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Page 38 — COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL — March 18-March 31, 2015
American Subcontractors Association Colorado
‘The Voice of Colorado Subcontractors’
3575 South Sherman Street, Suite 3, Englewood, CO 80113
303.759.8260 •
I want to talk to you
about an opportunity
that you have as
a construction
subcontractor because of a
basic economic principle;
supply and demand. The
construction industry is faced
with a labor crisis; we have
more to do than we have
people to do it!
Let me take a couple of
steps back. We have just come
through what was probably
the worst economic crisis since
the great depression. We now
talk about the great recession.
There were business casualties
and business fatalities during
the last few years. Many have
retired out of the industry and
our youngest and brightest are
choosing other career paths.
But, for those of you who
continue in business today,
there is a unique opportunity.
We need, the construction
industry needs, qualified and
competent subcontractors,
subcontractors who have
sound and ethical business
practices and have defined
and determined their business
model. In other words, subs
who know what they are doing
and do so in a professional,
ethical and
efficient
manner. You
are in demand.
You are in
demand as
never before.
There is more
to do than
there are
people to do it!
The
opportunity
that subcontractors have today
is to develop relationships
with customers they choose
to do business with. Find
a customer that wants to
develop an ethical and efficient
relationship that results in
a profitable and professional
partnership.
When we have opportunity
or even advantage we must
take care in how we develop
relationships and form
partnerships. What we do is
where we are to begin, but
how we do it is where we end
up. I attended a luncheon
earlier this week and was
reminded that we all need a
compass. A compass that gives
us direction when we are lost
but more importantly keeps
on track so that we do not get
lost!
A compass worth sharing,
the stated Object of Rotary
International: 4-WAY TEST
of the things we think,
say, or do . . . 1) Is it the
TRUTH? . . . 2) Is it FAIR to
all concerned? . . . 3) Will it
build GOODWILL and better
FRIENDSHIPS? . . . and 4)
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all
concerned? . . .
Carpe Diem, seize the
day and grab hold of your
opportunity. This opportunity
is bigger than any one of
us. Today, you have an
opportunity to reform and
change this industry for the
better by sitting down, across
the table from your customer
and develop a relationship that
will result in a partnership
for the success of all parties
involved! We need you, the
construction industry needs
you to lay claim to what you do
and how you do it. Reform the
construction industry, improve
the economic environment in
which you do business. Take
charge and make it happen for
you and for the rest of us. It is
a good day to be a construction
subcontractor, the opportunity
is yours.
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ASAC LEADERSHIP
ASAC President
Rusty Plowman
Delta Drywall, Inc.
ASAC Past President
Diane Hills
Diamond Excavating, Inc.
ASAC Treasurer
Richard Forsberg
Forsberg Engerman
ASAC Treasurer
Connie Rivera
Willis of CO
Director
Carl Cox III
Excel Environmental, Inc.
Director
Jim Donaldson
A.I.A. Industries, Inc.
Director
Mark Hohlen
Platinum Renovations
Director
Troy Tinberg
AllPhase Landscape, Inc.
ASAC Executive Director
Debra L Scifo
ASAC Chapter Attorney
Mark Gruskin
Senn Visciano Canges
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Kristen Thomson
Heizer Paul, LLC
ASAC Chapter Development
Peter Scifo
OBS Consultants
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Jamie Martin
Absolute Caulking & Waterproofing, Inc.
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ESPN Radio/Front Range Sports Network
Excel Environmental, Inc.
National Utilities Contractor Association
Preferred Safety Products/Cole Preferred Safety Consulting
South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce
Wagner Rents, Inc.
Willis of Colorado
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ASAC Executive
Director
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