May 2012

Southeastern Arizona Contractors Association

Vol. 8, No. 9

ConstructionNews & Views

A message fromSACA’S President

Mike Rutherford

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Member Profile: Clark Information SystemsLeadership is a hot topic these

days. Can you spot a good one or abad one?How doyou rateyourselfas al e a d e r ?As busi-n e s sowners ,w e ’ r el e a d e r son sev-eral fronts, including our company,the community we live in, and ulti-mately our country.

It’s pretty easy to spot bad lead-ership. It’s self-serving, bullying,undisciplined, and generally demor-alizing to everyone around them.We’ve got plenty of examples tochoose from when we look at manyof our current politicians. Today’scurrent economic condition can belinked to downright poor leadershipon many levels of government andbusiness. If the condition is tochange, leadership needs to changein a big way.

So what makes a good leader?There’s lots of advice out thereabout what good leadership lookslike. John Maxwell, an internation-ally recognized leadership expert,points to character as a top quality.“If you can become the leader youought to be on the inside, you will

Clark Information Systems is a tech-nology solutions and service providerbased in Sierra Vista, Arizona provid-ing network design, installation, and sup-port services as well as high speedbroadband Internet services for com-panies located in Sierra Vista and sur-rounding areas. CIS also provides ITproject outsourcing, contracting, andmanaged services. CIS is in its 11th yearof providing computer and network sup-port to residential and commercial cus-tomers in the Cochise County area. In2005, CIS brought fiber to its datacenterand started up its High Speed Broad-band Internet service to the area. CISBroadband provides high speed broad-band Internet services to government,commercial, and residential customersfrom northern Whetstone to the edgeof Mexico. We work on complicatedcomputers and networks every day. Thisequates to speed, reliability, and currenttechnology in our ISP network. This isa real Internet Service Provider ownedand operated by real qualified computerprofessionals that is locally owned andoperated in Sierra Vista.

The owner and President, SteveClark, has worked in the technologyfield for 20 years and has a BA in In-formation Technology and an MBA inInformation Technology Management.CIS helps companies take advantageof day-to-day management of servers,systems and other network devices.Our managed administration servicesand managed security solutions help ourcustomers achieve a healthy return oninvestment and enable them to concen-trate on running their core business

while leaving the hassles of their infor-mation technology infrastructure to us.CIS can solve your business systemsproblems, and create a more competi-tive advantage for your companythrough the use of technology. For smallbusinesses, we take the load off of yourinformation technology worries. By fo-cusing on business technology services,and not on sales of hardware and soft-ware, we are able to make unbiasedappraisals and recommendations of howour customers can best use their valu-able resources in their IT infrastructure.

The touchstone of CIS’s excellentreputation is personalized and respon-sive customer service. We choosemanufacturers and other service part-ners who share our values and beliefthat quality and honesty are the keys tolong-term business success. Our ser-vice and dedication to our customers isour main priority, as we provide our cli-ents with a customized one-on-one so-

lution, unique to their situation. Whilethere may be many computer/IT ser-vice companies out there, our customerservice, experience, and dedicationseparate us from the rest. CIS pro-vides a variety of services to help yousucceed in your business and get themost out of technology for your com-pany, including network design andimplementation services, contractedemployees, managed services, andhigh speed Internet service.

In today’s fast paced business en-vironment, information technologiescan make or break your business. AtCIS we have the resources, experi-ence, and know-how to make your in-formation systems work. We are a ser-vice provider - we provide solutionsmeasured by improved productivity, notproduct markups. Business ownersand home office users can’t afford thehassle and loss of productivity associ-New Member continued on page 8

SACA May 2012 Calendar of Events

ATTENTION SACA MEMBERS!

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Contractors AssociationThe SACA newsletter is looking formembers’ business stories to publish.

Do you have a story about your business that you’d like otherSACA members and the general public to hear? Please contact

Christine Bingel at 459-1706, or email christine.bingel@swgas.com.Contractor Contacts

Registrar of Contractors(Phoenix)1-877-692-9762www.rc.state.az.us

Registrar of Contractors400 W. Congress, #212Tucson, AZ 85701(520) 628-6345

Southeastern Arizona ContractorsAssociation197-B, E. Fry BlvdSierra Vista, AZ 85635520-458-0488Email:admin@sacasceo.qwestbusiness.netNewsletter contact:christine.bingel@swgas.comWebsite: www.saca-az.org

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2012 SACABoard of Directors & Committee Chairs

Laurinda Wallace, Executive DirectorMike Rutherford – President

Registrar of Contractors,Advisory Council MemberBuilding Committee Chair

Water Issues ChairWayne Gregan – Vice President

Website ChairHome Show Co-Chair

Greg Keller – Secretary / TreasurerHome Show Co-Chair

Kevin Jorgenson – DirectorSafety Committee Chair

Scholarships / Charities Co-ChairChristine Bingel – Director

Annual Meeting ChairNewsletter Chair

Membership ChairRobbie Cain – DirectorGolf Tournament Chair

Larry Saunders – DirectorSWPPP / MS4 Co-Chair

Scholarships / Charities Co-ChairBob Kirk – Director

Kristen Gregan – DirectorCo-Chair Annual Meeting

Lynn MattinglyCochise County Stakeholders Representative

Michael CerepanyaCity of Sierra Vista Stakeholders Representative

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Government MeetingsCochise Cty Board of Supervisors Every Tues., 10 a.m. County Buildings, Bisbee, AZSierra Vista City Council 2nd & 4th Thurs., 5 p.m. City Hall, 2nd FloorBenson City Council 2nd & 4th Mon., 7 p.m. City HallBisbee City Council 1st & 3rd Tues., 7 p.m. City HallWillcox City Council 1st & 3rd Mon., 7 p.m. City Hall

General Membership Meeting • May 16Location: PDS Country Club, St. Andrews Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ

Time 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Luncheon $15 at doorSpeaker: Martha McSally, Candidate for U.S. Congress

Martha is a pioneer. She is the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and to command a fightersquadron in combat. In 2001-2002, McSally earned national recognition for successfully overturninga military policy requiring all U.S. servicewomen to wear a Muslim Abaya and headscarf when offbase in Saudi Arabia. Originally from Rhode Island, Martha retired from the USAF as a colonel in2010. She has made her home in Tucson for a number of years, first arriving in the Old Pueblo in1994, the first of her four assignments to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. She is a DistinguishedGraduate of the United States Air Force Academy, and earned her Masters Degree in Public Policyfrom the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Martha says, “To the people ofSouthern Arizona, I offer leadership shaped by global experience, a pioneering spirit in search of newopportunity and moral courage. I won’t always do what’s popular, but I will always fight for what isright.” Before resigning to run for office, Martha was Professor of National Security Studies at theGeorge C. Marshall Center in Germany where she taught and mentored senior government officialsfrom all over the world in international and national security issues.

Upcoming SACA EventsJune 7, 2012 • OSHA Training • Chamber of Commerce, 9 a.m. – Noon

June 20, 2012 • General Membership Meeting • Pueblo Del Sol Country Club

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In an effort to tame the jungle ofbuilding codes throughout the county,SACA has formed the new BuildingCode Technical Committee (BCTC).An organizational meeting was heldon Tuesday, April 24, at the County’sFoothills facility in Sierra Vista. Alongwith representation from SACA’sboard of directors, building officialsfrom Cochise County and several cit-ies were at the table. The discussionfocused on better communication andunderstanding between contractorsand building officials.

The BCTC will meet four times ayear in different locations throughoutthe county to allow contractors from

all over the area easier access to themeetings. The 2012 schedule isplanned as follows: June 19 – Benson;August 21 – Willcox; October 23 –Bisbee. The 2013 schedule will beginwith a meeting in Sierra Vista on Janu-ary 23.

The meeting format will be roundtable discussions. Ten-minute train-ing segments are planned for hot top-ics. This will be a time for contrac-tors to get clarification on the variouscodes and give feedback to officialson issues that affect them most. Thefocus will be to assist builders in codecompliance and clear up questions ininterpreting regulations, and issues of

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enforcement.SACA’s website will host a forum

where an ongoing Q & A exchangebetween builders and officials can beaccessed. Topics are ready to go andcontractors can subscribe to those ofinterest to them. All the informationcan be found at the Building CodeTechnical Committee page atwww.saca-az.org. Minutes of theBCTC meetings will be posted on thepage as well. Watch your email formeeting information regarding theJune 19 meeting in Benson. If youneed more information, contactWayne Gregan at wgregan@rrexpress.net.

Building a partnership

Frank Moro, owner of First WestProperties Corporation of SierraVista, has announced the retirementof company project manager, JoeKraps, effective May 11.

Kraps started his 30 plus years inthe construction industry upon gradu-ating from Northern Arizona Univer-sity in 1970. He worked for a largeFlagstaff residential and commercialcontractor, developing many of theskills and knowledge necessary intoday’s construction industry.

After relocating to Sierra Vista,teaching and coaching at Buena High

School for two years, Kraps returnedto work in the construction industry.He worked for over twelve years asa project manager with KarolGeorge, K E & G Construction,where he was involved in many com-mercial projects in Sierra Vista andsoutheastern Arizona.

He and partner Larry Henson op-erated Zephyr Construction for justover six years before being boughtout of the company. After a short stintof “retirement,” he partnered withMoro and helped develop commer-cial projects in Sierra Vista.

Kraps served 7 years on the Si-erra Vista Planning and Zoning Com-mission before being elected to a 4year term on that city’s City Coun-cil. He returned to the P & Z Com-mission, where he currently servesas chairman. His retirement plansinclude travel, fishing, his 1947 Fordstreet rod and grandson Jason in Gil-bert, Az.

Joe Kraps retires from First West Properties

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Planning begins soon forthis year’s Golf Tournamentscheduled for Friday, Novem-ber 2. Robbie Cain will chairthe committee again this year.If you’d like to be part of theteam, contact the SACA of-fice by calling 458.0488 oremailadmin@sacasceo.qwestbusiness.net for more infor-mation. We want this year’stournament to be better thanever as we raise funds for lo-cal charities.

Charity GolfTournament 2012 As the seasons change and the

temperatures rise, people begin toenjoy the telltale signs that spring isfinally here. Unfortunately, we are notthe only ones who like the warmweather.

During this time of year, snakesexit their winter hibernation and be-come increasingly active during thespring and summer months. This of-ten leads to increased interactionsbetween snakes and humans.

The Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) estimates thataround 7,000 people are bitten by ven-omous snakes every year in theUnited States. Most individuals make

a full recovery, but about 1 of ev-ery 1000 victims will die as a resultof envenomation.

Some tips to remember if you orsomeone you know is bitten by avenomous snake:

• Get the person away from thesnake as quickly and safely as pos-sible to prevent further injury.

• Call 9-1-1 or seek medical at-tention immediately.

• Keep the victim calm and still.Exciting them will only hasten thespread of the venom.

• Keep the bitten area level withthe victim’s heart. Elevating thearea will lead to the venom enter-ing the system more rapidly. Low-ering the bite site will cause wors-ening swelling to the affected area.

• Wash around the wound withwarm water and soap if available.

• Remove any restrictive cloth-ing, rings, jewelry, or watches. Asthe area begins to swell, these maybecome dangerously tight.

• Try to remember what thesnake looked like. A diamond colorpattern and triangular head shapeare common among venomoussnakes.

If you are bitten by a snake,do not …

• Place a tourniquet. Restrictingblood flow to the area will causemore damage than the venom alone.

• Try to kill the snake. You willnot be any help if you get bittenwhile trying to kill it.

• Attempt to suck the venom out

with your mouth. Many bacteria livein our mouths and can cause an in-fection on top of a venomous bite.

• Make cuts in the skin around thebite marks. This will not help.

• Place ice or cold compresses onthe skin at the bite site.

• Drink alcohol or caffeinated bev-erages.

• Take aspirin, ibuprofen or anyNSAIDS for two weeks after a bite.

• Wait for symptoms to start be-fore seeking medical attention. Thesooner treatment is started, the moreeffective it is. Coral snake venom maynot cause any symptoms for six hoursor more. Seek medical care immedi-ately.

In general, the best treatment is toavoid being bitten at all. Snake en-venomation is a completely prevent-able injury. Some tips if you encoun-ter a snake:

• Snakes are not naturally aggres-sive, especially toward larger animalsor humans. Chances are they arelooking to avoid you as much as youwant to avoid them. If a snake is pro-voked, it will be more likely to strike.If you see a snake, slowly and calmlymove away.

• Wear long pants and boots whenwalking in rocky or heavily woodedareas, tall grass or leaf piles.

• Wear gloves when moving/stack-ing wood.

• Remember, snakes are more ac-tive at night.

Please keep these tips in mind andhave a safe and happy spring!

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City of Sierra Vista streetmaintenance funding

Street Maintenance in the City ofSierra Vista is primarily funded fromState Highway User Revenue Funds(HURF). This year these funds wereapproximately $200,000 dollars belowthe City’s original estimates. The re-duced amount of HURF funds were aresult of higher gas prices, which ledto less consumer demand and the StateLegislature’s use of HURF money tofund the State’s Department of PublicSafety and the Motor Vehicle Depart-ment.

As a result of this smaller budget,the City had to reduce the scope ofwork for street improvements that areplanned this year which now includesimprovements for two minor arterialstreets that were advertised for bidson May 6, 2012.

The first portion of the “major”street maintenance project will involveplacing a 1-1/2 inch thick pavementoverlay over a section of CoronadoDrive (between Piccadilly Drive andCrestwood Drive). The second por-tion of the project will involve the com-

plete removal and replacement of a 12inch pavement section on Avenida DelSol between Coral Road and CaminoDel Norte.

It is anticipated that next year’s Citybudget will include approximately$350,000 to place rubberized chip sealswithin some our residential neighbor-hoods. The City has been very luckyto secure federal funds to reconstructand/or overlay some of our major arte-rial streets. This fall, the City antici-pates releasing two projects that willcomplete the reconstruction of WilcoxDrive between Calle Portal and 7th

Street and the overlay of 7th Street fromBuffalo Soldier Trail to State Route 90(bypass).

Until Congress approves a newTransportation Reauthorization Bill(probably after the elections of 2013)and an accompanying AppropriationsBill, the City will likely continue to berestricted with the limited HURF fund-ing, for our streets maintenance pro-grams.

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Project Graduation CheckWayne Gregan presented Bill Hansen a check for $1,000 to help support theBuena High School Project Graduation.

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minutes to enter the information and get access to more information. Check outthe pictures from the Home Show and past events. There are details about up-coming events and you can register for the monthly membership lunch meetings.As we continue to add more to the website, stop by often and check out what’shappening. If you have suggestions, please email the office atadmin@sacasceo.qwestbusiness.net. Make the most of your membership by us-ing the convenience of online renewal of membership, payment of dues, and more.

be able to become the person you wanton the outside. People will want to fol-low you. And when that happens, you’llbe able to tackle anything in this world.”

Some of the qualities that character-ize the good leader are: courage, com-mitment, communication, discernment,competence, and generosity. Here aresome thoughts from the experts.

“Courage is doing what you’re afraidto do. There can be no courage, unlessyou’re scared.” Eddie Rickenbacker

“Commitment separates the doersfrom dreamers.” John Maxwell

“If a leader can’t get a messageacross clearly to motivate others to acton it, then having a message doesn’t evenmatter.” Gilbert Amelio

Calvin Coolidge on generosity said,“No person was ever honored for whathe received. Honor has been the rewardfor what he gave.”

President’s Message continued from page 1 “Smart leaders believe only half of

what they hear. Discerning leaders knowwhich half to believe.” John Maxwell

On discerning leaders, even the bigguys make mistakes such as Thomas J.Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943who didn’t think there wasn’t much of amarket for computers. He said five com-puters ought to cover it. Or there’s JimmyHoffa who dismissed the idea that heneeded bodyguards in 1975 about amonth before he disappeared.

Leadership with integrity. A high stan-dard, but I believe it’s time to take a hardlook at our elected officials. I encourageeveryone to dig below the rhetoric ofcandidates and find out what their ac-tions say about their character. The fu-ture depends upon our good leadershipand those we choose to govern. RE-MINDER-Don’t forget to ‘take thetrash out’ on November 6, 2012.

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Watering tipsSo far, it has been a beautiful spring.

Moisture lingered in the air, morningshave been cool, there has been just alittle wind, and the yellow desert mari-golds are blooming on the roadsides.

But now our dry, hot season begins.It is a natural time for many of ourdesert native and adapted plants to restuntil the rains begin in late June or earlyJuly. You may have noticed some oakleaves are yellow or have fallen off.After a dry winter, the oaks often gointo dormancy, like cold weather plantsdo in the winter. Look for the new, soft,red leaves to emerge with the summerrains.

In your landscape, you can help yourplants and your water bill coast throughthe next two months with the followingwater wise tips.

Mulch: Keep moisture in the groundfor your landscape plants by putting athree-inch layer of bark, rock, or forvegetable gardens and fruit trees strawand hay, around the plants. The City ofSierra Vista has terrific inexpensive

shredded mulch. Call the Public WorksDepartment at (520) 458-5775.

Water right: We love our plants somuch that we overwater them. Remem-ber that plant roots need to breathe. Spaceout waterings by getting a good reservoirof water in the soil at each watering. Butwater to the root depth and no deeper oryou will waste water. Groundcover andsmall plant roots grow to about one footdeep, shrubs’ to two feet, and trees’ tothree feet deep.

Make sure to water at the feederroots located at the dripline below the edgeof the plant’s branches. Think of a treeor shrub as an umbrella. During a rain-storm, it is dry underneath but at the edgeof the branches, water drips to the ground.This is where roots naturally grow for adrink.

When to water again varies. A goodrule of thumb is to let the soil dry out a bitbetween waterings. To test for dry soil,push a long-shank screwdriver into theground near your plant. If it only goes infour inches, it is time to water. This may

be no more frequent than every two tothree weeks with a mulch layer.

Use shade cloth: Shade new or ten-der plants to help keep them cool.

Use gray water: Gray water is a greatsource of landscape water. Water thirstyplants with laundry or bathroom sink,shower or tub gray water. In Arizona, itis legal for residents to use gray waterwithout a permit, but check with your lo-cal health department when installing asystem.

Harvest rainwater: Hard to believe,but it will rain again. Each summer, a 4,000square foot lot could receive around10,000 gallons of water. Get ready tocatch the rain by grabbing a shovel anddig shallow, broad basins between plants.When it rains, water will flow into thebasins and slowly soak into the groundprompting your plants to have a glorioussummer and fall bloom. You can even sitback and enjoy Mother Nature doing thewatering for you!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, callthe Water Wise program at 458-8278 ext.

2141 or go on line towaterwise.arizona.edu. Water Wise isa University of Arizona CooperativeExtension program whose Partners areCochise County, the City of SierraVista, Ft. Huachuca, the Upper SanPedro Partnership and Sulphur SpringsValley Electric Cooperative.

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help lessen the instability. The tower’stop is still more than 3.9 meters off cen-ter.

9.) Tacoma Narrows BridgeOpened in1940, the bridge was the

third longest suspension bridge in theworld before it collapsed in dramaticfashion just four months later. Sus-tained 40 mph winds caused a phenom-enon known as aeroelastic flutter, reso-nating violently with the structure untilthe roadway broke apart and fell hun-dreds of feet into the gorge below.

8.) HubbleOne of the crowning achievements

of the space age, the Hubble SpaceTelescope launched with a defectivemirror that severely inhibited the qual-ity of the incredibly expensiveinstrument’s imaging capabilities. Sev-eral servicing missions had to be flownto correct the issue, and Hubble endedup costing U.S. taxpayers nearly $6billion – up from an original $400 mil-lion.

7.) Lotus Riverside Complex

In 2009, a recently completed resi-dential building collapsed nearly intactin Shanghai, killing one constructionworker. A lengthy probe pointed to ex-cavated earth being dumped nearby,which caused a river bank to collapseand saturate the surrounding soil, caus-ing the instability. The eleven remain-ing structures in the project were im-mediately investigated.

6.) New York City Crane CollapseA 2008 crane collapse in a down-

town NYC neighborhood resulted in thedeaths of six construction workers andanother female bystander. Investigatorsdetermined that instead of the recom-mended eight safety straps, negligentcrews had installed only four, wornstraps, leading to the deadly failure.

5.) Hyatt Regency WalkwayDuring a tea dance in July of 1981,

dozens of people gathered on an aerialwalkway of the less than year-old ho-tel, before a catastrophic structural fail-ure sent hundreds hurtling down fourfloors onto crowds of hundreds below.More than 200 people were injured and

114 lost their lives.4.) Chicago CribAs crews were working on a wa-

ter intake tunnel for Chicago in 1909, afire broke out on a water crib in themiddle of winter, killing 60 workers andbadly burning dozens of others, withmany drowning or succumbing to hy-pothermia as they tried to escape theflames.

3.) Quebec City BridgeThe 1907 construction of the Que-

bec City Bridge across the St.Lawrence River ended tragically afterofficials ignored the fact that initial cal-culations for the bridge were off bymore than 8 million pounds. 75 work-ers lost their lives when the structurefinally failed and plunged into the riverbelow.

2.) Willow Island Cooling TowerA 430-foot power plant cooling

tower, under construction in 1978, wasseverely behind schedule, resulting ina number of shortcuts and oversightsthat led to a collapse claiming 51 lives.Unset concrete and poorly constructed

scaffolding were the main factors be-hind the structural failure.

1.) Teton DamWhile many of these construction

failures resulted in tragic loss of life,they have helped shape the safetyprocedures and guidelines that havesaved countless lives over the years.

The Teton Dam, for example, wasan earthen dam built by the federalgovernment in southeastern Idahowhich broke apart upon its first fill-ing on June 5th, 1976. The rushingwaters from the catastrophic failurekilled 11 people and drowned morethan 13,000 head of cattle, with dam-ages estimated up to $2 billion.

Permeable soil and cracked foun-dations were blamed for the dam’scollapse, which allowed more than2,000,000 cubic feet of water per sec-ond to careen into the Teton Rivercanyon, emptying the reservoir withinhours. The Dam’s failure prompteda round of more stringent regulationsgoverning similar projects across theUnited States.

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City of Sierra VistaResidential Permits Issued

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Apr 2011 16 Year to Date ’11 56

Apr 2010 17 Year to Date ’10 93