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SANTA CRUZ -- Construction jobs in Santa Cruz County totaled 3,000 in April, up from 2,700 a year ago, according to the state, and with the rainy season over, some members of the Santa Cruz Construction Guild are busier than others.

"Construction is off to a great start for this season," said Michele Landegger of Boa Constructor Green Building and Design. "We have several design/build remodel and addition jobs in the works, and a few build-only projects."

She said homeowners are being conservative because they do not have easy access to cash as they did before the crash of 2008.

"But they are needing to shape their homes to their needs, within a tighter budget," she observed. "The general tone I hear from my material suppliers, structural engineers and numerous subcontractors is that there is work starting to break loose."

Talmadge Construction has seven jobs in various phases of design.

"People seem to be serious about getting elective remodeling done, kitchen, baths, additions, whole house remodels," said Adele Talmadge. "We had been seeing more 'have to' projects... We are working on repair jobs resulting from improper waterproofing done by other contractors within the last eight to 10 years. Some are six-figure repairs."

Some customers are willing to pay for detailed, accurate estimates.

And real estate agents are asking about building costs for multifamily or multiple single-family projects.

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"Mark Concrete is very busy with a large backlog of work," said president Mark Lesnick, who asked the guild for help installing counter tops, fire pits and barbecues. "We do as many as 100 installations in a given year. They are one- and two-day affairs and require a crew of at least two and generally three for most jobs."

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South Tampa, Florida-- A company called Metrostudy says it spent three months driving across five Bay area counties checking out 2,100 subdivisions to find out the condition of the construction market.

Home builder Peter Bennett wouldn't call the growth a boom -- not yet -- but says he is finally seeing growth.

"Everywhere you look there's a new house going up. A couple of years ago, there was nothing."

Bennett sayshe even has a waiting list of clients these days.

"I did a bunch of bathroom and kitchen remodels, now I'm back to building new homes again."

He admits the manpower he needs to complete thework is proving a little tough to hammer down.

"To build a home you need the mechanical, electrical, plumbers, framers, trim carpenters, painters, stucco, siding.Everybody cries that they need work and you finally try to give them work and it takes weeks to get pricing out of them."

Bennett adds,"I think what it is they're so busy right now and they're still reluctant to hire more people because so many people got burned in the mid 2000's that they're still unsure this is really going to stay."

He says right now many of those subcontractors are trying to do the work themselves to stay lean and tight.

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Forty Fort, PA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013

Rome Enterprises, the parent company of ReBath Northeast, is excited to announce that they have hired an experienced kitchen designer to head a new kitchen remodeling company.

Pat Costantino joined Rome Enterprises in April to set the foundation for Rich Romes kitchen remodeling business. 1 Week Kitchens as the company will be known, will use a concept similar to Romes full bathroom remodel concept, with regards to choosing colors, styles, sizes and finishes with an estimator in the customers home.

Costantino has many years of experience in kitchen design. He began working with his father in the custom cabinet business when he was just a child. Through years of working with his father, first in the shop and later in the field designing and selling, Costantino knows the cabinet and kitchen design business better than most.

After he and his father parted ways due to a slowing economy, Costantino pursued another career path, as a salesman at H.H Gregg. Because he was so familiar with the kitchen business in general, he excelled at selling appliances too.

It is because of his vast experience in kitchen design and his excellent people skills that Rome thought of Costantino, when he began his kitchen design concept.

The 1 Week Kitchens concept grew from Romes two-day full bathroom remodel concept, which has been quite successful since it began a few years ago.

According to Rome, the program is successful because it makes the selection and installation process so easy for customers.

Our estimators have everything the customer needs to choose for their bathroom remodel with them when they enter the home, Rome explains. Between our presentation and our sample case, customers can easily choose the colors and patterns they want to see in their new bathroom.

For customers who may not be able to visualize their new bathroom, the bathroom replica in the Forty Fort Design Center is still a great tool to help make selections.

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