Builders Site Protection Volunteers at Tour de Fat San Diego

The gals at Builders Site Protection volunteered at Tour de Fat San Diego for the second year in a row on October 1st. The Tour de Fat festival, put on by New Belgium Brewery, celebrates biking and promotes greater public awareness of bike safety issues around the country. Of course, New Belgium beer is also celebrated! Pat, Heather, and Alex greatly enjoy biking and are proud to support greater protection for bicyclists on San Diego’s roadways.

Not a single door damaged at the Omni Hotel using Builders Site Protection's Doorguard!

Builders Site Protection provided the general contractor for the thousand-room Omni Hotel in Dallas, TX with Doorguard™ door protection in December of last year. Pat recently visited Dallas to check out the progress and see how the Doorguard™ worked out in protecting the hotel’s doors from damage. The general contractor stated that although there were thousands of doors installed the Omni Hotel and it was an extremely busy jobsite, not a single door needed replacement! Builders Site Protection is very proud to have created such a highly effective and reasonably priced door protection product.

Coastal Cleanup Day a Great Success

The gals at Builders Site Protection had a wonderful time participating in Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday September 17th. The generous donation that Builders Site Protection provided to the Lake Poway cleanup site helped volunteers collect hundreds of pounds of trash and recycling. Builders Site Protection is happy to have contributed to improving the quality of San Diego’s inland and coastal waterways and looks forward to helping again next year.

Builders Site Protection Donates Materials for Coastal Cleanup Day

Great news for the San Diego environmental community! Builders Site Protection will be donating reusable materials for the 2011 Coastal Clean-up Day at Lake Poway on September 17th. Coastal Cleanup Day is a global effort to clean up polluted waterways and prevent trash and runoff from reaching the ocean. Last year, 152 countries and over nine million volunteers collected 145 million pounds of trash on a single day. Builders Site Protection will supply Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers with five-gallon buckets for trash and recycling collection. Providing volunteers with buckets that can be reused for other purposes prevents the need for plastic trash bags, which are one of the most common types of marine pollution. Builders Site Protection's valuable donation will contribute to reducing plastic waste generated by cleanup activities.

Our own Surface Protection Expert Heather Ley will be site captain for the Lake Poway cleanup effort. For more information about Builders Site Protection or how to volunteer at Coastal Cleanup Day email Heather at sales@buildsitepro.com

Builders Site Protection Announces Scholarship Recipient

Builders Site Protection is pleased to announce that a winner has been selected for the 2011 Young Entrepreneur Business Scholarship. The winner is Steven Gehlen, a smart and highly motivated undergraduate at the University of Oregon pursuing a degree in Business Management. Steven is determined to start his own business in the near future and has even developed a business plan for his future endeavor. Builders Site Protection was inundated with qualified candidates but Steven's vision and enthusiasm made him stand out from the crowd. Builders Site Protection is thrilled to provide financial assistance so that Steven can pursue his goals.

Protectionettes ride the Tahoe Rim Trail

The protectionettes were out riding in the Tahoe area recently and busy mountain biking as many trails as possible.  As always, the girls obeyed the trail signs and used good riding technique to protect both the trails and the surrounding environment.  Fortunately no one was hurt the entire trip and the gals had a great time.

EPA Rejects Additional RRP Compliance Rule for Paint Testing

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that they have rejected a proposed ruling to add additional lead paint testing requirements to the Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule. The proposed rule would have required contractors to take extra steps to demonstrate that lead paint dust in the work area was below regulatory levels. These extra steps include mandatory dust wipe testing and additional clearance requirements. The rule was widely rejected by contractors as an unnecessary extra expense.

Although contractors do not have to comply with these additional regulations, the RRP Rule is still being enforced. Builders and remodelers must contain hazardous lead paint dust and protect workers from lead inhalation. Builders Site Protection has dust barriers, personal protection, and the Lead Ready™ containment kit that will guide contractors through the process and help them maintain full compliance every step of the way. For more detailed information, call Heather or Pat at 866-788-6886 or visit the Builders Site Protection website at www.buildsitepro.com.

Link to EPA Rejection Announcement:
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/lrrpprepub.pdf