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Look Who’s THRIVING with 5 for 5
We are halfway through the second year of the PBA Membership Campaign, 5 for 5! This campaign challenges
each local association to increase their membership by 5% each year for 5 years.
The theme is “THRIVE.” A healthy and successful business cannot rely on growth alone for a sustainable
future. 3-in-1 membership with the local, state and national builders association provides vital opportunities to
get connected, bring significant change to our industry, and create thriving relationships.
At the end of 2014, 6 outstanding locals exceeded their goals and grew their membership beyond 5%.
We would like to recognize them now and say congratulations!
BIA of Philadelphia + 24%
HBA of Bucks & Montgomery Counties + 20%
Clearfield County BA + 14%
West Branch Susquehanna BA + 8%
Greater Dubois Area BA + 7%
Raystown BA + 6%
How many new members will we have next year?
That all depends on you! Spread the word about the
benefits of membership and invite a colleague into
our network to see what it’s all about.
For more information, visit www.pabuilders.org/thrive
President’s Message
The following individuals have been duly elected
as PBA State Officers for 2015. Thank you for your
service to the industry and the association!
2015 STATE OFFICERS
President: Peter Gallagher,
Liberty Homes Custom Builders
Vice President: Jim Brown,
J.R. Brown Construction, Inc.
Associate Vice President:
Mark Stanley,
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
Secretary: Andrew Kaye,
Stevenson Homes Builders, LLC
Treasurer: Richard Clawson,
Indiana-Armstrong Builders Association
Immediate Past President:
Kevin Coutts,
Forest Homes of Lake Wallenpaupack, Inc.
NAHB State Representative:
Ray Venema,
Susquehanna Builders, Inc.
Builder State Director
to NAHB: Maria Coutts,
Forest Homes
Alternate Builder State Director to
NAHB: Paul Laskey,
Laskey Properties
Associate State Director
to NAHB: Elizabeth Dupuis,
Babst Calland
Alternate Associate State Director
to NAHB: Neil Stein,
Kaplin Stewart Attorneys at Law
Dear Members,
We are already halfway through this year and, wow, has it gone fast! We have made
excellent progress and achieved some great milestones. During the month of May, we had
the largest increase in membership that we have seen in several years. This is a great step
in the right direction but there is still much work to be done.
At the March Board meeting, I stated that we needed to revise our Strategic Plan. I
am happy to say that the framework has been created and we are well on our way. This
plan will have many goals, such as advancing advocacy or balancing finances, however,
the key is still membership growth! So I need to ask, what can you do to help make our
association a success?
Every builder and associate knows one person that they could ask to be a member. We
must be relentless in our resolve to get new members and retain our existing by proving
the value of membership.
For the health and future of our association, we need to attract younger members. In
order to achieve this, we cannot keep doing things the same way we always have. Creativity is the process by which we solve a problem and develop new ideas. New ideas are
fragile and need to be protected. We must be open and supportive of new ideas, so that
our response is, “Wow!” not “How?”
The greatest assets we have at our disposal is our membership and our staff. By using
these assets and working together, we can produce REAL CHANGE. Please continue to
fight for our advocacy efforts, stay involved with committees and events, and ask someone else to join you.
Thank you for all of your efforts.
Sincerely,
Peter Gallagher
2015 PBA President
Connect with us by visiting our website at www.pabuilders.org
or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pabuilders.
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In this issue...
PBA Member
Campaign THRIVE
INSIDE FRONT COVER
President’s Message Peter Gallagher
PAGE 3
From the Publisher
PAGE 7
Meet the 2015 Senior Officers
PAGE 8
Government Affairs Updates
PAGE 10
Recognizing Outstanding Members:
One Award at a Time
PAGE 12
Housing Trends for Baby Boomers
PAGE 14
Connecting Members and
Legislators to Improve Our Industry
PAGE 16
Contractors! Have you renewed your
Home Improvement Registration?
PAGE 18
Getting the Online
Reviews You Want
PAGE 20
Use the Great Outdoors to Help
Market your New Home Designs
PAGE 22
PBA Member Benefits and Services
PAGE 29
Sample Forms & Contracts
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Signed into law October of 2014, Act 162 of 2014 amended the
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buffer surrounding protected waterways in Pennsylvania. With
thousands of miles of protected waterways, this regulatory policy
was killing responsible development, much-needed infrastructure,
and vital utilities. Act 162 allows for riparian buffers and riparian
forest buffers to be used as a choice among best management
practices or design standards to minimize pollution from erosion
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The legislative intent of Act 162 was to create an alternate
pathway to compliance for residential single and multifamily
construction where a waiver process did not exist for the mandatory
150-foot riparian forested buffer requirement. Act 162 was
designed to provide for reasonable development and substantially
equivalent protection of waterways that riparian forested buffers
were intended to achieve.
In March of 2015, Pennsylvania’s Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) issued two draft Technical
Guidance Documents: Riparian Buffer or Riparian Forest Buffer
Equivalency Demonstration DEP-ID 310-2135-002 and Riparian
Buffer or Riparian Forest Buffer Offsetting DEP-ID 310-2135-003
to implement Act 162. DEP’s draft technical guidance documents
appear to make land development in Exceptional Value and High
Quality waterways more, not less, problematic.
One major concern in the draft guidance documents is DEP’s
interpretation that Act 162 eliminated the existing waiver process
granted to certain development projects that may have met the
requirements under DEP’s current regulations. These projects
will now be forced to meet significantly higher standards and
may no longer be technically feasible if the technical guidance is
not amended.
The intent of Act 162 was to allow single and multifamily
residential developers to achieve environmental compliance
without the application of a “one-size-fits-all” arbitrary taking of
private land.
Science and engineering design have advanced significantly
and many of the Best Management Practices now in use were not
refined, and certainly not used, as a part of a unified engineering
design over a decade ago. PBA submitted extensive comments
on both technical guidance documents in May.
UCC Review and Advisory Council
Votes to Adopt New Code Requirements
The UCC Review and Advisory Council (RAC) voted in
May to adopt selected code provisions from the 2015 I-Codes.
This 19-member council comprised of building industry
professionals and local government representatives is charged
with reviewing the latest triennial code revisions issued by the
International Code Council, enforceable under the Pennsylvania
Uniform Construction Code.
Council members were diligent and took the responsibility
to review the 2015 code revisions seriously. Underlying issues
with the Uniform Construction Code statute complicated the
Council’s review and many code provisions were not available
for consideration. Out of concern for the usability of the final
product, the RAC voted to adopt a limited number of code
changes. Ultimately the RAC adopted 16 individual code
provisions including 10 out of 30 PBA requested changes.
The RAC notified the Secretary of Labor and Industry of the
16 code provisions that were adopted in a statutorily-required
report. The new code requirements will be published by
regulation and enforceable in January of 2016.
PBA President Testifies on
Third-Party Agency Code Enforcement
with the current administration and enforcement of the Uniform
Construction Code (UCC) as it relates to the use of Third-Party
Agency (TPA) code inspection services. PBA’s official position
on this issue is as follows:
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BA supports legislation to require municipalities that
do not have a municipal employee dedicated to plan or
inspection duties under the UCC to contract with at least
two third-party agencies to provide inspection and plan
review services;
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BA supports legislation to require an open bidding process
for municipalities who contract with third-party agencies
to administer the UCC;
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BA supports legislation to strengthen the Department of
Labor and Industry’s complaint review process regarding all
building code official actions and professional behavior in
their administration and enforcement of the UCC; and
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accountability relating to fees charged for inspection and
plan review services under the UCC.”
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One Award at a Time
By Laura Brouse, PBA Communications Specialist
“Recognizing our outstanding members is incredibly
important to us,” explained PBA President Peter Gallagher. That’s
why Gallagher joined his fellow members at the Installation and
Awards Banquet at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Hotel &
Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre to honor five major annual
award recipients earlier this year.
“This is the true value of membership – when you are
dedicated to your industry and your association, people
recognize that. The recipients go above and beyond for our
association, and this is how we can thank them,” says Gallagher.
Each of these awards represents the pinnacle efforts of our
association in different forms.
The Associate of the Year award proves the same of an
associate member; those who invest their time, energy, and
talents to serve the federation at all levels and the industry
as a whole. Richard Jackson of the ELA Group, Inc. was
named the 2014 Associate of the Year and is currently serving
as the President of the BIA of Lancaster County. But his
involvement doesn’t stop there. Jackson has also served PBA
as a Regional Legislative Officer and sits on the Government
Affairs Committee, Hammers & Gavels club, and the Board
of Directors. He is most passionate about storm water
management and permit extensions, and has been very helpful
in PBA’s legislative successes.
Member Awards
The Builder of the Year award exemplifies a builder member
that demonstrates professionalism in their work, along with
outstanding service to a local association, as well as to state and
national. The 2014 Builder of the Year award was presented
to Mark McNaughton of McNaughton Homes. As an active
member of the HBA of Metro Harrisburg for over 20 years,
McNaughton is heavily involved in the Government Affairs side
of PBA. He serves on many committees and subcommittees, and
has previously been awarded his local’s Premium Service Award
for “going above and beyond” to help the staff members do their
job effectively and enhance member services.
“He jumps in with both feet, as evidenced by his tireless
service to the homebuilding industry, his business, family and
volunteer service,” says Vicki Shannon, fellow HBA member
who nominated McNaughton for the award. “He recognizes his
obligation to conduct himself with the highest level of integrity;
he knows you just do what’s right.”
Mark McNaughton of McNaughton Homes, 2014 Builder of the Year
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Rick Jackson of ELA Group, Inc., 2014 Associate of the Year
BIA member Steve Black knows Jackson is held in high
regards within his community. “His business is successful in great
part to referrals as a result of his high standards of performance
and unquestionable ethics,” says Black.
The Hammers & Gavels Award is presented to an
individual who is not
only particularly active,
but also passionate about
PBA’s Government Affairs
issues. An important part
of grassroots advocacy is
for our members to have
working
relationships
with our state officials,
and the recipient of the
Hammers & Gavels
award always exemplifies
these qualities. This year’s Greg Newell of Nave Newell, 2014 Hammers
Hammers & Gavels award & Gavels Award Recipient
was presented to Greg Newell of Nave Newell. He is recognized
for his impact on the construction industry and his service to
PBA, NAHB and the HBA of Chester and Delaware Counties.
Through his work as an engineer, he has become proficient in
facilitating township approval and permitting processes. He
has earned the respect of many local attorneys by providing his
expertise. An active participant on his HBA’s Legislative Action
Committee and Stormwater Special Committee, he is committed
to improving regulations and other processes for builders across
the state.
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Alongside individual member recognition, many of our local
associations participate in community outreach through volunteer
efforts. It’s always hard to pick just one project that is deserving
of PBA’s Community Service Project award, as there are many
locals with outstanding ideas. This year’s Best Community Service
Project award was presented to the BIA of Lancaster County, for
their project BIA Community Collaborative. The BIA partnered
with numerous organizations in the Lancaster area to complete
a home renovation for the Strawberry Street Neighborhood in
Lancaster City. The mission of this initiative was to provide a
well-built house priced far below market value in order to make
it accessible for a lower
income family in need.
The BIA campaigned to
obtain materials, skilled
labor, and monetary
donations
through
mailings, emails, and
personal contacts. The
best part? The proceeds
of the first home sale
will go towards the
next project to help
Building Industry Association of Lancaster
another family.
County, 2014 Best Community Service Project
“The BIA is very proud of our members and the effort to bring
other organizations together for the common goal of providing
affordable, safe, quality housing to a local neighborhood and
homebuyer,” says Karen Watkins, Executive Officer of the BIA.
Renovations were done to both the inside and the outside of the
house, including painting, new windows and siding, insulation,
granite countertops, kitchen cabinets, electrical supplies, hot
water heater and plumbing, along with so many more donated
products, free services, and volunteered time.
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By Melanie Wise, Director of Communications & Member Services
The Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act
(HICPA) has been in effect since July 1, 2009. It requires all
home improvement contractors who work in our state to be
registered with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
PBA wants to ensure that all of our members have access
to the resources they need to comply with this law. As a home
improvement contractor, you are expected to register every
2 years and the cost is $50. Here are answers to frequently
asked questions from the Attorney General:
in a calendar year), and large retailers (net worth of more
than $50 million). All contractors, including self-employed
contractors and sole proprietorships, subcontractors and
independent contractors, and corporations, partnerships
and all other types of business entities must be registered,
unless they fall into the two exemptions above.
Who must register?
• Anyone who owns or operates a home improvement
business or who offers, performs, or agrees to perform
home improvements in Pennsylvania must register with
the Office of Attorney General, unless they fall into two
exceptions: Small contractors (less than $5,000 of work
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• Contractors are defined as: Any person who owns
and operates a home improvement business or who
undertakes, offers to undertake, or agrees to perform any
home improvement. The term includes a subcontractor or
independent contractor who has contracted with a home
improvement retailer, regardless of the retailer’s net worth,
to provide home improvement services to the retailer’s
customers.
Contractors who exclusively build new homes,
commercial builders, and builders who only work on local,
state and federal government construction projects are
excluded from the law.
What information is required to register?
The law requires contractors to submit a completed
application, which includes the following information:
• Contact and identifying information for the applicant
(including information on any prior home improvement
businesses operated by the applicant)
• For corporations and business entities – information
on partners, officers, managers and other parties with an
interest in the business
• Information on other contractor licenses and
registrations held by the applicant
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• A description of the applicant’s business
What needs to be in contracts for home improvements?
• Background disclosures, including information on
prior bankruptcies and criminal pleas or convictions
• Insurance policy information showing at least $50,000
of personal injury liability coverage and $50,000 of property
damage coverage
• A signed and dated certification by the applicant
• A non-refundable application fee of $50, payable to
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Do contractors need to display their
registration # on their vehicles?
Your registration number must be included in any
advertisements, contracts, estimates and proposals that
you use in Pennsylvania. If your vehicle includes an
advertisement for your business, then it must display your
HIC Registration number.
Your number display must include the abbreviation “PA”
and the number assigned to you (example: PA123456).
Though the law does not dictate where your number must
appear in contracts or advertisements, it must be clearly
displayed so the consumer can easily read it.
Every contract for home improvements needs to be
written, legible and signed by the consumer and the
contractor (or their representatives). Contracts must also
contain important provisions, including the total price of
the project; estimated start and completion dates; and a
description of the work.
In October 2014, HICPA was amended to allow “time
and materials” contract usage by contractors, provided the
contractor: (1) informs the consumer in writing that the time
and materials contract will not exceed 10% above an initial
cost estimate agreed by the homeowner; and (2) informs the
consumer in writing that any cost beyond the contract price
(initial cost plus estimated 10%) must be agreed to by the
homeowner in a written change order.
Where can I renew my registration?
• Contractors can renew their registration with the Office
of Attorney General online at: https://hic.attorneygeneral.
gov/login.aspx
• Contractors must re-register every 2 years. Re-registration
applicants will continue to use their previously issued
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Reviews You Want
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A study by BrightLocal — an online agency, providing local
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9 out of 10 consumers read reviews to determine the quality of
a local business, and 88% of consumers trust online reviews as
much as recommendations from someone they know.
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There is no doubt that your online reputation is important.
However, many builders are not taking control of the situation. If you’re not actively working to get new online reviews, you’re
likely to see a few bad reviews overshadowing your hard-earned
local reputation.
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There are at least 3 reasons you should actively try to get
reviews from your customers.
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to decide whether to choose you as their builder. If your
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• R
eviews affect rankings in search results. As you get
more positive reviews, you will see rankings for your
website increase in Google search results, as well as the
rank of other sites with reviews about you.
• I f you do not bolster your online reputation with
honest, positive reviews, a few bad reviews may tank
your reputation.
The following tips will help you get more reviews and take
control of your online reputation.
1. Meet and exceed your customers’ expectations, and
provide them with a positive buying experience. The buying
experience will give them something to talk about. Make sure
they have plenty of great things to say about the process, and are
not leaving the situation with a bad taste in their mouth.
2. If you want reviews, you have to ask for them. Remember
to follow the terms and conditions of all the websites for which
you solicit reviews. You can ask for reviews on most sites, except
Yelp, and in no circumstance can you offer compensation for
reviews. However, it’s always best to check the guidelines of a
review site first.
3. Determine strategic points in the buying process to ask for
reviews. These opportunities will usually come at the peak of
buyer excitement. For instance, customers are excited just after
executing the purchase agreement and
again, after the home delivery. These are
some of the best times to ask for reviews.
4. Decide the best ways to ask for
reviews. For example, you can mention
the review verbally in person, and also
include a reminder in your next email
with a link to the page where you’re
hoping to get a review.
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review sites — like your Google Plus,
Yelp and Facebook page — in your email
signature. For every email you send, this will subtly remind the
client that they have multiple opportunities to review you.
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6. Be specific on what you would like the client to review
(Sales process, Warranties, etc.), and make it easy on the client
by sending them a link to the specific review site in question.
To build a strong reputation across multiple review sites, ask
different buyers to write reviews on separate sites.
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7. Ask open-ended, yet specific questions that are likely
to lead to longer, more detailed reviews that will help your
rankings. For example, you might ask, “Could you share your
home buying experience on Google +?” or “Could you tell us
how we did throughout the delivery process on Google+?”
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8. NEVER ask specifically for positive reviews, as this
violates the nature and integrity of online review sites.
9. Turn all feedback into a review. If a customer gives you
praise via email, with the client’s permission, use that as a
testimonial on your website or sales collateral.
10. Send a follow up survey to your customers. Make sure
there is a place for them to leave comments along with an
opt-in agreement that authorizes you to use the comments in
promotional materials. You can then post these comments to
the reviews section of you website.
11. Don’t be afraid of reviews that are not 100 percent
perfect. The home building process is a long, complicated and
human business. Honest reviews that reveal minor flaws will
feel more authentic to the future buyer.
While all these tactics are great ways to garner reviews,
implementing all of them may leave your customers feeling
bombarded by sales people asking for reviews. It’s crucial for
you to look over these tips and choose that ones that work best
for your business. From there, you can determine how, and
when, to implement them into the sales process.
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Use the Great Outdoors to Help
Market your New Home Designs
By James W. Wentling, AIA
Since we are in the middle of the summer season it might
be a good time to discuss how exterior features can help
market your new home offerings. This discussion can start
with the street view of the home but then extend to other
outdoor areas of the lot or yard.
to the front door of the house with balusters or pillars on
either side of a walkway to the front door. For entry-level
housing, a picket fence will meet this need at an affordable
cost, but for more upscale models a low stone wall with
landscaping might be more appropriate. Looking at a typical single-family house on a rectangular
lot, the front yard is generally seen as the “public” side of
the house and the rear yard as the “private” side. These
correspond to the interior spaces in front being more
“formal” and in back more “informal”. Designs should make
the front more about welcoming guests while the back is for
the enjoyment of the owners. The Entry Porch
The next element of the outdoors to enhance is the entry
porch or stoop at the front door. This feature is repeatedly
identified in consumer surveys to be very important -- so I
recommend putting some thought into making this element
an appealing part of the front elevation. Street or Sidewalk Line
We can start the discussion with the forward limit of the
lot at the sidewalk or street. Historically this line may have
included a fence or low wall to clearly identify ownership,
and may have included a gate at the entry walk. Low fencing
is still incorporated into the front yard in many communities,
In some cases a useable porch may be most appropriate
for the house style and local market, which typically means
8 feet of depth. This will allow enough room for comfortable
chairs and a table. In other designs a small canopy over the
entry door with detailed moldings or other features will
suffice. With any type of covered porch, column and railing
designs are an great opportunity to dress up the entry with
human scale details. particularly to distinguish common open space from private
yards and to enhance the street view of the house. Typically a low fence or wall can also define an entry path
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One design concept that has gained traction in the past ten
years is the two-story porch. Historically these were found
in southern mansions and vernacular Charleston houses,
however today the trend to locate the garage in the back of
the house often makes the front elevation a more appealing
location for a second outdoor porch.
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Moving to the private rear
yard, here the outdoor spaces
are more about enjoyment for the owners. Typical outdoor
spaces found the rear yard are patios, decks, covered porches
and sometimes range from freestanding structures such as
gazebos to trellises to fully equipped outdoor kitchens. The
addition of an open fire pit or full scale fireplace has become a
popular amenity to option here as well. Patios and Decks
As expected these areas
are sized based on the
price point of the house,
with entry level product
often including a 10 x 10
concrete patio slab while
larger homes may have
generous decks or covered
porches. A covered
porch may also include
an adjacent uncovered
outdoor area for the grille
or just some additional exterior spaces that may feature a garden or
trellised patio.
Practical Outdoor Spaces - Let’s talk trash..
Seriously..do your new home designs address a reasonable
location for trash containers, recycle bins, perhaps a compost
station that is shielded from the rest of the yard? This has
become such an issue that some municipalities require a
specific cubic area in the garage for trash containers as to
not have them in public view. I recommend a fenced area or
covered enclosure just off the garage for this accessed from the
garage and ideally, the house as well.
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