THE INSIDE STORY

Think of the independent contractors in our region that are not members of the IEC. Simply stated, there are things that we know because we are IEC members that they do not. Even the most experienced contractor needs to know more than what he experiences in his own business.

Think of the time they spend looking for information. What are the opportunities that we hear about that they never do because they have fewer opportunities to talk to other contractors? A quick glance at our National Convention agenda demonstrates how much is occurring in our industry today may never hear about. Finally, I wonder how much time and rework might occur the next time they work in Indiana because they missed one of our most informative meetings of the year?

The Indiana Code has been revised and has been in affect for all permits since August 26th. By attending our special meeting on Thursday October 15th at 6:00 pm, you’ll have the new information you’ll need on Indiana code. You won’t send time and money reworking while your non-member competitor will. If we believe strongly in the value of merit shop ownership, we want these non-members with us. More membership means more resources and increased value for all members of Midwest IEC.

IEC members get the inside story. That’s a clear value to membership with IEC.

I think it goes without saying, that contractors in our area value and respect the work of John Evorik both as a contractor and inspector. John will review all new changes (both good and bad) in the Indiana code at the special October meeting. As normal, we will serve pizza and John expects to take two hours to review the changes. Your board is continuing to focus on value added topics at our meeting that will help all contractor members. We thank John for taking the time to review the latest code information for all members.

A number of us will be traveling to the National Convention in a few weeks. There’s still time to sign-up by going to the IEC web site. Remember, St. Louis is not that far. If you can’t go the entire time, perhaps one day is possible. There’s a lot to gain. I hope to see many of you there.

Finally, our condolences go out to Chapter Exec Kevin McNulty and his family who unexpectedly lost their four month old grand daughter last month.

Gary Dykstra
President