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V O I C E O F T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N I N D U S T R Y

IN THIS ISSUE:

CONSTRUCTIONINSURANCE

Contractural Risk Transfer:

What Does it Meanto Your Company?

2010 InsuranceResource Guide









RENOVATION/RESTORATION

Evangelista RevitalizesRackham Interiors





Plus: FIELD OF SEAMS New EMU Practice Facility at a Fraction of the Cost

SAVING FACETHE FINE ARTSBUILDING FAADE

STILL STANDING


STILL STANDING


STILL STANDING

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4/484 C A M M AG AZ I NE S EP T EM B ER 2 0 10 Voice Of The Construction Industry

FEATURES

10 NAWIC Hosts MAGIC Camp 2010Introducing High School Girls to the Trades

12 Member FeatureFamily-Owned Shelving, Inc. Celebrates

50 Years of Successful Business


16 Giving Voice to HistoryEvangelista Revitalizes

Rackham Interiors

22 Saving Face

J.C. Beal Construction Preserves the HistoricFaade of the Fine Arts Building

25 Greenprint for the FutureCommercial Building & Retrofit, Inc.,

Saves Clients Thousands of Dollars and

Bundles of Energy with Their Savvy

Sealed Insulation Systems

V O I C E O F T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N I N D U S T R Y

INSURANCE

28 Contractual Risk Transfer

Enter Into Your Next Contract with New Insights

30 Insurance Resource Guide2010 Listing of Insurance Agencies Specializing

in Construction Insurance and Bonding Capabilities

CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT

32 Field of SeamsEMUs New Practice Facility at a Fraction of the Cost

DEPARTMENTS

6 Industry News

8 Safety Tool Kit

38 Product Showcase

44 People in Construction

45 Buyers Guide Update

46 CAM Welcomes New Members

46 Construction Calendar

46 Advertisers Index

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5/48CAM MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2010Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

PUBLISHER Kevin N. Koehler

EDITOR Amanda M. Tackett

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Mary E. Kremposky

David R. Miller

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Matthew J. Austermann

GRAPHIC DESIGN Marci L. Christian

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Gregg A. Montowski

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Cathy A. Jones

DIRECTORSOFFICERS

Chairman R. Andrew Martin,FH Martin Constructors

Vice Chairman Brian D. Kiley,Edgewood Electric, Inc.

Vice Chairman John ONeil, Sr.,W.J. ONeil Company

Treasurer James C. Capo,DeMattia Group

President Kevin N. Koehler

DIRECTORS Gregory Andrzejewski,PPG Industries

Stephen J. Auger,Stephen Auger + Associates Architects

M. James Brennan,Broadcast Design & Construction, Inc.

Kevin French,Poncraft Door Company

Frank G. Nehr, Jr.,Davis Iron Works

Donald J. Purdie, Jr.,Detroit Elevator Company

Kurt F. Von Koss,Beaver Tile & Stone

Jacqueline LaDuke Walters,LaDuke Roofing & Sheet Metal

Michigan Society ofAssociation Executives

2002, 2004, 2005 & 2007Diamond Award

2003, 2006 Honorable Mention

Gallery of Fine Printing

2002 Bronze Award

MARCOM InternationalCreative Awards

2005 Gold Award

The CommunicatorInternational

Print Media Competition

Overall Association Magazine

Magazine Writing

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United Rentals ExtendsPartnership with ABC'sExtreme Makeover: HomeEdition for 2010-2011 SeasonEquipment Rental Leader Provides Support

Through National Branch Network

United Rentals recently announced that ithas renewed its partnership with Extreme

Makeover: Home Edition for the upcoming

season. The Emmy award-winning television

show will begin building more new homes

for worthy families this month, in

preparation for the premiere of its eighth

season on ABC in September.

The 2010-2011 season marks the fourth

consecutive year that United Rentals has

served as the preferred construction

equipment supplier for Extreme Makeover,

which relies on local contractors and

community volunteers to build a house in

just seven days. United Rentals' integratedapproach to customer service mobilizes the

resources of more than 550 branches, a key

benefit to Extreme Makeover as the show

travels across the country.

Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer

of United Rentals, said, We are very pleased

to once again support Extreme Makeover in

raising the profile of volunteerism in

America. Our employees take this

partnership to heart. They find ways to solve

equipment needs at even the most rural

sites or when a call comes in at midnight.

The race against time is intense, but the

quality of service we provide is very similar

to the 'extreme' commitment we show our

customers every day.

Walsh College Jeffery W. BarryCenter Merits LEED GoldCertification

The award-winning Jeffery W. Barry Center

on the Walsh College Troy campus has been

LEED Gold certified by the U.S Green

Building Council. The USGB recognized the

37,000-square-foot, two-level classroom

building for adhering to green design andbuilding practices related to sustainable

sites, water efficiency, energy and

atmosphere, materials and resources, and

indoor environmental quality.

We had planned for LEED Silver and

hoped for and proudly received LEED

Gold, Walsh College President Stephanie

Bergeron said. We created an energy-

efficient, comfortable learning environment

for a unique student population largely

comprised of working professionals who

attend classes in the evening. With the Barry

Center, Walsh demonstrates that environ-

mental values can be successfully integrated

into a great educational atmosphere.

Ground was broken in 2006 and the

building opened for classes in January of

2008. Benefits already accrued to the

environment for following green design and

building practices include:

In 2009, 70 percent of the Barry Centers

electricity came from green, rapidly

renewable resources.

Every year, approximately seven milliongallons of water are captured and filtered

in bioswales and a constructed wetland

before being recharged into the water

supply.

Annual savings of 825,000 gallons of

water and $5,000 in city fees through

landscaping with native plants that do not

require irrigation. Scenery that changes

with the seasons is an added benefit.

Waste heat converted into electricity

through energy recovery technology.

A 20 percent increase in energy

performance achieved by doubling the

buildings insulation.

A 40 percent reduction in potable wat

use by using energy-efficient plumbin

technology.

Valerio DeWalt Train Associates of Chicag

designed the building, and George W. Auc

Company of Pontiac was the gener

contractor. Sited at the east end of thexisting 75,000-square-foot Troy camp

building, the Barry Center includes nin

classrooms, a 40-workstation library, a

auditorium, two seminar rooms, thre

conference rooms, and a marketing foc

group room.

One-fourth of the construction materia

were local. The building was constructe

with 78,000 bricks, more than 15 miles

electrical wire, and 235 tons of structur

steel. More than 80 percent of the building

wood was from FSC-certified forests an

rapidly renewable resources.

Since we opened the Barry Center, manhave expressed their appreciation of i

features, both visible and invisible, sa

Christine Stout, Walsh College director

Facilities and Auxiliary Services. When w

see how comfortable the students are in th

building, we believe that former Wals

President Jeff Barry would be proud to hav

his name on it. Thanks must certainly b

given to all who dedicated time and effort t

this project and to the process of receivin

this certification for our amazing gree

building.

For more information, please vis

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Kahn Designs Award-WinningHospital for Aurora Health Car AIA Recognizes Aurora and Project Tea

for Use of Innovative BIM Technology

Design and Construction

The American Institute of Architects (AI

recently announced the 2010 recipients

the Sixth Annual Technology in Architectur

Practice (TAP) Building Informatio

Modeling (BIM) Awards. Aurora Health Care

newest hospital, located in Summ

Wisconsin, received the Institutes highe

technology honor: a Citation Award in BI

Excellence. AIA honored recipients at

special reception and award ceremon

recently held in Miami.

The AIA award also honored firms th

played an integral role in the plannin

design and development of this state-o

the-art acute care facility, including Albe

Kahn Associates, Inc. (Kahn), architec

Hammes Company, project manager; an

Mortenson Construction, as constructio

manager. A facility of this size and scop

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required an advanced team of project

management, design, and construction

professionals, said Michael Scholl, Vice

President, Hammes Company. High

standards were set for the team members as

we were all held accountable to deliver a

facility to exceed the expectations of Aurora

Health Care.BIM is a building development tool that

incorporates modeling concepts, information

technology, and software solutions to help

design and construct a building project. The

tool has grown in popularity in recent years

as it improves ease of document retrieval,

boosts communication and productivity

within a project team, and increases visibility

of the project plans. The increased visibility

allows key executives and stakeholders to

feel more in tune with a phased development

project.

While designing this large, complex

medical center, the project team committed

to an integrated approach of proactive

communication and creative solutions with

BIM, says Cynthia Pozolo, AIA, vice president

and director of architectural development,

Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. For us, BIM

proved to be a crucial tool to drive and

manage the overall design.

Aurora Medical Center is an 802,000-square-foot medical campus that includes a

medical office building and the Vince

Lombardi Cancer Clinic. The hospital

employs a full range of diagnostic and

treatment options in a facility designed to

enhance patient healing through the

utilization of natural elements, healing

gardens, and calming views. The project

team implemented several sustainable, or

green, elements during the design of the

facility, including a stormwater management

system and natural daylighting with

expansive windows. The resulting facility is a

vibrant medical campus that is anticipated

to direct additional economic developme

within the community.

This team was challenged with a tigh

fast-track schedule for a hospital of this size

said Mark Sherry, Vice President, Mortenso

Construction. BIM merged the desig

model into the construction models an

provided tangible benefits, such as concrelift drawings, prefabrication of mechanic

systems, and enclosure visualization. Each

these proved critical in constructing th

top-quality facility within an extreme

accelerated schedule.

The following firms were also recognize

in conjunction with Aurora Medical Cente

KJWW Consulting Engineers, MEP designe

R.A. Smith National, civil engineer; Thei

Interiors, interior designer; Maria

Landscape Design, landscape designe

Karlsberger, laboratory consultant; Lerc

Bates, vertical transportation consultant; an

E.F. Whitney, food service consultant.
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Greenleaf Trust Celebrates Ribbon CuttingGreenleaf Trust, a Kalamazoo-based wealth management firm,

recently hosted a dedication event to officially mark the opening of

the Greenleaf Trust Building. Gone is the abandoned gas station at the

corner of Woodward and Maple in downtown Birmingham. In its

place, a five-story, mixed-use building established to anchor the

expansion of Greenleaf Trust in Southeast Michigan. SME worked with

Catalyst Development, LLC, CSM Group, the constructionmanager, and Eckert Wordell Architecture to redevelop this

high-profile Brownfield site.

SME helped secure $1.3 million in Brownfield tax increment

financing to help defer some of the cost for redeveloping the property.

The Plymouth-based firm provided Brownfield due diligence

consulting, including environmental site assessments to assist in

liability management, as well as geotechnical engineering and

construction materials services.

SME designed an earth retention system around the proposed

building perimeter and incorporated environmental protection

features to surround the new building foundations. SME also

developed an underpinning system to support the foundations of

the adjacent restaurant so excavation would not cause movement,

and continually monitored vibrations during construction. The firms

materials group tested structural concrete, structural steel,

fireproofing, masonry, fluid membrane air barriers, roofing, and deck

coating.

SME also made recommendations on green product selection and

wrote the Brownfield credit for LEED certification. The building will be

the first in Birmingham to achieve LEED Silver Certification.

Patti Owens, managing director of Catalyst Development Co., LLC,


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f youve bid on or are doing any work for the University of Michigan,

you may have been asked to submit a corrective action plan based

on your safety record. Weve had calls from several CAM Members

wondering what to do. I t seems that the U of M people who ask forthese documents arent very forthcoming with either why they are

being requested, or exactly what is supposed to be corrected. A quick

evaluation of the information you submitted should reveal the problem,

however. Take a look at your Experience Modification Rating (EMR). If its

over one (1), thats a problem that should be addressed (actually if its

over .80 Id be concerned). The rating is based on, among other things,

your frequency and severity of injuries.

Next, take a look at your OSHA recordable and lost work day case rates.

These are compared against industry standards ad compiled by the

bureau of labor statistics (www.bls.org). As you can see, all three items tie

in together and relate back to injuries. Regardless of what U of M is

asking, it is paramount to a successful safety program that you learn from

the past and act on it. I recently sat down with a contractor to evaluate

whether or not they were recording their injuries properly on their OSH

300 log. With a few exceptions they were, but more importantly w

identified a hidden trend. We found that over 50 percent of their injuri

were hand injuries, and this was an industry where you might not expeto see that. The company developed a plan to solve that problem

getting to the root cause of the accidents and developing effectiv

prevention strategies. What they did, without knowing it, was to develo

a corrective action plan. It was really that simple.

The bottom line here is that whether you perform work for t

University or not, take a look at your injury history and see what you ca

do, going forward, to prevent future problems. Then if youre asked for

corrective action plan you dont have to panic - youll already have on

Remember: CAMSAFETY is offering free, on-site Focus Four safe

training under our Grant from MIOSHA. To find out more about th

opportunity, or if you have questions or comments, contact me at 24

972-1141 or at [email protected]. You can also visit our website

www.cam-online.com.

Joseph M. ForgueDirector of Education

& Safety Services

A Corrective ActionPlan Be PreparedBy Joe Forgue, Director of Education & Safety Services

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said: SME is the first development partner I

call whenever Catalyst sets out to identify a

new building site. The value their team

brings to all of our projects is measured in

our pre-construction preparedness for

whatever conditions exist on site, the quality

of solutions we undertake to both clean up a

site and to ready it for a new building and theactual dollars we add to the bottom line as a

result of SMEs knowledge, expertise and

customer-centered service delivery model.

SME continuously assumes an unwritten

leadership position within the development

team, working every day to assure this owner

of their commitment to a successful project

from beginning to end.

For more information, visit us at

www.sme-usa.com.

Strategies for Launching a

Handyman DivisionHandyman Marketing is offering acontractors marketing plan of action specif-

ically developed for contractors who want to

increase their business and profits by

establishing a Handyman Division. The plan

is designed to deliver excellent marketing

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The printed materials for the Contractors

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Marketing, a business based in Des Plaines,

IL. The materials form the basis of the one

and only integrated Handyman Advertising

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contractors to distribute in 30 days or less. The materials are practical, proven and

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loyalty and dramatically increase the

contractors new Handyman Division sales.

The plan of action shows six ways of how,

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materials in order to reach homeowners and

the contractors customer base. The step-by-

step Marketing Material Distribution

Blueprint has been fine-tuned through

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Mitchell Glaser, a Northwestern University

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plan. Now that the real estate business is

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residential and commercial contractors to

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10/4810 C A M M AG A ZI N E S E PT E MB E R 2 01 0 Voice Of The Construction Industry

As July temperatures soared into the 90s a group of high school

girls donned hard hats and learned the value of sweat equity

with hands-on construction work. The Detroit and Lansing

NAWIC Chapters, Oakland Community College Construction

Management Program, and Womencenter, sponsored this years

Mentoring a Girl in Construction (MAGIC) Camp.

From July 12 16 students learned the basics in an

assortment of trades, including electric wiring,

carpentry, plumbing, operating tools and

equipment. A structure of plywood walls,

floor, toilet and a window was used for the

instructing process. Projects also included a

few to take home: a bench, a lamp, and atabletop water feature.

MAGIC Camp was the inspiration of

Diane Quimby and Renee Connor begin-

ning in 2006. Connor is the National

Executive Director of MAGIC, a member

of the Sugarloaf Georgia Chapter of

NAWIC, and president of Precision

Tapping, Inc. It has been so much fun to be

here and see how this camp runs, said

Connor. We have 20 camps going on across

the U.S. this year. Last year we reached 450 girls.

To actually get to see other camps is an awesome

opportunity.

This years students in the NAWIC Detroit MAGIC Camp we

Shiretha Young, Kellie Sullivan, Jeniece Carter, Kyrstian Sherida

Baylie Campbell, Alissa Robinson, Katherine Kilgore, Melanie Stree

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Successful companies dont allow theirbusiness plan to collect dust on the

shelf. With its agile and savvy

response to market trends, its no

wonder Shelving, Inc. is celebrating 50 years of

successful operation. Using its storage and

shelving products to optimize the use of space

for clients, the Auburn Hills-based firm is

thriving in a down economy by making wise

use of a contemporary form of space:

cyberspace. Shelving, Inc. has set up shop in

that new Mall of America called the Internet

and is taking advantage of the vast opportu-

nities of E-commerce.

When Jack Schodowski began the companyin December 1960, the Internet was literally

something in outer space, having been initially

developed according to WikiAnswers - as part

of the Soviet Unions launch of the first Sputnik

satellite in 1957. Back on Earth, Detroit and the

automotive industry were booming, and Jack

Schodowski decided to leave his position as

sales representative for Interlake Steel, one of

the largest manufacturers of steel racks and

slotted angle shelving in the country, to launch

his own custom industrial shelving enterprise.

He wanted to control his own destiny, said his

son and current company president, Joe

Schodowski.The firms first office was located on Riopel

in Detroits warehouse district now east of GM

World Headquarters. The senior Schodows

made sales calls on automotive manufacture

and their suppliers the old-fashioned way

door-to-door and face-to-face, sa

Schodowski. He was so excited getting his fir

order he left the customers office without th

purchase order.

This is only one of many company stories

this successful second-generation fami

business that has survived five recessions an

the Great Recession. We have thrived becaus

M E M B E R F E A T U R E

Reaching the Top ShelfShelving, Inc. Celebrates 50 Years in Business

By Mary E. Kremposky Photo By

Associate Editor Marci Christian

Pictured (left to right): Joan Aiello (Secretary), Jim Aiello (VP Marketing), John Schodowski (VP Operations), Joe Schodowski (President),

Mike Schodowski (VP Sales), Helen Schodowski (Founder) and Jack Schodowski (Founder).



we dont cut corners, said Schodowski. We

have never provided a shelving or rack system

that has failed under weight stresses. We

engineer our shelving systems to meet and

exceed our customers storage capacities and

specifications. Plus, we dont under-spec our

products just to win a job.

A commitment to quality, the ability to

deliver and a strong work ethic permeates the

company whose leadership includes: John

Schodowski, vice president of operations; Mike

Schodowski, vice president of sales; and Jim

Aiello, a brother-in-law who is vice president of

marketing for this growing enterprise with 15

full-time and five part-time employees.

GROWING THE BUSINESS

With knowledge, ambition, and a large

contact base, the senior Schodowski grew the

business, hiring a sales force and a cadre of well-

trained fabricators and installers. He took on

more inventory and opened up a warehouse on

Grand River Avenue in Detroit in 1963, followed

by a larger warehouse on West Chicago

Boulevard in 1968, said Schodowski. Shelving,

Inc. then established a warehouse in Auburn

Hills in 1978 and constructed a two-story office

in 1994 to accommodate its growing staff.

The 1990s saw the continuation of Shelving,

Inc.s long history of success, and marked the

entrance of another business-savvy family

member into the company fold. Matriarch

Helen Schodowski took over as president,

earning accolades as Woman Business Owner

of the Year from the National Association of

Women Business Owners. She steered the

company through the beginning of its

transition from a predominately automotive

clientele to a more diversified customer base.

For most of its years in business, the

company serviced the booming automotive

supply market in Detroits heyday. The firms

pallets, racks and shelves were stacked with the

raw materials, engines and heavy-duty engine

parts that were the glory of the Motor Citys

automotive empire. For the first 40 years, the

automotive market, including manufacturers

and their supplier base, was probably 90

percent of our business, said Schodowski.

Now, it is less than 10 percent of our business.

Shelving, Inc. began preparing for the shift

well before the recent economic meltdown

and the resulting cataclysmic corporate car

accident led to the bankruptcy of GM and

Chrysler and the closing of dealerships. In

1998, Chrysler was 20 percent of our business

and now they are less than one percent of our

business, said Schodowski.

Shelving, Inc. began knocking on the doo

of hospitals, universities, law enforcement, an

government offices to diversify its market

The firm began a parallel effort to expand

goods and services. In the 1960s, we were

one-product company, said Schodowski. No

our 450-page catalog has over 15,00

products, all of which relate to storage an

material handling. With shelving as our co

our line has blossomed into many differe

types of shelving products from wire an

plastic to wood, metal and pallet shelving. A

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One of the largest orders was supplyin

pallet racking for the 1-million-square-fo

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This was a large seven figure project for u

and we completed the design, engineerin

materials and installation on time and und

budget, said Schodowski. The client supplies

floor plan with building column locations. A

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efficiently storing as much product as possible.

Were in the storage and organization

business, said Schodowski. Our motto is

Making Space Work Better.

In addition, the firm created a more efficient

space planning and storage system for the

University of Michigan Press by inserting high-

density shelving into the workspace. Shelving,

Inc. also supplied several thousand lockers for

Beaumont Hospitals campus expansion in

Royal Oak. We were the low bidder, and we

also completed that project on time and under

budget, he said.

GOING ONLINE, B2B, B2C

The year 2000 was a watershed year in

Shelving, Inc.s corporate history. The new

millennium marked the entrance of Joseph

Schodowski as president and the launch of

www.Shelving.com, a business-to-business

website created to generate sales leads. The

companys reach expanded from a 200-mile

radius surrounding Detroit and covering seven

to nine counties in Southeast Michigan to a

national enterprise extending into every

corner of America. Going online opened up

our markets geographically, said Schodowski.

Up until 2000, 99 percent of our business was

in Southeast Michigan. In 2000, we began

getting sales calls from Florida and New York.

Only two years later, the company entered

the world of E-commerce and took its first

online order from a New York firm. In 2002, we

converted www.Shelving.com into an E-

commerce site by actually offering our

products for sale online, said Schodowski.

People loved it. Shelving, Inc. enjoyed a 25

percent increase in sales from 2001 to 2002.

Overall, the company more than doubled its

sales in the next eight years.

Today, a staff person at Shelving, Inc.

monitors a bank of four different computers,

encircling her desk in an arc of PCs and

delivering Shelving, Inc.s products to millions

of homes, businesses, and institutions across

the country. The top four states for our

business are the most populous states, namely

New York, California, Texas and Florida, said

Schodowski.

In September 2007, the company

launched a second website at

www.TheShelvingStore.com, a business-to-

consumer site that has already serviced home

businesses, interior designers, consumers and

several law firms. Its the best part of our

business, said Schodowski. It has experienced

double-digit growth and accounts for a third of

our total revenue. We also have a storefront on

East 11 Mile Road in Madison Heights to meet

the storage needs of the consumer market.

Going online expanded the company

customer base. Orders range from providin

lockers to a well-known fashion line called Ve

Bradley to supplying TA-50 Military Readine

Lockers to Fort Bragg for troop deploymen

Shelving, Inc. even received an order from th

USS Iwo Jima, a marine carrier plying th

Atlantic. The commander placed an order ov

a ship-to-shore radio requesting special rac

for storing undisclosed products on the ship

said Schodowski. We had to ensure that t

racking system components were delivered

the naval port in Virginia within a three-d

window while the ship was in port and befo

it went back out to sea.

Another client was a microbiologist

Harvard University. We designed a shelvin

system for his computer work area that had

hold seven computer monitors, as well as spac

for his two cats who could then be near hi

while he did his research, said Schodowski.

addition, the IRS hired Shelving, Inc. to design

mobile aisle shelving system to store record

and files. The high-density shelving storag

system was installed in a highly secured wo

area requiring our installation crew to underg

security background checks, recalle

Schodowski.

Out-of-state Internet sales remained th

same and even rose during the recent Gre

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Recession. But overall sales declined, because

the local market took such a dive, said

Schodowski. Despite Michigans rough

economy, Shelving, Inc. was able to post a

record year in revenue in 2008 and a record

year in profitability in 2009. Despite lower

revenue from 2008, we cut our operating

expenses to a level that made us more

profitable, said Schodowski.

Shelving, Inc. has a knack for turning

obstacles into opportunities. With the high

number of companies downsizing their

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its work on supplying labor services to tear

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fit the downsized facilities, said Schodowski.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

At the half-century mark, Shelving, Inc. is

continuing its explorations in cyberspace. In

the future, I see us building more niche E-

commerce sites, said Schodowski. We are

going to design a new site called

www.ShelvingandRack.com, which focuses on

industrial shelving and racking for commercial

and industrial customers. Shelving, Inc. is

essentially organizing its presence in

cyberspace with three different websites

targeting different markets.

The company will also be launching new

product lines on www.Shelving.com in its

quest to make the website the ultimate go to

place for all things shelving. We are

redesigning www.Shelving.com to appeal to

both commercial and residential customers,

said Schodowski. They are also developing aproduct line devoted to green or environ-

mentally friendly shelving that may include

recycled plastic bins, bamboo shelving, and

shelves coated with low VOC paint.

We have been making space work better

with our shelving, racks, lockers and other

storage equipment since 1960, said

Schodowski. We will continue to focus our

efforts on being the best provider of shelving

and storage equipment to our customers no

matter where they are located. With the E-

commerce sites we manage, our sales team,

installation crew and our engineering

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New customers include the battery

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contractors, as well as service the needs of

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weight stresses and will allow a contractor to

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supply levels are without requiring an

expensive and sophisticated bar code system.

Celebrating 50 years in the space utilization

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Evangelista Corporation, New Hudso

has restored a classic space within on

of the most prominent buildings

Detroit s Cultural Center. With its decorativ

cornices and tall windows encased in a

ornamental bronze grille, the long-vaca

library within the Horace H. Rackha

Education Memorial Building has bee

brought back to life as an appealing stud

hall for Wayne State Universitys Departme

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(CSD).

Working with JW Design, Royal Oak,

architect and Strategic Energy Solution

Berkley, as engineer, Evangelista Corporatio

inserted contemporary infrastructure int

this second-floor study space, whi

preserving the former librarys Art Dec

elements. The same project team undertoo

the conversion of a Rackham kitchen ancafeteria into a state-of-the-art Hearin

Sciences Laboratory. WSU leases the enti

wing of this grand old building from th

University of Michigan as clinical an

classroom space for both CSD and th

Psychology Department.

CITY BEAUTIFUL

Designed by Harley, Ellington and Day

the 1930s, the Rackham Building rises acro

Farnsworth from the Detroit Institute of Ar

and near the Detroit Public Library. All thre

buildings form the Cultural Center Histor

District placed on the U.S National Registof Historic Places in 1983. All three we

created in the first half of the 20th Centu

as part of the City Beautiful movement,

grand vision to inspire social harmony an

civic virtue through the creation o

monumental and beautiful buildings.

The buildings namesake was one of t

original stockholders of Ford Moto

Company. Henry Ford and other leade

used to hold meetings in the building in th

1940s, said Vince Pulsinelli, Evangelis

project manager and superintendent. Th

Rackham Building contains storied but no

unused spaces, including a former bowlinalley, a poolroom, and a large auditorium

The auditorium is unbelievable, sa

Pulsinelli. It is like a small Fox Theater. A

one time, the library, itself, was one of th

focal points of the building.

Today, the former library inspires CS

students to excel in the disciplines

speech-language pathology and audiolog

Modest in square footage but grand

height, the 25-foot-tall study space has

mezzanine and a main room now with Wi

access and a host of new technologie

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threaded through its plaster walls and

ceilings. Flexible, functional , charming and

elegant, Evangelistas renovation of this

jewel of a study hall has given CSD faculty

and students a great place to work and

study.

ENTERING THE 21ST CENTURY

Evangelista launched the project in late

May 2009 with demolition of old shelving,

woodwork and carpeting. Another step in

the renovation was inserting contemporary

infrastructure without marring the rooms

appearance.

The Evangelista crew worked behind the

scenes or actually above and below to

hide all wiring and conduit. The Evangelista

crew worked above and walked across the

plaster ceiling to thread all the wiring for

wall sconces, light fixtures, operable blinds,and a projection system and screen into the

new study hall. We actually walked right on

top of the plaster ceilings, and sometimes

crawled, to fish the wiring down the wall,

said Pulsinelli. Back in those days, the

plaster was thick, almost an inch-and-a-half,

and the ceiling solidly built with lathe and

black iron.

Installing the electrical floor mounts

entailed a repeat performance within the

ceiling space of the first-floor lobby. We

crawled on our hands and knees to get

under the lobbys plaster ceiling, said

Pulsinelli. Thanks to the intrepid crew, this historic

room is now serviced with contemporary

infrastructure, including a row of window

shades that rise and fall in sync. The only

remotely visible piece of infrastructure is a

new sprinkler system composed of small,

discreet circles in the ceiling that release and

pop down in the event of a fire.

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The hall is a study in the classic character

of historical buildings. The Evangelista team

of trade contractors repaired the stately row

of tall, narrow windows, replacing severalbroken panes of glass and cleaning the

bronze interior mullions by hand with a

special solution, said Pusinelli. These elegant

windows draw in natural light and offer a

wonderful view of the Art Deco bronze grille

covering the window exter ior. The

decorative abstract floral pattern is repeated

in the newly cleaned and restored

mezzanine railing.

The Evangelista team also restored the

function and character of the main rooms

original lights by disassembling, rewiring,

Evangelista Corporation brought this long-vacantlibrary back to life as a study hall for Wayne State

Universitys Department of Communication

Sciences & Disorders.

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resemble metal with complementary vertic

bands of turquoise and coral. The second is

decorative strip dividing the mezzanine an

main ceilings with a geometric pattern

varied hues of green. They wanted to use th

cornice and decorative strip as a focal point

are a vast improvement over the 2 x 4

fluorescent fixtures formerly in place.

Evangelista also cleaned, but left

untouched, two bands of decorative painting

from the 1930s. The first band is the main

rooms ornamental plaster cornice painted to

and cleaning the metal fixtures. The light

fixtures didnt work at all, said Pulsinelli.

We removed the old-style wiring, and then

rewired the lights and installed new lamps.

New pendant fixtures in the mezzanine

complement the original light fixtures and


The 25-foot-tall study space has a mezzanine and a mainroom with Wi Fi access and a host of new technologies

threaded through its plaster walls and ceilings.

Conversion of a former cafeteria into a labincluded removal and restoration of the

original wood wainscoting andits installation in Cacaces office.

Anthony Cacace, Ph.D., CCC-A, one of theleading authorities on tinnitus research in thecountry, is now conducting cutting-edgeresearch in this newly renovated laboratory.

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the room, said Pulsinelli.

Contemporary materials, colors and

patterns, such as those in the new carpeting,

complement these original elements.

Contemporary insertions also bring their

own functionality and flair to the study

space. Clustered panels of white markingboards have replaced old wooden

bookshelves. DIRRT panels have replaced

old bookshelves with backlit panels,

illuminating the lovely leaf patterns of these

turquoise-colored glass and acrylic panels.

In one instance, Evangelista altered the

actual space by inserting a new dividing wall

to carve out a small conference room. As in

the main spaces, new carpeting and a new

coat of paint complete the transformation.

Marrying the old and the new, Evangelista

worked an original wheel-shaped light

fixture into a standard acoustical ceiling.Of the study room overall, It is wonderful

and incredibly flexible, said Jean Andruski,

chair of the Department of Communication

Sciences and Disorders. The students use it

for study, and we use it for different

seminars, while the new conference room is

used for faculty meetings. The psychology

department has even borrowed the study

space from us for training seminars.

New tenure-track faculty even delivered

presentations in the newly renovated

facility. This unique and newly renovated

enclave aids the department in attracting

quality faculty and students. It is really anappealing space, Andruski added. We show

it off to everybody we can. It is really one of

those things that sets us apart.

In the study halls elevator lobby,

Evangelista added to the facilitys historical

character by refurbishing the former librarys

old wood card catalogue, a shelving unit

composed of dozens of small cubbies once

filled with the well-thumbed index cards

commonly used by libraries across the globe

before the computer age. Evangelista worked

throughout the summer and finished in late

September 2009 on this distinctive study

space, as well as miscellaneous flooringinstallation and painting for miscellaneous

stairways and hallways.

FROM KITCHEN TO LABORATORY

Evangelista worked concurrently on the

conversion of a former kitchen and cafeteria

into a lower-level laboratory. Anthony

Cacace, Ph.D., CCC-A, one of the leading

authorities on tinnitus research in the

country, is now conducting cutting-edge

research in this former eatery.

The room was in terrible disarray before
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research for publication. In the futur

students in the newly renovated study ha

may be reading research results generate

in the laboratory below them.

As part of the renovation, Evangelis

removed and restored the old woo

wainscoting on the perimeter of the formcafeteria and re-installed it in Cacaces offic

It wasnt in great condition, said Pusinel

but we fixed it up to retain some of the o

flavor of the building. Added Cacace, The

did a nice job. Of the lab itself, Cacace

equally pleased. Now students have a nic

place to work, he added.

The opening of the new study hall a

Cacace laboratory in late January 2010 w

music to the ears of the Department

Communication Sciences & Disorders. Th

project is also a testament to the skill

Evangelista Corporation. News must travfor the company is already hard at wo

remodeling the Music Department in O

Main, as well as a lower-level coffee shop

the Student Activities Building, and a

elevator project in the adjacent Educatio

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P.E., president of the company. Gaining mo

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Saving FaceJ.C. Beal Construction

Preserves Historic FaadeBy Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor



J.C. Beal Construction, Inc., a Detroit and Ann Arbor-basedgeneral contracting and construction management firm well-versed in

historic preservation, has managed the ultimate restoration feat:

preserving an ornate faade but demolishing the actual building, or in

this case, buildings. A vital piece of Detroits history is now preserved

as part of a project Olympia Development began in the summer of

2009. With J.C. Beal Constructions expertise, the project delicately

preserved the faade of the historic Fine Arts Building located at 44

West Adams Avenue on Grand Circus Park in the heart of Detroits

sports and entertainment district.

Constructed in 1905, the Fine Arts Building is one of the earliest

commercial building designs of Louis Kamper, the famed Detroit

architect who designed the Book Cadillac Hotel, the Book Building,

and the Cadillac Square Building, as well as many prominent

residences in Indian Village and other Detroit neighborhoods.

Historic preservation is extremely important, said Atanas Ilitch,

president of Olympia Development, in a prepared statement. After

careful study in conjunction with well-known authorities in building

preservation, construction and architecture, including the Detroit

Historic Commission and Preservation Wayne, we were confident thatthe faade of the historic Fine Arts Building could be preserved. The

faade ultimately will be integrated into a new development that will

occupy the site at some point in the future.

The faade essentially fronts two buildings in direct alignment

behind the now preserved building face. The Fine Arts Building was

linked to the Adams Theatre below grade and via an upper-level

skywalk, said Fred J. Beal, president of J.C. Beal Construction, Inc. Only

an alley separated the two buildings with the Adams Theatre facing

West Elizabeth St. and the Fine Arts Building fronting Adams.

Totaling 175,000 square feet, both buildings were in extremely poor

and structurally unsound condition. As of late 2008, the floor systems

had greatly deteriorated and the roofs had collapsed over large areas

of both buildings.

While the Adams Avenue or Fine Arts Building Faade retainedconsiderable historic character, the structures themselves had been

determined through careful study to be unsalvageable on any

reasonable economic basis. J.C. Beal Construction, Inc. undertook the

intricate task of securing the Fine Arts Building Faade along Adams,

and then separating and removing the remainder of the buildings

from the facade, based on plans and specifications prepared by

SmithGroup Incorporated, Detroit; American Structural Engineers,

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Information courtesy of J.C. BeConstruction, Inc. and Olympia Developmen

FINE ARTS FAADE CONSULTANTS AN

SUBCONTRACTORS

Survey & Monitoring Dr. Edward J.

Water & Associates, Twinsburg, OH

Structural Engineering American

Structural Engineers, Grosse Pte. Woods

Demolition Adamo Group, Detroit

Caissons Toledo Caisson

Corporation, Ottawa Lake

Fencing Shamrock Fence Company,

Southgate

Concrete B&B Concrete Placement

Corp., Romulus

Waterproofing Akins Construction,

Inc., Sterling Heights

Structural & Misc. Steel Nelson Iron

Works, Detroit Carpentry, Salvage & Minor Faade

Demo Beal, Inc., Detroit

The commitment of Olympia

Development, the historic preservation

expertise of J.C. Beal Construction, and the

skill of a host of trade contractors have

preserved this ornate faade for futuregenerations and created a great

redevelopment space in Detroit. This faade

preservation will maintain the character of

the streetscape and neighborhood, which

dates back more than 100 years, said llitch.

The faade stabilization system was

anchored by a series of 66-foot-deep caissons

carefully drilled through the sidewalk by

Toledo Caisson Corp., Ottawa Lake, and a

massive steel frame fabricated and erected by

Nelson Iron Works, Detroit. Beal Incorporated

prepared the faade for this work, securingand/or removing loose materials, and Adamo

Group, Detroit, undertook the separation of

the faade from the rest of the structures, and

the mass demolition of both buildings. Other

participants in the project were Shamrock

Fence Company, Inc., Southgate, and B & B

Concrete Placement Corp., Inc., Romulus.

Among the special challenges faced by the

project team was the faades poor condition

and the presence of significant amounts of

asbestos-containing materials throughout

the buildings. However, the project went

extremely well, primarily due to the greatteamwork exhibited by all involved. The $2

million dollar Fine Arts Faade Stabilization &

Fine Arts Building / Adams Theatre

Demolition project took five months and was

completed on Sept. 15, 2009.


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The insulation made the building loo

brand new, and the resulting energ

efficiency is why this building leased ov

any other building on a block lined with F

Lease signs, said Yurich. It was the sam

story with another 100,000-square-fo

building we recently insulated. In today

insulate the building, he would have had to

spend $70,000 more in HVAC equipment to

cool the building, said Gary D. Yurich, CBR

president.

As shown by this Livonia retrofit,

commercial realtors can more readily lease

an insulated and energy-efficient building.

Insulating your business from high-energy

costs is the business of Commercial

Building & Retrofit, Inc. (CBR). The Troy-

based firm has been unrolling the white

carpet 45 million square feet ofpolypropylene-faced fiberglass to be exact

for over 30 years. More than a product, CBR

installs a tightly sealed insulation system

that has saved industrial buildings, sports

facilities, and school gymnasiums in

Michigan, and across the nation, a

cumulative $15.7 million dollars in heating

costs a year. The savings mount to well over

$100 million over the course of its three

decades of operation. Add another cool

$15.7 million in air-conditioning savings for

a grand total of $31.4 million extra dollars in

the coffers of its clients every year dollars

available for business expansion rather than

paying high utility bills.

CBRs most recent project was the result of

a commercial realtor discovering the firm in

CAMs Buyers Guide. As a result, CBR spent

the early summer of 2010 installing three

inches of R-10 fiberglass insulation in an

existing 100,000-square-foot industrial

facility in Livonia. The insulation is working

its magic by immediately saving the

building occupant $70,000 through

reducing the tonnage needed to air-

condition this large space. If he didnt

G R E E N P R I N TF O R T H E F U T U R E

A Building Blanketand a Blank Check,

Courtesy of CBRBy Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor

Photo Courtesy of Commercial Building & Retrofit, Inc.

CBR installs a tightly sealed insulation system that has saved industrial buildings, sports facilities,and school gymnasiums in Michigan and across the nation a cumulative $15.7 million dollars inheating costs a year.
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conditioned air, and that is the source of yo

energy savings.

Insulation really is a technical field

continued Yurich. Our whole system

installed in a professional manner, creating a

energy-efficient building and a quiet an

comfortable work environment. Noireverberates through the whole industri

facility. The insulation absorbs soun

knocking the noise level down by 5

percent.

Besides industrial buildings, CBR h

installed its insulation system in tenn

clubs, sports facilities, airplane hanga

warehouses, and manufacturing faciliti

across the country. In Michigan, CBR h

performed work for universities, th

State of Michigan, and Oakland Count

We have installed insulated steel pane

for Oakland County maintenancbuildings, said Yurich. We als

insulated all of the gymnasiums for th

Fraser School District. It brightened th

gymnasiums up and quieted the

buildings down, plus the schoo

obtained a huge energy savings from

all.

One of CBRs large insulation projec

was a metal framed fabric structure at a

indoor tennis facility in Steambo

Springs, Colorado. Another large proje

was insulating 3 million square feet

buildings throughout the United States f

the Pioneer Seed Company, an Iowheadquartered firm owned by DO

Chemical. They turn metal buildings int

coolers to keep the seed at 55 degrees or les

enabling Pioneer to store seeds for almo

three years, said Yurich. In case of drough

they are never without seed the followin

year.

Preparing for an energy-efficient futu

and saving cost now is what CBR is all abou

I offer five- to10-year warranties and hav

jobs from 1984 that are just as good as t

day I installed the system, said Yuric

Twenty-five years from now, this insulatio

system will have paid for itself five to tetimes over.

Insulation may not have the buzz of sola

wind or other new technologies, but th

energy-efficient workhorse of the gree

marketplace has the ability to save significa

dollars and dramatically slash the energ

usage of buildings across America.

CBRs tightly sealed system blankets

building and with its tremendous reductio

in utility usage virtually issues the buildin

tenant or owner a blank check for thousand

of dollars in annual savings.

he installed it incorrectly and developed a

condensation problem. It was raining inside

his building, because the warm air entered

the seams in the insulation and condensation

formed between the insulation and the roof

sheet. We installed a test area for him, and

once he saw our work, it was a done deal.First, the CBR crew attaches a series of

hanger clips that support rows of tubes over

the entire ceiling. Working with a team of two

people on two separate lifts, one team

threads or feeds the insulation roll over the

top of one tube while the second team pulls

the roll as taut as a well-installed tarp. After

pulling the rolls, the crew starts cutting, fitting

and seaming the insulation together with

staples every three inches on center. This

building is 300 feet long, so there is a

thousand staples in every run, said Yurich.

The crew fastens the insulation ends,

makes precision cuts around trusses and

other ceiling obstacles followed by stapling

the insulation into place. Attention to detail

is critical in insulating a building, said Yurich.CBR has thoroughly trained crews of

employees. We do not subcontract our work

out to other people to install, he added.

This tight, protective thermal barrier

prevents heat from leaving in winter and

radiant heat from pushing into the building

in summer. With tightly sealed insulation,

you only heat or cool the building one time,

said Yurich. Every time the HVAC comes on

after the first initial heating or cooling, it is

replacing lost heat or lost cooling. A properly

installed insulation system stops the loss of

market, if someone is looking for a building,

they are looking for one that has a clean look

and is energy efficient.

Amazing savings in cost and energy are

available for the insulation savvy. It costs

about .70 cents a square-foot to heat this

100,000-square-foot building, said Yurich.With insulation, the building can be heated

for .35 cents a square-foot. Youre talking a

minimum $35,000 dollars in savings every

single year. If you put in more insulation, the

savings are even larger.

The typical payback is under five years

for heating and 2.5 years for both

heating and cooling a building. With a

2.5-year payback, a company with a ten-

year lease will enjoy 7.5 years of income

from investing in an insulation system.

Seven-and-a-half years of saving

$35,000 to $70,000 a year is not chumpchange, said Yurich. Its big money.

Clearly, insulation will help lower

actual business overhead. Everyone is

looking for ways to cut their overhead to

be competitive, said Yurich. This is a

way to reduce your energy costs and to

cut your overhead at no risk.

Insulation is that rare animal that

never fails to provide a return on

investment. Unlike investing in the

stock market, insulation offers a

guaranteed return on investment. This is

the only investment with zero risk, said

Yurich. You cannot lose money on insulatingyour building.

As an added bonus, federal energy tax

credits and DTE utility rebates aid the cause

of energy-conscious building owners. The

federal initiative provides .60 cents a square-

foot energy tax credit for energy-saving

insulation, lighting and HVAC systems.

Despite these tantalizing benefits, Yurich

estimates less than five percent of industrial

buildings are properly insulated, presenting a

tremendous opportunity to boost the energy

efficiency of our nations industrial building

stock. Roofing standards for new

construction have a higher thermal value, butbillions of square feet of existing industrial

buildings are basically heating the outdoors.

A TIGHTLY STITCHED QUILT

CBRs ceiling insulation at the Livonia

facility resembles a tightly stitched quilt of

white fabric. Without a tight seal, warm air

will enter the breaks in the insulation and will

condense as it enters the cold air space of the

roof sheet. The owner of this facility

originally tried to insulate the building

himself, said Yurich. It didnt work, because


Clearly, insulation will

help lower actual business

overhead. Everyone is

looking for ways to cuttheir overhead to be

competitive...this is a way

to reduce your energy

costs and to cut your

overhead at no risk. Gary D. Yurich, CBR president



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claims made by the subcontractors

employees against the GC.

Additional Insured for Ongoing an

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specify that the GC be made an addition

insured for ongoing operations to cov

those hazards at the jobsite. As there

often significant exposure to claims th

arise after the work has been done, it

advisable to include a provision in th

contract that also names the GC as a

additional insured for complete

operations. This covers the scenario

Example 2.

Waiver of Subrogation: The contra

can specify that a waiver of subrogatio

clause be added to the General Liabilit

Auto and Workers Compensation policies

favor of the GC. This clause provides that th

subcontractors insurer would have no rig

to recovery from the GC or its insurer, for th

GCs negligence. For builder s risk an

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Insurance Requirements & Limits: Th

contract can require what kind of insuranc

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