March 2016

MN CONCRETE & MASONRY NEWS

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MC&MCA Board of Directors

Officers

President: Tom Miller Advanced Masonry Restoration

President-Elect: Christa Seaberg

JE Dunn Construction

Secretary: Kirt O’Konek Stoneworks Architectural Precast

Treasurer: Steve Brock

Construction Midwest, Inc.

Past President: Tim Berg JE Dunn Construction

Directors

Chad Grazzini Carciofini

Michael Lapensky

Twin City Tile & Marble Co.

Sean Spraungel All Stacked Up Masonry

Patrick Vogt

Donald R. Frantz Construction

Brent Bixby Esch Construction Supply

John Thomas

TCC Materials

Larry Thompson, American Artstone Company

John Trout The Coleman Law Firm, LLC

Staff

Gary Botzek, Executive Director Elena Peltsman, Marketing Director

MC&MCA 2016 Annual Meeting MC&MCA held its annual meeting on February 11, at Grumpy’s in Roseville. Those in attendance were updated on the workings of the association, including the work of the membership and marketing committees, as well as, an update on labor negotiations. The highlight of the meeting was the election of a new board and new officers for 2016-17. Tom Miller of Advanced Masonry Restoration was elected president to replace Tim Berg of JE Dunn. Christa Seaberg of JE Dunn was elected president-next. The minutes are included in this newsletter.

35th Excellence in Concrete & Masonry Design and Construction Awards

The MC&MCA’s 35th Annual Excellence in Concrete & Masonry Design and Construction awards banquet took place on February 20. Barry Blazevic, fresh off another cruise with wife Diane, served as our emcee. Six masonry and four concrete projects were honored for first in their class. Three leadership awards were handed out. Shawn Prat tof American Masonry Restoration was awarded the Contractor of the Year Award. Dan Broom of Acme Brick Company was awarded the Associate of the Year Award. Retiring president Tim Berg of JE Dunn was honored with the Leadership as President Award.

The photos of the winners have been posted on our website. Check them out!

JE Dunn receives the award for the exterior work on the Northrop Auditorium at the U of MN

Pictured L to R: Michelle Lund, Brett Dunlap, Pete Erickson, Ken Becklin, Christa Seaberg

We are happy to announce three new members to the MC&MCA! Gresser is back with us. Founded nearly 50 years ago, Gresser is a full-service concrete and masonry construction company located in Shakopee. Gresser was founded in 1969 by Mike C. and Joan Gresser in the basement of their home in Eagan. Their son, Michael J. Gresser, purchased the company in 2001 and continues to run the company. CD Tile & Stone is a newer company but has deep roots in the Minnesota construction industry. Founded by Tim Christopherson and Jeff Durant more than 20 years ago and first operated under the company name of Dale Tile Company. A service-oriented company, CD Tile & Stone stays on the job until the final change is complete. They specialize in mid-to-large scale tile and stonework projects for commercial and condominium developments. They furnish and install tile, stone countertops, simulated stone, cut-to-size marble and granite, thick brick, and pavers. They are located in Blaine. Computer Revolution is the first of our new “service venders” to join the MC&MCA. CR provides computer business and personal computer services including computer business systems, and new and reconditioned computers. They also repair cell phones and tablets. CR buys, sells, and trades computers, tablets, phones, laptops, and accessories. They are located in Roseville. Ryan Chester is co-owner. We urge our members to go on the websites of these three new members and check out the details of their operations. We urge our members to use their services if possible and needed.

New MC&MCA Members

Fringe Fund Trustee Needed

The MC&MCA is looking for a contractor member to serve as a management trustee on the bricklayers

vacation Fringe Benefit Fund. Jay Lommel has resigned. Barry Blazevic continues to serve. The fund group

meets two times per year in the metro area. This is an excellent spot for a young person that a company is

interested in promoting into association/industry leadership. Barry will show you the way!! Please to Gary at

gary@capitolconnections.com for more information.

MC&MCA members are invited to to Lino Lakes on Friday,

March 18 to participate in a Minnesota Laborers-

Employees Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) Open

House. The event will feature safety and training work that

is currently being done through the laborers. One lucky

Minnesota laborers union member will be awarded an

Arctic Cat ATV. The Open House runs from 9AM to 1PM.

Lunch will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Minnesota Laborers Celebrate Safety & Training

Open House Postcard >

AIA Program | Masonry: Affordable and Inspirational

Marketing Directors Report, February 2015 by Elena Peltsman

BIM for Mason Contractors

A number of MC&MCA contractor members and others attended the February 24 seminar at the Bricklayers Training Center to hear from IMI consultant Fred Kinateder on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and how the new technology is transforming the design, manufacturing and construction industries. Kinateder, along with IMI MN lead Mark Swanson, briefed attendees on how to be more productive using BIM, as well as, increase opportunities for promoting masonry construction, improve safety with management tools, improve communications with architects, engineers, and construction managers, and reduce problems during construction through “clash detection’ of models. BIM is actually a process that can be implemented into general and specialty contractor’s office operations, as well as, with venders as they provide goods and services for and to the job site. For additional information contact Mark Swanson at mswanson@imiweb.org or go to bimformasonry.org

MC&MCA marketing director Elena Peltsman has visited 54 local architectural /design companies since March 2015 presenting the new Program - “Masonry: Affordable and Inspirational”.

The Program’s Key Learning Objectives are:

Review how masonry “does more with less” making it the most reliable wall system available Look at some inspirational examples Demonstrate the life-cycle affordability of masonry Learn how architects can reduce “first costs” of masonry construction. Discuss how masonry can be built most affordably

“ It was one of the best presentations we had. It is rare when a design architect presents the products. It felt like we are sitting at the table and talking to a friend.” -Ken Stone Principal, Kodet Architectural Group “Thank you, it was a very motivating presentation and now I want to go and design with brick.” -Rosemary Dolata, Principal, Concentric Architecture “A really nice presentation and 100% attendance - that does not happen too often.” -Phil Stein, AIA DLR Architects

If you are interested in seeing one of these presentations,

please contact: Elena Peltsman, AIA CID NCARB

elenapeltsman@comcast.net 612.747.8932

Joining McGough Companies and A &P Construction

at the February 24 BIM presentation was B & D

Associates represented by Bill Dentinger III and Bill

Dentinger IV. Also attending the briefing was Patrick

Vogt of Donald R. Frantz Concrete Construction and

MC&MCA’s marketing director Elena Peltsman and

executive director Gary Botzek. The event took place

at the Bricklayer Local #1 training center in New

Hope.

MC&MCA Annual Meeting Minutes | February 11, 2016 | Grumpy’s Restaurant February 11, 2016 | Grumpy’s Restaurant | Roseville, MN

Call-to-Order: President Tim Berg called the 2016 annual MC&MCA meeting to order at 4:45 PM. He welcomed everyone and thanked them for their attendance at this meeting and their participation over the last year. Quorum: A sign up sheet was passed around and a quorum was determined to be present. Minutes: Secretary Kirt O’Konek briefed the attendees regarding the minutes from the February 20, 2015 annual meeting. Those minutes had been included in the March 2015 newsletter. The minutes, as printed, were approved on a motion by Dan Broom and a second by Christa Seaberg. Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Steve Brock presented the treasurer’s report. The report indicated a net worth for the MC&MCA of $193,342.15 as of December 31, 2015. All of MC&MCA’s finances are managed by Bremer Bank. According to Brock, MC&MCA’s investments include $35,191.42 in the money market, $85,229.32 in Raymond James investments, $20,654.57 in savings and $51,948.47 in checking. MC&MCA continues to serve as the fiscal agent for the MN Masonry Coalition dollars which adds to the net worth. The MC&MCA holds $19,477.96 for the MMC which is shown as a liability on our accountant’s report. Brock indicated that Scott Thornton continues to serve as our CPA reviewing the monthly financial activities and filing the annual taxes for the organization. Steve briefed the attendees on a proposed budget for 2016. Revenue for the year is projected at $225,800 which includes contractor dues and marketing contributions totaling $$73,300, dues from associates totaling $72,500, and a $30,000 contribution from the IMI. Expenses are projected to total $225,140 with $96,875 reserved for the masonry marketing effort. Brock mentioned possible funding changes/adjustments depending on labor negotiations. It was also mentioned that if revenues improve additional budget items could include workplace development functions and a president’s fund to be used to send the president-elect to the World of Masonry/Concrete each year. The 2016 budget was approved on a motion by Tim Dougherty and a second by John Trout. Committee Reports: Membership Committee Report: Chair Patrick Vogt presented the Membership Committee Report. Dues & Recruitment: Vogt thanked the committee members for serving and asked for additional volunteers for 2016. He mentioned that the committee handles all of the association business except marketing. He reported that 2016 membership dues were being paid on a good rate and includes three new members to date. He mentioned the two new membership categories that have been added: a service provider category at $149 per year and an architect individual/firm at a $49/$99 rate. To date one company had joined as a computer service provider. Vogt indicated that the committee has targeted around 20 companies for special recruitment treatment. Dick Dentinger, a committee member, mentioned the need for peers to meet with peers if we were going to be successful in contractor or supplier recruitment. Excellence Awards Contest: Excellence Subcommittee tri-chair Tom Miller informed the attendees that 10 winners (six masonry and four concrete) had been selected and will be announced at the Awards Banquet on February 20. He thanked the contractors that submitted excellent projects and thanked the associates for encouraging contractors to submit projects. He indicated that the winners have been encouraged to bring members of their team to the awards banquet. He indicated that Rosemary Wallace in the association office was working to pull together the pictures, framing, brochure, and other details to be ready for the banquet and insert into the AIA directory, as well as, inclusion on the MC&MCA website. He thanked her in advance for all the work that this project takes each year. Program Plans: Vogt briefed the attendees on a rather busy MC&MCA program schedule in 2016. The schedule includes additional “Food 4 Thought” events, tours, and brewery visits. In addition the MC&MCA was hold a bird hunt, golf outing, annual meeting, awards banquet, and other events of interest to our members. Web Site Report: Botzek introduced Heidi Sandstrom who has been retained to revise and update the MC&MCA’s new website, as well as, serving as editor of the newsletter. Marketing Committee: Marketing Committee Chair Steve Brock also thanked the members of his committee and also asked for additional person power, especially contractors, to join the committee and provide impute and direction on where and how the marketing dollars are targeted and spent. Brock indicated the Elena Peltsman, our contract marketing director, was unable to attend the meeting due to a long scheduled vacation. He briefed the attendees on Peltsman’s work including a number of architectural presentations in 2015 and 2016. He mentioned the Peltsman was under a one-year contract and had developed a presentation that is used with the architectural firms to date. According to her work plan, she will be developing a second presentation in the near future. Brock indicated that the work plan calls for more outstate architectural firm visits, especially Rochester, be targeted in 2016 along with owners, developers, schools, cities, counties, and Minnesota based corporations. Minnesota Masonry Coalition: Tim Dougherty briefed the membership on the Minnesota Structural Masonry Coalition (MMC) which is dedicated to promoting masonry materials and workmanship to structural engineers. Dougherty, Bill Dentinger, Dave Joslin, and Mark Severson serve as representatives for the MC&MCA on the MMC. Other MMC members include the BAC #1 MN, ND, IMI, the Laborers District Council of MN & ND, and LECET. The MC&MCA remains committed to the MMC partnership into the future. Dougherty indicated that the MMC and MC&MCA marketing committees may be merged later in the year depending on funding levels.

MC&MCA Annual Meeting Minutes February 2016 Continued Nominations Committee & Elections: John Thomas, chair of the Nominations Committee, presented a slate of nominees for the 2016-2017 officers and board of directors. Additional nominations from the floor were asked for by Thomas. There were none. The nominations were then closed on a motion by Dan Esch and a second by Dick Dentinger. Dick Dentinger volunteered to serve as lead teller. Ballots were distributed, one per company. The tellers returned with a tie for the second associates’ positon. A second vote took place between the second and place finishers. The result of the election was as follows: President: Tom Miller, Advanced Masonry Restoration President-Elect: Christa Seaberg, JE Dunn Construction Secretary: Kirt O’Konek, Stoneworks Architectural Precast Treasurer: Steve Brock, Construction Midwest, Inc.

General Contractors:

Dan Francois, Kraus Anderson Construction

Masonry & Concrete Contractors:

Michael Lapensky, Twin City Tile & Marble

Sean Spraungel, All Stacked Up Masonry

Associates:

Brent Bixby, Esch Construction Supply

Larry Thompson, American Artstone Company Remaining members on the board: Past President: Tim Berg, JE Dunn Construction Masonry & Concrete Contractors:

Patrick Vogt, Donald R. Frantz Concrete Construction Chad Grazzini, Carciofini

Associates: John Thomas, TCC Materials John Trout, The Coleman Law Firm

Members leaving the board: Associates: Greg Saterdalen, American Artstone Company Dan Broom, Acme Brick Company Past President: Shawn Pratt, American Masonry Restoration Transfer of Presidency: President Tim Berg transferred the presidency position Tom Miller. Botzek, for Miller, asked for a round of applause for out-going president Berg. Old Business: There was no old business. New Business:

1. Appointment of Trustees to Union Trust Funds:

Botzek reported that all fringe benefit funds trustee and apprenticeship positions were filled with the exception of one vacancy on the Bricklayer’s Vacations fund. Recruitment will continue for that position.

1. Committee Assignments:

Botzek encouraged attendees to sign up to serve on one of the two MC&MCA committees: Membership and Marketing.

1. Contractors Only Meetings/Labor Negotiations:

Botzek reported that one “contractors only” meeting had already taken place and more will be scheduled as the MC&MCA prepares for the next round of labor negations expected to begin in March of 2016. The current three year contracts expire at the end of April 2016.

Adjournment: With no other business to come before the group, on a motion by Denver O’Brian and a second by Mark Sheriff, the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PM. Respectfully Submitted, Gary Botzek Executive Director

Upcoming Industry Events

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MC&MCA has added a “Member’s News” section to the MC&MCA website. All MC&MCA members are encouraged to share brief announcements about their company’s achievements, success stories, new hires/promotions, milestone events, anniversaries, open houses, successful project completions, individual success stories, etc. Please send announcements to Gary at gary@capitolconnections.com

Members News Section

Click on the calendar below to see upcoming industry events or visit:

http://www.mcmca.com/news-and-events/industry-events/month/2016-03-01