Professional Builders' Institute AND Flex Plex Housing Affordability Project

Served up at the June General Meeting 
Wednesday, June 11 

CHBA will update the membership on a number of important initiatives this year, including creation of the Professional Builders’ Institute – the first mandatory education and training for BC’s Licensed Residential Builders.

Also, don’t miss the presentation on the Flex Plex Housing Affordability Project by Habitat for Humanity and CHBA-Victoria. Trades and suppliers will learn how they can participate and submit a bid for this project, consisting of five townhomes and three legal suites – the first legal suites in the District of Saanich.

Board elections will also be held at this meeting. Contact the CHBA-Victoria office for more information.

Date:   Wednesday, June 11
   Place:  Ambrosia Event Centre
Time:   6:00 pm – reception
       7:00 pm - dinner
                8:00 pm – presentations 

Cost: members: $30 +gst  /  Non-members: $40 +gst

Book your seat now by calling the CHBA-Victoria office at 383-5044 or info@chbavictoria.com

The CARE Awards deadline is less than a month away – this is your opportunity to showcase your business and enjoy an excellent new marketing opportunity. 

The CARE Awards glossy, magazine-style supplements will appear in the Times Colonist and Nanaimo Daily News newspapers AND….for the first time, the 2008 CARE Awards Finalists will be linked to banner ads on CanWest Media’s websites for the Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, and Vancouver Sun. CARE Awards Finalists will receive “click-through” exposure to the many investors and migrating/retiring members from these wealthy communities. 

There is no better, cost effective way to get profile in these critical markets. Take advantage of the benefits of CHBA membership and put together your CARE Awards entry.     

If you have any questions regarding the CARE Awards entry process, please call our office at 250-383-5044. 

Entry Deadline: NOON, Friday, June 27, 2008   Click here for the complete Call for Entry Guidelines, Entry Form and Criteria.

Thank you to all of our 2008 CARE Awards sponsors:

Gold: BC Housing, Built Green™ BC, Coast Capital Savings, McLaren Properties Ltd.,
and Terasen Gas

Silver: BC Hydro Power Smart, BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association/Cement Association of Canada, National Home Warranty Programs, TELUS Communications Company, Travelers Guarantee Company, and Victoria Real Estate Board

Bronze: Capital Regional District, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Eclipse Creative Inc., Georgie Awards™,  and Habitat for Humanity Victoria.

Media: A-Channel, Shaw Cable, Times Colonist and Western Living Magazine

The 2008 Home Show during the weekend of September 19 – 21 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre features: 

·        The return of the hugely popular “Colin and Justin” from “How Not to Decorate” and “Colin & Justin’s Home Heist,”

·        Reena Nerbas, National Best-Selling author of “Household Solutions” and T-C columnist - presenting 2 shows per day for 3 days!

·        Our first LIVE AUCTION, which will help drive consumers to your booth all weekend to view auction items.  

This will be a spectacular Home Show - book your booth now!
Call the CHBA office at 250.383.5044.
Volunteers will be needed during the weekend as well – call the office to volunteer for a shift and visit the show at the same time! 

Find out how you could be eligible for free advertising with a donation for the
Live Auction! 

A big thank you to our Title Sponsors: Terasen Gas! Their support is important to the success of the Home Show and we ask CHBA members to support these sponsors. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the show, please call the office at 250.383.5044 to find out about all of the benefits!

Our Annual FUN Golf Tournament was true to its name again this year. On May 14 at Olympic View Golf Course over 140 golfers enjoyed a beautiful day on the greens! Thank you to all of our sponsors and Silent Auction donations – we did it again – funds raised will go to the CHBA – Victoria sponsorship of the Goldstream Chum Program, sending kids to learn about nature! For all the photos, go to www.chbavictoria.com 

Thank you to our generous 2008 Golf Tournament Sponsors!

The next “Built Green” course is taking place June 4 and 5 at Camosun College. We have 20 more students enrolled in this course – if you would be interested in enrolling in the fall, call the CHBA-Victoria office at 383-5044.

Members - $477 (includes gst)
Non-Members - $630 (includes gst)  

CHBA reps have been meeting with local building official reps to encourage greater consistency in code interpretations and inspection procedures.  

As a result, CHBA has uploaded the local Building Regulation Bylaws to our website, www.chbavictoria.com. Inspectors must follow these bylaws when inspecting builders’ projects. It is useful to be familiar with these regulations to avoid any issues raised by inspectors that are outside of the bylaw.

We are continuing to work on other issues, including rainscreen bulletin interpretations and the upcoming Green Building Code.        

The following companies are now members of CHBA – Victoria. Our membership just keeps growing!

Welcome to:
Christopher Developments Inc. – Christopher Walker
Decortec Homelift Inc. – Maike Marnet & Maria De Torres
New West Development Corp – Todd Halaburda & Wally Halaburda
Pacific Diamond Developments Ltd. – David Jones
The Sky Is The Limit – Interior Design Concepts – Ines Hanl & Kimberley Lewis Manning 

We also have one company up for 2^nd reading:
Shore Island Developments Ltd. - Rob Sharples and Omid Mashinchi 

And one company up for 1^st reading:
Rayn Properties Ltd. – Rov Dosanjh 

Update: TD Swansburg Design Studio – Teresa Ryback & Lorin Turner are NOT members of CHBA – Victoria 

Renewal invoices for CHBA – Victoria Professional Fees have been mailed! Act now and renew before July 1, and you will be entered in our draw for an Overnight Stay in the glorious landmark hotel, the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, a gift card for The Keg and a complimentary travel voucher on BC Ferries.

We thank you for your continued support!

Our SloPitch team has taken over the playing fields at Royal Athletic Park. Come out to cheer us on – we need fans! Games are typically twice a week through to July. Our next games are on Friday, June 6 – it’s a double header starting at 6 pm on Diamond #1 at RAP!! For the complete schedule go to http://www.victoriaslopitch.ca/ddivision.htm# or call the office at 383-5044 for the date and time of our next game. We are quite entertaining J 

CHBA – BC has scheduled an Energy Advisor Workshop for June 18-21 in the CHBA BC boardroom. 

This workshop provides training on the use of the HOT2000 software which is used to model house plans within the Built Green™ BC & R-2000 programs.  This workshop is for those who wish to become third party advisors to builders building Built Green™ BC homes including certified R-2000 homes.  Plan evaluators perform HOT2000 energy analysis of house plans and play a key role in the quality assurance process for labeling Built Green™ Homes and certification of R-2000 houses.  Training is also provided on the ‘blower door’ test equipment and procedures. 

Requirements for participants: demonstrated understanding of building science and construction practice; understanding of residential mechanical systems; access to and familiarity with a laptop computer capable of running the latest version of HOT2000 software, which will be provided to you at the course.  The 2-day Builder Training Workshop is a prerequisite for this course.

If you have any questions please call Lauren at the CHBA-BC office, 800.933.6777 or find the registration form at www.chbabc.org – under Education & Training.