QUEST BUILDING PRODUCTS Presents Training Class on SCOFIELD October 21st

Got a invite faxed to me yesterday from Quest Building Products in Anaheim; they are having a training class on Wed October 21st on Scofield products.

Scofield makes concrete stains, hardeners, sealers and more.

The class will start at 10 and go until 12, and then lunch will be provided. Training class costs $50.00, but you get back a $50.00 store credit good for any purchase and you'll also get 10% off all Scofield products for a week. You'll also get a free Quest T shirt and a raffle ticket good for a 7" Blastrac Angle Grinder, retail value is around $300 on those puppies.

Sign up now at questbuilding@yahoo.com or by fax to 714-738-6950

Tell 'em ya saw it here!

Rain Will Determine if That "Cheaper" Bid Was the Right Bid to Take

With all this rain here in California, we'll soon find out whose work is performing as it should be, and whose work is leaking like a sieve.

So often the deciding factor in selecting a waterproofing contractor is price; customers can't decipher the trade jargon on a bid and don't do their due diligence in researching companies before spending their hard earned money...

Someone once said, "You can't spend a little and get a lot." With waterproofing, that's double true...good luck to those unfortunate enough to be watching water pour in their home from a leaky deck that got waterproofed by the cheapest guy; it's about to cost you 10x more than you thought!

Call the Deck Expert, Bill Leys at 805-801-2380 to get your deck problems under control!

FROM REUTER's NEWS- Construction Defect Conference Set For Nov 19 to Feature Judges, Lawyers, Builders and Insurer's!

News From Reuters-

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Superior Court Judges Hon. Keith Davis of
San Bernardino and Hon. Stephen Sundvold of Orange County will appear on the
faculty of the "Construction Defect Litigation Update Conference" Nov. 19,
2009 at The City Club on Bunker Hill in Los Angeles.

The chairmen of the conference, attorneys Richard Glucksman of Chapman,
Glucksman, Dean, Roeb & Barger, APC of Los Angeles, and Kenneth Kasdan, Kasdan
Simonds Riley & Vaughan LLP of Irvine, Calif. and Phoenix, Ariz., assembled a
list of specialists from the building and insurance industries, as well as
from leading law firms. 

In a review of headlines posted recently by "Mealey's Litigation Report:
Construction Defects," a leading monitor of the litigation published by
LexisNexis, California cases have produced settlements in matters involving
subcontractors for $15,000 in one case and $16,500 in another, while other
cases with a broader range of parties settled for $55,000, $525,000, $632,305,
and $1.3 million. 

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Delmar Cengage Learning, Publisher of the DeWalt line of trade books, is looking for an author!

My name is Bobby Person and I work on the Building Trades team here Delmar Cengage Learning – our group specializes in publishing print and digital products for the professional construction-related markets.

We have a premier product line which is a series of books for contractors marketed under the DEWALT brand – please see www.dewalt.com/guides for more information.

I am currently looking for a new author to write a DEWALT Deck Construction Handbook. This will be a very high-profile project with tremendous sales potential.

Please let me know if you are interested in hearing more about the opportunity. Thanks!

Bobby Person

CPG Building Trades

Delmar | Cengage Learning

5 Maxwell Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065

(o) 518.348.2670 | (m) 518.951.5422 | (e) robert.person@cengage.com | www.cengage.com/delmar

New Issue of WATERPROOF! Magazine Hits The Streets

The fall issue of WATERPROOF! Magazine hit my mailbox this weekend; this issue is chock full of information. The article on "Green Decks" is especially good, many people are interested in having a green roof and this article tells you what you need to do to do it right...

Another article on Advances in Coatings, is about the new generation of spray applied waterproofing coatings that are available.

News, tradeshow information, below grade repair strategies, all are covered in the latest issue.

I recommend that you subscribe today and never miss an issue. (FCC Disclosure-I do not receive any free stuff from Waterproof! Magazine, nary a free subscription or anything...nada.

Errant Welding Sparks Condo Disaster-Entire Complex Burn Down, Suit Filed

Suit blames welders for Galveston condo fire
10/6/2009 10:52 AM By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau

GALVESTON - A Galveston homeowners' association blames two businesses for a fire that destroyed its condominium complex in June, recent court documents say.

Maravilla Homeowners' Association claims the misconduct and overall negligence of Adam's Welders and Hudak & Dawson Construction Co. led to a four-alarm fire within the Maravilla Resort Condominiums on Galveston's West End the afternoon of June 3.

"The defendants owed a legal duty to the plaintiff to exercise ordinary care," the lawsuit, filed Oct. 1 in Galveston County District Court, says.

According to the original petition, the defendants were performing construction work at the property.

It adds workers were welding handrails connected to the building, which had been almost fully rebuilt after Hurricane Ike, when some wayward sparks ignited the inferno.

A Galveston County Daily News article on June 4 reported that the blaze spread between the upper floors.

"Fire units from across Galveston County responded to the fire," the suit says

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