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20 • November 2015 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC.


17th Annual Holiday Guide Want to Save a Buck? Hire a Contractor!


Healdsburg, CA. ~ Construc- tion, whether it be new or a renovation, is complex and costly – costly in time and dol- lars. Licensed General Con- tractors have the requisite training and education to be able to ad- dress the com- plexities and manage the costs. The key responsibility for the con- sumer should be the selec- tion of a Gen-


eral Contractor whose level of experience best matches the project’s design and complex- ity, and whose


personality


is most compatible with the homeowner’s. Then, their big-


gest challenge is to stay out of the way. Trouble often begins when


the homeowner decides that they have the skill- set to act as their own General Contrac-


tor and can eliminate much of the labor, profit, and over-head


expenses of a contrac- tor.


The situation has


become much more common with the advent of the internet, where much of the population feels like they can, with a few Google searches, become an expert in virtually anything.


by Eric Ziedrich ~ eziedrich@hlc-inc.com Eric is President of Healdsburg Lumber Co.


The far-too-confident home- owner ends up hiring the less assertive/less confident/ or the most desperate-for-work con- tractor. Typically, the homeowner has little to no project manage-


ment skills, so miscom- munications are common; coordina-


tion between subcontrac- tors falters’


products and specifications are wrong due to a lack of over- sight; schedules fall behind; costs mount and tempers flare. In many situations, all involved parties fall back on blame- game tactics in an attempt to protect their own financial in-


Strike out Hunger!


Bring in a can of food for the Redwood Empire Food Bank and bowl a game on us.


Offer good any time open lanes are available. May not be combined with other offers. Limit one game per person per day. Offer good through January 31st, 2016


www.doubledeckerlanes.com


300 Golf Course Dr. -Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-585-0226


20 • November 2015 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter


will recognize the error of the ways and will call a General Contractor to handle the dam- age control. In these instances, it shows how cost effective it is to partner with the right Gen- eral Contractor at the start of the project.


terests while the homeowner feels himself losing control watching the job unravel. Sometimes, the homeowner


Weird Facts & Fun Trivia - 6 Nutella is a commercial brand of


a paste made from chocolate and hazelnuts. It is used in flavoring pastries, candy making or just spread on bread or toast.


It takes about 36 apples to make one gallon of apple cider.


The only steam-powered Cider Mill in the U.S. and is located in Mystic, Connecticut.


The true


meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.


Nelson Henderson


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