May Bitterroot Building News

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Message From the PresidentMission Statement BBIA Toot Your Horn!

April has come to an end, which means that summer is just around the corner. The committee is hard at work assuring that our 18th Annual Tour of Homes is another success. Last year our tour garnered national attention with the addition of the Taste of the Bitterroot Tour and the committee is geared to continue the tradtion.

With builders submitting their application for the 2012 Tour of Homes, we encourage you to plan ahead as well. Members who reserve their ad space early recieve the best placement in the premiere magazine. Pay in full for your ad by June 1st and save 20% off ad rates!

Builders you can anticipate to see on the 2012 Tour include Garber Construciton, Big Sky Builders of Montana, Beck Builders and Brooks Cole Cosntruction, just to name a few. We hope you will join us by becoming a sponsor or placing an ad.

Don’t forget to participate in the 6 in 6 membership drive taking place April

through October. Members who recuit 6 new members recieve a weekend stay for two at the Northern Quest

Resort and Casino located in Spokane, WA.

The BBIA is an active association we can all be proud of. We have continued to supply our members with benefits and association events when many of our counterparts across the state, and across the nation, have had to eliminate, reduce, downsize or dissolve. We owe it to ourselves and the industry in which we work and serve to stand up and be counted. Become involved. Volunteer. Recruit. Renew. Participate at any level you feel comfortable. Just be sure to Toot Your Horn!

I look forward to seeing you at one of our association events in the upcoming months.

Tom Vanorio T Bar V Builders

2012 BBIA President

Bitterroot Building Industry Association

“Serving to unify and enhance the building

industry in the Bitterroot Valley through education, community involvement and quality construction

practices.”

BitterrootBuilding News

NewsletterMay 2012

Inside This Issue

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2012 Board of Directors PresidentTom Vanorio, T Bar V Builders

1st Vice President Flora Buoy, Alpine Granite Accents

TresurerGeorge Bingham, Bingham & Associates, CPAs

Immediate Past PresidentDale Hanson, Western States Insurance

DirectorsDonny Ramer, PCI

Caleb Tipton, Big Sky Builders of Montana, Inc.

Tom Stringham, Schrock Construction, Inc.

Deborah Nelson, Vann’s

State DirectorsState Life Director . . . . . . Tom Vanorio

State Life Director . . . . . . Chip Pigman

NAHB DirectorsNational Life Director. . . . Tom Vanorio

National Rep . . . . . . . . . . Chip Pigman

Alternate Rep . . . . . . . . . Open

BBIA CommitteesHome & Ranch Expo . . . Archie Thomas

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Tipton

Membership . . . . . . . . . . Justine Morris

Tour of Homes . . . . . . . . . Flora Buoy

Government Affairs . . . . Vacant

Golf Tournament . . . Willie Schrock & Tom Vanorio

BBIA Poker Tournament. . . Tom Stringham

I’m glad I got involved or I would have missed a world of opportunities. Being an ACTIVE member of my local Association gives me an edge over my competition and a forum to meet builders from my area. Each meeting held by the association is an opportunity to spend quality time with the builders, and being present at those events is one of the greatest benefits of membership.

May General Membership Meeting

Navigating Today’s Financial Market

When: Tuesday, May 15th 6pmWhere: Western Building Center 3956 US Hwy 93 North Stevensville, MT 59870Deadline to RSVP: Friday, May 11th

FREE to BBIA Members $5 for Non-Members

Be sure to join us as we learn to successfully navigate today’s financial market for home builders and buyers. What paperwork do you need to get started? What red tape or hoops will you need to jump through? What regulatory changes affect you as a

builder and/or homeowner? Presented by fellow BBIA Member Dale Linhart, come prepared to ask your financial questions. Reserve your seat at the General Membership Meeting by faxing or emailing the completed form to the BBIA office. Or simply give us a call. Fax: 375-0248 Call 375-9411 or Email: [email protected] Name: ______________________________Contact Name: _________________________Number of Attendees: _____________________Method of Payment: N/C I’m a BBIA Member Pay at Event Accounting

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Membership Minute

6 in 6 Membership Drive Kicks Off

April ushered in our membership drive 6 in 6. With much excitement and anticipation, members have begun recruiting new businesses and individuals to our ranks. As the months progress we will keep you posted of not only our new members but the overall standings. Members who achieve 6 new members in 6 months win a trip for two for a weekend stay at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino.

Membership Committee ChairpersonJustine Morris, Ravalli Republic

Thank You to Our New Members

A & J Porta Potties

Thank You to Our Renewing Members

Big Sky Builders of Montana, Inc.

Bitterroot Stoves

Truco Systems

Ireland & Hamlin Concrete

Sierra Pacific Windows

RBM Lumber

Ivan’s Roofing & Construction

How Close are You to Winning?

Paul Beck 1

Royal Spikes (150-249)

Chip Pigman 207.5

Red Spikes (100-149)

Tom Vanorio 126.5

Jim VanSickle 107.5

Green Spikes (50-99)

Ray Tipton 55

Angela Previte 57.5

Life Spikes (25-49)

Willie Schrock 43.5

Blue Spikes (6-24)

George Bingham 20

Flora Buoy 16

Joanne Hamlin 10.5

Spike Candidates (1-5)

Tom Allsop 1

Glen Barnhouse 1.5

Todd Bauer 2

Loren Collins 4.5

Chuck Garber 2

Aaron Grossman 4

Dale Hanson 4.5

Brian Mendenhall 2

Jason Rice 2

Jim Rousselle 3.5

Archie Thomas 3.5

Spike roster per NAHB’s Spike Report Effective thru 3/2012

May is Double Spike MonthMay is a great month for recruiting! Get closer to winning the trip for two and receive double the spike points from NAHB.

Spike ClubRecruiting new members is an activity recognized and rewarded through the NAHB Spike Club Program. Those who participate are called Spikes and they are among the most valued members of the association.

Spikes are the membership leaders of our association, building the voice, power and influence on every level.


BBIA Recipe Corner

Caprese Pasta SaladWe all like a good pasta salad on a hot evening or as a side dish with our favorite BBQ. What I like about this recipe is no mayo!

Ingredients1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

1 shallot, minced

1 small clove garlic, minced

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

1 teaspoon sugar (optional)

2 pounds mixed heirloom tomatoes, cored, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces

1 pound pasta, such as campanelle, penne or fusilli

12 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

1/2 cup chopped fresh basil

1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest

DirectionsWhisk the olive oil, lemon juice, shallot and garlic in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add sugar, if desired (depending on the sweetness of your tomatoes). Add the tomatoes and gently toss. Marinate at room temperature, about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, cook pasta as the label directs. Drain in a colander and run under cold water to stop the cooking.

Add the pasta and mozzarella to the tomato mixture and toss. Stir in the basil and lemon zest, and season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate, tossing occasionally, until serving.

My Favorite Summer Sides

BBIA Shout Out

BBIA Executive OfficerAngela Previte

Plan. Prepare. Party.

A new twist on the three Ps.Plan.Plan to attend the BBIA GMM in May, the family BBQ in June and the Golf Tournament in July.Plan.To advertise in the 18th Annual Tour of Homes premiere magazine. The best bang for your buck is the sponsorship levels offered for this year’s tour. Don’t want to sponsor? Reserve your ad now to ensure the best placement; pay in full by June 1st and you save 20%!Prepare.To have a fun summer! We have lots going on and plenty of opportunity for our members to network. Don’t play golf? Then sponsor a hole and prepare to have a good time with a game and prize at your hole.Prepare.Your advertising early and save! With everything going on be sure to complete your Membership Directory update included in this month’s newsletter.Party.Your peers are here waiting for you! We’ve enjoyed some great GMMs this year with more on the way. The only thing missing is YOU! Join us for dinner, a beverage, and excellent conversation.Party.Summer months mean fun BBIA events. Don’t be left out by not planning, preparing and partying with us.


News From NAHB

NAHB Studies Illustrate Local Impacts of Home BuildingEvery builder knows that if you’re trying to get approval for a new project, one of the most effective resources you can have at your disposal is an economic impact study that provides solid estimates of the local jobs, income and taxes that stand to be generated by that project going forward. What you may NOT have known is that such studies are a specialty of NAHB’s economics team, who have completed more than 700 of them for HBAs, member companies and individuals over the past 16 years. While these individual studies are customized for different metro and non-metro areas and become the property of the party who commissioned and paid for them, NAHB has also put together a local impact study for a typical metropolitan area, which is available to you free of charge along with other resources on our local impact of home building page. Please bear in mind that this study is designed to capture only local impacts (excluding, for example, upstream jobs generated in manufacturing which aren’t typically located in the same place the homes are built). NAHB also produces national impact of home building estimates that do include these manufacturing jobs and have a number of other differences from the local estimates. (If you are lobbying at the local level, you should use the local impact numbers. If you are lobbying at the national level, you should use the national numbers. If you need state-specific numbers, these can also be furnished by NAHB.)

According to our studies, the estimated one-year local impact of building 100 single-family homes in a typical metro area amounts to:

$21.1 million in local income

$2.2 million in taxes and other revenue for local governments, and

324 local jobs

The additional, annually recurring local impact of building those homes amounts to:

$3.1 million in local income

$743,000 in taxes and other revenue for local governments, and

53 local jobs

The complete “typical metro” study includes more detail (such as local jobs by industry and impacts for remodeling and multifamily construction), and explains the relatively conservative methodology NAHB uses to estimate the economic benefits of home building. This helpful resource can be printed or downloaded instantly

by any NAHB member. Also available instantly and at no cost on the same web page is a companion study that shows how much new housing costs local governments in a typical metropolitan area, and how quickly new housing pays for itself.


GRIP Safety Memo

Does Your Company Have a Distracted Driver Policy? NAHB's legal experts recently completed a helpful guidance document for employers on the importance of establishing official company policy regarding distracted driving. You should know that your employees' use of cell phones while driving can generate potential liability issues, particularly if an accident occurs. In addition to civil liability, the employer also has a legal responsibility under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to safeguard drivers at work. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has now officially declared that companies are in violation of the law if by policy or practice they require texting while driving or create incentives that encourage or condone it, or if they structure work so that texting is a practical necessity for workers to carry out their job. As outlined in NAHB's guidance, an employer must make it clear to employees that the company's distracted driver policy applies to personal cell phones whenever the employee is driving a company vehicle or on company business, and also applies to company cell phones even while the employee is off the clock. Read more about this important subject online at http://www.nahb.org/fileUpload_details.aspx?contentTypeID=3&contentID=100529&subContentID=427840, or contact David Jaffe (800-368-5242 x8317) for additional information.

GRIP Safety SpecialistMike Rocchio


INTRODUCING OUR FREE MEMBER BENEFIT . . . . . . . .MBIA MEMBER REBATE PROGRAM

Membership Pays. No one likes to leave money on the table. So, what would you think if you could get a rebate for your loyalty to many of the nation’s leading Manufacturers? Well, now you can!

The Member Rebate Program is aimed at increasing your bottom line. For the minimal effort of informing us about the products you use, and telling us when you complete a home, you’ll be putting money back in your pocket. When you participate in the Member Rebate Program, you can count on receiving checks every quarter!

Benefits of Participating The biggest perk? Money. Cold, hard cash. And all for just remaining loyal to many of the country’s leading Manufacturers you already use in all of your homes or remodeling projects. Lump-sum checks for closed homes or projects are mailed quarterly.

No Change Needed In Your Business Practice Besides the money, that’s the best part of the program – it relies on very little from you and doesn’t change the way you conduct business. Best of all, you do NOT have to change the way you currently buy.

Informative Websitewww.HBArebates.comThe Member Rebate Program has a website that was created as a “main source” of information on the Rebate Program. The website includes: • BrochureandFrequentlyAskedQuestions• OnlineRegistration• CurrentRebateClaimForms• CurrentNewsletter• ParticipatingManufacturers• Calendar&DeadlineInformation

We recommend visiting the website at least once a quarter to stay up-to-date with any new Manufacturers, Calendar, and the current Claim Forms.


Accounting

Advertising

Alarm Systems

Appliances

Appraisers

Architects

Asphalt Surfacing

Attorneys

Audio/Home Theater

Systems

Auto Dealers

Banks

Builders

Building Materials

Cabinets

Carpet Cleaning

Catering

Cellular Phone Service

Central Vac

Cleaning/Debris Removal

Communication

Computer Software &

Services

Concrete Contractors

Concrete Manufacturer

Concrete Suppliers

Concrete Surfacing

Consulting

Countertops

Copper Fabrication

Custom Closets

Decorative Hardware

Design/Drafting

Disaster Restoration

Doors

Drywall

Drywall Supply

Electricians

Electronics

Energy Efficiency

Engineers

Equipment & Rental

Services

Excavating

Fencing

Financial Services

Fire Suppression Systems

Fireplaces & Masonry

Flooring

Furnishings

Garage Doors

Glass

Gutters

Hardscapes

Heating/Cooling

Hot Tubs & Saunas

Home Exercise

Equipment

Home Repair Service

Hotels

Human Resource Services

Industrial Tools

Insulation

Insurance

Interior Designs

Internet Services

Labor Contractors

Land and Resource

Consulting

Landscape

Lighting

Lighting Design

Log Home Contractor

Log Home Manufacturers

Lumber & Building

Materials – Retail

Lumber & Building

Materials – Wholesale

Manufactured Wall Panels

Marketing

Masonry Contractor

Masonry Supply

Metal Fabrication

Mortgage Companies

Natural Stone Wholesale

Painters

Paint Supplies

Plumbers

Plumbing Wholesale

Printers

Propertty Management

Pump Services

Real Estate

Real Estate Development

Reclaimed Lumber/

Timbers

Remodeling Contractors

Restaurant

Roofing

Roofing Wholesale

Security/Sound Systems

Sewer & Drain Cleaning

Siding

Signs

Specialty Contractors

Staffing Services

Stone Contractors

Structural Insulated

Panels

Tile & Marble

Tile Installation

Timber Frame

Contractors

Title & Escrow

Travel Agents

Truck Accessories

Truss Manufacturers

Utilities

Wallpaper

Waste Housing

Water Conditioning

Welding

Well Drilling

Window Cleaning

Window Coverings

Windows & Glass

One of the many benefits to membership is inclusion in the BBIA membership directory. The directory is distributed to all the members of the association, at BBIA events such as the Home Expo and Tour of Homes, to members of the general public looking to do business with a reputable and reliable company and appears on our website. The membership directory lists members under the business name, member name, and business category. Please fill out the following information and fax back to the BBIA office at (406) 375-0248. Company Information:Company Name: ______________________________________________________________Address: _____________________________________________________________________City: ______________________________________ State: __________ Zip: ______________Phone Number: (_____) _______-____________ Fax Number: (_____) _______-____________Company Website: _____________________________________________________________Contact Information:Contact Name: _________________________________________________________________Cell Phone: (_____) _______-____________Email Addrs:________________________________________________________________Category Listing: BBIA membership includes one category listing in the membership directory. The charge for additional category listings is $5.00 per additional listing.Primary Category: ______________________________________________________________Second Category: _______________________________________________________________Third Category: ________________________________________________________________Options: Enhanced Membership Listing –appear under your category(s) with your business logo in the printed directory and online; additional $25.

ATTENTION BUILDERS: Feature a home on the cover of the 2012 Membership Directory!! Submit a 500dpi jpg photo, interior or exterior, of a home you have completed. Entries can be submitted until June 1st. Final selection will be made at the June Board of Directors meeting.

Category Listings:

2012 Membership Directory


MAY 2012

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JUNE 2012 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 30

JULY 20121 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 1415 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30

May 1st GRIP Safety Meeting 7:30am Bitterroot River

Inn

May 3rd Tour of Homes committee meeting 3pm at the

BBIA Office

May 13th Mother’s Day

May 15th 3:30pm BBIA Board Meeting; BBIA Office

May 15th General Membership Meeting 6pm at Western

Building Center, Stevensville (see page 2)

May 17th Tour of Homes Mandatory Builder &

Committee meeting 11:30am at the BBIA Office

May 23-30th Office Closed; vacation

May 28th Memorial Day

June 1st Deadline for Tour of Homes Discount

Advertising

June 7th Tour of Homes Mandatory Builder &

Committee meeting 11:30am at the BBIA Office

June 12th 3:30pm Board Meeting, BBIA Office

June 12th BBIA Family BBQ “Minute to Win It”

location TBD

June 19th Builders First Proof BBIA Office 10am - 4pm

June 21st MBIA State Board Meeting

June 26th Tour of Homes Committee Meeting 3pm at the

BBIA Office

June 27th Builders Final Proof BBIA Office 10am – 4pm

June 28th – July 3rd Office Closed; vacation

July 4th Happy 4th of July

July 6th Deadline for Ad Submission

July 10th BBIA Board Meeting Noon Whitetail Golf

Course

July 10th BBIA Annual Golf Tournament

July 12th Tour of Homes Committee Meeting 3pm at the

BBIA Office

July 26th Tour of Homes Committee Meeting 3pm at the

BBIA Office

Bitterroot Building Industry EventsGRIP Safety MeetingsEvents of other HBAs

Upcoming Events

Habitat for Humanity of Ravalli County is excepting used building material at its new location at 131 Old Corvallis Road in Hamilton. Used items and material is re-sold to assist low income families with housing in Ravalli County.

Items needed are functional appliances, windows, doors, lumber, ect. Items can be dropped off Monday – Thursday from 10 -2 PM. Pick ups are also available.

Re-Sales are currently on-going at the Habitat Center from 9-4 Friday and Saturday. Volunteers are also needed for Friday and Saturday shifts at the Habitat Center. Call 375-1926 for more information.


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