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Volume 8 Issue 03

August 25,2009,

PCEA Membership… helping you reach the peak of your profession.

President Rob Bauer –Rob on Construction in August?

In this Issue: Page 3 Event Announcements Page 4 Community News Page 5 Building Rating Concerns Page 6 Board Member Bio Page 7 Calendar Page 8 Companies Represented

Well it is time again and quite frankly I am ill-prepared to provide an article that will dazzle the membership. So I proceed with my patented glazed eye and drool, I have to write something, trance and start. Well not so much but caught in my latest procrastination effort I start to chuckle as I notice the numerous distractions I have papered on the walls of my office. I have items ranging from cartoons to quotes and pictures probably inappropriate but entertaining none the less. And that’s it thought a little humor would go farther than another rant on LEED, the economy or unemployment. Additionally as I am not that funny myself I have gone to the web and found some material curtsy of the Dilbert website (author Scott Adams) – Assuming that covers all my legal requirements – Happy August

Rob Bauer Cost Construction Services President PCEA

2009-2010 PCEA Orlando Officers

2009-2010 PCEA-Orlando Officers President: Rob Bauer –Construction Cost Services Phone 321-217-0096 email [email protected] Pres-Elect: Chuck Sauls- Hardin Construction Phone 407-352-2233 email [email protected] 1st VP: Steve Pece-Pece of Mind Disposal, Inc. Phone 407-568-3456 email [email protected] 2nd VP: Stacey Currie- Kelly Electric Phone 407-859-8801 email [email protected] Secretary: Scott Coleman– Treasurer: Tim Reichardt -Hardin Construction Phone 407-352-2233 email [email protected] National Director: Alfredo Barrott - Barrott Estimating email [email protected] Board Members

Social Director: Lisa Shields (Fun Lisa) - email [email protected] Golf Tournament Chairman: Robert Kissick- Tri City Electric Phone 407-788-3500 email [email protected] Past President: Lee McNeil- Williams Company Phone 407-295-2530 email [email protected] Past President: Leslie Kittrell– Consultant Phone 1-321-258-4021 email [email protected] Board Member: Ray Zeliadt-Hensel Phelps Construction Phone 407-856-2400 email [email protected] Board Member: Troy Theriault-Advanced Millwork Phone: 321-239-3942 email [email protected] Board Member: Bryan Grassing-Bergelectric Phone:407-8589-8994 email [email protected] Board Member: Peter Chryplewicz-CCK Construction Services, Inc. Phone: 407-472-9700 email [email protected] Board Member: Richard Heath- PCL Construction Phone 407-363-0059 email [email protected] Board Member: Manuel Cruz- Doster Construction Phone 407-248-9961 email [email protected] Newsletter: Patti Eaves -Plans & Specs Reprographics, Inc. Phone 407-786-3755 email [email protected]

P C E A B O A R D

PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR’S ASSOCIATION

Past President Leslie Kittrell

Pres. Elect Rob Bauer 2nd VP Stacey Currie Secretary Scott Coleman Treasurer Tim Reichardt Nat’l Dir. Alfredo Barrott

2009-2010 Board Members

Lisa Shields Social Comm. Robert Kissick Golf Comm.

Lee McNeil Past President

Chuck Sauls Nat’l Past Pres.

Richard Heath

Manuel Cruz Patti Eaves Newsletter

Troy Theriault

Pete Chryplewicz Education

Bryan Grassing

1st VP Steve Pece

Calendar Reminders Sept 8th - Board meeting, 11:30 am No Member Meeting this Month

Ray Zeliadt


PCEA ANNUAL FALL GOLF TOURNAMENT Save this Date: November 9th, 2009

11:00 am Registration 12:00 Shotgun Start

This will be a once in a life time Golf-ing Experience. Don’t miss out, save this date on your calendar. Electronic registration will begin September 8th. www.pcea-orlando.org

Steak on the Lake October 1st, 5:15

Fall Cook Out Grill Masters Pete Chryplewicz Art Higginbotham

Chuck Sauls Robert Kissick

Orange County Sportsman’s Association

9020 Kilgore Road Orlando, FL 32786


Happy Birthday

Art Higginbotham

Edward O’Brien

Randy Carroll

Cristina Aguirre

What is happening with the PCEA Members Community

July 28th Meeting

October 1st Orange County Sportsman’s Association

5:15 pm 9020 Kilgore Road Orlando, FL 32786

Calendar Reminders Oct 13th- Board meeting, 11:30 am October 1st Steak on the Lake, Orange County Sportsman’s Association


There also are unknowns about the impact of any decertification on the owner’s continuing ability to enjoy tax or other incentives that were triggered based upon the initial achievement of the specified rating goal, say sources. There also are contractual concerns. “The importance of careful reconsideration of exist-ing contract models for engagement of the design and construction teams and assigning appropriate responsibilities and risks will be even more acute under this new iteration of LEED,” says Gentilcore. Vyas says the actual mechanism for how and when the metered or submetered data is to be provided is not established. In some jurisdic-tions, investor- or public-owned utilities also are not allowed to share metered data with anyone other than the current or potential owner of the property. Horst says USGBC is planning to work with utilities to remove obstacles to reporting and invites those with concerns about the require-ment to e-mail USGBC at [email protected]. “We’re still developing the best and easiest ways to help owners do this,” says Horst. “This is a new requirement and there is a lot to work out over time.” Horst declines to say when

Though green-building experts and construc-tion lawyers laud the good intentions of the U.S. Green Building Council about its popular Leadership in Energy and Environmental De-sign green-building rating system, many have serious concerns about at least one new re-quirement in the latest version of LEED, which went into effect on July 1. The requirement, a “precondition” of certification for all buildings under LEED Version 3, says owners must commit to sharing building energy and water-usage data for at least five years after a new building is occupied or an existing building is certified. Another change sending shudders down the spine of construction lawyers and others is that LEED certification may be re-voked if there is noncompliance with this new “minimum program requirement” or any of the other six so-called MPRs. The energy-use reporting requirement applies to the particular project’s type of certification. For example, if a project is seeking certification for new construction, the requirement applies to the entire building. If a project is seeking certification for core and shell, the requirement applies only to energy data for the core and shell. The same goes for commercial interiors. USGBC plans to use the performance data, which it promises to keep confi-dential, to compare proposed and metered energy performance sd well as performance of different LEED-rated buildings and interiors. “We are taking the concept of green building and making sure it is real,” says Scot Horst, USGBC’s senior vice president for LEED. “Whether or not LEED-rated buildings are really per-forming is an extremely important issue for us,” he adds. Under LEED 2009, sharing energy and water-usage data includes supplying information on a regular basis in a free, accessible and secure online tool or, if necessary, taking any action to authorize the collection of information directly from service or utility providers. The commitment to supply data must carry forward if the building or space changes ownership or lessee. The “bottom line” is, these conditions “may end up doing more harm than good for the future vitality” of LEED, says attor-ney Edward B. Gentilcore, a partner of Duane Morris LLP, Pittsburgh. “This would be a significant loss in light of the accomplishments to date,” he adds. Owners weighing whether to pursue a LEED-rated project will have to con-

sider the potential that the achievement of the rating may be a Pyrrhic victory because decer-tification may be the ultimate legacy, says Gentilcore. Construction lawyer Ujjval Vyas, a principal with Alberti Group LLC, Chicago, has more concerns. Any third party has the right to initi-ate noncompliance action by USGBC for any of the MPRs, he says. “This creates a huge risk and provides standing to any entity what-soever to injure a building owner or tenant,” Vyas says. All certified projects must commit to sharing with the U.S. Green Building Council and/or Green Building Certification Institute "all avail-able actual whole-project energy and water-usage data for a period of at least five years." — LEED 2009 MINIMUM PROGRAM RE-QUIREMENT 6 Both lawyers say the requirement creates a difficult policing obligation of landlords in rela-tion to their tenants or landowners and devel-opers in relations to subsequent purchasers. “What was once an initial project-performance milestone now has ongoing tail responsibilities that could create extended obligations for the owner itself and possibly, in turn, design and construction teams,” says Gentilcore.

07/08/2009 By Nadine M. Post Building Rating Concerns

Building Rating Concerns Continued


Calendar Reminders Oct 13th- Board meeting, 11:30 am October 1st Steak on the Lake, Orange County Sportsman’s Association October 27th Membership Meeting Citrus Club 5:15

bear the costs of new meters?” asks Chamber-lain. “BOMA members will almost certainly have other concerns, including how the per-formance data will be used and especially how the confidentiality of that information will be preserved.” Historically, it has been “very difficult” to get building owners to provide performance data, says Horst. This was the case during a joint energy-performance study with the National Buildings Institute, which was released last year. The report found LEED buildings were performing 25% to 30% better than the na-tional average or modeled baselines. But the study only looked at 121 buildings. USGBC wants to increase that number. “We’ve all been talking about how important carbon is,” says Horst. The new requirement will “allow us to collectively say how LEED buildings are affecting climate,” he adds.

addenda will be issued. There is support for the requirement, both cautionary and full. “These changes will give credibility to the rating system,” says Gordon Holness, president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. “As good as the rating system has been, it will quickly tarnish if buildings do not perform as expected.” Greg Mella, a principal in the Washington, D.C., office of SmithGroup and a member of the American Institute of Architects’ committee on the environment, supports the reporting requirement, with quali-fications. “The requirement need not be oner-ous since owners can simply provide copies of utility bills, and USGBC will waive this require-ment for projects that are tied into a central plant where collecting this data can be diffi-cult,” says Mella. But USGBC needs to better understand the requirement’s potential legal ramifications, he adds. The conditions may end up doing “more harm than good” for LEED. — EDWARD B. GENTILCORE, LAWYER Mella also wants guidelines for overcoming potential legal challenges, which may include providing more exceptions to the rule. He is

not too concerned about the risk of decertifica-tion, but he agrees with sources who maintain LEED 2009 will, in general, require reconsid-eration of existing contract models for engage-ment of design and construction teams. “LEED requires owners, contractors, engineers and architects to certify certain strategies and/or products were incorporated into a project, to predict how a building will operate and to com-mit to honoring the claims made to USGBC during LEED documentation,” says Mella. “It is almost inconceivable to me to think that some-thing as pervasive as LEED would not have a significant impact on contract models.” The Building Owners and Managers Associa-tion also supports the requirement but has concerns about ensuring data access, poten-tial building decertification, ongoing tax consid-erations and due process for participants. “It is a positive step...and we look forward to learn-ing more details about the requirement,” says Henry Chamberlain, BOMA’s president. Energy data will “allow us to collectively say how LEED buildings are affecting climate.” — SCOT HORST, USGBC BOMA also wants to know if existing meters will be sufficient to supply the performance data and in the format required. “If not, who will

Steve Pece— Steve Pece began his busi-ness career at the age of 15; he started a landscap-ing company while still in high school. By the time he graduated he had grown the company to a full ser-vice entity including lawn maintenance, landscape installations and irrigation. After selling the landscape

company at the age of 20 Steve started a con-struction clean up company, complete with roll off dumpster service and proceeded to acquire contracts with all of Central Florida’s top home builders. Once again Steve grew restless and

knew he had more to offer the community and tats when the fun began five years ago Pece of Mind opened a demolition divi-sion; primarily knocking down small houses and garages. It didn’t take long before Steve and everyone else realized he had found what he had long been searching fro. Soon Steve was buying more equipment and trucks and hiring addi-tional operators. In the past five years Pece of Mind has grown into Central Florida’s largest and most complete

demolition contractor, offering a vast array of services including: Building Demolition, Interior Demolition, Ultra high Demolition, Concrete Cutting, Asbestos Abatement, Contaminated Soil Removal

Board Member Bio


Nov 2009 Nov 10th Board meeting 11:30

PCEA Golf Tournament Nov. 9th,

Bella Collina

Dec 2009 Holiday Party Dec. 4th TBD

January 2010 Jan. 12th Board meeting 11:30 Jan. 26th Meeting, Citrus Club 5:15

August 2009 Aug 11th Board meeting 11:30 Aug 25th Meeting, Citrus Club 5:15

Sept 2009 Sept 9th Board meeting 11:30 No Member Meeting this month

Oct 2009

Oct. 1st 5:15 STEAK on the LAKE

Oct 13th Board Meeting 11:30

Member Meeting 27th, Citrus Club 5:15

June ’09 through January ‘10

Professional Construction Estimators Association

P.O. Box 1669 Orlando, FL 32801-1669

Membership Chairman Steve Pece

[email protected] www.pcea-orlando.org

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