Easterday Construction

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Cookie Gobblers made for cookie gobblers…I ran across these on the Internet and thought they looked like a fun project to make and then destroy…though my teeth cringe a little about enduring that much sugar.  The cookies pictured above were from a site called HI Cookery and included instructions for making them here.  The instruction even included a video!

For those with even more ambition, here’s a recipe for making Turkey Cookies with more “from scratch” ingredients.  They’re shown in the picture at the right.  This one requires actually baking some chocolate cookies rather than just cracking open an Oreo.  I found this one at the Worth Pinning site here.

I know you were just dying for a suggestion on how to use up that Candy Corn left over from Halloween…  Here you go!

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Easterday Construction Co., Inc.!

Cigarette Addiction is a Tough Mistress

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Comic from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - See more at www.smbc-comics.com

I’ve never been a smoker, so I can’t speak from experience, but from what I’ve seen, quitting cigarettes is hard.  I will always remember a conversation about cigarettes with my grandfather.  He said, “I haven’t smoked in 30 years.  I still get cravings for them.  If I knew I was going to die in 6 months, I would start smoking again today…”

Lifeplex in Plymouth sent out a sign up program for a smoking cessation program.  It is an 8 week program.  The cost is only $40.  As an additional carrot, the program included two free months of membership in Lifeplex.

I thought the Lifeplex program was a good one.  One I was willing to promote with ECC employees, of which we had four smokers that I knew of.  To sweeten the pot, I added  the following incentives:

  1. The class fee would be paid up front by ECC and deducted at $10 per week as a payroll deduction.
  2. The class fee would be refunded when the employee completed the course, plus an additional $20 bonus.  (Where else do you get a 50% return on your investment?)
  3. If the employee remains smoke free for 6 months, he will receive an additional $50 bonus.

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Butler Manufacturing Company SunLite Strip

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We have always promoted Butler Manufacturing Company’s (BMC) MR-24 Roof System for new commercial buildings as well as large reroof projects.  In Culver we have installed this roof on the Edgewater Grille (now Lakehouse Grille), the Culver Ambulance Garage and part of the Culver Street Department Facility.  In Plymouth we have installed this on the Grace Baptist School, the Boys & Girls Club Gym, the Marshall County Highway Department Garage, Pioneer Auto as well as others.  We’ve installed this roof throughout the region with excellent results.  We’ve been pleased with the Pittsburgh double-lock standing seam that is used to make the panels weathertight.  (See GIF at right)  BMC now has a Sunlite Strip Daylighting System for use with MR-24 roofs.  It can be retrofitted to existing roofs as well as included in new construction.

Daylighting has become one of the “Green” initiatives, allowing natural light to be brought into buildings.  The new systems harvest natural light in a much more efficient manner than traditional skylights and the old translucent panels that were often installed on metal buildings.  The raised profile is also safer, since it is visible when walking the roof on a day when the roof is snow covered, or the panels are otherwise obscured by roof debris.

BMC has also created a program called SunLite Calc which allows modeling of different levels of daylight.  The program then generates simple payback calculations to determine if the system is right for your facility.  Let us know if you are interested in discussing these options for your facility.  With the Sunlite Calc we can help you determine if this is “Green that Saves Green“.