September 2011

Southeastern Arizona Contractors Association

Vol. 8, No. 1

ConstructionNews & Views

A message fromSACA’S President

Larry Saunders

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Member Profile: Buck Lewis Engineering, Inc.

Fall is a busy time for SACAevents. You’ll want to mark yourcalendarsand stay in-formed ofwhat’s hap-p e n i n g .We havethree moreG e n e r a lMember -ship meet-ings com-ing up withexcel lentspeakers. Kicking off our fallmeeting on September 21 will beMike Kohout of CEMEX who willtalk about pervious concrete. Mikehas worked on high profile projectssuch as the San Francisco BayBridge and LAX Airport. Don’tmiss this informative meeting andalso the opportunity to meet othermembers. Networking and rela-tionship building is one of the im-portant benefits of SACA mem-bership.

The SACA picnic and nextOSHA training is the first weekof September. The picnic sched-uled for Wednesday, September 7will be held behind the Oscar YrunCommunity Center beginning at11:30am. Cost for lunch is $5.00.Come on out and support the 4-HClubs of Cochise County as they

Property development, small or large,residential or commercial, is rapidly andnecessarily changing. In light of deplet-ing resources, aging infrastructure, costlycentralized systems, and humanity’s im-pact on our planet, sustainable practicesonce considered “green options” are be-coming mainstream industry standardsworldwide. While Maryland is the firststate in the process of adopting thenewly-launched International GreenBuilding Code (IGBC), it will become aglobal requirement by the close of thisdecade.

Buck Lewis Engineering, Inc. (BLE),established in Cochise County in 1976, isa civil engineering and land planning firm,committed to diminishing the adverse ef-fects of conventional property develop-ment, while increasing revenue-generat-ing square footage. We integrate Low-Impact Development (LID) and NaturalDrainage System (NDS) principles intoour planning and design at every oppor-tunity, and as the public becomes moreaware of the mutual benefit of those prin-ciples, and the costs to implement themcontinue to decrease, those opportunitiesoccur more frequently.

Our Accredited Professional with theAmerican Rainwater Catchment SystemsAssociation (ARCSA) is able to assistthe homeowner or developer with rain/storm water harvesting and attenuationfor commercial sites, subdivisions andresidences. We also include creative so-lutions and innovations in on-site waste-water collection & treatment for any sizedevelopment. Our objective is to enablethe property owner to develop a site thatwill sustain itself, and that future is not far

off.Besides conscientious site design con-

cepts, we also offer services, such as:construction management, land survey,traffic studies, structural inspection (i.e.foundations for manufactured homes),facility foundation design, floodplain el-evation certification, water & wastewa-ter system analysis, and landscape con-cepts, as well as broad spectrum plansfor property improvements, such as utili-ties, streets, parking, drainage structures,public plazas, pedestrian paths, and green-spaces.

For almost half a century, the firm’s

Principal Engineer, Detlef A.F. Liebe,P.E., has practiced his profession in bothpublic and private capacities, acquiringspecialty skills in far-away places, suchas Guam, Yap, and Tripoli, and master-ing the essentials in California, Utah, andWisconsin, before choosing Sierra Vista17 years ago, where he joined BuckLewis Engineering, Inc., and soon there-after, purchased the firm from its founder,Ezra (Buck) Lewis.

Det witnessed the explosive growthin Sierra Vista and watched as satelliteoffices for larger engineering companies

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SACA board member Robbie Cain presents a check from SACAto Kristine Hanson-Deller, board president of Cochise VictimAwareness.

SACA donates to Cochise Victim Awareness

SACA September 2011 Calendar of Events

ATTENTION SACA MEMBERS!

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Construction News & Views

Construction News and Viewsis published monthly for the

Southeastern ArizonaContractors Association

The SACA newsletter is looking formembers’ business stories to publish.

Do you have a story about your business that you’d like otherSACA members and the general public to hear? Please contact

Christine Bingel at 459-1706, or email christine.bingel@swgas.com. Contractor ContactsRegistrar of Contractors (Local)333 W. Wilcox Dr., Ste. 106BSierra Vista, AZ 85635520-459-5119(This office has closed as of June17. Business will be conducted outof the Tucson office until furthernotice.)

400 W. Congress, #212Tucson, AZ 85701(520) 628-6345

Registrar of Contractors(Phoenix)1-877-692-9762www.rc.state.az.usSoutheastern Arizona ContractorsAssociation197-B, E. Fry BlvdSierra Vista, AZ 85635520-458-0488Email: sacasceo@qwestoffice.netNewsletter contact:christine.bingel@swgas.comWebsite: www.saca-az.org

For information on advertising in this newsletter, contactFive Star Publishing

1835 Paseo San Luis, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 458-3340Email: fivestar@c2i2.com

General Membership Meeting September 21Location: PDS Country Club, St. Andrews Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon $15 at the doorSpeaker: Mike Kohout of CEMEX

Mike graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Civil Engineering Technology degree,followed by a Masters in Business Administration in 1990 from the University of Phoenix.

Mike is a registered civil engineer ad a NRMCA Pervious Concrete Technician. Mike re-views technical specifications with respect to performance and constructability and negotiatesspecifications required to meet production schedules, concrete performance, finishing, and place-ment requirements. Mike is also responsible for the development of high performance concretemix designs.

Don’t miss this informative time on Wednesday, September 21st, 11:30am at Pueblo del SolCountry Club.

2011 SACABoard of Directors

and Committee ChairsCathy Carter, Executive Director

Larry Saunders, PresidentMike Rutherford, Vice President

Registrar of ContractorsAdvisory Council MemberBuilding Committee Chair

Water Issues ChairGreg Keller, Secretary/Treasurer

Kevin Jorgenson, DirectorSafety Committee Chair

Scholarship/Charities ChairBob Kirk, Director

Christine Bingel, DirectorNewsletter Chair

Membership ChairRobbie Cain, Director

Kurt Obermeier, DirectorWayne Gregan, Director

Website ChairLynn Mattingly

Cochise County Stakeholders RepresentativeMichael Cerepanya

City of Sierra Vista Stakeholders RepresentativeSWPPP/MS4 Co-Chair

Advertise in ConstructionNews and Views

Call 458-3340 todayto find out how affordable it is!

Your advertising in the newsletter is now availableto view on the SACA website: www.saca-az.com.New!

Government MeetingsCochise Cty Board of Supervisors Every Tues., 10 a.m. County Buildings, Bisbee, AZSierra Vista City Council 2nd & 4th Thurs., 5 p.m. City Hall, 2nd FloorBenson City Council 2nd & 4th Mon., 7 p.m. City HallBisbee City Council 1st & 3rd Tues., 7 p.m. City HallWillcox City Council 1st & 3rd Mon., 7 p.m. City Hall

Up-Coming SACA EventsFriday, November 4, 2011 * SACA Golf Tournament

Thursday, November 10, 2011 * OSHA Training PDS County Club, 9 a.m. – NoonSaturday, December 10, 2011 * Annual Meeting

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The Way I See It: Lafe’s vendettaPage 3

Casey Jones

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A friend of mine is a successful busi-nessman. His business provides a verywell received product, and over theyears he has expanded his workforce,has built a couple of new facilities, sup-ported local charitable and municipalcauses. He has been a model citizen.

Over the years however, an elementdeveloped in his community whichdoesn’t always agree with how he con-ducts his business. Their efforts have,not infrequently, caused my friend’sbusiness to suffer.

Recently, he decided to introduce anew product line–one which promisedto be a real gangbuster. In fact, folkswere lining up to buy it even before hehad started to produce the thing! Hecould have expanded one of his plantsin his hometown to build this new prod-uct. But, he was already having to hireadditional local folks due to the demandfor his current products and in light ofthe history of local opposition to his ac-tions; he decided to build his new prod-uct plant in a town at the other end ofthe state. And he did.

He built a humdinger of a new plant.He hired a whole bunch of folks from

that other community to work in thatnew plant. Other new businesses cameto that community to provide supportand materials to his new plant. And therewasn’t anyone complaining about howhe was going about his business–whichwas booming–both in his new locationand at his original site, where things wereso good he was in a continual hiring pro-cess!

Frankly, things were really lookinggood.

And then a government functionaryinformed him that he should close downall his operations in the new community

and transfer everything back to his origi-nal location. He was told he had to dothis because starting up in the new townjust wasn’t fair to the workers in his oldtown.

Never mind that he had continuedto hire more new workers in the old lo-cation.

Never mind that he had created awhole bunch of new jobs in the newlocation.

Never mind that he had spent a smallfortune building facilities in the new lo-cation.

Never mind! Never mind all thesefacts. The government functionary andhis bosses just didn’t like the way myfriend was conducting his business. Andthey are intent on making him do thingstheir way or not at all.

That’s a bunch of what in politesociety is referred to as “organic soilreinforcement material”!!!

By now, you’ve probably figured itout. My successful friend is just an-other of those imaginary guys I dreamup from time to time. I’m really talk-ing about Boeing, Seattle, South Caro-lina and the National Labor RelationsBoard. That ought to give you a clueto who Lafe is!!

If we have gotten to the pointwhere one of our government func-tionaries or agency can dictate whereBoeing may or may not build a newplant; we’re not too far from the pointwhere you or I can be told, by gov-ernment fiat, where we may or maynot establish or expand a business.

August 2011 23 Year to Date 2011 107August 2010 13 Year to Date 2010 134August 2009 19 Year to Date 2009 145

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With the passage of Arizona StateSenate Bill 1525, the City of SierraVista is required to review its Devel-opment (impact) Fee program. TheCity last updated its Development Feesin 2009 with input from the develop-ment community, although a lawpassed earlier that year prevented thenew fees from being implemented.The recent (2011) legislative changesaffecting Development Fees were es-sentially a complete rewrite of the au-thorization legislation, requiring an ex-tensive process with updated eligibleprojects.

Among other things, the new statelaw removes previously eligibleprojects, and modifies the way in whichrates can be calculated. For example,the legislation removed the ability toassess a development fee for librariesover 3,000 square feet, future aquaticcenters, and any general governmen-tal services facilities. Some of thechanges will affect the City’s ap-proach, and others will not.

Through a competitive process, theCity has again contracted withTischlerBise to review and update thedevelopment fee study. TischlerBise

also completed the first development feestudy in 2006 along with the update in 2009.The City will continue to involve the de-velopment community, and other stake-holders, as the process progresses. It isearly in the process, and no stakeholder/public meetings have been scheduled asof yet.

TischlerBise recently met with Citystaff to begin the review process. The firststep is to analyze population and land useassumption. TischlerBise will take the in-formation and develop the assumptionswhich will be used as the framework forthe fee calculations, and present those as-sumptions at one or more public meet-ings in late September or October. SACAand its leadership will be informed of anyand all meetings. As in the past, the Citywill gladly work with representatives ofSACA closely in the review process, asobservations and input from the organi-zation and its members has helped pro-ductively refine previous development feestudy recommendations. Please continueto watch the SACA Newsletter, as wellas the City Page, city website(www.SierraVistaAZ .gov), and other in-formation venues for more information onthis process and how you can participate.

City Development (impact)Fee program update

Mixed-use development is noth-ing new. Many of us can rememberwhen most downtown areas includedbuildings with a retail store, bakeryor restaurant on the ground floor anda living area upstairs for the owner.As cities have grown and shiftedtoward a more suburban pattern, andzoning changes have been made toreflect that pattern, the result hasbeen ever more separation of uses.

While this has led to quieterneighborhoods, it has also resultedin an increased need to drive our carsto get to the commercial areas thatat one time were nearby. Many com-munities, including Sierra Vista, havecome to the realization that con-trolled, careful mixing of uses canbe beneficial in many ways.

City of Sierra Vista considersmixed-use development provisions

The city is requesting comments untilSeptember 22 regarding new Develop-ment Code provisions that will allow formixed-use development. The provisionswould allow the mixing of residentialunits and certain types of commercialuses in all commercial zoning districts.It would also allow consideration ofcertain commercial uses in multi-fam-ily residential areas, subject to obtain-ing a conditional use permit.

Benefits of mixed-use developmentinclude allowing development flexibil-ity, providing opportunity for increaseddensity, enabling more pedestrian andpublic transit activity and encouraginginfill development. Significantly, as ourpopulation ages, mixed-use areas mayenable more people to remain in their

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Somehow I just don’t think that’swhat we are all about.

Casey Jones continued from page 3That’s the way I see it.Casey Jones

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Get out your shovel and don thegloves, it is time to plant. Cool air andwarm soil make the fall season an idealtime to plant most landscape plants.But before you start digging, knowwhat you are doing.

It may seem silly to “learn” howto plant right, but a poorly planted plantcan be costly and disappointing, par-ticularly if it dies after a few years.

To learn how to choose good plantstock and how to dig a million-dollarhole in the right place, come Satur-day, October 1, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.,to “Trees – Selection, Planting andCare” and learn from Carmen Miller,IAS Certified Arborist how to have ablue-ribbon tree for years to come.The presentation will be at the Uni-versity of Arizona South, 1140 N.Colombo Ave in the Public MeetingRoom and is free.

In the meantime, here are a fewtips (for more detailed planting instruc-tions, visit the Water Wise websitelisted below and click on the “Land-scaping” tab, and then the “How toPlant” tab).

One of the best tips is to dig a wideand shallow hole. With hardpan soilsand large rocks, digging deep holescan take hours and you may just aswell be digging a grave for the tree.

Tree studies have found that one of themajor causes of tree decline is caused bytrees planted too deep. For most trees, whenthe root flare is not visible above the ground,it means that soil is suffocating the trunkbark and rotting the root crown.

Only dig the hole as deep as the rootball (the root ball is the actual root ball whenremoved from the container). When a holeis dug deeper, the plant will sink down asthe soil compacts beneath it. This causesthe root flare to be below the soil surface.

After taking the plant out of the con-tainer, check to make sure the plant wasn’tplanted too deep in the container. Can yousee the root flare? If not, remove the soilaround the trunk until you see the top of theroots. Do not replace the soil.

Because the majority of roots reallygrow out and away from the trunk and notdown, it is important to loosen the soil 3 to 5times the diameter of the root ball. Rootswill easily expand into loosened soil.Roughen the sides of the hole because rootscannot easily penetrate slick sides made bybackhoes or shovels. When roots can’t ex-pand out into the soil, they will circle aroundand can choke the plant to death.

Adding soil amendments is a controver-sial subject. University of Arizona studiesshow that adding amendments is a wasteof money and can inhibit long-term planthealth. If a plant is put in amended soil, theroots stay in the amended soil and few ven-

ture out to native soil. There may be greatplant growth for a while, but the plantcan become “pot-bound” and weaken.

Another good tip is to buy a plant in asmall container. Not only will it be easierto plant, but it will get established fasterand save you money!

As you have read, there is a lot toplanting correctly. This article did notcover how to test for drainage beforeplanting, how to choose the right plantfor the right place or identifying a healthyplant before purchasing. So come to thepresentation on October 1 and to learnhow you too can become an expert!

For more information, contact Wa-ter Wise at 458-8278, ext. 2141 andwaterwise.arizona.edu. Water Wise is aUniversity of Arizona Cochise CountyCooperative Extension program whosePartners are Cochise County, the City ofSierra Vista, Ft. Huachuca, the UpperSan Pedro Partnership, and SulphurSprings Valley Electric Cooperative.

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SAFETYUsing portable fire extinguishers

came and went. Twice, BLE movedits offices into larger spaces to accom-modate its own expansion. More re-cently, the firm’s convictions regardingurban revitalization and infill promptedits relocation into a much smaller spacein the city’s blossoming West End, amove facilitated by the firm’s assertivetransition into a virtual business model,thereby reducing both its carbon foot-print and overhead costs.

However, Det will tell you that thesecret to perpetuity, even in the midstof our current economic downturn, isstill that personal (some might call it old-fashioned) handshake and “stop by andsit a spell” approach that hasn’t changedin over 30 years at BLE. Oh, and ithelps to know all the ol’ timers whoknow all the forgotten details that don’tshow up on the original record draw-ings.

Contact us for your initial free 1-hour consult.

Land Planning…THE CIVILWAY

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Fire extinguishers are considered firstaid appliances. Operators must betrained in their classification and use.When a fire is first detected, THINKSAFETY FIRST!

• Sound the alarm• Immediately contact the local Fire

Department by dialing 911 if possible.• Provide any and all information

requested. Classification of types of fires and

types of portable fire extinguishers:• Class A fires involve ordinary ma-

terials such as paper, cloth wood, card-board, foam, and other rubbish anddebris.o Use a Class A or Class ABCfire extinguisher on this type of fire.

• Class B fires involve flammable andcombustible liquids such as fuels, paints,solvents, and grease.

• Use a Class B or Class ABC fireextinguisher!

• Do not use a Class A extinguisheron this type of fire. Possibility of spread-

ing the flames.• Class C fires are electrical fires.o

Use a Class C or Class ABC fire extin-guisher on these types of fires.o D onot use a Class A fire extinguisher onthis type of fire. You must disconnect thepower source to eliminate these types offires.

• Class D fires involve flammable met-als such as magnesium, potassium, andother flammable metals. Must utilizespecial extinguishing agents to extinguishthese types of fires.

• Class A, Class B, or Class C fireextinguishers are not designed to extin-guish these types of fires.

• Class ABC fire extinguishers aredesigned to be used on all classes of firesexcept Class D fires.

• Class BC fire extinguishers are de-signed to be used on flammable liquid andelectrical fires only.

Follow these operating procedures if/when attempting to extinguish a fire uti-

lizing a fire extinguisher listed above. Donot attempt to extinguish a fire if you arenot trained and/or authorized to do so.

PASS method of using fireextinguishers:

• PULL the retaining pin on the handleof the fire extinguisher. Stand back 8-10

feet from the fire.• AIM the nozzle of the extinguisher

at the base of the fire.• SQUEEZE the handle of the

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prepare for the county fair later in themonth.

The next OSHA training is sched-uled for Thursday, September 8, 9am– 12pm at the Chamber of Commerceoffices on Wilcox Drive. Be sure toregister for this training on Job HazardAnalysis. The final OSHA training forthe year is scheduled for November10. You can register on the SACAwebsite, www.saca-az.org or fax inyour registration and mail your checkto the SACA Office, Box 1004, SierraVista, AZ 85636. If you have any ques-tions, please contact Laurinda at theSACA office, 458.0084.

Next we’ll be gearing up to host theannual Golf Tournament at Pueblo delSol Country Club on Friday, Novem-ber 4. Robbie Cain of SouthwestDesert Images will head up the tour-nament. For more information on howyou can sponsor this importantfundraiser and get involved, contactRobbie at 803.0063 or email him atrobbie@southwestdesert.com. Regis-tration information will be available

soon on the website. For your conve-nience, registration and payment canall be taken care of electronically thisyear.

Finally, the Annual Meeting will beheld at the Thunder Mountain ActivityCenter on Saturday, December 10.This gala event is the highlight of theyear with great food, a band, prizesand much more. Make plans now toattend. Registration and payment forthis event will be available online aswell.

If you’re looking for a way to be-come more involved in SACA, con-sider running for the board openingscoming up in January 2011. The boardof directors will have four openings atthat time. If you’d like more informa-tion, contact the SACA office.

Watch your emails for comingevents and opportunities for market-ing, bid reviews, and more. SACA isworking hard to promote the construc-tion industry in Cochise County. Makesure you make the most of your mem-bership by attending these events thathelp all of us.

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homes longer since the various ser-vices and amenities they need andenjoy might be nearby. As mixed-useareas begin to develop, property val-ues are anticipated to increase, lead-ing to greater economic benefit forthe community.

The new regulations have beenleft fairly open and general. ExistingDevelopment Code provisions willlargely govern the health, safety andwelfare of both these new develop-ments and existing surrounding prop-erties. Submittal and processing re-quirements are straight-forward andthe opportunity for developer designand creativity is encouraged by notattempting to over-regulate. It’s pos-sible to mix uses either vertically orhorizontally, but building vertically isthe more expected direction. Theheight limit is 40 feet, a height thatallows three story buildings and whichis the highest building height currentlyallowed.

City staff believes that the mostcommon commercial uses that devel-opers would propose to take advantageof this new provision would be retailand restaurant uses, and possibly of-fices. An additional element of the pro-visions includes the allowance of oneresidential unit for any type of com-mercial development proposed. This“live-work” element is intended to en-courage commercial development gen-erally but particularly on the West End,where many start-up businesses locate.

The City Council will consider finalapproval of these new provisions attheir regular meeting of September 22.Comments will be accepted at any timeup to that day. Should you wish to com-ment or ask questions, please contactJeff Pregler, Senior Planner, Commu-nity Development, at 520-458-3315 orby e-mail at jeff.pregler@sierravistaaz.gov. The Mixed-Use provisions canbe found on the City’s website,www.sierravistaaz.gov, under “QuickLinks”.

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The City of Sierra Vista is in the process of updating the Traffic Circu-lation Plan (TCP). The plan depicts all arterial and collector roadways inthe Sierra Vista area. A roadway is classified as an arterial or collectorbased on the amount of traffic volume and the ultimate roadway buildout. It has been several years since the TCP has been updated and some ofthe road classifications have either changed or have been realigned oreliminated. Updates to the City’s TCP involve updating the General Plan,VISTA 2020, which requires public hearings. Those hearings have beenscheduled for the following dates.

• Planning & Zoning Commission meetings:Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 5:00p.m. in the Pete Castro Center

Public Works Training Facility located at 401 Giulio Cesare.Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 5:00p.m. in the City Council Chambers of

City Hall, 1011 N. Coronado Dr.• Mayor and City Council meeting:Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 5:00p.m. in the City Council Chambers

of City Hall, 1011 N. Coronado Dr.For more information contact Jeff Pregler, Senior Planner, City of Si-

erra Vista, Phone: (520) 458-3315 or e-mail at jeff.pregler@sierravistaaz.gov

The Arizona Department of En-vironmental Quality (ADEQ) wasgranted authority to establish fees forpermits under the Arizona PollutantDischarge Elimination System(AZPDES) program. New fee rulestook effect July 1, 2011. ADEQ hasestablished flat rate fees for theAZPDES Stormwater ConstructionGeneral Permit based on the amountof acreage disturbed.

Starting July 1, 2011 an initial feeis due when submitting the Notice ofIntent (NOI), and an annual fee isrequired every year until the permit-tee files a Notice of Termination, asprescribed in the permit. If you ob-tained coverage for this permit be-fore July 1, 2011, you will not be as-sessed the initial fee, but you will be

CALL BEFORE YOU DIGArizona Blue Stake 1-800-782-5348

Traffic Circulation Plan updateAZ Department of EnvironmentalQuality new fees for AZPDESConstruction General Permit

assessed an annual fee for each yearof coverage, beginning July 1, 2011.

ADEQ will send you an invoiceabout one month before the anniver-sary date of your Authorization to Dis-charge (the date your NOI was au-thorized.)

To check if you have an open NOI,please see ADEQ’s website at: http:// w w w. a z d e q . g o v / d a t a b a s e s /azpdessearch.html

For additional information on thefees, please see ADEQ’s website at:http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/water/permits/fees.html

Christopher M. Henninger, Super-visor, Stormwater and General Per-mits Unit, Arizona Department of En-vironmental Quality. Direct (602) 771-4508

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