Kitchen Remodeling St. Petersburg
http://www.youtube.com Oldja Enterprises Kitchen Contractor in St. Petersburg Florida. Angie #39;s List Super Service Award Recipient.
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Kitchen Remodeling St. Petersburg
http://www.youtube.com Oldja Enterprises Kitchen Contractor in St. Petersburg Florida. Angie #39;s List Super Service Award Recipient.
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LeBlanc Construction Kitchen Remodeling
http://www.leblancconstructionco.com - Form meets function in the perfect kitchen. Every element is important, from tile, to countertops, cabinets, hardware fixtures, lighting and appliances. LeBlanc Construction coordinates each element to make the perfect space for you.
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Miami, FL | Discount Kitchen Floor Bath | Home Improvement
Don #39;t trust a weekend handyman to work in your home. At Discount Kitchen Floor Bath in Miami, Florida, they have the professionals to get the job done right the first time. No job is too large or too small. They do kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels, flooring, and everything in between. Visit us http://www.yellowpages.com
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Bathroom Remodel Odessa Florida
Bathroom and Kitchen remodels in Tampa Bay, Palm Harbor, Lutz, Clearwater and the surrounding areas are perfect and beautiful when they are built by Professional Window Installation, Inc. at 813-358-6768. Check us out on AngiesList.
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BUILDING PERMITS
Boulder
Building construction permits over $10,000 in value that were approved in Boulder between Dec. 31, 2012, and Jan. 6, 2013. Listed below are: the case number; address; total project valuation; owner name; contractor (if applicable); and description.
PMT2012-05239; 1107 Juniper Ave.; $370,000; Susan Hagen; Batco Homes Inc.; Two-story addition and remodel to existing single-family dwelling, Scope of work includes remodel of kitchen and laundry on first story and additions on first and second story as follows: first story add: 647-square-foot great room and 162-square-foot bathroom and laundry (located in existing garage) and covered porch (585 square feet). second story add: 342-square-foot bedroom and 40-square-foot bathroom and covered deck (83 square feet). Scope also includes new crawl space, 229-square-foot garage addition.
PMT2012-05421; 4727 Broadway; $23,500; 4725 LLC; Kenney Brothers Construction; Construction of 40 lineal feet of wall between rooms labeled 101 and 102 and 36 feet of wall on the south side of room 102 to create a corridor, add floor drains and add two HVAC units.
PMT2012-05442; 5565 Reservoir Road; $142,000; City of Boulder; Keene Concrete Inc.; Entrance improvements for Boulder Reservoir Gateway including north and south kiosks (249 square feet each), utility improvements, parking and roadways, sitework and landscaping.
PMT2012-05748; 2510 N. 47th St.; $26,000; GF 47; Wolski Building and Development; Tenant remodel of 354 square feet for expansion of Boulder Soup Works into adjacent tenant space. Includes replacement of interior light fixtures and new office and storage areas. Freezer installation by separate permit.
PMT2012-05772; 660 Northstar Court; $10,808; Midge Korczak; B.W. Construction; Installation of exterior door and covered stairs on eastern elevation of residence and remodel 153 square feet of lower level.
PMT2012-05838; 1881 Ninth St.; $323,556; Alecta Real Estate; Sand Construction LLC; Suite 110 -- remodel work to create offices, meeting areas and ANSI compliant restrooms for an investment and financial services company.
PMT2013-00004; 20 South Boulder Circle, No. 2304; $19,316; Tierney Heneage; Blu Sky Restoration Contractor; Remove and replace drywall and flooring to repair flood damage in Unit 2304. Includes removal and replacement of fixtures. No MEP.
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Lanham, MD (PRWEB) January 17, 2013
Thompson Creek Window Company, the mid-Atlantics leading home improvement replacement products company, today announced it has been honored with the SmartCEO Future 50 award for a third consecutive year. Baltimore SmartCEO profiles the 50 awarded companies, which represent the areas fastest growing companies based on a combined three-year growth rate of revenue and employees.
Future 50 is SmartCEOs largest and most highly anticipated program of the year has yielded companies that have increased their revenue, growth their staff numbers and expanded to new markets, proving that planning and passion can deliver impressive results. (Smart CEO Future 50 Edition, January 2013)
According to SmartCEO Magazine, These businesses and their executive teams use pure determination and solid business savvy to not only push forward their numbers, but serve and grow the communities in which they operate. We are privileged to share their stories of survival and growth.
We are proud to be a three-time recipient of this award. Our goal is, and always will be 100% total customer satisfaction. Our growth is a result of the business we generate from our satisfied customers and the great feedback they are giving to their friends and neighbors about our company. Our inclusion on this list is validation that we are succeeding in our mission. said Rick Wuest, president of Thompson Creek Window Company.
For a complete list of all winners, visit http://www.smartceo.com.
About Thompson Creek Window Company The Thompson Creek Window Company is a privately owned and family-operated manufacturer and installer of energy-efficient home improvement replacement products. Founded in 1980, Thompson Creek Window Company began as a manufacturer of energy-efficient, maintenance-free vinyl windows. Since that time, Thompson Creek Window Company has evolved into one of the leading specialty home improvement contracting companies in the nation. The companys product mix includes replacement windows and doors, vinyl siding and a clog-free gutter system. Thompson Creek Window Company is headquartered in Lanham, MD with an 80,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Landover, MD.
About SmartCEO magazine SmartCEO magazine is a regional business publication for leaders of growing companies, providing features, analysis and case studies each month to educate and inspire the Mid-Atlantics thought leaders. SmartCEO magazines 60,000 print and digital readers range from CEOs of young, dynamic companies to established multi-generational family-owned firms.
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Sometimes disaster destroys everything in sight, but often misfortune causes damage here and there.
A pipe bursts and water ruins a corner of your Brazilian cherry wood floor. A windstorm tears off half of the vinyl shingles on one side of the house. Or a fire burns a couple of kitchen cupboards. Home insurance generally covers partial losses such as these. But the extent to which the insurer must go to make everything look just the way you'd like is a thorny issue.
What happens, for instance, when the new siding contrasts with the older, weathered siding? Or you can't find replacement kitchen cupboards that precisely match the others?
"Most commonly we see the question come up with roofs," says Ronald Reitz, president of Quality Claims Management Corp. in San Diego and president of the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA).
Sometimes insurers propose replacing only the broken shingles. That's a problem if the end result is a roof that looks like a patchwork quilt, Reitz says.
"If your claim is settled properly it should put you back to pre-loss condition," says Art Jansen Jr., CEO of Jansen International LLC in Houston and first vice president of NAPIA.
In other words, Reitz says, the new part shouldn't stick out like a sore thumb; the appearance should be uniform within the line of sight. Inside, that could mean replacing the entire floor of a room even if only a portion needs repair, or repainting all the walls even if only one was damaged.
Matching laws and making a case for full replacement
In some states you have case law or state statutes on your side. In Florida, for example, if replaced items don't match in quality, color or size, the insurance company must make "reasonable repairs or replacement of items in adjoining areas."
Other states, such as Colorado, don't have specific laws on matching. Carriers in some of these states have added non-matching language to policies and introduced endorsements to cover matching.
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By Julianne Dalcanton | January 14, 2013 1:58 pm
This weekend, Australian astronomy faced a horrible setback, as a large wildfire swept through the area housing the Siding Spring Observatory.
Luckily, no lives were lost, and while some support buildings were destroyed (including the fire shed, ironically enough), the damage to the telescopes initially appears to be far less than it could have been, thanks to the efforts of the fire crews. (FYI, Amanda Bauer was doing superb work live-blogging news and images as they became available. Click here and here, for the day of the fire, and the day after as the state of the observatory became clear.).
However, as bad as this was, it wasnt the first time, nor was it the worst. Almost exactly 10 years earlier, Australias Mt. Stromlo Observatory(shown below) was devastated by wildfires, as discussed in this excellent article,where Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt discusses how at least one of the telescopes threatened at Siding Springs was built as a replacement for one that was lost at Mt. Stromlo.
If you think about it, its clear that the peril to astronomical observatories will continue indefinitely. We typically put optical observatories on mountain peaks, in isolated spots. While there are a few that are sited high enough to be above the tree line (such as Mauna Kea), the majority of smaller facilities are on lower mountains, and are typically surrounded by vegetation. The combination of droughts and fire is inevitable, and sooner or later, another observatory is going to burn.
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MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeowners can get cash-back rebates worth more than $1,000 for home improvements.Manufacturers, utilities and local governments respond with cash-back, home improvement rebates that can be combined with the $500 tax credit provided in the 2012 "Fiscal Cliff" tax bill.
Homeowners register for FREE on http://Sandy.SaveBigBread.com, discover savings and easily connect with rebate-authorized contractors.Cash-back rebates do not reduce any insurance reimbursements.
According to our research, one million homeowners directly in the path of Hurricane Sandy and in the surrounding area have suffered over $50 billion dollars in damage.Despite a slump in home improvement over the recent years, area homeowners are searching online for roofing, siding, replacement windows and furnaces at the highest rate since the housing crash began in 2006.
SaveBigBread researchers will be offering free educational seminars on how homeowners can take advantage of rebates and credits. Register for FREE on http://Sandy.SaveBigBread.com so we can notify you of our seminar schedule and locations in your area.
Here are examples of the combined savings available to area homeowners:
Replacement furnace in New Jersey
NJ State WARMAdvantage Program
$400
New Jersey Natural Gas Rebate
$900
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$387 million sought to address safety, growth, technology, priority projects
They started with a list of $600 million in needs for the Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD), but after five months, numerous tours and exhaustive document reviews, a special citizens committee ranked $387 million worth of projects as the highest priorities to meet the districts growth, safety, and technology needs for the next three to five years. The CCISD Citizens Facility Advisory Committee made its preliminary recommendations to the Board of Trustees on Monday, January 14, 2013.
We began this process in September. The committee has reached consensus on all of the recommendations, said Trent Martin, Committee Chair. When we asked a question on a particular item, we received a detailed response from the district.
The last bond approval for the Clear Creek Independent School District was in 2007. The 2007 bond primarily dealt with building new campuses to accommodate growth, leaving very little of that bond for upgrading aging facilities and technology.
The Committee recommends the District address worsening conditions of 40 year and older schools such as Clear Lake High School, McWhirter Elementary, Clear Creek High School, Seabrook Intermediate and Clear Lake Intermediate to ensure these schools are safe and effective learning environments for decades to come. The Committee reviewed many options for these aging facilities and in the end determined a rebuild was necessary for Clear Lake High School which already needed $30 million in priority repairs and McWhirter Elementary which required $12 million in priority repairs.
It was a question of whether the District should continue to put a band-aid on a bad situation or invest in more efficient use of these two facilities so that they can last another 40 to 50 years, said Martin. Our recommendation is to completely rebuild both schools, with the exception of some areas of Clear Lake High School.
The recommendation also completes the rebuild of Clear Creek High School where a section of the 1956 building remains untouched. Under this proposal, 38 schools and 8 district support facilities would receive a total of $90 million in priority renewals and replacements from life safety equipment to HVAC and roofs that have reached their lifespan. The Committees recommendations also address an ongoing security concern at Clear Brook High School since the campus is the only high school that does not have a secure main entrance. Clear Brook High School also suffered a significant foundation failure which caused the building to separate near the main entrance. The recommendation also addresses replacements for school buses that are 15-20 years old and have more than 200,000 miles.
The Committee also calls for an infusion in technology to ensure CCISD students have access to 21st century tools. The last significant investment in technology was in 2004 where voters approved $38 million in technology. This proposal asks for $50 million to improve the wireless infrastructure in every school; provide teachers and students in multiple grade levels with tablet computers to access curriculum 24 hours a day; replace aging computer labs and career and technical labs; and increase the availability of interactive whiteboards and projectors.
In CCISD we believe learning occurs any time, in any place, and at any pace. Without this investment, we will not be living up to our promise to our community of providing our students access to 21st century teaching and learning, said Greg Smith, Superintendent of Schools.
While the committee worked diligently to ensure priority replacements and renewals were addressed, it was also cognizant that the District continues to grow by 400-600 new students per year. The Committee is not recommending any new schools be constructed at this time, but is recommending permanent additions be added to Greene Elementary and Creekside Intermediate to relieve overcrowding. Growth is also the reason why the Committee recommends a second district stadium and the expansion of agriculture support centers. The current stadium was constructed in the 1950s to serve Clear Creek High School. Today it serves five comprehensive high schools.
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