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JANUARY 2020 Residential Building News for Northeast Indiana TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SUBJECT MATTER 3 Cover Story ▪ Atomic Water Solutions 5 President’s Pen 7 Commissioner’s Corner 9 2020 Impact Advertising Contract 11 Rewards Club Standings 12 Spike Club 13 Membership Update ▪ Renewed & To Be Renewed Members 15 NAHB Now ▪ Protect Yourself in Winter Weather 16 Association Activities ▪ January Calendar ▪ Silver Level Yearly Sponsorship ▪ Inaugural Celebration ▪ JA Achieve-A-Bowl ▪ IBA Cornhole Tournament ▪ Table Top & Networking ▪ Komets Hockey Family Outing ▪ Builder/Developer Breakfast ▪ 2020 IBA/NAHB Calendar 26 Board of Director’s Meeting Minutes 27 Lumber Cost Update 38 Permit Activity ▪ November Permits More Information on Page 4 The IMPACT is published by the HBA of Fort Wayne, Inc. 305 West Main Street | Fort Wayne, IN 46802 | Ph: (260) 420-2020 | Fax: (260) 426-0640 HBA Staff: Beth Johnson | Executive Director | [email protected] Impact is published 12 times a year and is sent to all members in good standing. HBA membership is open to all builders and businesses who benefit from new residential construction in northeastern Indiana. Subscription to Impact is included in your membership dues. Advertising space in Impact is open to HBA members only and can be obtained throughout the year. facebook.com/hbafortwayne 1 2020 HBA EXECUTIVE OFFICERS President Gregory Gerbers The DeHayes Group Vice President Matt Lancia Matt Lancia Signature Homes Treasurer Luke Hoffman Granite Ridge Builders, Inc. Secretary Logan Buescher Bob Buescher Homes, Inc. Immediate Past Tyler Kees Quality Crafted Homes President 2020 HBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Casey Adams, IMI Greg Roberts, Donovan Engineering, Inc. Harrison Heller, Heller Homes Rodney Robrock, RW Robrock Design-Build, Inc. Nick Hoeffel, Home Lumber, Inc. Rob Wacker, Windsor Homes Duane Kees, Quality Crafted Homes Brad Wallace, Timberlin Homes, LLC Dave Korte, Korte Does It All Ryan Wannemacher, Wannemacher Design Build, Inc. Austin Lundquist, Wayne Kitchen & Bath Works Ric Zehr, The North Eastern Group Tax Ruling: Dues payments to the Home Builders Association of Fort Wayne, Inc. are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. However, dues payments may be deductible as ordinary and necessary business expense, subject to exclusion for lobbying activity. Because a portion of your dues is used for lobbying by NAHB and the Indiana Builders Association, when calculating your business deduction for your association dues you must subtract $39.60 of NAHB’s $198 dues (20%) and $11.00 of IBA’s $220 dues (5%) as non-deductible. 2 FROM THE COVER January 2020 Atomic Water Solutions is a locally owned Fort Wayne area business with more than 25 years of experience in the water treatment industry. Good water is essential to your health and home. And, we offer the most efficient water treatment systems on the market today with a full lifetime warranty. We pride ourselves on our equipment, service and installations of water equipment that will provide better quality water to customers homes. We're proud to be part of the Evolve Series Owner: Lee Ketron family, which offers a clear choice in water treatment for homes and commercial What Makes Us Different properties in 35 states. We have the latest • Full service water treatment professionals technology and training so our friendly staff with expert knowledge and experience can advise you on the best products and • Treatment equipment with a true lifetime systems for your needs, including: warranty • Email or phone call reminders for filter • Water softeners; changes and regular maintenance • Iron filters; In-Home Services • pH neutralizers; • Free in-home water consultations • Reverse osmosis; • Installation of water treatment equipment • And more! • Service and maintenance plans Having earned a reputation for providing • Treatment equipment repair outstanding water conditioning products • Salt delivery—softener and ice melt and excellent customer service, we are Retail Center confident Atomic Water Solutions will be able to deliver the high-quality water you • Full display of reverse osmosis drinking water systems, water softeners and deserve! We offer Clean Affordable Water. conditioners If you’re looking to build a custom package • Free water testing to evaluate your current for a client, we’re happy to help. Our goal is treatment equipment to give our customers, and your clients, • Drive-thru softener salt and ice melt pick-up options for better quality water. • Bottled water • Reverse osmosis filters, and in-line filters Give us a call today! • Softener parts, additives, and cleaners • Certified health and safety water testing 3 4 PRESIDENT’S PEN January 2020 By: Greg Gerbers Happy New Year Everyone! Hopefully you were able to spend some time with family and friends over the holiday season and are refreshed for the new year. Last year, the HBA Board was able to participate in putting together a strategic plan with the help of NAHB. That plan includes five specific segments that align with our mission statement. Mission Statement: The Home Builders Association of Ft. Wayne, Inc. supports all segments of the residential building industry through advocacy, education, workforce development, networking and community involvement. 1) Membership: Membership is not only focused on new members but also on meeting the needs of current members. That said, who have you asked about membership lately. Do you have friends, people you do business with, even outside of the construction fields, that align with our mission? Ask them about membership! 2) Workforce Development: To grow our impact in the region as a resource on workforce development initiatives through coalition efforts with like-minded associations, companies and local student chapters including Garret H.S. and FWCS Career Academy at Anthis. 3) Government-Regulatory Affairs: To dedicate HBA resources towards monitoring and reviewing new building codes through our codes committee, reinvigorate our government affairs committee to have 7-10 active members and engage up to 50% of our members registering for VoterVoice/BuilderLink calls to action. Are you registered for the calls to action, if not sign up today by visiting the IBA website and clicking on Advocacy. 4) Event Networking: Increase the number of members that attend events and use social media to promote and show off the events. 5) Public Relations: Promote “Do Business with an HBA of Ft. Wayne member” to consumer and demonstrate our leadership, stewardship and impact in our community through charitable actions. My goal in showing you this is not only to be held accountable, but to show you everything going on if you were not aware. Where do you think you could get plugged in? Maybe its just asking one prospective member a month to join and now you have five key reasons why. Lastly, I would just like to say THANK YOU to Tyler, Beth and the rest of the Board for their leadership and countless hours of service last year. I’m looking forward to 2020 and all it has in store for the HBA of Fort Wayne. Have a great month everyone, Greg Gerbers 5 6 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER By: John Caywood January 2020 Allen County Building Commissioner To all Builders: We expect builders to do their part in the adoption of The Building Department has fielded a myriad of the new Code by purchasing a copy of the 2020 Code communications from local builders regarding the with the Indiana amendments included. It is incumbent rollout of the new Residential Code, which, as you on builders to reference the new Code Book before know, went into effect on December 26, 2019. contacting the Building Department. Inspectors will be Substantial changes have been made to the current confirming with builders that the Code Book was version of the Code, which was instituted in 2005. referenced before engaging in discussions regarding the While the training offered locally has proved beneficial, same. The Building Department desires to work there is much more work needed to fully understand alongside builders, but in the interest of appropriately and implement the new Code. We need to coordinate allocating Building Department resources, the Building expectations with builders, suppliers, design Department will be unable to hold the hands of those professionals, realtors, and appraisers as we unravel builders not willing to look up a referenced Code the various provisions of this Code. citation on their own. Pursuant to discussions with members of our local The effect which the new Code has on lot sizes and construction community, requests that we delay the current popular home plans, designed to fit on smaller date of enforcement several months while lots, have been concerns voiced by some. We hope to determinations are made as to how the Code is to be better explain the new fire rating requirements which read and interpreted have been considered. However, restrict building within five feet of another home, once it is not possible for the Building Department to forego answers have been obtained from the State. enforcement of this new Code as it is a locally adopted Finally, in an effort to ensure that all parties affected by State law over which the Building Department has no this new Code have the appropriate and necessary authority to interfere at the local level. information to carry out their duties in compliance with However, I do want to stress that the Building the new Code, we intend to submit a letter to local Department is committed to being collaborative with appraisers informing them of the significant costs which those listed above as we adopt and enforce all aspects are associated with such compliance. of the new Code. For example, I spent a good deal of A diligent effort to communicate the enforcement of time with local lumber suppliers deciphering wall the new Code through the regular channels will be bracing codes, as well as discussing how suppliers will performed by the Building Department.