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2018: Issue 4

Labor Shortage Concerns

NAHB looks to secure skilled worker availability
The International Housing Association
(IHA) is focusing on ways to secure the
skilled work force necessary to address
the needs of the residential construction
industry around the world, IHA leaders
announced during the association’s annual
meeting April 11-13 in Washington, D.C.
This effort will further the IHA’s priorities
on housing affordability, availability and
choice, while assisting to position the
economies of IHA member countries for
future success.
“The global residential construction
industry has experienced a growing
shortage of skilled labor for many reasons.
Workers are leaving their home countries
for better job opportunities elsewhere, the
population of skilled trade workers is aging
and young people are seeking professions
requiring a college education instead of
the building trades,” said Kristin
Brookfield, IHA chair and chief executive
for industry policy at HIA Australia.
“With the residential construction
industry in most countries facing increased
housing demand, the skilled labor
shortage creates a range of challenges
that ultimately affect housing supply and
affordability.
“IHA members have a common interest
in ensuring that the residential
construction industry can address these
challenges, and the recent discussion
allowed members to share information
about housing demand and skilled labor
shortages in their country.
“We have agreed to look at the potential
solutions to address the skilled labor
shortage. Our membership represents 13
different countries, so we have the unique
opportunity to be able to share our
experiences and recommendations on
different programs and policies,” she said.
Members will pursue a variety of goals
including: raising the perception of skilled
trades, sharing strategies designed to
address the benefits the industry provides
to a diverse group of workers and sharing
approaches to make certain those taking
up training in the residential building
trades are appropriately paid.
“Members recognize this is a complex
problem and that there are no simple
solutions, but we hope that by working
collectively we can gain insights in ways to
improve the supply of skilled labor for the
residential construction industry,” she said.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
serves as the Secretariat of IHA. For more information
visit www.internationalhousingassociation.org.

The Impact of a Skilled Labor
Shortage in Construction
The impact of the skilled labor shortage
in construction has continued to plague the
construction industry since the recession
(2007-2011) where approximately 2 million
construction workers were let go (more
than any other industry). Ever since then,
the construction industry has not been
able to make up for this loss of skilled
labor and has struggled to fulfill the many
construction jobs that are becoming more
readily available. The National Association
of Homebuilders estimates that there are
approximately 200,000 construction jobs
that have been left unsatisfied due to the
labor shortage. This inverse relationship
between the availability of construction
jobs and the availability of a skilled
workforce is only going to continue to be a
problem in 2017 as the promise of new
infrastructure is coming from the new
administration. The promising growth of
new construction projects should be
exciting news for the construction industry;
however, it poses a challenge to
construction firms as they struggle to be
able to staff such large projects with
enough qualified workers.
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Here are some ways the skilled labor
shortage has impacted the construction
industry:
Many people are scared to join the
construction industry.
The recession and layoffs of 2007-2011
lead to the loss of many of the skilled
construction workers and professionals
who had been in the industry for a long
time. After these people had been let go,
the construction industry was forced to
start from square one, since many of the
skilled workers were already let go and
nearing retirement age. Also, many of the
younger people entering the workforce
have avoided construction as a career
path due to its volatility of job security in
the past.
Less of a focus on trades and
vocational schools.
Another reason why fewer people are
entering the construction workforce is the
lack of emphasis on the trades in high
school and college. Most young adults are
being guided toward the traditional 4-year
university routes and never consider
learning a trade.
Fewer apprenticeship programs.
The recession also led to fewer
apprenticeships and internships.
Apprenticeship programs typically allow
the employer to “test out” new employees
before hiring them full-time and allows the
apprentice to gain valuable hands-on work
experience. Without these apprenticeship
programs, employers are hiring workers
before their skills have been evaluated,
and less young entrants to the workforce
are gaining hands-on experience before
being thrown into the field. This lack of
apprenticeships has also led to a less
skilled young workforce overall. If more
construction firms were offering
apprenticeships, it might not only attract
young workers, but it would also act to
head-start these new workers on their skill
sets so that they might become highly
skilled construction workers later in their
construction career.
Less qualified workers pose safety
concerns.
Safety concerns go hand in hand with
the hiring of less than qualified workers to
staff the increasing number of projects.
This is a concern especially with a high-
stakes job like construction, where a lack
of skills can mean very devastating results.
Rising costs to both project owners as
well as to contractors.
Costs of construction projects have
risen for both project owners, as they are
forced to pay more to get a project
completed on time, as well as for
contractors who have had to increase
compensation and benefits to attract new
talent.
According to a survey conducted by
Associated General Contractors of
America, 52% of participants said that they
had increased their base compensation for
all workers, while 28% have improved
benefits to stay competitive in the market
for talent acquisition.
How does the construction industry
combat this issue of a skilled labor
The construction industry must be able
to demonstrate its value as a career to the
upcoming workforce. There are many
ways that the construction industry can do
so:
Reaching out to the younger generations
Construction firms need to partner with
local schools to be considered by young
adults as a career path worth pursuing.
This partnership will lead to opportunities
to appear at career events, speak in front
of classrooms, appear on the school’s
career connection websites, and many
other benefits. By visiting local high
schools and colleges, construction firms
will be able to get young adults thinking
about a career in construction before they
finalize their career path.
Investing in training programs
To create a more highly skilled
workforce overall, construction firms need
to invest in training for all employees. To
do so, construction firms should have
extensive training for all new employees,
refresher training courses for all-level
employees, and mentorship programs that
will allow the senior workers to pass along
their knowledge to the younger working
generation before they retire.
In addition to skills training, construction
firms should also utilize training from the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration in order to train new
employees to improve safety on-site.
With the promise of new construction
jobs only continuing to grow, there has
never been a more vital time for the
construction industry to take steps to
combat the skilled labor shortage. Small
steps taken to reposition the construction
industry as a viable career option for new
entrants to the working world will make a
massive difference for the construction
industry in the long-run.

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President’s
Message
Association staff and volunteers hard at work
as President one can never take
membership and members for
granted. nor can we take staff for
granted. This was evident with our
recent events which brought together
dozens of members to help the staff
with the events. First and foremost,
my thanks to Southwest land for
giving us artcraft estates to have a
parade at. Secondly to the nine
builders who took the risk to build at
that site. and to the thousands of
people who went out to see the
homes, make an offer, and decide to
buy a new home. Yeah some of the
visitors came to get ideas for
remodeling or wishing, but that’s why
we do these parades. We call it
“stimulate the market”. Big success
and my thanks go to the volunteers
who manned the ticket booth.
in the beginning of the month we
took on the construction of a
playhouse for the children’s Hospital
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Dena
President,
el Paso association
of Builders
Foundation and
let me tell you it wasn’t an easy
thing to do. There are many people
and companies to thank, like
Foxworth galbraith who donated the
lumber; Sherwin Williams contributed
paint, tools, and cruz lopez; to
angelique Roman, Brenda aguirre,
Patricia Martinez for chairing the
event; to gus loy for building the
structure; to Fernando Santana for
the design; chris Hakes for the kids
furniture; Ted escobedo for help with
the staging; and of course our
painting crews from all around the
membership. our special thanks to
Franklin Building Materials for the
job of transporting the playhouse.
Thank you all.
We also had a wonderful golf day
at Butterfield Trail, and a super
successful Parade of Homes preview
party. Thanks to all for contributing
time, money and effort. My thanks
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when we begin our Membership
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captains who have already begun
the calls to ask businesses to join. i
strongly believe that this drive could
end up being one of most successful
given the strength of members we
already have.
i hope that you will get involved
with us. it’s nearly half way through
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Executive’s
Builders Outlook 2018 Issue 4

Membership Drive set to kick off summer

Message D
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Association of Builders is to
ensure that we have and support
a strong new home construction
Ray Adauto, business in El Paso, Texas. We
Executive call it advocacy. Through the
Vice President
Texas Association of Builders and
EPAB
the National Association of Home
Builders we advocate for the
industry at the state and national
level for our members.
After a very successful April the Sometimes we get the question
Association will embark on a “what has the association done
statewide member drive in late for me”? In the case of advocacy
May. Why would we do so? It’s our staffs and members do that
about being able to spread our on a continuing basis. It is the
voice to those who need us the combination of staff and
most, to the ones that don’t know members that do the work of
the backrooms of politics, or who advocacy. Many of us are
feel alone in the world of building involved on city boards, in
or supplying those builders. community planning, business
Every market is different and with chambers and other places
that comes the difference in outside of the EPAB, TAB or
politics. Why politics? Because NAHB. It’s members working for
you may not think you’re in a members, sometimes with their
political hot seat until a politician own nickel to make sure laws or
or government employee decides movements don’t go against you.
they know how to run your Association by its very meaning
business better than you do. Or is a bringing together of like
worse yet they decide you minded individuals for a single
shouldn’t be in business. The purpose. In this case every
main purpose of the El Paso member is potentially advocating
for you. That’s the power of
membership and the “what’s in it
for me”.
There are many reasons to join,
some very personal, others just
based on common business
sense. We hope to increase our
rolls by at least 25% or perhaps
as some have suggested, let’s
double our membership. Great
idea. More gives us the political
clout we need to make sure
politicians know we are a real
force in employment and taxing
revenue creation. It’s time for
each member to ask just one
business to join. That’s a great
way to double up. Bring a
member in.
I was recently interviewed
about the local economy and the
effects of the new CAD
valuations, the ones they use
collect property taxes. I said that
on the one hand everyone wants
to have their homes go up in
value, so they can maybe have
more equity. I also noted that the
values are directly tied to the tax
rate and that the tax rate is
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burden we are currently owing
nearly one BILLION dollars, not
including pensions. We need to
curtail the spending in order to
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with a voter approved city bond
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Builder News

Builder Confidence in
55+ Housing Market
Remains Healthy
n Builder confidence in the
single-family 55+ housing market
dropped five points to 66 in the
first quarter of 2018, according to
the National Association of Home
Builders' (NAHB) 55+ Housing
Market Index (HMI) released
today. The decline came off of an
all-time high reading of 71 from the
fourth quarter of 2017.
“Builders and developers for the
55+ housing sector continue to
report strong demand,” said Chuck
Ellison, chairman of NAHB's 55+
Housing Industry Council and Vice
President-Land of Miller & Smith in
McLean, Va. “However, there are
many places around the country
facing labor and lot shortages,
along with increased building
materials costs, which are
affecting production.”
There are separate 55+ HMIs for
two segments of the 55+ housing
market: single-family homes and
multifamily condominiums. Each
55+ HMI measures builder
sentiment based on a survey that
asks if current sales, prospective
buyer traffic and anticipated six-
month sales for that market are
good, fair or poor (high, average or
low for traffic).
When compared to the previous
quarter, among the three single-
family components of the 55+ HMI,
present sales fell nine points to 70,
expected sales for the next six
months rose seven points to 80
and traffic of prospective buyers
stayed even at 51.
Meanwhile, the 55+ multifamily
condo HMI increased 10 points to
64, which is the highest reading
since the inception of the index in
2008. All three components posted
record highs as well: Present sales
rose eight points to 67, expected
sales for the next six months
increased 10 points to 70 and
traffic of prospective buyers
jumped 15 points to 55.
Three of the four components of
the 55+ multifamily rental market
went down from the previous
quarter: Present production
declined three points to 59,
expected future production fell four
points to 57 and present demand
for existing units decreased three
points to 68, while future expected
demand edged up one point to 68.
“The decline in the 55+ single-
family HMI is consistent with slight
softening of other measures of
single-family construction seen
recently, likely due to winter
weather effects, which may be
affecting housing activity in some
areas of the country,” said NAHB
Chief Economist Robert Dietz.
“However, market conditions
overall remain favorable, and we
expect gradual continued growth
in the 55+ housing sector.”
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Economic
Forescast
Elliot Eisenberg
Economic & Policy
Blog
Trade Wars: It’s All About Leverage
With the US-China trade war looking
increasingly ominous, two questions are
on the minds of many: do trade deficits
matter and which side has more to lose?
Economists of almost all stripes agree
that trade is good, that trade deficits
don’t really matter, that the nation that
imposes tariffs hurts itself, and that if it
faces retaliation, the harm is made
worse. That said, why is Trump
threatening steep tariffs on Chinese
imports? That relates to the second
question: China has much more to lose
economically in an all-out trade war than
the US. But that is not the end of the
story.
Chinese exports to the US totaled
$500 billion in 2017, 4% of its GDP. Our
exports to China were just $130 billion,
or 0.7% of our GDP. Moreover, US
exports to China are not so easily
replaced. China can easily stop buying
planes from Boeing and instead buy
them from Airbus, but then China has no
leverage. And while China can stop
buying soybeans or oil from the US,
those markets are global, and the
impacts would be minimal.
China could conceivably sell US
Treasuries that they hold, but, at a
minimum, that would push up China’s
currency, which would, in turn, hurt
exports, and might plunge the US into a
recession, further slowing exports.
Finally, if China retaliates against US
firms, global manufacturers might no
longer consider China as a safe place
from which to sell to the US. The
resulting loss of foreign investment
would hurt Chinese productivity growth
and acquisition of foreign technology and
industrial know-how.
If economically everything looks to be
in favor of the US, what’s the problem?
Politics. And there, things are very
different. If the economic leverage is
with the US, the political leverage rests
fully with China. Chinese leaders do not
have to worry about elections,
constituents, critical editorials, or Sunday
morning talk shows. On the contrary,
when China was angry at South Korea
for placing a US-owned anti-missile
defense system on their territory, China
simply shut down a whole chain of South
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Korean department stores and Chinese
COMING SOON
tourists stopped showing up in Seoul.
And when China was mad at Japan,
rioters attacked Japanese-owned
factories and Chinese purchases of
Toyotas and Nissans shriveled to nothing
in remarkably short order.
Now, the US is not Japan or South
Korea, so things are much more
complicated, but the Chinese are
strategically ready. They are responding
to our tariffs by, among other things,
deliberately slapping import taxes on
products made in states represented by
key congressional Republicans, such as
whiskey from Mitch McConnell’s home
state of Kentucky, and Harley Davidson
motorcycles, since they come from
Wisconsin, the home state of House
Speaker Paul Ryan. China’s strategy is
to get enough constituents, farmers and
business leaders mad at enough
Members of Congress in general and
Republicans in particular to pressure
Trump to back down.
Domestically, there is simply no way
China can be seen as folding under US
pressure. On the contrary, President Xi
faces pressure to project China as a
world power. And true to form, the
Chinese are quickly seeing and raising
the tariff ante. As such, China is saying
they will not back down, are prepared to
suffer any financial costs, and are
prepared to play a long game. For
Trump to win under these conditions, he
will have to be prepared to tolerate a
great deal of political pain if his demands
are not met, and convince the Chinese
that his pain tolerance and endurance is
greater than that of Beijing.
My bet is that the Chinese either play
to Trump’s ego and give him a series of
symbolic but largely hollow victories, or
that China makes concessions they have
offered in the past, but (importantly) offer
no timetable for implementation and skirt
AWARDS CEREMONY
the core US complaints. That way
Trump can claim he has won, but the
status quo will essentially be maintained.
And, in that case, the Chinese will have
SUMMER 2018
emerged victorious. Let the games
begin.
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Parade of Homes Preview Party kicks off successful event

The 2018 Parade of Homes™

preview party on April 6 brought out
over 800 industry professionals and
special guests to Artcraft Estates.
The preview is designed to give a
first look to those most closely
related to the industry and prior to
the public opening.
The night was clear and calm, a
departure from the high winds we
had experienced on previous nights.
“I have to tell you that these
builders did an outstanding job in the
concept and design of the homes,”
said President Edmundo Dena. “All
of them have some very special
features that will surely entice home
buyers,” he continued. “We are so
happy that our Parade is off to a
great start.”
The overall sentiment was echoed
time after time. The ticketed guests
were treated to some outstanding
custom home designs with many
extras. “What I really like about a
Parade of Homes is the chance to
see ideas and in particular the new
trends,” said visitor Jim Morgan. Mr.
Morgan was joined by his wife and
friends. All liked different things from
different builders.
The preview party included
beverages and music. El Paso DJ
Services owner Mike Armstead said
this preview party was one of his
best. “I can tell by the crowd that
they are really excited about what is
being shown tonight. Great job!”
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cash were $361,900, $255,000,
first quarter of 2018, the highest
$286,000, and $323,300,
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of new home sales in the second
quarter of 2008 before steadily
falling and bottoming out at 57.3%
in the third quarter of 2010. The
share has steadily risen since then
and has been above 71% each of
the last seven quarters.
FHA-loans financed 11.6% of
new home sales during the first
quarter of 2018, down from 12.5%
in the prior quarter and from 14.8%
in Q3 2017. Since its most recent
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EPAB Membership
Builder members
as of May 1, 2018
Bain Construction
Scott Bain
Bella Vista Custom Homes, Inc.
Edgar Garcia
BIC Homes
Antonio Cervantes
Blue Star Construction
Carlos Villasana
Bowling Construction
Randy Bowling
Carefree Homes
Richard Aguilar
Casas De Leon, LLC
Nick Bombach
Cisco Homes LLC
Francisco Arroyos III
Classic American Homes
Priscilla Hernandez
Crown Heritage Homes
Lydia Mlouhi
Cullers & Caldwell Builders
John Cullers
Cullers Homes
Jason R. Cullers
Dawco Home Builders
Walter O. Lujan
Deal 2 Deal Custom Homes
Delton Deal
Del Rio Engineering, Inc.
Sal Masoud
Diamond Homes, LLC
Valerie Baquera
Donald Ward Builder, Inc.
Donald Ward
E. Valencia Land Development LLC
Eddie Valencia
Edward's Homes, Inc.
Eduardo Fernandez
EPT Bella Custom Dream Homes
Leti & Javier Navarette
EPT Land Communities
David Bogas
Everest Homes
Edmundo Dena, Jr.
Fortune Custom Homes
Javier Andrade
Gaddy Construction
Charles Gaddy
GMF Custom Homes, LP
Frank Torres
Guel Construction
Rudy Guel
Hakes Brothers LLC
Chris Hakes
Hanson Asset Management, LP
Russell Hanson
Homes by Design
Leslie Driggers Hoard C. D. Lee/Britton Insurance & Bonding
Hunt Communities, LLC
Kathy Parry
ICON Custom Builder, LLC.
Carlos Garcia
Industrial Realty Group Incorporated
Brent D. Harris
Central Texas Metal Roofing Supply
JER Custom Homes, LLC
Jorge E. Rodriguez
Kayton Lee Residential, Inc.
Brianna Barnes
Lloyd Hamilton Contruction
Lloyd Hamilton, III
LMJ Construction Co., LLC
Mike Lopez
Loyalty Homes
Gustavo Loy
M A Builders & Design, LLC
Commercial Insurance Brokers, Inc.
Mustafa Ali
Metro Homes, Inc.
Judith Arrunada, Fernando Torres
Millennium Homes
Dan Ruth
Pacifica Homes, Inc.
Juan Jose Vasquez
Palo Verde Homes
Edgar Montiel
Pointe Homes
Carlos Villalobos Demcon Disposal Management, LLC
Porter Homes
Albert Porter
R.C. Baeza & Associates
Robert C. Baeza
R.E. Welch Contractor
Gordon Welch
Rassette Homes, Inc.
Donald Rassette
Santana Custom Homes
Fernando Santana
Southwest Land Development Serv.
Doug Schwartz
Builders Outlook 2018 Issue 4
Updated every month, here is a list of the 2018 EPAB Membership.
Remember to please do buinsess with fellow members.
The Heritage Group E.F. Building Materials, Inc MTI Ready Mix, Inc.
David Bingham Efren Fraire Tony Mullen
Trejo Construction Co. Eagle Roofing Products New American Funding
Juan Trejo Scott Aguilar Brenda Trillo
Tropicana Building Corp. El Paso Building Materials New Era Foam
Bobby Bowling IV Ken Wade George Tollen
Tropicana Development El Paso Disposal Passage Supply
Greg Bowling Irma Parsons John Chaney
Tropicana Homes El Paso Mortgage Bankers Association Patriot Mortgage
Randy Bowling Gilbert Pedregon Randy Bowling
Tropicana Properties El Paso Times Pella Windows
Demetrio Jimenez Sal Hernandez, Justin Riley Jason Bates
Villagi Homes, LLC El Paso Truss Performance Glass & Aluminum
Kristi Eddings Luis Mendiola Hector Hernandez
Will Harvey Development
El Paso Winnelson Perl Mortgage
Will S. Harvey
Jesus Sanchez Steven Sepulveda
Winton/Flair/Accent Homes
Ferguson Enterprises Inc. Pioneer Bank
Herschel Stringfield
Albert Holguin Kathy Carrillo
Fire Smoke n Grill Post Tension Steel
Associate Members
Bill Owen Dennis Moore
as of May 1, 2018
First American Bank Powerfoam Insulation
Louis Sauceda Arnie Pedersen
2-10 Home Buyers Warranty
First Light Federal Credit Union Prewire of El Paso, Inc.
James Hebert
Lorenzo Revelez Steven Drury
84 Lumber
First National 1870 Pride industries dba Pride Ascend
Ernie Chavez
Haley Merritt Dr. Lonny Wright
915 Siteworks, LLC
Firth, Johnston, Bunn & Kerr Randall Smith, CPA
Carlos Garcia
Jay Kerr Randall Smith
ABC Supply Co., Inc.
Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Rebath of El Paso/Las Cruces
Larry Eck
Dan Villarreal Lisa Walling
Acme Brick Company
Franklin Building Materials Remcon Self Storage
Steve Bush
Cristina Sheldon Will Harvey
Adams Moulding & Lumber
G2 Ram Electric Richman Group Affordable Housing
Tom Swahlen
Luis Cano Corp.
Area Iron & Steel Works, Inc.
GCC Sun City Materials,LLC Kevin Hoffman
Fred L. Edmonston Jr.
Antonio "Tony" Chavez Rocky Mountain Mortgage Company
Atrium Homes
GECU- Greater El Paso Credit Union Dean Inniss
Ricardo Bocardo Jr.
Danny Galindo Roe, Brad
Bank of Texas
GEPAR-Greater El Paso Assoc. of Bradley Roe
Ray Owen
Realtors Rudolph Chevrolet
Baron Supply
Jason Sanchez Mike Ruffin
David Trammell
Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce Saldivar Electric, Inc.
Barragan & Associates
David Michael Jerome Martin A. Saldivar
Benito Barragan
Harris Real Estate Group Sarabias Blue Sanitation
Barrett Airworks
Lane Harris Monica Brown
Alexandro Castro
Haskins Electric Senercon
Beasley, Mitchell & Co., LLP
Charles B. Haskins, Jr. Javier Ruiz
Brad Beasley
Home of Texas Sherwin Williams Paint
BMC Select
Mark Smiley Cruz Lopez
Mike Catalino
Homes of El Paso Sierra Title Company
Boise Cascade
Riley Stephens Angelique Roman
Mike Flores
HUB International Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
Border Construction Specialties
Luis Rosas Ken Donham
Ricardo Yvellez
Inter National Bank Snappy Publishing
Border Solar
Natalie Ojeda Ted Escobedo
Javier Ruiz
Interceramic Tile & Stone Gallery Solar Smart Living
Bukaty Financial Companies
David Holguin Larry Perea
Ruth Rivera
J & H Concrete & Post Tension Southwest Décor El Paso Corporation
Builders Source Appliance Gallery
Jorge Herrera Chris Matthews
Sandra Lucero
Jack White Building Specialties Spectrum Technologies
Claudia Lardizabal Miled Daou
Anthony Landavazo/Lisa Daniels
James L. Ellis, CPA, PC Stewart Title of El Paso
Casa Ford & Casa Nissan
Jim Ellis Cindy Bilbe
Luke Lowenfield
Jimmy Garza Emergency Water Removal StrucSure Home Warranty
CEA Engineering Group
Veronica Buchanan Scott Whisenant
Jorge L. Azcarate
Jobe Materials, LP Su Casa Magazine
Charlie Tellez Bob Skolnick
Co.,Inc.
Joe Bernal Insurance & Financial Sun City Winnelson
Ben Garza, III
Services, Inc. Dean Moore
Centricity
Joe M. Bernal Texas Gas Services
Brent R. Morgan
Keenan Supply Mica Short
City Bank Texas
Nancy Rivas Texas Title Company
Bob Kotarski
LCR Resources, Inc. Steve Raney
City Lights
Ralph Sanchez TFCU
Thomas Brown
L & P Building Supply Yolie Melendez-Estrada
Cognent, Inc.
Denise McConnell The Dorian Group/Ocean Gallery USA
Martin Paredes
Legacy Real Estate Services/TTi Prop. Miguel Angel Mercado
Man. The Home Systems Heating & Cooling,
Ken Foster
Patrick Tuttle Inc.
Conde, Inc.
Lone Star Title Co. of El Paso Jesus Chain
Conrad Conde
Sam Trimble Trane Residential Solutions
Copenhagen Imports
Love Engineering, Inc. Robert Meske/ Kathleen Chacon
Flemming Carlsen
Montez Love TRE & Associates
CQC Testing and Engineering,LLC
Majestic Realtors Linda Troncoso
Jaime Rojas
Patti Mushorn Trim Team
Delek US dba 7 Eleven
MAK Roofing & Construction Juan & Kris Hernandez
Sonja Scanlan
Felix Vizarreta USA General Contractors
Masco Contract Serv dba Gale Insul Javier Olmos
Maria Elena (Nena) Gomez
Tom Harmon Vision Consultants, Inc.
Desert Quest Plumbing
McCoy's Building Supplies Kelly Sorenson
Hector Gonzalez
Doug Danner WestStar Home Loans
Dorney Security
Merrill Lynch Cinco Houghton
John Dorney
Thomas Gabriel WestStar Bank
Dunn-Edwards Paints
Mini Concrete Materials David Osborn
Nathan Gordon
Joe Soto WestStar Title
Monster Link Marketing Rachel Valles
DWS Building Supply
Raul Mendoza
Sabrina Voorhies
Morrison Supply
Sam Shallenberger
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Association hosts Young

Designer Award
challenge
The 2018 Young Designer Award contest
wrapped up in late April as thirteen
students submitted site plans and models
of homes. The annual competition is for
scholarship designed to give high school
junior and seniors an opportunity to further
their education.
The association provides the students a
problem which is designed to show how
the student would build a home. They
must provide a complete set of drawing
including site plan, foundation, mechanical
and electrical, as well as roof design. In
addition, they must adhere to the needs of
the customer, making sure that what the
customer is looking for in a home is
actually what is presented.
“We have been doing the competition for
years and each year we are pleased with
the results,” said John Chaney, chairman of
the event. “The students all perform well,
given that this project takes all school year
to do,” he continued.
The schools represented include El
Dorado High School in the Socorro District
along with several schools from the El
Paso Independent School District CTTE
program. This year the scholarships will
be presented on May 9 and then formally
awarded once the student enrolls in a
technical, college or University program.
EPAB members judge the entries over a
two day period. “I want you to know that
these students are awesome, they have
done some great work especially
considering they are still in high school,”
said EPAB President Edmundo Dena. Our
thanks goes to Gus Loy, Edgar Montiel,
Sergio Cuartas, and Edgar Lopez. Each
took time to judge the work, each one
showed praise for them.
Our thanks go to instructors Luisa
Valenzuela of El Dorado High School and
Cecilia Orozco from EPISD CTTE.
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