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Fighting for Contractors, MFBO meeting today

Posted by Mark Paskell on Tue, Mar 23, 2010 @ 07:07 AM
  
  
  
  
  

I am ready to leave for my meeting today to fight for the rights of legal contractors in Massachusetts. Maybe this will even help contractors throughout the country.

I am scheduled for a meeting at 9:30 AM in Charlton, Mass with the Mass Federation of Building Officials. I was invited by the President, Robert Camacho. It turn out that a friend I grew up with is a building inspector and he got me the invitation.

I have invited Industry expert Shawn McCadden to join me. We will be joined by Nancy Barmakian and Jim Bryson from the Boston EPA Regional Headquarters. Also we have invited Ernie Kelley and Patty Sutcliff from the Division of Occupational Safety. DOS has applied to the EPA to take over the administration and enforcement of the EPA RRP Lead Rule.

My goal is to seek a requirement that will allow the building inspector to require an EPA Certification when any contractor applies for a permit.

I am excited to have this opportunity to fight for contractors and hope I can help lead the charge to establish a level playing field for all legal hard working contractors in Massachusetts and maybe even America.

Wish me luck.

I will let you all know the results in a few days.

mark the coach

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Comments

It's not the people who pull permits that are the problem. It's the ones who don't. How do you police them if there is no record of the job? We need to educate homeowners about why they should require their contractor to pull a permit! 
 
 
 
 
 
Good Luck!
Posted @ Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:51 PM by Michael Malerba
Thanks Mark for taking the lead in advocating for RRP certification to be required to pull a building permit. 
I have been introducing this EPA law though conversation and the required RRP booklet to prospects in pre-78 homes. Although the safety issue gets their attention, I am getting some push-back because of the perceived increase in construction costs. For example, I am bidding against another contractor who also brought the "new" law to the attention of a prospect, and the company is not on the EPA list. Now maybe he is waiting for his certificate and maybe he or one of his staff is certified but for now he is not. Yes, the prospect will probably sign a contract before 4/22, but the work will not begin until May, so the rules will apply. My only trump card for now is to show prospects my company and personal certificates and advocate that the prospect ask to see the same from all bidders. Would be nice to have the state, via the permitting process make this a permit requirement. FYI, from another terrific blog, check out these interesting statistics.... http://blog.sls-construction.com/
Posted @ Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:43 PM by Richard Berry
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