SFNE News

Steel Bridge

February 2010

SFNE is supporting an effort to level the playing field to ensure that steel gets its fair share of billions of stimulus dollars available for bridge, building and roadwork. 

To move this effort forward the industry will retain the services of Regan Communications Group (RCG), one of the largest privately-owned public relations firms in the country. Click Here to read more.

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Staples December 2009


SFNE has partnered with Staples Advantage to offer members savings on office supplies. With StaplesLink.com, you can now order supplies electronically and save time and money. Click on the link below to start saving today.

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December 2009

New Board of Directors Elected

At the SFNE Annual Meeting held on December 3rd, a new Board of Directors was elected.

The officers elected include:

President                 
Eric Greene, American Welding Co., Inc.

Vice President
Craig Van Sant, Atlantic Machinery Sales

Secretary                 
James McBrady, James A. McBrady

Treasurer                 
Tim Gendron, Tim's Fabricators Inc.

Immediate Past President     
Mark Carter, American Steel Fabricator

The new at-large directors who were elected include:

Stephen Chasse, S. L. Chasse Welding and Fabricating, Inc.
Curt Morin, Bennington Iron Works, Inc.
Steve Rich, Steeltech Building Products

The at-large directors who were re-elected include:

Mark Haight, Infra-Metals Corporation
Ron Morin, Metals USA

Board members whose terms continue for another year include:

Eric Champagne, Topper & Griggs Group, LLC
Brian Jackson, Bradford Steel Co. Inc.

Board members whose term expires in 2009 include:

Larry Morgan, Cives Steel Company
Hollie Noveletsky, Novel Iron Works, Inc.

SFNE wishes to extend a special thanks to the members of this year's Nominating Committee. Their industry knowledge and expertise was extremely helpful in SFNE's search for qualified candidates for the Board of Directors.

The Nominating Committee Members include:

Richard Brooks, Duncan Galvanizing
Mike Feder, Infra-Metals Corporation
Michael Lowe, Controlled Automation, Inc.

August 2009

State of Maine Guardrail and Accessory Bid

Maine is putting out a bid in the next few days for highway guardrails and guardrail accessories. Below please find links to the State of Maine AdvantageME website where you can register. The commodity code that will be used in this bid is 57028 (you can also sign up for any and all relevant commodity codes while you are registering). Once you sign up, include your contact information so that you will then get an automatic notification when the bid is posted.

http://www.maine.gov/purchases

Information Letter

Vendor Registration Instructions

For further information please contact:

Bambi Tefft Bahr, Buyer II, Division of Purchases
Department of Administrative and Financial Services
Burton M. Cross Bldg, 4th Floor 111 Sewall Street
9 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333
Tel: (207)624-7341 Fax: (207)-624-6578
bambi.t.bahr@maine.gov

AISC Steel Day · September 18, 2009 · Interact · Learn · Build

Several SFNE members are hosing events for the AISC Steel Day on September 18th. Links to these events are below. If you are hosting an event and it is not listed here, please contact Cathy Flaherty -- 603-766-7363 -- cflaherty@ssfne.org.

July 2009

The following information was provided to SFNE by
the Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts (ASM)

DOR Issues "Transition Rules" for Sales Tax Increase for Construction

The sales tax will increase to 6.25% on August 1, but contractors will enjoy a temporary grace period, thanks to a special exemption in the new law that was included at the urging of ASM, joined by Associated Industries of Massachusetts.  Specifically, the law grants a temporary waiver from the increase for building materials and supplies purchased pursuant to a bid or a contract that predates the Aug. 1 rate hike.On July 22, DOR issued the "Transition Rules" for construction as part of a Technical Information Release (TIR) that provided guidance on all aspects of the Sales & Use Tax increase.  

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