Scott Coleman - PCEA

PCEA-ORLANDO OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS
PRESIDENT - SCOTT COLEMAN, TRI-CITY ELECTRICAL
PRESIDENT ELECT - ROB ALLEN, AUSTIN COMMERCIAL
1ST VICE PRESIDENT - CURTIS YODER, VISION 360
2ND VICE PRESIDENT - CHRISTINA KANHAI, PCL CONSTRUCTION
TREASURER - AARON SMITH, PCL CONSTRUCTION
SECRETARY - TIM REICHARDT, WCCI, INC.
NATIONAL DIRECTOR - FORD HAZELIP, HOAR CONSTRUCTION
BOARD MEMBER - MARK LANG, QUALITY LABOR MANAGEMENT
BOARD MEMBER - ROB BAUER, CONSTRUCTION COST SERVICES
BOARD MEMBER - JEFF FRIEDRICH, FRIEDRICH WATKINS
BOARD MEMBER - MACKENZIE GROVE, RANDALL MECHANICAL
BOARD MEMBER - CHRIS JOYCE, THARP PLUMBING
BOARD MEMBER - JEFF ALBRIGHT, ROBINS & MORTON
BOARD MEMBER - PATTI EAVES, PLANS & SPECS REPROGRAPHICS, INC.
COMPANIES REPRESENTED BY MEMBERSHIP
PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATORS ASSOCIATION
ORLANDO, FL
July 2015-Vol. 13, Issue 2
RANDALL MECHANICAL DR. PHILLIPS CENTER , ORLANDO
SILVER SPONSORS
with
Digital Printing
&
Copying
Small & Wide Format Digital Printing
New Multi-family Housing Project Opportunities
Member Companies
Acousti
Acousti Engineering Company
Advanced Millwork Inc.
Allied Interior Products
Alpha Insulation and Waterproofing
Architectural Sheet Metal, inc.
Ardmore Associates, LLC
Argos Ready Mix LLC
Austin Commercial
Avex Homes
Baker Concrete Construction
Balfour Beatty Construction
BASE Consultants, Inc.
Bear’s Plumbing
CEMEX
Clancy and Theys Construction Co
Construction Cost Services
ConTech Construction, LLC
DPR Construction
Dura-Stress.com
Eagle Finishes Inc
ECS FLORIDA, LLC
Endurance Communications and Electrical LLC
Energy Air, Inc.
Environmental Holdings Group, LLC
Fire & Life Safety America
Friedrich Watkins Company
Harmon Inc
Hensel Phelps
HJ FOUNDATION
Hoar Construction
Hoar Construction, LLC
IQ Painters
KHS&S
Kobrin Builders Supply
Landreth, INC
LC Electric
LDI
Liberty Concrete and Forming
Mader Southeast
MARJAM SUPPLY
MLC Theming
Modern Plumbing
National Association of Women in Construction
Noble Building Products
PCD Building Corp.
PCL Construction
PeakCM Construction
Phillips & Jordan, Inc.
Plans & Specs Reprographics, Inc.
Plummer Painting & Waterproofing, Inc.
Prestige Concrete Products
Quality Labor Management (QLM)
Randall Mechanical
Robins & Morton
Roger B. Kennedy, Inc.
Safway Services, LLC
Service Complete Electric
Servpro of Winter Haven
Skanska
SPEC Contractor Services, LLC
Stanley Access Technologies
Sutter Roofing
Terry,s Electric
Tharp Plumbing Systems Inc.
The Blue Book
The Meridien Companies
The Stowell Company
Titan Florida LLC
Tri-City Electrical Contractors
Turner Construction Company
United Forming, Inc.
United Wall Systems
Universal Creative
Vision Three Sixty, LLC
Wal-Mark Contracting Group
Walt Disney Imagineering
WCCI
WELBRO Building Corporation
Williams Company
Williams Scotsman Inc.
Wilson & Company
Window Interiors
A few weeks ago our Commander-In-Chief made a statement about our
great nation. “It’s our job as citizens to make sure we keep pushing this
country we love toward our most cherished ideals – that all of us are created equal, and all of us deserve an equal shot.” This statement was the
beginning of Mr. Obama’s Weekly Address on July 11th which he claimed
the “work of the Fair Housing Act remains unfinished”. The Supreme Court
ruled 5-4 that federal housing laws prohibit practices that harm minorities,
even without proof of intentional discrimination. “The ruling is a defeat for
banks, insurance companies and other business groups that claimed such
lawsuits are not explicitly allowed under the Fair Housing Act, the landmark
1968 law that sought to eliminate segregation that has long existed in residential housing.”
PCEA would like to thank all
our sponsors for supporting us
throughout the year.
GOLD SPONSORS
The Florida Housing Authority has a few projects scheduled in the near future. It remains to be seen if this ruling
will change the location any of the projects that are still in the design phase. This could open the door for more
affordable housing projects in the near future. There are some concerns with this new ruling. Where will the new
“affordable housing projects” be built? Lake Nona, Windermere, Winter Park, Thornton Park, Bay Hill, Baldwin
Park, or perhaps in even Downtown Orlando? I for one am interested to see how we can build something sustainable that opens the door to “the good life” for everyone. Way to go “O”!
PCEA President 2015-2016
Scott Coleman
Austin Commercial
PRESTIGE CONCRETE -TRADER JOE’S, DAYTONA BEACH
PCEA ORLANDO
is a chapter of
The National Professional Construction Estimators Association
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Robotic Mason
A robot that lays bricks is now out of beta testing and at work alongside masons and laborers at a school-building jobsite in Ft. Collins,
Colo. The Semi-Autonomous Mason, more
commonly known as SAM, is already booked
for two additional jobs. Masons working with
SAM say the robot may help alleviate workforce shortages foreseen in future generations
in masonry trades.
“He does a pretty good job, is pretty efficient,
and I don’t mind working with him,” says John
Munt, a mason employed by Ft. Collins-based
Soderberg Masonry. “He’s putting [bricks] in
the wall for us and we get them jointed right
behind.” Munt lives in Arizona but was called
out to Colorado where there is a shortage of
masons. Other team members came from
California.
SAM finished its first wall and is moving onto
the second now, says Zachary Podkaminer,
operations manager for Construction Robots,
Victor, N,Y. “We put 900 bricks in the wall yesterday, with one mason and one tender,” he
says.
SAM is mounted on a tracked Hydro Mobile
mast-climbing platform that extends the deck
by 18 in. Workers move the platform where
SAM needs to work. The robot is powered
by propane and works off a 3D map file that
tells it where to stop and start and enables it to
avoid window sections.
“You need to set up two story poles, [to the]
left and right of where Sam will build,” says
Podkaminer. “The right story pole has a laser that guides SAM so it can correct for any
movement of the Hydro Mobile platform and
keep laying flush bricks. Unlike a masonry
worker, who applies mortar to the wall before
laying a brick, SAM applies mortar to a brick
before laying it.”
But cautions Podkaminer, “To minimize downtime you’ve got to think ahead when using
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this. Once workers get in the groove and walk
through a few courses beside SAM, they understand the process. Knowing how the robot
works helps smooth the work process. “Make
sure when the wall tie is ready to go, you put it
in immediately so SAM can continue working.”
The manager adds that SAM has become a
jobsite attraction. “Every day you see construction workers or people outside the site
taking out their iPhones to take photos,” says
Podkaminer. “They’re all just amazed.”
In addition, SAM’s coworkers credit their robotic colleague with lightening their workload.
“A lot of the younger guys aren’t coming into
the trades anymore, so the robot can take the
place of some of those guys,” says Munt.
By Luke Abaffy, ENR 6/23/15
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PCEA-ORLANDO OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS
PRESIDENT - SCOTT COLEMAN, TRI-CITY ELECTRICAL
PRESIDENT ELECT - ROB ALLEN, AUSTIN COMMERCIAL
1ST VICE PRESIDENT - CURTIS YODER, VISION 360
2ND VICE PRESIDENT - CHRISTINA KANHAI, PCL CONSTRUCTION
TREASURER - AARON SMITH, PCL CONSTRUCTION
SECRETARY - TIM REICHARDT, WCCI, INC.
NATIONAL DIRECTOR - FORD HAZELIP, HOAR CONSTRUCTION
BOARD MEMBER - MARK LANG, QUALITY LABOR MANAGEMENT
BOARD MEMBER - ROB BAUER, CONSTRUCTION COST SERVICES
BOARD MEMBER - JEFF FRIEDRICH, FRIEDRICH WATKINS
BOARD MEMBER - MACKENZIE GROVE, RANDALL MECHANICAL
BOARD MEMBER - CHRIS JOYCE, THARP PLUMBING
BOARD MEMBER - JEFF ALBRIGHT, ROBINS & MORTON
BOARD MEMBER - PATTI EAVES, PLANS & SPECS REPROGRAPHICS, INC.
COMPANIES REPRESENTED BY MEMBERSHIP
PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATORS ASSOCIATION
ORLANDO, FL
July 2015-Vol. 13, Issue 2
RANDALL MECHANICAL DR. PHILLIPS CENTER , ORLANDO
SILVER SPONSORS
with
Digital Printing
&
Copying
Small & Wide Format Digital Printing
New Multi-family Housing Project Opportunities
Member Companies
Acousti
Acousti Engineering Company
Advanced Millwork Inc.
Allied Interior Products
Alpha Insulation and Waterproofing
Architectural Sheet Metal, inc.
Ardmore Associates, LLC
Argos Ready Mix LLC
Austin Commercial
Avex Homes
Baker Concrete Construction
Balfour Beatty Construction
BASE Consultants, Inc.
Bear’s Plumbing
CEMEX
Clancy and Theys Construction Co
Construction Cost Services
ConTech Construction, LLC
DPR Construction
Dura-Stress.com
Eagle Finishes Inc
ECS FLORIDA, LLC
Endurance Communications and Electrical LLC
Energy Air, Inc.
Environmental Holdings Group, LLC
Fire & Life Safety America
Friedrich Watkins Company
Harmon Inc
Hensel Phelps
HJ FOUNDATION
Hoar Construction
Hoar Construction, LLC
IQ Painters
KHS&S
Kobrin Builders Supply
Landreth, INC
LC Electric
LDI
Liberty Concrete and Forming
Mader Southeast
MARJAM SUPPLY
MLC Theming
Modern Plumbing
National Association of Women in Construction
Noble Building Products
PCD Building Corp.
PCL Construction
PeakCM Construction
Phillips & Jordan, Inc.
Plans & Specs Reprographics, Inc.
Plummer Painting & Waterproofing, Inc.
Prestige Concrete Products
Quality Labor Management (QLM)
Randall Mechanical
Robins & Morton
Roger B. Kennedy, Inc.
Safway Services, LLC
Service Complete Electric
Servpro of Winter Haven
Skanska
SPEC Contractor Services, LLC
Stanley Access Technologies
Sutter Roofing
Terry,s Electric
Tharp Plumbing Systems Inc.
The Blue Book
The Meridien Companies
The Stowell Company
Titan Florida LLC
Tri-City Electrical Contractors
Turner Construction Company
United Forming, Inc.
United Wall Systems
Universal Creative
Vision Three Sixty, LLC
Wal-Mark Contracting Group
Walt Disney Imagineering
WCCI
WELBRO Building Corporation
Williams Company
Williams Scotsman Inc.
Wilson & Company
Window Interiors
A few weeks ago our Commander-In-Chief made a statement about our
great nation. “It’s our job as citizens to make sure we keep pushing this
country we love toward our most cherished ideals – that all of us are created equal, and all of us deserve an equal shot.” This statement was the
beginning of Mr. Obama’s Weekly Address on July 11th which he claimed
the “work of the Fair Housing Act remains unfinished”. The Supreme Court
ruled 5-4 that federal housing laws prohibit practices that harm minorities,
even without proof of intentional discrimination. “The ruling is a defeat for
banks, insurance companies and other business groups that claimed such
lawsuits are not explicitly allowed under the Fair Housing Act, the landmark
1968 law that sought to eliminate segregation that has long existed in residential housing.”
PCEA would like to thank all
our sponsors for supporting us
throughout the year.
GOLD SPONSORS
The Florida Housing Authority has a few projects scheduled in the near future. It remains to be seen if this ruling
will change the location any of the projects that are still in the design phase. This could open the door for more
affordable housing projects in the near future. There are some concerns with this new ruling. Where will the new
“affordable housing projects” be built? Lake Nona, Windermere, Winter Park, Thornton Park, Bay Hill, Baldwin
Park, or perhaps in even Downtown Orlando? I for one am interested to see how we can build something sustainable that opens the door to “the good life” for everyone. Way to go “O”!
PCEA President 2015-2016
Scott Coleman
Austin Commercial
PRESTIGE CONCRETE -TRADER JOE’S, DAYTONA BEACH
PCEA ORLANDO
is a chapter of
The National Professional Construction Estimators Association
For Event and Membership
Information Log on to
www.pcea-orlando.org