Wednesday, August 11  ~  6:00 to 8:30 pm
at Techlinea Design     Directions

Residential Lighting Technology
For The 21st Century

Registration: Click here to go to the Payments Page to sign up

Presented by: Alfredo Zaparolli, Techlinea  
This seminar will review the latest in energy efficient LED lighting technology.  You will experience first hand why it is such a promising new light source, learn how to work with LED lighting on your construction and remodel projects, and dispel the five most common myths about LED lighting:

About our Guest Speaker:  Alfredo Zaparolli has over twenty five years of combined experience designing, engineering and installing electrical and lighting systems for the high-end residential market. Techlinea was established in 1985 to design  sophisticated lighting & electrical systems for discerning clients throughout the US and abroad. Alfredo combines a deep understanding of lighting technology and design with a unique blend of creative vision and hands-on technical expertise.  Visit www.techlinea.com 

 
And thank you to Alfredo for hosting this meeting
in his beautiful studio, Techlinea Design.  

Register early.  There will be a limit on the number of registrations taken for this meeting. 

Registration: Click here to go to the Payments Page to sign up

Recognizing Excellence in Remodeling
Annual Awards Program of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (SFBA NARI)

Application Due Date:  On or before Friday, August 20, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

Completed Binder Due Date:  On or before Friday, September 17, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

Project Eligibility Dates:  Work must have been completed between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.

Competition is open only to SFBA, Diablo Valley, and North Bay NARI members

Applications and Binder Instructions available NOW:
Click Here to access the 2010 Application (PDF file) Download.

2010 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA REMMIES
CATEGORY INFORMATION

A jury of local industry professionals will select winning entries in each category. There may be a first, and possibly second and merit awards.

» Continue reading “The REMMIES Awards – 2010″

Thursday, October 14, 2010
Metropolitan Golf Links  — Oakland, CA
11:00 am -  Registration
12:00 pm – Box Lunch
1:00 pm   -  Shot Gun Start

Dinner and Prizes After Golf 
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Join your fellow NARI members and friends for a great day of networking and camaraderie on the challenging Metropolitan Links course.  

Make a day of it– put together a foursome of your employees, subs, customers. 

The tournament is a great setting for your company outing and no better way to show some customer appreciation. 

Supplier Members:  The Golf Committee has put together a range of SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES for you to make the most of the tournament. For more information on sponsorship, contact Jeff Kann at 650-737-9300 or jeff@houseworksinc.com  . 

The Golf Committee is still seeking VOLUNTEERS to help with this year’s tournament, contact Jeff Kann at 650-737-9300 or jeff@houseworksinc.com . 

Call for Players:
Tournament registration includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, box lunch, dinner. Awards given to the top-finishing teams, plus hole contests, closest to the pin, longest and straightest drives, raffles, and more. 

Singles: $135 per player  ~   Foursomes: $480 

To reserve your place to play in this year’s tournament, click here to go to our payments page, and submit your payment in the Golf Section. Include the names of any players in your group known at this time (names of foursomes may be sumitted at a later date). 

Top 10 Challenges in the remodeling industry -
Best Practices for a fully Integrated construction process

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 – 6:00 to 8:30 pm

At DJ Mehler Collections
165 Rhode Island
San Francisco, CA 94103       Directions

This panel discussion will focus on the communications and facilitation challenges that every remodeler faces today. Change is constant, but rarely convenient. Many remodelers spend too much time putting out fires and not enough time devising solutions to insulate their companies from getting burned. The best time to form a line of defense against uncertainty is before it has happened.

Following are some of the questions that will be answered in this frank and honest presentation about the obstacles present in many projects.

• What questions do you ask before beginning?
• What is a fully integrated construction process?
• What are the implications of the shift in responsibilities from architect/designer to contractor and to the homeowner?
• How do you collaborate with all parties and who facilitates the communication?
• How do you manage homeowners who fancy themselves experts on products and design, thanks in part to the Internet and home improvement shows on television?
• When is it time to involve a technical expert or outside facilitator?
• How do you tell the owner the truth and educate them?
• How do you avoid adversarial relationships with architects and designers?

Each step of a remodeling project’s work flow carries the possibility of an unpredictable outcome. You will leave this seminar with the tools to create good outcomes in your future projects.

Panelists:
Jeff Rexford – Bashland Construction
Linda Herman – Linda Herman Consulting
Susan Schindler – Homeowner currently remodeling in SF
Andrew Morrall – Architect

Please join your NARI colleagues for this informative, insightful event.

Registration:
Note: Early Bird registration rates are in place through Monday, July 12:
NARI Members: $30, through July 12, $35 after.
Non-Members: $35 through July 12, $40 after.