Company News

Get the Lead Out!

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The entire Myers Constructs, Inc. Production Team will spend the day on Wednesday taking an EPA certification class regarding the new lead laws that go into effect in April.

All contractors of any discipline that disturb more than six square feet of area in your home, are required to be certified in the new regulations. They must take new precautions on projects in homes and other buildings built before 1978.

In addition, all construction and contracting companies must be registered with the Feds for lead certification.

Homeowners: Make sure the contractors you hire are compliant with this new law, especially if you live in an older home! More details to come on this topic…

Construction Pros Who Study/Think

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At our company, we are curious. We are always on the lookout for new and better ways of doing things.

In the modern world, many of the old ways of building no longer work. The building materials of old are no longer available. People live in their homes now very differently than they did 20 to 50 years ago. These changes are even more apparent when we work on an 80 – 100-year-old home. Kitchens are no longer in the shed out back to prevent fires from consuming the whole home. Bathrooms have moved from the back yard or back porch into the sleeping quarters and near new kitchen locations inside, thanks to indoor plumbing technology — which is amazing if you think about it.

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Digging Out

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Dear readers,

We have held off sending our regular newsletter until more of us dig our way out. In the mean time here is a snow man to make you giggle.

I saw this snow man at my NPB branch in Chestnut Hill. Send us your snow man snaps and we will post them too;

Our fabulous newsletter will be going out early next week. Let us know if you want to add anyone to our e newsletter list! And remember we are always looking for great newsletter ideas or questions!

Myers Constructs Eyeing B Corp. Status

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Last week, Tamara and Diane attended a B Corp workshop at Wharton Small Business Development Center. The next step is taking their online audit/survey to see where our company falls at this time. Once we see where we stand, and make any necessary adjustments, we’ll apply for B Corp status. We want to do this because it’s a quantifiable third-party assessment of the good, sustainable business practices we employ. It means we treat employees, subs and customers well! It also means we are integrated into a U.S.-based (and soon to be worldwide) B Corp community that supports other B Corp businesses.

Find out more about it at bcorporation.net.

A Serendipitous Find at The Philadelphia Home Show

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At the Home Show last week, we saw some nice, new products, including energy-efficient heating plants. These new hot water boiler systems can make hot water for heat and for domestic use, they are smaller than what you have now, and they are 95% or more efficient!

We also found that one of the window suppliers we use offers a 10-year warranty on its product! This was news to us — and good news, at that — since a set of their doors we installed seven years ago has water-damage issues. We have contacted their offices to see about getting the prob fixed!

Small Business Strategic Planning Workshop We Will Be Attending

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At Myers Constructs, Inc., we believe a business that is healthy can do a better job for its customers, employees and community. This is one of the core values of our company. Everyone here works toward the goal of making our small business a healthy, long-lived one, so it can serve everyone it touches better.

In February, Tamara Myers and Diane Menke will attend a series of Small Business Strategic Planning Workshops presented by the Wharton Small Business Development Center. Check in with our website as we give updates on what new business strategies we will be developing.

Tamara and Diane Will Be Attending a Seminar Presented by the Energy Coordinating Agency

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Myers Constructs, Inc. is a Philadelphia certified Woman Business Enterprise and member of The Green Building Council, and our fearless leader, Tamara Myers, is a LEED AP.

As part of our planned participation as a general contractor in the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s (RDA) Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), we have been invited to attend a training seminar hosted by the Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA). The date of the seminar is Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

The session will discuss current NSP requirements for its targeted
projects, how to evaluate, and RDA’s review process.