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| Charles Baldanza |
Message from BRANNJ President
Thank you to over 100 members and guests who attended our second annual Pot O’ Gold Beer Tasting & Networking Night! All enjoyed productive peer to peer industry information sharing, fabulous Irish-inspired food, fun games, beer tasting and even authentic bagpipe music! Many thanks to the following sponsors of the event:
Pot O’ Gold Sponsor: Philip Calinda of Millennium Custom Homes
Beer Glass Sponsor: Mary Brennan of M. Brennan Design Associates
Game Sponsors: California Closets; Fireside Hearth & Home; James Hardie Building Products; Pella Windows & Doors; Navien and Smolin Lupin.
Four leaf clover table sponsors: Vigo Industries, Swift Electrical, RobK Construction, Volpe Custom Homes, Taylor Rental Center, Belvedere Building and Contracting, Ferguson, Van Natta Mechanical, Reno’s Appliance, ProBuild and Sax, Macy, Fromm & Co. and Kohler.
Special thanks to our terrific chef, Ellen Postolowski and her team, and to Sarnac Beer Company for providing the beer tasting. Also thanks to the NJBA Officers in attendance, Robert Fallone, George Vallone and Jim DeLand, who presented John Cioletti of Reno’s Appliance with the Associate of the Quarter award.
Please be sure to join us for informative and exciting events coming up here at BRANNJ!
Welcome New Members:
Fireside Hearth & Home (Associate)
John Clark
770 Braen Avenue
Wyckoff, NJ 07487
Last, but absolutely not least....................
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| Victoria Reczkowski |
Congratulations to Associate Member Victoria Reczkowski, Builder Manager at Ferguson, who won the NJBA Associate of the 1st Quarter 2013! The Associate of the Quarter award is presented to the candidate who best demonstrates commitment to the success of the Association and the building industry. Vicki will be presented with her award at NJBA’s Annual Board of Directors Meeting in Atlantic Cityon Tuesday, April 9th. Vicki is following in the footsteps of John Cioletti of Reno’s Appliance who won the Associate of the 4th Quarter 2012. Way to go BRANNJ Associates!
Best regards,
Charlie
Charlie
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Upcoming "Save the Dates:"
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| Save the Dates! |
Tuesday, April 16th General Membership Meeting: Presentation on Construction Lien Law: Protect Your Company in 2013. 6:00PM@Ferguson, Norwood NJ
Wednesday, May 29th 66th Annual
Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards, River Vale Country Club. Tee up
some new business and enjoy a day on the course or join us for dinner
& networking!
Wednesday, June 19th General
Membership Meeting: Roundtable for Contractors: Hot Topics from
manufacturers to help your business succeed. 6:00PM@Reno’s Appliance, Paterson, NJ.
Record High Lumber Prices..STILL On the Way
by John Kelly, ProBuild, BRANNJ Premier Partner
Over the last several weeks I have been addressing how March sets up April, May and June in our lumber industry. Our conversation has created an understanding of why the first month of spring begins lethargically. March begins slowly as lumber dealers process winter buys that were bought to cover muted winter, and increasing March, demand.
NOW WE TURN UP THE HEAT. We have set our clocks forward an hour. Days will be getting longer and warmer for the next six months.
U.S. Housing demand for Q2 is very strong. Housing starts and demand for lumber in Q2 will be very strong in relation to supply and in relation to any of the last 12 months
Our expectations regarding Asian housing contraction and increased North American lumber availability will not be a factor in our Q2 U.S. lumber market, but let's keep a Q3 vigil.
Beginning this Monday we will see increased mill sales. As credit and cash flow permits, lumber & OSB consumers will begin accumulating inventories. Each week, over the next two months, cash flow, and ability to buy lumber will increase, but lumber supply will not. Lumber consumer's need, willingness and desire will likely push our lumber market to RECORD HIGH PRICES before Memorial Day.
IF YOU HAVE A JOB SOLD FOR DELIVERY OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, BUY IT...NOW. THIS IS NOT A MARKET TO GAMBLE ON THE SHORT SIDE.
To be clear, this is not a discussion about the futures market, rather the lumber you will see on your yard. Futures traders should expect discounts in May and July contracts as futures anticipates and projects an end to the up trend. Keep the two separate.
NOW WE TURN UP THE HEAT. We have set our clocks forward an hour. Days will be getting longer and warmer for the next six months.
U.S. Housing demand for Q2 is very strong. Housing starts and demand for lumber in Q2 will be very strong in relation to supply and in relation to any of the last 12 months
Our expectations regarding Asian housing contraction and increased North American lumber availability will not be a factor in our Q2 U.S. lumber market, but let's keep a Q3 vigil.
Beginning this Monday we will see increased mill sales. As credit and cash flow permits, lumber & OSB consumers will begin accumulating inventories. Each week, over the next two months, cash flow, and ability to buy lumber will increase, but lumber supply will not. Lumber consumer's need, willingness and desire will likely push our lumber market to RECORD HIGH PRICES before Memorial Day.
IF YOU HAVE A JOB SOLD FOR DELIVERY OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, BUY IT...NOW. THIS IS NOT A MARKET TO GAMBLE ON THE SHORT SIDE.
To be clear, this is not a discussion about the futures market, rather the lumber you will see on your yard. Futures traders should expect discounts in May and July contracts as futures anticipates and projects an end to the up trend. Keep the two separate.
Volunteers always win.
Whenever you raise your hand you wind up being asked to do more.
That's
great. Doing more is an opportunity: to learn, to impress, to gain
skills, to build new relationships--to do something more than you would
otherwise been able to do.
Success is based on action. The more you volunteer, the more you get to act. Successful people step forward to create opportunities.
- Programs/Associates
- Membership/Public Relations
- Golf Outing Committee
- BRANNJ Remodelers Council
