Volume 16 Issue 2 Newsletter of the Alaska State Home Building Association July 2009 www.buildersofalaska.com inside... Front cover... page 1 Spike Report... page 2 News from Around the State... page 3-4 Directory 2009 Board of Directors... page 5 Back cover... page 6
Page 2 Spike Report for the Alaska State Home Builders Association May 31, 2009 Anchorage...273 Members Matt Matthews... 941.00 Life Spike Richard Coan... 430.00 Life Spike Chuck Spinelli... 401.00 Life Spike Evan Rowland... 260.50 Life Spike Clai Porter... 195.75 Life Spike Bill Taylor... 121.00 Life Spike Jim Jackson... 115.50 Life Spike Michael Quinn... 110.00 Life Spike Jim Ward... 109.50 Life Spike Wes Keller... 105.50 Life Spike Retention Rate... 80.1% Juneau...82 Members Rita Hamilton... 226.00 Life Spike Jeffrey De Smet... 110.50 Life Spike Alan Wilson... 101.00 Life Spike Steve Burnett... 79.50 Life Spike William Hamilton... 61.50 Life Spike Gary Ogden... 61.50 Life Spike Bruce Denton... 43.50 Life Spike Russ McDougal... 38.00 Life Spike Susan Ogden... 37.50 Life Spike John Wood... 7.50 Spike Retention Rate... 77.9% Mat-Su...145 Members Jess Hall... 358.50 Life Spike David Owens... 78.00 Life Spike Steven Orr... 71.00 Life Spike Bill Standard... 41.00 Life Spike Jeffery Clements... 38.50 Life Spike Kathy Martin... 37.50 Life Spike Bill Bruu... 28.50 Life Spike Tom Smith... 28.00 Life Spike Kyle Carr... 22.00 Spike Gary Foster... 18.50 Spike Retention Rate... 77.9% Kenai... 89 Members Jean Bunn... 152.50 Life Spike Steve Wisdom... 130.50 Life Spike Nichole Smith... 125.00 Life Spike Jeff Twait... 41.50 Life Spike Bob Hammer... 40.00 Life Spike Gene Rabung... 22.00 Spike Marilyn Pipkin... 17.00 Spike Tim Moerlein... 13.00 Spike James Brenton... 3.00 credits Clint Hall... 2.50 credits Retention Rate... 87.0% Interior... 176 Members Steve Bee... 674.50 Life Spike Terry Duszynski... 358.50 Life Spike Randy Wakefield... 332.50 Life Spike Mark Tomlinson... 219.00 Life Spike Richard Tilly... 216.00 Life Spike Jack Hebert... 181.00 Life Spike David Miller... 140.00 Life Spike Dave Dillard... 116.00 Life Spike Mike Musick... 78.00 Life Spike Paul Sauer... 55.00 Life Spike Retention Rate... 80.3% Ketchikan... 72 Members Kelley Roth... 155.50 Life Spike Andy Rauwolf... 34.00 Life Spike John Matsura... 27.00 Life Spike Trish Hoover... 5.50 credits Bill Mackie... 4.00 credits Cliff Skillings... 3.00 credits Michael Bush... 3.00 credits Gwen Byrd... 2.50 credits John Clifton... 2.50 credits Charles Dearden... 2.50 credits Greg Singstad... 2.50 credits Retention Rate... 79.5% Alaska State HBA... 837 Members ASHBA Retention Rate... 80.2%
News Around the State Page 3 Notes From Kenai HBA We are happy to report that building activity remains strong here on the Kenai Peninsula, in both residential and commercial areas. In addition to new housing, our new Wal-Mart is rapidly being built and will provide a source of employment as well as a great tax base for our city and borough. We were very pleased to host Elliot Eisenberg, and would like to thank our friends at the Interior Alaska Building Association for their efforts in organizing his Alaskan tour. His report clearly showed the positive impact our housing industry has on the Kenai Peninsula s economy, and throughout the entire Kenai Peninsula Borough. In addition to a being a special guest on our local morning radio program, our members at the Peninsula Clarion published a report of his findings. We thoroughly enjoyed hosting such an enthusiastic tourist his love for our beautiful state and people was clearly evident. We had great success this past year with our Kenai Peninsula Construction Academy, and have recently submitted our 2010 project plan in cooperation with our community partners. In addition to carpentry, plumbing, weatherization, welding, and electrical classes, it is our hope to begin offering advanced courses. We are proud to be a part of such a successful, vital program that will provide our industry with individuals that are trained and qualified. Our annual family picnic will be held at the Soldotna Creek Park on the banks of the Kenai River on Saturday, August 1 st. We are anticipating another great event, and invite our friends from across the state to travel to the Kenai to join us. We can promise lots of great food, good company, and fun and games for kids of all ages. Don t forget your fishing pole! Best wishes to our members across Alaska for a safe and productive building season. We are looking forward to the ASHBA Convention and hope to see you in Juneau! Notes From Ketchikan HBA President Jim Byron implemented an Annual Halibut Derby. The derby week-ends are July 11 & 12 and July 18 & 19, 2009 7 am to 7 pm. We will hold our Annual Family Summer Picnic and Award of Derby prizes July 25, 2009 3 pm Ward Lake. The Derby will be community event and the funds will be used for local scholarship money. We gave away our first scholarship last week to a young man with a family who will train in ventilation and refrigeration. He plans to return to Ketchikan to work with one of our Associate members when he is finished with school in 2010. The Ketchikan Construction Academy year ended in May with a Meet and Greet Ceremony at the University with Borough Mayor Dave Kiffer and Representative Kyle Johansen as guest speakers. 14 students graduated. We are well on the way to employment for all of them. Our Association signed on as a sponsor with the Federal Small Business Apprenticeship Program. We have 6 builders sharing up to two apprentices. We have one apprentice in place at this time. He is one of our KCA graduates. Our 2009 Builder s Guide and Consumer Directory is finished and distributed. This year s Directory is better than ever. We were very pleased to be able to have our front and back covers both inside and out, in full color this year. We also expanded the directory by 4 pages. We have set the date for our Annual Holiday and Appreciation Event for December 12, 2009. We will hold this at Annabelle s at 6:00 pm. Our Bi-Annual Trade Show has been scheduled for February 26-28, 2010 at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. We will host Continuing Education Classes at this time as well. Pamela Roth Cindy Heaverley Notes From Mat-Su HBA No report submitted. Jennifer Coker Notes From Interior HBA No report submitted. Sandy Fish Notes From Northern SEABIA No report submitted Valerie Williams
Page 4 News Around the State Notes From Anchorage HBA Our members are busy taking care of the few customers they have and have not been able to devote much volunteer time or sponsorships to the AHBA. Membership we have a 77.4%% retention rate as of April 30 th, we have 61 builders, 205 associates for a total of 266 members, which is down 18 members since December 31st of 2008. 2 nd annual Construction Academy Job Fair King Career Senior Job Club students were available to our members for interviews and hire on April 24 th. Several students were hired on the spot!! Three of the students joined our members for the May 14 th Scaffold and Ladder Safety Training Class NAHB offered this class to us again this year as part of an OSHA-funded training grant. Annual Golf Tournament July 15 th at Moose Run -- our committee is working hard to make this a great event for our members in this trying economy. New Member Orientation took place June 22 nd Parade of Homes has been pushed back to September 26-28 th and the Awards Banquet October 10 th We will be working over the summer to organize and host a Campaign School October 13-15 th with Karl Eckhart of NAHB. If any local is looking to partner with us on this there would be a cost savings to each local. You can contact the office if you are interested. Anchorage HBA has taken advantage of the ½ price sale on services offered by NAHB and have scheduled our Strategic Plan and Leadership Training for Oct 21-22 nd. If your local wants to partner by using the same instructor Greg Zick let the know. Enjoy the Summer!!! Vicki Portwood Visit State Association Website: buildersofa-
Page 5 2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Russ McDougal, President Juneau P/790-4896 F/790-4896 Wally Smith, Vice President/Membership Chair Juneau P/790-4896 F/790-4896 Nichole Smith, Associate Vice President/Alt. Nat. Assoc. Dir. Kenai P/262-4494 F/262-3925 Dave Owens, Treasurer Mat-su P/746-5471 F/746-5476 Chas Edwardson, Secretary Ketchikan P/225-0727 F/none Bob Hammer, Past President Kenai P/262-9870 F/260-6196 Jack Hebert, State Representative Fairbanks P/455-6580 F/457-3456 Terry Duszynski, Build-Pac Chair/Alt. NAHB Build-Pac Fairbanks P479-3324 F/479-9319 Wes Keller, Nat. Assoc. Dir./Member Benefit Chair Anchorage P/786-9579 F/561-1844 Clai Porter, National Build-Pac Trustee/Senior Life Director Anchorage P/562-2283 F/563-8366 Vicki Portwood, P644-4190 F/522-3757 DIRECTORS Anchorage Mike Buller 330-8453 Jim Jackson 694-5890 Chuck Spinelli 344-5678 Paul Michelsohn 522-3375 Ed Waite 261-9121 Chuck Homan (alternate) 696-3494 Vicki Portwood, 522-3605 Fairbanks Dave Dillard 488-1239 Carolyn Foelsch 479-4056 Dave Miller (alternate) 457-4306 Sandy Fish, 455-6650 Juneau John Wood 789-2282 Jeff Boman (alternate) 723-9049 Valerie Williams, 463-5774 Kenai Jeff Twait 262-2887 Randy Nelson (alternate) 262-3810 Cindy Heaverley, 283-8071 Ketchikan Jim Byron 225-7228 Calvin Bakk (alternate) 617-1403 Pam Roth, 247-4903 Mat-Su Scott Pattison 357-3301 Jeff Clements 373-1389 Jess Hall 746-2757 Kyle Carr (alternate) 373-8041 Jennifer Coker, 376-2666 Visit NAHB website: NAHB.org Alaskan Job Site is published quarterly on the website by the Alaska State Home Building Association, affiliated with the National Home Builders Association. Editor: Office: Vicki Portwood Alaska State Home Building Association Alaska Residential Building Standards Council New Website akbuildingcode.com 8301 Schoon, Ste 200 Anchorage, AK 99518 PHONE (907) 644-4190 FAX (907)522-3757
Page 6 Alaska State Home Building Association 8301 Schoon, Ste 200 Anchorage, AK 99518 Watch for your invitation to the next Gold Key Event The photo is last Fall s event Carolyn Foelsch Bob Hammer Alaska State Home Building Association named: Bob Hammer, Builder of the Year 2008 Carolyn Foelsch, Associate of the Year 2008