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Message from the President

Spring 2011

Inside this issue:

Advancements 6

Anniversaries 10

Forklift Training 2

Great to be Back 3

New Projects 12

NYC Branch News 9

PA Branch News 4-5

Personally Speaking 11

Remembrance 8

Retirements 5

Safety Corner 2

Safety Incentives 7

SJ Branch News 8-9

Stock Inventory

Changes

9

Bonland Mission

“To be the premier air-

side HVAC contractor

recognized by our cus-

tomers and employees

as the leader in

the industry.”

The work picture is showing glimmers of improvement. We have been adding to our backlog

each month for the last 5 months, which is encouraging There are also a number of projects

that are coming out in the next 12 to 18 months. This has been the longest and deepest

recession I’ve experienced in my 39 years working in the industry. I’ve heard the comment

that the construction industry has gone from a depression to a recession and I agree with that

assessment. The positive is that we appear to be slowly growing again.

There are some silver linings to this cloudy atmosphere. One of them is that the industry is

changing the way projects are being delivered. The way a project is delivered currently is that

it goes through a number of steps. The design is partially created, budgeted, completed, bid,

awarded, redesigned for constructability, coordinated, and then built. This process is not only

expensive, but also increases the time it takes to complete the project. Some of the more

progressive owners and construction managers are moving towards bringing in a team that

gets involved earlier, bringing in their expertise to the project, participating in the design,

constructability and coordination. This allows for a better design, true BIM, and a more

cooperative environment to build for the overall benefit of the project.

Another change that we are taking part in is the offsite assembly of parts of the building.

Basically how this works is that a section of the building is put together in a warehouse using

racks and then the racks are delivered to the project in one section and crane lifted into place.

We are participating in and embracing both of these new methodologies. Our reputation,

experience, and especially our team make us the type of company that progressive owners and

construction managers look for to participate in being part of their team.

We are looking forward to working with Joe Nigro, who is becoming the President of the

International Sheet Metal Workers Union this July. It is our sincere hope that he addresses

the growth and acceptance of non-union and especially multiple SMWIA unions in New Jersey

covering the same territory. This is more frustrating to me than the non-union as the

international union has the power to resolve this problem, which is hurting our industry. I

urge all of you to write to Joe and let him know how the Local 22 union is negatively impacting

you and your future. All of our union members need to take an active role in their union,

supporting their leaders to make the changes necessary to make us more competitive. Now

more than ever, we need the union to support the need to change and meet the demands of the

marketplace. We need customers to buy our product and we need to provide value. The

contractors and union need to truly work together to be more productive.

In closing, let’s not forget to work safely. Construction is an especially dangerous industry and

you need to be vigilant, for yourselves, coworkers and family. Remember - “No Excuses”

Have a safe and enjoyable summer,

Bill Boniface, President

Bonland’s commitment to safety is the responsibility of each employee. Our accident free

goal requires a Team effort. We ask that each member of our Team always work safely and

make every effort to assist your co-workers to work safely. Following is a summary of our

2010 safety successes and areas for improvement.

Our safety incentive program is one method that we have found to be

successful in recognizing our employees for working safely. In January

2011, 136 employees were recognized with a knit hat for working acci-

dent free in 2010. Also during 2010, various employees were recog-

nized with safety shirts for reasons such as demonstrating safe be-

havior, proper use of fall protection, working in tight conditions, and

their overall safety record.

Congratulations to each of you!

We applaud the efforts of our managers and foremen in supporting our company safety

program. During 2010, our Team has done an excellent job on tool box talks, safety obser-

vation tours, new hire training as well as many other safety practices. Our safety program

has been put in place to ensure our employee’s well being and our Team embracing our

safety culture is critical to our success.

While the above successes are commended, as a company we had a total

of 18 injuries of which 3 incurred lost time and 4 restricted our em-

ployee’s ability to perform regular duty. The majority of injuries were

cuts, eyes, and falls from the ground surface. With more attention on

working safely and ensuring that we never become complacent, we can

improve this safety record and reach our goal in 2011.

By: Linda West, Vice President

The Bonland Bulletin — Spring 2011

On December 2, 2010, the North Jersey

and New York City branches held a General

Foremen’s meeting at the Wayne Shop.

Keith Greco, NNJ Material Control Supervisor, did a presenta-

tion on proper forklift training techniques and those present re-

ceived Forklift Qualified Cards.

Fork Lift Training

SAFETY CORNER – 2010 SAFETY REPORT

Our safety

program has been

put in place to

ensure our

employee’s well

being and our

Team embracing

our safety culture

is critical to our

success.

Keith

Greco

Great to be Back!

By: Bill Parent, Director of Design Services

After working in the Architectural field for the last

year and seeing how things are done from another

vantage point, I decided to return to my roots, my

friends and my family. During my leave several

things have changed at Bonland. A new Welty was in

the process of being installed in the NNJ Branch

utilizing 6’-0” lengths, which was one of the first in

the area. Now, we have a second Welty Machine in

the NYC Branch. We also added 2 more branches,

one in Pennsylvania and a fully operational shop in

NYC. A new scheduling system called “BonTrak” was

just in the developmental stages and is now being

used instead of the old “Priority Schedule.” Many of

my fellow co-workers have retired over the past

several years, but many remain along with a few new

faces.

On the CAD (Computer-aided design) side, the use

of Medusa has been replaced by PractiCAD, along

with the use of AutoCAD. Viewing things in 3D was

something that you saw in a movie, and today you can

view CAD drawings in 3D automatically with our pro-

grams. BIM (Building Information Modeling) was

never in the equation and now it’s common for over

75% of the projects that are awarded and that

number is growing.

My new role in the company is to coordinate the Drafting effort for all 4

Branches and to standardize the process, train and to look for futures leaders.

This is not going to happen overnight, but with everyone working as a TEAM and

your input will help the entire process.

In looking thru some of my old “Bonland Sheet Metal” archives, I found an article

called “The job of a Draftsman” that probably dates back 40-50 years. This arti-

cle states “The basic responsibility which the draftsman must fulfill is to provide

the information needed to permit fabrication and installation of our work as

quickly and as effectively as possible.” The drafting process has changed, due to

the computer technology, but the end result remains the same. I will be coming

around in the next couple of weeks visiting the different Branches and jobsite

locations. Your feedback is critical in making our Drafting Departments the

Leader in the Industry.

Thanks for welcoming me back and I am looking forward to meeting you all in the

very near future.


TEAMWORK is the key to success!

“The basic

responsibility which the

draftsman must fulfill

is to provide the

information needed

to permit fabrication

and installation of our

work

as quickly and as

effectively as possible.”

PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH NEWS

It has been almost two years since the PA branch officially opened for business

and in that time we have managed to develop relationships with many of the Penn-

sylvania contractors.

Matt Mitchell, SJ Sales Representative, has split his time in

sales between South Jersey and Pennsylvania and has done a

very good job of selling Bonland to our customers. Bidding

activity is still strong and consists of a wide variety of pro-

jects from hospitals to public work.

Mike Seifried has joined our staff as a PA Sales Representative. Mike comes to us with a

strong mechanical background; his addition will enable us to cover a larger territory and a greater number of

contractors.

John Bansley, SJ Project Manager, has taken the responsibility

for developing the PA Drafting Department. John will oversee the

drafting department in addition to his duties as a SJ Project Man-

ager. John will insure that all draftsmen are receiving the train-

ing required and that our systems are up to date and functional.

Tim Convery, John Farrace and Mike Rockwood have recently

joined our drafting department; each comes to us with a wealth of

experience.

Darlene McCann, SJ Project Leader, has been oversee-

ing the PractiCAD and BIM training. We are currently

drawing the Homewood Suites, an 11 story apartment

building in Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill Hospital Emergency

Department Expansion, Virtua Medical Office Building

Fit-Out and the King of Prussia Mall Renovation.

In the field, Larry Donoher, SJ Foreman, has been providing the

training to our PA Foreman. Paul Fuerst, PA Journeyman, is com-

pleting the Germantown Academy, Tom Tancredi, PA Foreman-In-Training, is working on St. Monica’s Manor and Andy Buchannan,

PA Journeyman, is completing the first phase of the Lankenau

Hospital Central Sterile Renovation.

By: John Hoffmann, PA Branch Manager


John Bansley

Matt Mitchell

Darlene McCann

Larry Donoher


In January, Nick Scheidel, Vice President of Information Systems,

retired. Nick had been with Bonland

for 25 years.

Nick Scheidel Walter Frank

In February, Walter Frank, NNJ Journeyman, retired. Walter had

worked in the Production Depart-

ment for over 25 years.

On Saturday, March 26th, Local 19

hosted their 32nd Dinner Dance,

which honored their twenty-five and

fifty year members and presented

the Karl Weinberg Scholarship

Awards. Sean Harkins, PA Journey-man attended the event.

Dear John Hoffmann,

I wanted to thank you again for the tickets to the Local 19 Dinner Dance. Attached is a picture of my girlfriend and I sitting at the Bonland table. This picture is the first thing you see on the homepage of Local 19's website.

I also wanted to express to you how impressed I am with the

work ethic and professionalism that Bonland exhumes. From

working as a Sheet Metal Worker for over 10 years, I thought

I had tin knocking down to a science.

Larry Donoher, from day one, has shown me a faster and

more efficient way of performing every aspect of the job. He

holds such a high level of respect and belief in all of his work-

ers, a trait I have never witnessed before in a foreman. He

finds the good in everyone, then brings the best out of them.

Larry is one of those guys that's always ten steps ahead. He

is a great mentor for everyone to aspire to be and look up to.

I am very excited and proud to work for Larry Donoher and

Bonland.

Sincerely,

Sean Harkins

PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH NEWS - continued

We would like to thank

Nick Scheidel

and

Walter Frank

for their combined years of service.

Your contribution to Bonland and your co-

workers will be greatly missed.

We wish you good health

and happiness

in your retirement!

Chuck Diou has been promoted to

Production Supervisor in the

South Jersey Branch.

Congratulations!

Sean Gitter has been pro-

moted to Management Services

- Systems Support Technician.

Congratulations!

Chris Nichols has been promoted

to Production Supervisor in the

New York City Branch.

Congratulations!

Chris Taylor has been promoted

to Sales Representative-In-

Training in the New York City

Branch.

Congratulations!

Chris O’Toole has been promoted

to Project Manager-In-Training in

the New York City Branch.

Congratulations!


“Don't be afraid to give your

best to what seemingly are small

jobs.

Every time you conquer one it

makes you that much stronger.

If you do the little jobs well, the

big ones will tend to take care of

themselves."

— Dale Carnegie

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3317.Dale_Carnegie

Project: Lundbeck Neuroscience

Location: Paramus, NJ

Branch: North Jersey

PM: Bill Hecht

Completed a crane lift safely with

the usage of fall equipment.

Joe Boniface

Frank Caponetto

Mike Fox

Gerry Lopez

Joe Sauers

Lance Taylor

As part of our Safety Incentive Program, immediate feedback is given to employees for exhibiting

above and beyond safety performance and displaying strong safety practices. Congratulations to the

employees below, who have received safety recognition since the last newsletter.

Project: Merck 80M

Location: Rahway, NJ


PM: Bill Rieselman

Safely worked in

tight conditions

during shut down.

Calvin Brooks

Joe DeFranco

Dave Frederickson

Rich Flower

Mike Fox

Robert Hecht

Oscar Hernandez

Don LeBlanc

Gerry Lopez

Jim O’Hanlon

Ed Sanchez

Lenny Stasiak

Tyrone Seymore

Lamont Williams


Project: NBA Restack Secaucus

Location: Secaucus, NJ


PM: Bill Hecht

Safely worked using a lift through a

2nd story platform.

Rich Flower

Robert Hecht

Don LeBlanc

Joe Liberta

Jim O’Hanlon

On November 12, 2010

Bonland was selected as

the Merck Outside Con-

tractor of the Month.

There was a presentation

of a small plaque during

the Merck Safety Ob-

servation Report break-

fast. Lenny Stasiak,

NNJ Field Foreman and

the team did an out-

standing job at Merck.

Standing left to right: Robert Hecht, NNJ Apprentice, Calvin

Brooks, NNJ Foreman, Bill Rieselman, NNJ Project Manager, and

Lenny Stasiak, NNJ Field Foreman.

Congratulations to Calvin Brooks, NNJ Field Foreman, who

was presented with a Merck Certificate of Appreciation

Award and a $ 25.00 gift card.

Lenny Stasiak, NNJ Foreman, was recognized for a quality

job on his Safety Observation

Reports for the month of

March.

South Jersey Branch

We are slowly coming out of a steep downturn in construction at the Bonland South Jersey

Branch. It was not too long ago, it appeared that work in Atlantic City would provide plenty

of opportunities for many years. With the downturn in the economy and the success of gam-

bling in other states, these opportunities disappeared as fast as they had materialized.

Fortunately, for Atlantic City, our new Governor has committed to keeping gambling at this

one location in the state and has granted The Revel organization substantial tax benefits, so

funding has once again been restored to this mega resort. In addition, Atlantic City’s tour-

ism district will be under state control and legislation allowing smaller casinos has been ap-

proved. There has also been some change in ownership of several properties that should

translate into work for the construction trades, so there is hope in this marketplace.

Elsewhere around the state the work picture is still cloudy and we are

not yet out of the recession. We have landed a few projects like the

Princeton Seminary Library and the New Student Housing at Rut-

gers, but overall there is still a small amount of work that is being bid.

During the recent downturn, Bonland has managed to stay busy at the

new Capital Health project in Pennington, employing upwards of 55

sheet metal workers on this one jobsite. John Wytanis, SJ Project Manager, Mike Andrejco, SJ Foreman and crew have managed a very

complicated project with a fast track schedule.

We have been able to utilize our Project Managers to help out with running work in the Pennsylvania Branch and

have used some of our foremen to train new foremen in Local 19. The Local 19 work has created work for our

drafting department and shop, although that did not mean that reassignments and rotations were not necessary.

We must continue to strive to do our best every day, so that we can remain competitive with other companies and

fight the non-union threat that we compete against on all too many projects. In the words of John Wooden, the

famous College Basketball Coach—“Perform at your best when your best is required. Your best is required each

day.”

By: Dan Parent, SJ Branch Manager


John Wytanis

Mike Andrejco

Revel Tower

Joe Ruggeri

Joe Ruggeri, SJ Field

Foreman, passed away

suddenly on Monday,

January 17, 2011.

Joe worked for our South Jersey Branch

between 1997 and 2011.

Joe will be deeply missed.

I have had the pleasure of working with Joe Ruggeri for the last seven years. Joe was never short on enthu-siasm and loved a challenge.

I enjoyed hearing Joe’s stories, which he had a million of, you could really learn some valuable life lessons from his experiences.

When we started the Pennsylvania Branch, Joe was one of the first to offer his services and to help in any way possible for the branch to be successful. Joe was true to his word, he was there whenever we needed a boost on a job or to assist in training the men in the field.

I consider myself fortunate to have known Joe, he was a great worker, a truly enjoyable character and an even better person.

John Hoffmann, PA Branch Manager

In September 2010, a party was given to

honor Rich Perschetti.

Rich retired in June 2010, after working 14

years as a Production Supervisor in the SJ

Branch.


Fire Damper Angle

Aluminum Coil Loop End Cable

Hanger

Stock # Description

Added A501 Aluminum Coil—.040 x 48” - Type 5052 or

3003

Added B103 Fire Damper Angle—3” x 1.5” x 10’

Added C208 Loop End Cable Hanger 15’ #2

South Jersey Branch - continued

Stock Inventory Changes

New York City Branch

Congratulations to the field crew on the Sheraton

Hotel Project, who received Bonland T-Shirts for

their outstanding safety record while maintaining

high productivity and being ahead of an aggressive

schedule.

Back row L to R : Foreman Bobby Carboy, Derek Ordway

Front row : Billy Meslin, PM Chris O’Toole, Rainier Rivera


Dan Purcell, SJ Journeyman

10 Years

Joe Merker, SJ Field Foreman Lee Trombly, SJ Project Manager

15 Years

Mike Andrejco SJ Field Foreman

Scott Richardson

NJ Production Supervisor

● Mike Rowan, NJ Sales Representative

● Antoinette Rondon, MS Purchasing Assistant

● Julio Schettini, NYC Draftsman

● Susan Strauss, SJ Administrative Assistant

● Bill Hecht III, NJ Journeyman

● Daniel Lewis, SJ Journeyman

● Gerry Lopez, NJ Foreman

● John McGrath, SJ Journeyman

5 Years

Brittany, daughter of Tony Benanti, MS

Purchasing Manager, was recently crowned

“Queen of Hearts”, the middle school

equivalent of high school’s “Homecoming

Queen”.

To be eligible, the student must meet all academic and

extracurricular criteria, write an essay, and a letter of

recommendation from a teacher must be presented to

the board. The field is then narrowed to the final five,

who must attend a formal dinner with

judges as well as partake in private inter-

views.

Brittany was overjoyed when the announce-

ment was made, at the subsequent dance,

that she was named this year’s queen.

Introducing

Angela Milania Richardson

September 26, 2010

6lbs. 11oz 20 in.

Proud Parents: Danielle and Scott Richardson,

NJ Production Supervisor


Introducing

Hailey Autumn Hecht

January 8, 2011

9lbs. 20 1/2 in.

Proud Parents: Tara and Bill Hecht III,

NJ Journeyman

Meredith Boniface and Josh Kayne were married on February 20, 2011 in a beautiful ceremony on the beach at the

LaPlaya Resort in Naples, Florida.

They honeymooned in St. Lucia and now

reside in Boca Raton, Florida.

North Jersey Branch

50 Newark Pompton Tpke.

Wayne, NJ 07470

50 Newark Pompton Turnpike

PO Box 200

Wayne, NJ 07470

NEW PROJECTS

INDUSTRIES, INC.

BONLAND

South Jersey Branch

890 Towbin Avenue

Lakewood, NJ 08701

Send to:

Pennsylvania Branch

515 South Olds Blvd.

Fairless Hills, PA 19030

New York City Branch

185 Canal Street

Bronx, NY 10451

www.bonlandhvac.com

Branch Project Name Project Location Customer Name

North CHEESECAKE REST. SHORT HILLS SHORT HILLS, NJ AIREMASTERS

North EQUIINIX NY 7 NORTH BERGEN, NJ F&G MECHANICAL

North HLR 102 PHASE 4 NUTLEY, NJ SKANSKA USA

North HOLY CROSS MAUSOLEUM NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ CMC USA INC

North MERCK K-15 CELL CULTURE FAC KENILWORTH, NJ SKANSKA USA

North METLIFE 300 DAVIDSON SOMERSET, NJ F&G MECHANICAL

North NBA RESTACK SECAUCUS SECAUCUS, NJ F&G MECHANICAL

North OTICON SOMERSET, NJ TURNER CONSTRUCTION

North SHI DATA CENTER SOMERSET, NJ TURNER CONSTRUCTION

NYC DAVIDOFF 515 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY RICHTER & RATNER

NYC DISNEY ARMORY NEW YORK, NY SKANSKA USA BUILDING, INC

NYC LOWES STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND, NY JILLIAN MECHANICAL CORP.

NYC SHERATON HOTEL GUESTROOM RENOV NEW YORK, NY JDP MECHANICAL

NYC SITE 25 EMBASSY SUITES NEW YORK, NY ORION MECHANICAL SYS., INC.

NYC TJ MAXX 86TH STREET BROOKLYN, NY SCHIMENTI CONSTRUCTION

PA CHESTNUT HILL ER PHILADELPHIA, PA TRACEY MECHANICAL

PA LANKENAU ESC & GARAGES WYNNEWOOD, PA HERMAN GOLDNER CO., INC

PA LANKENAU HOSP. STERILE SUPPLY WYNNEWOOD, PA HERMAN GOLDNER CO., INC

PA HOMEWOOD SUITES PHILADELPHIA, PA ACCORD MECHANICAL

PA VIRTUA MOB FITOUT VOORHEES, NJ FALASCA MECHANICAL

South AC MIDTOWN THERMAL COGEN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ HERMAN GOLDNER CO INC

South PTS - LIBRARY PRINCETON, NJ REDDING'S MECHANICAL

South PU- HI PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PLAINSBORO, NJ BINSKY & SNYDER

South REVEL - LEVELS 8' 12' ATLANTIC CITY, NJ RICH BARHAM LLC

South REVEL - MER B ATLANTIC CITY, NJ RICH BARHAM LLC

South REVEL - POOL DUCT ATLANTIC CITY, NJ RICH BARHAM LLC

South REVEL TOWER PHASE 1 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ FALASCA MECHANICAL

South RUTGERS NEW LIVINGSTON HOUSING PISCATAWAY, NJ BINSKY & SNYDER

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