structures and creating an extraordinary physical presence.\\\"</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">Two-thirds of the space in Brauer Hall is dedicated to research laboratories designed to maximize flexibility across the range of aquatics, aerosols, synthetic chemistry, and biomedical research activities that will be undertaken in the structure. A plug-and-play casework system, which includes moveable base cabinets, removable tables, and ceiling-mounted service panels, improves the ability to accommodate a range of bench-top and floor-mounted equipment while reducing the cost of future renovations as research priorities change. An 86-seat distance-learning classroom will be available to all academic departments and schools. Inspiring research collaboration from across the globe.<br />&nbsp;<br />The structure was also designed and built with superior sustainability in mind in order to achieve LEED Gold status. Some of the sustainable design features of Brauer Hall include:<br /> &bull;	Off-site renewable energy sources which power a large percentage of the building\\\'s energy needs<br /> &bull;	Thermally efficient building envelope which reduces heat gain and heat loss<br /> &bull;	High albedo roof to reduce the heat-island effect<br /> &bull;	Energy savings in excess of 30 percent&nbsp;through high-efficiency air-handling systems that incorporate air-to-air recovery<br /> &bull;	Reduced water consumption by 30 percent&nbsp;through the use of low-flow fixtures including waterless urinals<br /> &bull;	Storm water recycling system for use in site landscape irrigation<br /> &bull;	Low-emitting materials for adhesives and interior floor and wall finishes<br /> &bull;	Recycling/salvaging at least 75 percent&nbsp;of non-hazardous construction waste<br /> &bull;	On-site bike racks, accessibility to Metrolink light rail, and many bus route stops which encourage ridesharing and alternative transportation measures to reduce potential transportation pollution<br />&nbsp;<br />RMJM served as architect on the project. Joining Clayco, Cole &amp; Associates, Inc. was the civil engineer, KPFF, Inc. was the structural engineer, and William Tao &amp; Associates, Inc. was the mechanical consultant overseeing the MEP, FP design builders.</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:26:\"/images/uploads/brauer.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(2417,918,2,4,1276067385,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"918\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-06-02 07:49 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"16\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Collecting What\\\'s Owed You\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:25:\"collecting_whats_owed_you\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:27:\"Collecting What\\\'s Owed You\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:239:\"In an economy where money is tight, contractors can\\\'t take getting paid for granted anymore. They have to work at it. \\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:25:\"Collections, Getting paid\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:9934:\"<p>In an economy where money is tight, contractors can\\\'t take getting paid for granted anymore. They have to work at it. \\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall.</p>\n<p>Because of clients ignoring invoices, \\\"In the past year I\\\'ve spent more money on attorney\\\'s fees than in the 14 previous years combined,\\\" said Tim Wies, president of T.J. Wies Contracting in Lake St. Louis. But attorney\\\'s fees are just the tip of the iceberg.</p>\n<p>Savvy business operators such as Kiepp and Wies have instituted new policies and procedures that help  them collect from clients and, if necessary, and pave the way for successful court cases. Both companies have accelerated their invoicing, sending bills out the day or week the work is<img alt=\\\"Strangle\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" /> completed instead of waiting for the end of the month. Both have someone on staff responsible for collections.</p>\n<p>River City Drwyall also:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;sends out overdue invoices after 30 days,</li>\n<li>sends out payment reminders twice a month instead of every 30 days, </li>\n<li>has someone call a client after an invoice is overdue, because sometimes phone calls work better than letters, and</li>\n<li>\\\"I will personally call the owner,\\\" Kiepp said.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>But before collection actions, before even the contract, comes the vetting. River City Drywall works for a lot of local and privately-owned companies. One of the new practices Kiepp initiated was to subscribe to, and read, a periodic credit report that lists all the mechanic\\\'s liens, tax liens, and lawsuits filed locally in the building and construction industry. \\\"When we see a contractor on the list several times, we chose not to do business with them, and it helps us prepare if we see one of our customers on it,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: right;\\\">A company that makes it past the credit report still has to fill out a customer information form giving River City Drywall references and permission to contact their lender and title company.</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: right;\\\">Michael Wolf, an attorney specializing in construction law at Reizman Berger P.C., called such practices obvious, but added that too many subcontractors have overlooked them.</p>\n<p>\\\"Before you go into business with someone, shouldn\\\'t you know as much as you can about them?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"There are AIA and ConsensDocs contracts that allow lower tiered contractors to ask for the upper tier\\\'s liquidity,\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>More information, he said, can be found on the Internet:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the databases of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (www.stltoday.com) or the St. Louis Business Journal (http://stlouis.bizjournals.com) to see if there are any articles about the company not paying its debts</li>\n<li>Check the Missouri Secretary of State\\\'s website (www.sos.mo.gov) to verify the that a corporation is in good standing</li>\n<li>Check Missouri\\\'s judiciary website (www.courts.mo.gov/casenet) to see if a company has been sued or brought suit, and the nature of the dispute.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>A contractor who passes River City Drywall\\\'s vetting still isn\\\'t cleared hire the subcontractor. In another new wrinkle to River City Drywall\\\'s business practices since the economy went south, \\\"we now require a personal guarantee from the owner of the company,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>That\\\'s a practice Wolf approves of when dealing with a new or unknown company. \\\"When attempting to collect a debt, a guarantee often means the difference between success or failure when the entity primarily responsible for the debt is out of business or insolvent,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Wies has another practice that reduces his financial risk on private jobs: he furnishes the owner a retention bond as a substitute for the owner holding retention. On many private jobs, the owner withholds a portion of each payment, maybe ten percent, until the job is completed, supposedly as an incentive for the contractor to finish the work. Under Missouri law, however, if a contractor chooses to post a bond, the owner cannot withhold or retain any portion of payments due for the purpose of ensuring that the contractor completes the job.</p>\n<p>\\\"On a private job, you might get three-fourths of the way through when the owner stops paying,\\\" Wies said. Without the retention bond, \\\"you\\\'d be out your last payments and your retention. By putting up the bond, the owner can\\\'t hold back retention, so it protects you from losing the retention when the owner runs into financial problems,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Even with vetting, reminders of personal guarantees, and quick invoicing and phone calls, there are times when owners run into financial trouble and stop paying their bills. Then it is time to file a mechanic\\\'s lien. Kiepp estimated that River City Drywall has filed over 20 in the last two year.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is important to have an attorney file your mechanic\\\'s lien,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"Some people try to save money by doing it themselves, but if it is not done correctly, the defendant\\\'s attorney can get it thrown out,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The biggest thing you can do (to collect what\\\'s owed to you) is don\\\'t let your lien rights expire,\\\" Wies said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The most important thing to do is keep an eye on the calendar and not let the lien time run out,\\\" he said. \\\"You have six months from the last day of work, but determining the last day can be tricky (going back to repair something that was defective doesn\\\'t count), so if there is any doubt, err on the side of earliness and caution,\\\" said Richard Stockenberg, attorney with Gallup, Johnson &amp; Neuman and counsel for the Midwest Council of the American Subcontractors Association. By the way, your last day worked has nothing to do with when you sent out your final invoice.</p>\n<p>And don\\\'t wait until the final week to ask an attorney to file a lien. Subcontractors and suppliers have to file notice of intent to file a lien on the property owner at least 10 days before filing the lien. It can be difficult to find the real owner, Stockenberg said, and if there are multiple owners, all of them have to be served. If there are 100 partners, all 100 partners have to be served. Lawyers will do this service, but it takes time.</p>\n<p>\\\"I typically like to get involved six weeks before the deadline,\\\" said Stockenberg.</p>\n<p>\\\"To this day, I am surprised when I get a call from contractor, who says that someone owes him money, but he doesn\\\'t know the requirements of Missouri\\\'s mechanic\\\'s lien law. To not know the deadlines is contractor malpractice in my view,\\\" said Wolf.</p>\n<p>Wolf said the first step for a contractor is to get training in lien law just as he or she would get training in a trade. That means learning such things as learning how a lien waiver affects him; what to do if a higher-tiered contractor tries to get him to sign an enhanced lien waiver; what to put in a credit agreement; and what interest to charge for late payments. The American Subcontractors Association and other industry associations have programs to educate subcontractors and specialty contractors about lien law.</p>\n<p>After learning what they are entitled to, then contractors can worry about how to collect.</p>\n<p>\\\"If you are not preparing yourself to understand the contract you sign, do you really want to pay an attorney to sue to enforce it, and even if he can, do you want him to sue if you can\\\'t collect?\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>A judgement, \\\"it is just a piece of paper, if you can\\\'t collect on it, what is the point?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>In 2003, Clayton-based Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter, P.C. launched a Judgment Collection Program designed specifically to recover judgments for contractors, commercial real estate companies and construction-related clients. Principal Anthony Behr said that since its inception, the program has recovered more than $10 million owed from court judgments.</p>\n<p>\\\"We have found that if a contractor files a mechanic\\\'s lien within six months, we recover 85-90 percent of the money owed to him,\\\" Behr said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The only thing we charge is any garnishment fees we send out on their behalf. They don\\\'t have to do any work to collect; they get out their file and any contact information they have. We go to Internet and try to find any properties, banks accounts, or judgements they have in their favor and we file garnishments. On any judgements that are less than five years old, we get 1/3; anything 5-10 years old, we get 40 percent and we send monthly statements to contractors for the garnishments we\\\'ve made,\\\" he said. \\\"If they already have a judgement, they don\\\'t pay anything up front and if we don\\\'t collect anything, they don\\\'t owe us a dime, except for a garnishment fee that is usually less than $100,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is hard to believe how many judgements there are out there that don\\\'t get collected,\\\" said Joseph Blanner, a partner at Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter. \\\"Most contractors have several judgements in their favor that they haven\\\'t collected. This could be another revenue stream for them,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>For River City Drywall, liens rights are invaluable. Remember those 20 liens they filed in the last two years? \\\"We\\\'ve been successful in collecting every time, and collecting 100 percent of the amount of owed,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"I have conceded the interest with a few of them, but I have not taken anything less than 100 percent of the invoice amount,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The key elements of River City Drywall\\\'s winning strategy are a willingness to wait out defendants and an attorney who specializes in liens. \\\"I had one lien I filed for $36,000, and I wound up getting $42,000, because I got 100 percent of the principal and interest,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:28:\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(2418,920,4,4,1276097145,'a:25:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-06-09 05:10 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:52:\"Salvation Army Residence Recognized for Enhancements\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:52:\"salvation_army_residence_recognized_for_enhancements\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:52:\"Salvation Army Residence Recognized for Enhancements\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:136:\"The Landmarks Association of St. Louis named The Salvation Army\\\'s historic Railton one of the area\\\'s 11 Most Enhanced Places for 2010.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:32:\"Railton, Salvation Army, Trivers\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:3592:\"<p>&nbsp;The Landmarks Association of St. Louis named The Salvation Army\\\'s historic Railton one of the area\\\'s 11 Most Enhanced Places for 2010. Landmarks Executive</p>\n<p>Director Jeff Mansell had high praise for both The Salvation Army, the building\\\'s owner and operator, and Trivers Associates, architect for the building\\\'s rehabilitation. He said, \\\"The Railton is a wonderful example of The Salvation Army\\\'s finding a way to provide affordable housing, while rehabbing their existing building, as opposed to looking for new.\\\" He praised their selection of Trivers, saying, \\\"Trivers does excellent work in historic rehabilitation.</p>\n<p>Trivers, led by Vice President-Project Management and Project Manager Andrew Smith, AIA, converted the building\\\'s single-room, hotel-style units to small apartments, complete with kitchen and living space. They also added a computer center, fitness facility and meeting spaces.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Railton\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"301\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/002_RailtonLobbyInterior-(2).jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"200\\\" />Built in 1928 as the Robert E. Lee hotel, today\\\'s Railton was one of 10 hotels serving the then-bustling Union Station. Today it is the only one still standing. The building\\\'s age, however, is only one reason for its importance to St. Louis. The other is that of all of downtown St. Louis\\\' lofts, condominiums and apartments, The Railton is one of few to offer affordable housing.</p>\n<p>The building\\\'s age, however, was an issue. \\\"Due to increasing maintenance costs and the facility rapidly nearing functional obsolescence a complete $14 million rehab was necessary to save the building,\\\" says Major Randall Polsley, general secretary for The Salvation Army Midland Division.</p>\n<p>With the assistance of federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credits and Missouri low-income housing tax credits, the building is now much more energy-efficient, much more comfortable for its residents, and far more closely resembles its original beauty.Trivers not only converted the single-room layout to one- and two-bedroom apartments (91 and 13 respectively), but also made a number of changes to restore the building\\\'s historic appearance and to improve its energy efficiency. They replaced exterior flush-steel doors with new glass-light wood doors and existing single-pane windows with new insulated aluminum windows that replicate the original two-over-two pattern.The lobby\\\'s wood wainscot is now restored and the deteriorated decorative plaster cornice, which had been covered for years by a drop ceiling, has been molded and recast.  On the upper floors, Trivers replaced more modern apartment entry doors with two-panel doors that match the originals.</p>\n<p>While Trivers\\\' Smith specializes in historic restoration, restoring The Railton had even greater significance to Smith personally. \\\"I discovered during the course of the design phase that my mother lived in an apartment on the sixth floor of the building.  She moved to St. Louis upon graduating from college in 1960 to take a chemist position, and this was her first apartment.\\\"</p>\n<p>Occupancy is 100 percent, with a waiting list. Has the project achieved The Salvation Army\\\'s goal? 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Engineering Building Combines Classic Design, Sustainability\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:66:\"wash_u_engineering_building_combines_classic_design_sustainability\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:68:\"Wash U. Engineering Building Combines Classic Design, Sustainability\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:161:\"The new home for the engineering program at Washington University in St. Louis combines classic campus architecture with state-of-the-art sustainable technology.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:42:\"Washington University, engineering, Clayco\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:4264:\"<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">The new home for the engineering program at Washington University in St. Louis combines classic campus architecture with state-of-the-art sustainable technology. Clayco Inc. recently completed construction on Stephen F. &amp; Camilla T. Brauer Hall. Ground was broken on the facility in October of 2008, and the project was completed one month ahead of schedule in April 2010. Ground was broken on the facility in October of 2008, and the project was completed one month ahead of schedule in April 2010. <br />&nbsp;<br />The 150,000-square-foot-plus structure is part of Washington University\\\'s School of Engineering &amp; Applied Science and is registered for LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Located near the northeastern perimeter of the University\\\'s Danforth Campus, the four-story concrete Brauer Hall features a granite and limestone fa&ccedil;ade and includes 27 labs. <br />&nbsp;<br />The facility will serve as the home for the School of Engineering\\\'s Department of Energy, Environmental &amp; Chemical Engineering (EECE), provide space for the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy &amp; Sustainability (I-CARES) and share facilities with the University\\\'s highly successful Department of Biomedical Engineeri<img alt=\\\"Brauer Hall\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/brauer.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" />ng.<br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"This structure relates to the rich tradition of historically based collegiate gothic style design on the university\\\'s Danforth Campus, while incorporating the latest technologies to enrich the activities of those who will be utilizing the facility,\\\" said Steve Street, Clayco vice president and project executive on the Brauer Hall construction. \\\"Brauer Hall connects with Uncas A. Whitaker Hall, home of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, on all levels of its west fa&ccedil;ade, presenting a seamless quality to those within the two structures and creating an extraordinary physical presence.\\\"</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">Two-thirds of the space in Brauer Hall is dedicated to research laboratories designed to maximize flexibility across the range of aquatics, aerosols, synthetic chemistry, and biomedical research activities that will be undertaken in the structure. A plug-and-play casework system, which includes moveable base cabinets, removable tables, and ceiling-mounted service panels, improves the ability to accommodate a range of bench-top and floor-mounted equipment while reducing the cost of future renovations as research priorities change. An 86-seat distance-learning classroom will be available to all academic departments and schools. Inspiring research collaboration from across the globe.<br />&nbsp;<br />The structure was also designed and built with superior sustainability in mind in order to achieve LEED Gold status. Some of the sustainable design features of Brauer Hall include:<br /> &bull;	Off-site renewable energy sources which power a large percentage of the building\\\'s energy needs<br /> &bull;	Thermally efficient building envelope which reduces heat gain and heat loss<br /> &bull;	High albedo roof to reduce the heat-island effect<br /> &bull;	Energy savings in excess of 30 percent&nbsp;through high-efficiency air-handling systems that incorporate air-to-air recovery<br /> &bull;	Reduced water consumption by 30 percent&nbsp;through the use of low-flow fixtures including waterless urinals<br /> &bull;	Storm water recycling system for use in site landscape irrigation<br /> &bull;	Low-emitting materials for adhesives and interior floor and wall finishes<br /> &bull;	Recycling/salvaging at least 75 percent&nbsp;of non-hazardous construction waste<br /> &bull;	On-site bike racks, accessibility to Metrolink light rail, and many bus route stops which encourage ridesharing and alternative transportation measures to reduce potential transportation pollution<br />&nbsp;<br />RMJM served as architect on the project. 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This agreement provided that Hillsboro agreed to act as the escrow agent and disburse money provided by the bank to fund the construction project.</p>\n<p>The other parties to the escrow agreement were Beaker LLC, the project\\\'s owner, Lawless Homes, Inc., the contractor and The Business Bank of Saint Louis, the lender.</p>\n<p>Most importantly, as it turns out, Old Republic was not a signatory to the escrow agreement.  This fact was pivotal to the appellate court\\\'s decision that Old Republic was not subject to the bank\\\'s lawsuit.</p>\n<p>The bank deposited $4.2 million with Hillsboro, of which about $2.4 million the parties had allocated for construction costs.  Hillsboro received $12,430 as its fee for disbursing the money.</p>\n<p>Hillsboro also issued a title insurance commitment for the project.  The commitment showed Hillsboro\\\'s name at the top and stated:  \\\"Agent for: Old Republic National Title Insurance Company.\\\"  Hillsboro never issued a title insurance policy on the project because the construction process never reached that point.</p>\n<p>In 2007, the bank filed a four-count lawsuit against Hillsboro and Old Republic based on the escrow agreement (not the title insurance that clearly would have involved Old Republic).  The allegations were negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and suit on a note.</p>\n<p>The bank alleged that Hillsboro had disbursed funds from the escrow account in violation of the escrow agreement.  Thus, the bank contended that the contractor, Lawless Homes, and others received money from the escrow account for work that was never done.  The bank further asserted that its collateral in the project was worth less than its construction loans.</p>\n<p>The bank based its case against Old Republic on the legal principle of agency.  The bank contended that Hillsboro was the agent of Old Republic.</p>\n<p>The bank alleged that Hillsboro had express authority to disburse the escrow funds and that Old Republic knowingly caused or permitted Hillsboro to hold itself out to the public as Old Republic\\\'s agent when disbursing money from the escrow account.</p>\n<p>Thus, if Hillsboro disbursed money that should not have been disbursed, this was as much the fault of Old Republic as it was of Hillsboro, for Hillsboro was working for Old Republic when doing this, according to the bank\\\'s way of thinking.</p>\n<p>The trial court saw things differently.  It dismissed Old Republic from the case before trial by granting Old Republic\\\'s motion for summary judgment.</p>\n<p>The bank challenged this decision on appeal.  The appellate court noted that disputes over whether there is an agency relationship generally involve factual issues that are best sorted out at trial rather than a preliminary motion for summary judgment.  Why did the bank not even advance that far with its theory?</p>\n<p>An agency relationship requires proof of three elements:  (1) the agent holds the power to alter legal relations between the principal and third parties, (2) the agent is a fiduciary with respect to matters within the scope of the agency and (3) the principal has the right to control the conduct of the agent with respect to matters entrusted to the agent.</p>\n<p>Old Republic and Hillsboro both acknowledged that Hillsboro was Old Republic\\\'s agent for the purpose of issuing title insurance commitments and policies.  They had entered into a written agency agreement between themselves to confirm this relationship.</p>\n<p>This agency agreement, however, was separate from and different from the escrow agreement that was the subject of the bank\\\'s lawsuit. While this agency agreement allowed Hillsboro to perform escrow duties in connection with issuing title insurance commitments, this function was separate from Hillsboro\\\'s role as the escrow agent for the bank on the construction project.</p>\n<p>The appellate court concluded that Hillsboro\\\'s duties under the escrow agreement were \\\"on the side\\\" from its agency agreement with Old Republic.  The agency agreement expressly stated that Hillsboro is Old Republic\\\'s agent for the limited purpose of issuing title commitments and policies.</p>\n<p>The appellate court also rejected that Old Republic\\\'s ability to periodically audit Hillsboro\\\'s escrow records, including the construction disbursement escrows, was sufficient control for an agency relationship.</p>\n<p>And the court rejected that Hillsboro showed \\\"apparent authority\\\" to act on Old Republic\\\'s behalf.  Apparent authority exists where a principal\\\'s actions to a third party create a reasonable belief in the third party that an agent is acting for the principal.  The court found:  \\\"Old Republic did nothing to convey the impression to the Bank that Hillsboro had authority to act on its behalf.\\\"</p>\n<p>James R. Keller is a partner at Herzog Crebs LLP where he concentrates his practice on construction law, complex business disputes, real estate and ADR.  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They have to work at it. \\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:25:\"Collections, Getting paid\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:9928:\"<p>In an economy where money is tight, contractors can\\\'t take getting paid for granted anymore. They have to work at it. \\\"It is absolutely more challenging getting paid,\\\" said Joe Kiepp, president of Chesterfield-based River City Drywall.</p>\n<p>Because of clients ignoring invoices, \\\"In the past year I\\\'ve spent more money on attorney\\\'s fees than in the 14 previous years combined,\\\" said Tim Wies, president of T.J. Wies Contracting in Lake St. Louis. But attorney\\\'s fees are just the tip of the iceberg.</p>\n<p>Savvy business operators such as Kiepp and Wies have instituted new policies and procedures that help  them collect from clients and, if necessary, pave the way for successful court cases. Both companies have accelerated their invoicing, sending bills out the day or week the work is<img alt=\\\"Strangle\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" /> completed instead of waiting for the end of the month. Both have someone on staff responsible for collections.</p>\n<p>River City Drwyall also:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;sends out overdue invoices after 30 days,</li>\n<li>sends out payment reminders twice a month instead of every 30 days, </li>\n<li>has someone call a client after an invoice is overdue, because sometimes phone calls work better than letters, and</li>\n<li>\\\"I will personally call the owner,\\\" Kiepp said.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>But before collection actions, before even the contract, comes the vetting. River City Drywall works for a lot of local and privately-owned companies. One of the new practices Kiepp initiated was to subscribe to, and read, a periodic credit report that lists all the mechanic\\\'s liens, tax liens, and lawsuits filed locally in the building and construction industry. \\\"When we see a contractor on the list several times, we chose not to do business with them, and it helps us prepare if we see one of our customers on it,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: right;\\\">A company that makes it past the credit report still has to fill out a customer information form giving River City Drywall references and permission to contact their lender and title company.</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: right;\\\">Michael Wolf, an attorney specializing in construction law at Reizman Berger P.C., called such practices obvious, but added that too many subcontractors have overlooked them.</p>\n<p>\\\"Before you go into business with someone, shouldn\\\'t you know as much as you can about them?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"There are AIA and ConsensDocs contracts that allow lower tiered contractors to ask for the upper tier\\\'s liquidity,\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>More information, he said, can be found on the Internet:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the databases of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (www.stltoday.com) or the St. Louis Business Journal (http://stlouis.bizjournals.com) to see if there are any articles about the company not paying its debts</li>\n<li>Check the Missouri Secretary of State\\\'s website (www.sos.mo.gov) to verify the that a corporation is in good standing</li>\n<li>Check Missouri\\\'s judiciary website (www.courts.mo.gov/casenet) to see if a company has been sued or brought suit, and the nature of the dispute.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>A contractor who passes River City Drywall\\\'s vetting still isn\\\'t cleared to hire the subcontractor. In another new wrinkle to River City Drywall\\\'s business practices since the economy went south, \\\"we now require a personal guarantee from the owner of the company,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>That\\\'s a practice Wolf approves of when dealing with a new or unknown company. \\\"When attempting to collect a debt, a guarantee often means the difference between success or failure when the entity primarily responsible for the debt is out of business or insolvent,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Wies has another practice that reduces his financial risk on private jobs: he furnishes the owner a retention bond as a substitute for the owner holding retention. On many private jobs, the owner withholds a portion of each payment, maybe ten percent, until the job is completed, supposedly as an incentive for the contractor to finish the work. Under Missouri law, however, if a contractor chooses to post a bond, the owner cannot withhold or retain any portion of payments due for the purpose of ensuring that the contractor completes the job.</p>\n<p>\\\"On a private job, you might get three-fourths of the way through when the owner stops paying,\\\" Wies said. Without the retention bond, \\\"you\\\'d be out your last payments and your retention. By putting up the bond, the owner can\\\'t hold back retention, so it protects you from losing the retention when the owner runs into financial problems,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Even with vetting, reminders of personal guarantees, and quick invoicing and phone calls, there are times when owners run into financial trouble and stop paying their bills. Then it is time to file a mechanic\\\'s lien. Kiepp estimated that River City Drywall has filed over 20 in the last two year.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is important to have an attorney file your mechanic\\\'s lien,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"Some people try to save money by doing it themselves, but if it is not done correctly, the defendant\\\'s attorney can get it thrown out,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The biggest thing you can do (to collect what\\\'s owed to you) is don\\\'t let your lien rights expire,\\\" Wies said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The most important thing to do is keep an eye on the calendar and not let the lien time run out,\\\" he said. \\\"You have six months from the last day of work, but determining the last day can be tricky (going back to repair something that was defective doesn\\\'t count), so if there is any doubt, err on the side of earliness and caution,\\\" said Richard Stockenberg, attorney with Gallup, Johnson &amp; Neuman and counsel for the Midwest Council of the American Subcontractors Association. By the way, your last day worked has nothing to do with when you sent out your final invoice.</p>\n<p>And don\\\'t wait until the final week to ask an attorney to file a lien. Subcontractors and suppliers have to file notice of intent to file a lien on the property owner at least 10 days before filing the lien. It can be difficult to find the real owner, Stockenberg said, and if there are multiple owners, all of them have to be served. If there are 100 partners, all 100 partners have to be served. Lawyers will do this service, but it takes time.</p>\n<p>\\\"I typically like to get involved six weeks before the deadline,\\\" said Stockenberg.</p>\n<p>\\\"To this day, I am surprised when I get a call from contractor, who says that someone owes him money, but he doesn\\\'t know the requirements of Missouri\\\'s mechanic\\\'s lien law. To not know the deadlines is contractor malpractice in my view,\\\" said Wolf.</p>\n<p>Wolf said the first step for a contractor is to get training in lien law just as he or she would get training in a trade. That means learning such things as learning how a lien waiver affects him; what to do if a higher-tiered contractor tries to get him to sign an enhanced lien waiver; what to put in a credit agreement; and what interest to charge for late payments. The American Subcontractors Association and other industry associations have programs to educate subcontractors and specialty contractors about lien law.</p>\n<p>After learning what they are entitled to, then contractors can worry about how to collect.</p>\n<p>\\\"If you are not preparing yourself to understand the contract you sign, do you really want to pay an attorney to sue to enforce it, and even if he can, do you want him to sue if you can\\\'t collect?\\\" Wolf said.</p>\n<p>A judgement, \\\"it is just a piece of paper, if you can\\\'t collect on it, what is the point?\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>In 2003, Clayton-based Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter, P.C. launched a Judgment Collection Program designed specifically to recover judgments for contractors, commercial real estate companies and construction-related clients. Principal Anthony Behr said that since its inception, the program has recovered more than $10 million owed from court judgments.</p>\n<p>\\\"We have found that if a contractor files a mechanic\\\'s lien within six months, we recover 85-90 percent of the money owed to him,\\\" Behr said.</p>\n<p>\\\"The only thing we charge is any garnishment fees we send out on their behalf. They don\\\'t have to do any work to collect; they get out their file and any contact information they have. We go to Internet and try to find any properties, banks accounts, or judgments they have in their favor and we file garnishments. On any judgments that are less than five years old, we get 1/3; anything 5-10 years old, we get 40 percent and we send monthly statements to contractors for the garnishments we\\\'ve made,\\\" he said. \\\"If they already have a judgment, they don\\\'t pay anything up front and if we don\\\'t collect anything, they don\\\'t owe us a dime, except for a garnishment fee that is usually less than $100,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"It is hard to believe how many judgments there are out there that don\\\'t get collected,\\\" said Joseph Blanner, a partner at Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter. \\\"Most contractors have several judgments in their favor that they haven\\\'t collected. This could be another revenue stream for them,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>For River City Drywall, liens rights are invaluable. Remember those 20 liens they filed in the last two years? \\\"We\\\'ve been successful in collecting every time, and collecting 100 percent of the amount of owed,\\\" Kiepp said. \\\"I have conceded the interest with a few of them, but I have not taken anything less than 100 percent of the invoice amount,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The key elements of River City Drywall\\\'s winning strategy are a willingness to wait out defendants and an attorney who specializes in liens. \\\"I had one lien I filed for $36,000, and I wound up getting $42,000, because I got 100 percent of the principal and interest,\\\" Kiepp said.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:28:\"/images/uploads/strangle.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(2428,926,2,4,1276753721,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-06-16 07:43 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"Midwest Block & Brick Completes Jeff City Plant\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:45:\"midwest_block_brick_completes_jeff_city_plant\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:47:\"Midwest Block & Brick Completes Jeff City Plant\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:79:\"Midwest Block & Brick has opened a recently-completed plant in Jefferson City. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:29:\"Midwest Block, Jefferson City\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:2441:\"<p>Midwest Block &amp; Brick, a division of Midwest Products Group, announced that the company has just completed their new Pre-Cast Plant facility in Jefferson City.</p>\n<p>The construction of the new Pre-Cast Plant took approximately 12 months to complete. Midwest Block &amp; Brick invested approximately $2 million for equipment, site work and modifications to the existing 19,000 square foot building. The plant building is surrounded by MagnumStoneTM, Rosetta&reg; outcropping and VERSA-LOK&reg; retaining wall. The plant is located on five acres next to the current Midwest Block &amp; Brick facility in Jefferson City, Missouri.<br /> <br />Jefferson City was chosen for the construction of the new Pre-Cast Plant, due to its central location within <br />the state of Missouri, and the close proximity to highway systems and easy access to multiple metro markets. <br />Every Midwest Products Group facility, which includes 24 locations total in five surrounding states, will be serviced from the Jefferson City-based pre-cast facility.</p>\n<p>Jeremy Winegar has been named Manager of the new Midwest Block &amp; Brick Pre-Cast Plant. The addition of             the new manufacturing plant facility created 17 new jobs for the Jefferson City-based company. Winegar states, \\\"We feel fortunate to be producing products that are already in high demand by our customers. An additional bonus has been the ability to hire dedicated employees during this time of economic downturn.\\\"</p>\n<p>CEO of Midwest Products Group Pat Dubbert expressed his appreciation for the citizens and government of Jefferson City, noting \\\"We thank Jefferson City for giving Midwest Block &amp; Brick the opportunity for company expansion, as well as our neighbors for their cooperation during the entire construction process.\\\"</p>\n<p>Midwest Block &amp; Brick is a dry cast producer of building products such as CMU and Segmental Retaining <br />Walls, as well as a distributor of clay brick, pavers, and natural stone.  The pre-cast plant will be a new <br />operation brought into the company\\\'s existing production and distribution facility. 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The addition of the new manufacturing plant\nfacility created 17 new jobs for the Jefferson City-based company.\nWinegar states, \\\"We feel fortunate to be producing products that are\nalready in high demand by our customers. An additional bonus has been\nthe ability to hire dedicated employees during this time of economic\ndownturn.\\\"</p>\n<p>CEO of Midwest Products Group Pat Dubbert expressed his appreciation\nfor the citizens and government of Jefferson City, noting \\\"We thank\nJefferson City for giving Midwest Block &amp; Brick the opportunity for\ncompany expansion, as well as our neighbors for their cooperation\nduring the entire construction process.\\\"</p>\n<p>Midwest Block &amp; Brick is a dry cast producer of building products such as CMU and Segmental Retaining <br />Walls, as well as a distributor of clay brick, pavers, and natural stone.  The pre-cast plant will be a new <br />operation brought into the company\\\'s existing production and distribution facility. 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Midwest Block &amp; Brick invested approximately $2\nmillion for equipment, site work and modifications to the existing\n19,000 square foot building. The plant building is surrounded by\nMagnumStoneTM, Rosetta&reg; outcropping and VERSA-LOK&reg; retaining wall. The\nplant is located on five acres next to the current Midwest Block &amp;\nBrick facility in Jefferson City, Missouri.<br /> <br />Jefferson City was chosen for the construction of the new Pre-Cast Plant, due to its central location within <br />the state of Missouri, and the close proximity to highway systems and easy access to multiple metro markets. <br />Every\nMidwest Products Group facility, which includes 24 locations total in\nfive surrounding states, will be serviced from the Jefferson City-based\npre-cast facility.</p>\n<p>Jeremy Winegar has been named Manager of the new Midwest Block &amp;\nBrick Pre-Cast Plant. 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