BANN helps build a new home for a disabled veteran

Hundreds of volunteers will converge in Wellington Nevada tomorrow as the Builders Association of Northern Nevada (The Builders) and Homes For Our Troops come together to build Marine Sgt. Dylan Gray a new, specially adapted home at no cost to him. Sgt. Gray lost both of his legs in Iraq and is not able to get around his current home to help his wife care for their three small children.

“I’m overwhelmed by the generosity and support of the community, even in such difficult financial times,” said Teri Scharosch, director of operations at The Builders. “A vast majority of the building materials, supplies and hours of labor have been donated by companies right here, in Northern Nevada.”

The three-day “Build Brigade” will begin with a brief ceremony tomorrow at 8:30 am. The group of volunteers hope to take the home from bare foundation to a weather tight home by Sunday.

Republicans demand construction defect reform

After many months of focused hard work and meeting with Republican and Democrat legislators, we finally had a HUGE breakthrough. Assembly Republicans included construction defect reform to specifically protect builders and subs from automatic attorney fees in their list of five demands for change that the Democrats will have to agree to before they would consider supporting any tax package.

- Change construction defect law to protect contractors and subcontractors against lawsuits.

This is a big step for our industry toward the chapter 40 reform we so desperately need. Read more in the Las Vegas Sun article: Republicans issue list of demands to be met before they’ll talk taxes

We also received a bill draft last week. It is currently under review by the Legislative Counsel Bureau. We're keeping a close eye on it and will keep you posted.


What can you do? How can you get involved?

1- Attend our General Membership Luncheon on Wednesday, March 9th for an update from Bruce King and Jay Parmer. Bruce King, of Pete King Nevada, is the chair of the Coalition for Fairness in Construction. Jay Parmer is the Legislative Strategist/Lobbyist for The Builders. Register online or download a flyer.

2- Send us a letter addressed to Nevada Legislators telling your personal experience with construction defect. Tell them how your business, your family and your employees have suffered because of this unfair law. We will continue to fight for you but we need your voice to be heard - 100 voices together makes a lot more noise than just one!


Related Construction Defect News:
Prosecutors are suspected of leaking sensitive information about the investigation of fraud involving Nancy Quon and valley homeowners associations. Quon is an attorney who is believed to have been involved in rigging home owners association elections in order to file construction defect lawsuits. Quon reportedly made over one hundred million in these HOA construction defect suits. Read more about Nancy Quon's Construction defect investigation.