Builders Exchange of Michigan Newsletter

In This Issue

August 2017

• Two new member benefits

• Safety First with Tammy K. Clark

• WMDC Expo Update

• EXPI Award Nominations & Sponsorship

• Sustainable Spotlight: Green Buildings by Renae Hesselink, LEED-AP BD+C

• Where in the World?!

• Print Reading & Specs Class

• 2017 Golf Outing Recap

• Member Project Spotlight: GDK Construction

• 21st Annual GRBX Shootout

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Table of Contents

3 - On Your Radar

4 - 2017 Golf Outing Recap

5– 21st Annual GRBX Shootout

6 - WMDC Expo Booth Update

and EXPI Award Nomination

7 - New Member Benefit:

Customized Workplace English

8 - Safety First with Tammy K. Clark

9 - Print Reading & Specifications Course

10 - New Member Benefit:

OSHA Record Keeping Tool

11 - Sustainable Spotlight: Green Buildings

by Renae Hesselink, LEED-AP BD+C

12 - Cochrane Supply

13 - Member Project Spotlight:

GDK Construction

14 - Where in the World?!

15 - Member Services

Upcoming Events

• Print Reading and Specs Course Tuesdays 9.12.17 - 10.24.17

• 21st Annual GRBX Shootout | 9.19.17

• WMDC Expo | 10.26.17

Contact Information

Physical Address: 678 Front Ave. NW, Suite 330 Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Mailing Address: PO Box 2031 Grand Rapids, MI 49501

Phone: (616) 949-8650

Fax: (616) 949-6831

Website: www.grbx.com

Special thanks to our Newsletter Sponsors!

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On Your Radar: Project Watch with Becky

Be sure to track these and other projects in our online plan room!

AUBURN HILLS - GOLF THEMED ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX Topgolf is proposing the construction of a $12.5 million 65,000 square foot golf themed entertainment complex facility on a 16 acre site. It will include approximately 3,000 square feet of private event space and 102 climate controlled hitting bays that can host up to six players at one time. There will be 11 targets ranging from 20 to 240 yards away. Also planned is a dining area with 270 big screen televisions. A final decision will be made on the project by the Auburn Hills City Council on August 28th. If approved, construction will start soon after with an expected opening by Fall 2018.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY - BELLS BREWING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS In July of this year, Bells Brewing announced their plans to invest $7 million into capital improvement projects. The projects include an addition of a pilot brewery and new specialty packaging line and other beer production related projects at the Comstock Brewery. At the downtown Kalamazoo location, there are plans to add a smaller pilot brewery adjacent to the Eccentric Cafe pub and restaurant. Other investment projects proposed include additional office space at the home office as well as a project to divert the waste related to brewing.

DURAND - PROPOSED MASSIVE MANUFACTURING FACILITY CALLED PROJECT TIM This proposed renewal energy development consists of a 24 million square foot manufacturing facility estimated at $4.5 to $5 billion along the I-69 corridor between Flint and Lansing at New Lothrop and Lansing roads. The company's name and industry is not being disclosed while the project is in the land acquisition phase. The developers are now in the later stages of due diligence and financial review.

ROMULUS, SHELBY TWP, AND LIVONIA - AMAZON REGIONAL FULFILLMENT CENTERS The Builders Exchange has been tracking news regarding regional fulfillment centers in Romulus, Shelby Township, and Livonia. The new regional fulfillment center warehouse facility at the former General Motors property in Livonia is almost complete. In Shelby Township, Hillwood Enterprises LP and Sterling Group are working together as a joint venture and are proposing the construction of a new one million square foot warehouse on the former Visteon Corporation site. The project is being called Project Millennium and it is expected that Amazon will be utilizing the warehouse. In Romulus, the Wayne County Aerotropolis is evaluating establishing a Local Development Financing Act to capture state and local funds to assist with the infrastructure improvements for the project. The location for the facility in Romulus has not yet been disclosed.

TECUMSEH - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CALLED REVIVAL COMMONS This proposed $70 million mixed use development is to include industrial, commercial, and residential buildings. The project received a $1 million grant and a $1 million loan from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for brownfield remediation. Demolition and cleanup of the site have started, however, site plans have not yet been submitted for the multi-phase planned unit redevelopment.

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Congratulations to Brent Wallis, Andy

Hofstra, Mike Foreman & Brad Hawkins,

the First Place team from SpecMix!

Winners of additional events

Longest Putt

Bruce VanPortfleet

Longest Drive

FCC Construction

Closest to the Pin

Bill Hodlick

Scott Grant came very close to

sinking this year’s $10,000 Putt!

On July 24, we held our 61st Annual Golf Outing at Thornapple Pointe Golf Club with over 150 players participating. In addition to the team competition, players were given the chance to compete in individual contests as well as events hosted by sponsors including: Longest Drive, Longest Putt, Closest to the Pin, Get it on the Green, the $10,000 putting challenge, and the Marshmallow Drive to see who can hit a marshmallow the farthest off of a tee!

Thank you to our 2017 sponsors!

Bart Austhof Memorial Golf Outing Recap

AZZ Galvanizing ▪ B&V Mechanical ▪ Beene Garter

BHS Insurance ▪ Dave Cole Decorators ▪ FCC Construction

Forever Flooring & More ▪ Howley Agency Sales Co.

JWK Construction ▪ KL McCoy & Associates ▪ LegalShield

Mechanical & Industrial Insulation ▪ Mercantile Bank

Millennia Technologies ▪ Owen-Ames-Kimball Co.

PM Technologies ▪ Paslode ▪ Premier Caulking

River City Reproductions ▪ Schindler Elevator Corp.

Schnelker, Rassi & McConnell, PLC ▪ SpecMix

Square Deal Building Supply ▪ Standard Lumber

Temp-Air ▪ Triangle Associates ▪ Wilson-Brinker Associates

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Builders Exchange of Michigan

21st Annual 100 Target Shoot Out

Event Schedule

Lunch and Registration 11 am - 12 pm

Payment Information

Beverage Sponsorship with team registration ($500) Team Registration only ($330)

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Team Information:

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Caledonia Sportsman Club 10721 Coldwater SE Alto, MI

50 Sporting Clays 25 Trap 25 Skeet 5 Person Teams

Eye/Ear Protection is Required

No alcohol will be allowed during open range times. Shells may be bought at the club. 16 gauge shells will not be available. Reservations must be received by Tuesday, 9/12/2017. No ticket may be cancelled after 4:00PM, Tuesday 9/12/2017.

Beverage Sponsorship $500

Includes one full team registration

$66 per participant (includes lunch and snacks)

Complete and Return with Payment to:

Builders Exchange of Michigan

PO Box 2031 Grand Rapids, MI 49501

Fax: (616) 949-6831 Email: Amy@grbx.com

All proceeds will benefit the Bridge Building fund for the Deborah House

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Don’t miss out! Secure your booth today! Grow your network, optimize

your selling, and showcase your

brand by exhibiting with us!

Interact directly with customers

to demo your products, develop

personal connections, and reach your

target market more effectively.

Don’t wait to apply! There are

still some exhibit booths available

for the 2017 Expo, but they are

filling up quickly!

2017 EXPI Award Nomination and Sponsorship

Celebrating Sustainability in Construction

Complete a FREE EXPI Award Nomination! This

award recognizes a sustainable innovation (such as a

building project, product, or service) that is having

proven economic, environmental, and/or social benefits,

and to which the market is responding with enthusiasm.

Sponsor the EXPI Award! Sponsorship can connect

you with local industry experts and increase your brand

exposure. Your company logo will be included on the

Expo website and on all Expo correspondence, PLUS a

representative from your company will present the award

at the 2017 West Michigan Design and Construction Expo!

West Michigan Design and Construction Expo

Find application forms and additional information at www.wmdcexpo.com!

Nomination forms, sponsorship forms and additional information

can be found online at www.wmdcexpo.com.

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Excellence. Quality. Delivery. Schedules.

Performance. Safety. These topics are all at the

forefront of our conversations in today’s

commercial construction industry because this is

what owners are now demanding. I like to explain

it this way, “Owners today are just savvy enough

to be dangerous.” They can read your front-end

documents and tell you they don’t want this or

that in the budget (yet they want it delivered).

They all want crash-schedule delivery (well, that

term doesn’t really exist anymore, because

everything is now demanded at what was once

considered to be a “crash schedule” pace), yet

they want it done with excellence, top quality, on

time, and oh, by the way, safely. You smile, shake

their hands and say, “No problem!”, commit to

something you shouldn’t commit to, and then the

problems begin…

How do I know? Because I am one who is

in the trenches (literally and figuratively), trying

to help clean up the messes after the fact. I am a

safety and quality consultant to the construction

industry. Over the years, my work has evolved

into much more than simply “safety.” As a

construction company business owner, a

consultant, and an educator, I’ve pretty much seen

it all. Instead of trying to help fix messes (yes, I

will still help with this), I now focus on educating

construction companies on how to avoid them in

the first place. The goal is to always remain in a

proactive position, and never find ourselves in a

reactive position. By remaining proactive, we

remain in control. Of everything! If we lose

control, we will find ourselves in a reactive

position, which is never good. Someone can be

seriously injured or killed, or we might find

ourselves in trouble with regulatory agencies

(despite the recent 80% increase in fines, OSHA is

Safety Management Leads to Efficiencies and Profits (Part 1)

not our only regulatory concern. The EPA’s latest

rules also demand attention, and levy serious

fines for non-compliance), or we will lose

significant project profits simply due to poor

planning.

This is where safety comes in! Safety is not

difficult. It is simply about planning and process.

And it should be the very first topic we discuss. If

we don’t have a safe project, nothing else matters.

Safety should be the topic of discussion during

estimating and pre-con stages, because safety is

the one QA/QC metric that will determine the

rest. Over the next few months, I will explain

how and why a stellar safety management

system can be used to deliver consistently safe

projects, streamline your organization, and create

efficiencies in all areas. I know, keep laughing. But

those who work with me will attest to it! It’s a

proven, systematic approach that will give your

organization an edge over the competition, and

satisfy the most demanding of clients. These

processes will also help you learn which clients

you shouldn’t work with, and which projects you

should walk away from. Stay tuned, as we delve

into the steps for creating an excellent safety

management system that will in turn create an

excellent safety culture within your organization,

and will help streamline your organization into a

lean, mean, efficient machine!

Tammy K. Clark is a construction industry Safety & Quality Consultant with over 20 years experience as a business owner, consultant, educator, and speaker. Tammy has worked with renowned clients nationwide. She is a member of ASSE and serves as Chair for the NAWIC National Safety & Health Awareness Committee. You can contact Tammy at tammy@tammykclark.com.

W I T H T A M M Y K . C L A R K

“By remaining proactive, we remain in control.”

“Safety is not difficult . It is simply about planning and process.”

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NEW Member Benefit!

Builders Exchange of Michigan

members may qualify for an

OSHA record keeping tool

available through

Lake Michigan Insurance Agency!

This secure, dynamic program works on any device and will allow you to:

Create OHSA reports instantly

Create each state’s First Report of Injury

Track and manage Injuries

Print all required OSHA reports

Access detailed injury metrics in real time

Instantly communicate with the agency

Save time and eliminate errors

For more info, contact:

Ken Jansen at 616-234-6983

or

Tom Clouse at 616-291-9189

OSHA Record Keeping tool

DID YOU KNOW? OSHA HAS NEW REPORTING RULES FOR CONTRACTORS

OSHA revised its requirements for recording & submitting workplace injuries and illnesses.

It is now required that some of this information be submitted to OSHA electronically for

posting to the OSHA website if you have 20 or more employees.

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If you’ve ever been involved in a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building project, you may know that every couple of years LEED evolves. The standard changes as technologies are discovered and as the market adapts. The most recent version of LEED, Version 4.0, was introduced more than three years ago. Of the changes introduced with LEED V4, three of them are major and worth mentioning. First, the Integrative Process Credit,

which brings all of the project team members together instead of them operating independently, is now a prerequisite for Building Design and Construction. While this has always been encouraged in LEED, it has not been a requirement until now.

The second major change is the addition of a new category called Location and Transportation (LT). Some of the criteria might look familiar, and that’s because it came from the Sustainable Sites category. The benefit of LT is that it helps reduce vehicle use and development costs and makes it easier for occu-pants to find and use alternatives.

The third and most controversial major change with Version 4.0 is the required development of Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), Healthy Product Declarations (HPD) and Lifecycle Assessments (LCA), all of which are challenging and time consuming. LEED V4 has a stronger focus on material transparency which should ultimately increase understanding of the products being used in the building and create a positive effect on human health. Under Materials and Resources, a new prerequisite is Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning.

LEED V4 also includes new market sectors that address the needs of specific building types: data centers, warehouse and distribution centers, existing school buildings are a few examples. While LEED is meant to be rigorous, it has really become a common language and platform across the world as LEED V4 has integrated the metric system and recognizes global standards such as ISO. LEED can now be found in over 140 countries and territories.

By Guest Columnist Renae Hesselink, LEED-AP BD+C West Michigan, specifically Grand Rapids has been a leader in the green building movement for almost twenty years. At one point, Grand Rapids held the title “most LEED buildings per capita,” but the title was short-lived due to other major cities across the U.S. embracing LEED.

So what’s the next opportunity for Michigan to lead the way in green buildings? The WELL Building Standard (WELL) may represent those future opportunities. Introduced in 2014, WELL is the first standard of its kind to focus solely on the health and wellness of building occupants. The WELL standard combines best practices in design and construction with evidence-based health and wellness interventions. It utilizes the built environment as a way to support human health, well-being and comfort. WELL identifies 100 performance metrics, design strategies, and policies

that can be implemented by owners, designers, engineers, contractors, managers and operators of a building. There are seven categories, each with numerous features such as: Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort and Mind. In order to achieve WELL status, the space must undergo on-site assessment and performance testing by a third party.

Every green building story is really about the interconnectivity of people and human health and not just about energy and water conservation. So, my challenge to the Michigan design and construction industries is this: Let’s not become complacent. Let’s continue our leadership in the green building movement. Let’s construct a brighter future for Michigan.

“...every couple of years LEED evolves. The standard changes as

technologies are discovered and as the market adapts.”

Sustainable Spotlight:

“Every green building story is really about the interconnectivity

of people and human health…”

Green Buildings—Where Do We Go From Here?

Renae Hesselink is the Vice President of USGBC West Michigan, the Vice President of Sustainability at Nichols Paper & Supply, and Manager of Kitchen 242 located in Muskegon. Her active involvement in sustainability efforts has garnered recognition and awards including USGBC's Community Changemaker Volunteer Award.

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Member Project Spotlight: GDK Construction Co.

Central Wesleyan Church is located at 446 West 40th Street, Holland. This church proclaims the gospel and is focused on creating a community of believers. Over 7,000 people attend Central weekly, on a campus that has grown to encompass over 100 acres. GDK Construction recently completed an $8.1M

addition and renovation project consisting of a 20,000 s.f. addition and 25,000 s.f. renovation. The new addition and renovation has enhanced the capabilities of Central to meet the needs of the youth and senior citizen worshippers. One of GDK’s challenges was to budget the project and provide value-engineering to fit within the church’s specified budget. The goal was to be good stewards of funds available while meeting all programmatic needs of this large regional church. GDK was

able to collaborate with the owner and architect to value-engineer the project and deliver the project under budget. Working in and around an occupied space while keeping safety a top priority was a daily focus. Proactive communication and the establishment of a detailed construction phasing plan allowed GDK to complete construction while working around

funerals, weddings, and worship services. GDK is proud to work as a construction manager in the West Michigan area. The opportunity to be part of a project that focuses on enriching the lives of the community is always a privilege, and we look forward to working with Central and other great clients with growing needs in the future.

12 W 8th Street, Ste #250 Holland, MI 49423 616-355-0300 www.gdkconstruction.com

Client Testimonial:

It was incredible working with a construction management team like GDK that shares the same goals and mission values as the owner does for a project. Central would highly recommend them for your next project.

Dwayne Dreyer (facility’s director/owner’s rep)

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Where in the World?!

Where are these buildings? New York?

Shanghai? Paris? What are they called? The first

person to email Lynnae@grbx.com with the

correct name of this building and where it stands

will win a FREE $10 Starbucks gift card! Check

next month’s issue to see if you won! Good luck!

Limit ONE guess per person!

The winner will be announced in the August

Newsletter!

Last month’s winner was Stephen Kerr of Valley City Sign, who correctly guessed that the building in question is the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California!

The concert hall was designed by Frank Gehry, and underwent several difficulties throughout its construction, causing it to be finished 6 years later than planned and at

nearly double the original projected cost at $274 million. Nevertheless, the hall has become one of the most recognizable of Gehry’s designs, and has been featured in several blockbuster films.

The hall is the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and also houses one of the most unique organs in the world. The instrument’s major pipes (some up to 32 feet long) are made of wood rather than metal, and curve up and out of the center of the stage. Congratulations to Stephen! Be sure to submit a guess of the buildings above for your chance at the $10 Starbucks Gift Card!

July Winner

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10% off your full order price when you present this coupon or use the

code BRICK in the comment box on the online order form.

(Code expires September 8, 2017)

Take advantage of our varied printing services!

Visit our website www.grbx.com, complete the online order form, and the order will be processed. OR come into our office and get help with your order at the front desk!

We also offer 1 hour turnaround on orders picked up, delivery within the Grand Rapids city limits, and special discounts on large orders.

Need a Notary?

The Builders Exchange of Michigan offers FREE Notary

services at our front desk to our members.

Your BX Go-To Team!

• Need help with an active bidding project? Contact Val - Val@grbx.com

• Don’t see a project in planning? Contact Becky - Becky@grbx.com

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• Have billing questions? Contact Amy - Amy@grbx.com

Member Services

Have something to share with GRBX members?

Send a write-up, photos, and any additional information to info@grbx.com.

The BX Newsletter was created by:

Bethany Austhof: BX Copywriting and Editing Specialist

Lynnae Vander Vliet: BX Publication Planner and Strategist

Tammy K. Clark: Safety and Regulations Featured Writer

Renae Hesselink: Sustainability Guest Writer