tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84403440532620876882009-09-24T03:00:37.429-07:00The Building Surplus Blog is a place for builders, contractors, suppliers and homeowners to share information about the buying, selling, reuse and recycling of building materials.BuildingSurplus.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195185351740886701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8440344053262087688.post-47194845853885564732008-06-19T15:32:00.000-07:002008-06-19T15:43:29.071-07:00Credit goes to Michael Morgan, one of BuildingSurplus' steadfast supporters and friend for making the presentation and bring on-board a very welcome client; Habitat for Humanity in Denver. Way to go Michael and Welcome Habitat! We look forward to working with you guys and making your experience more than positive!<br /><br />Another positive step forward happened yesterday when we joined The BGBG (Boulder Green Building Guild. This organization leads the way in so many ways it's hard to know where to begin. I encourage you to check out the link under "relevant links"!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8440344053262087688-4719484585388556473?l=buildingsurplus.blogspot.com'/></div>BuildingSurplus.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195185351740886701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8440344053262087688.post-65525255944500070062008-05-31T22:06:00.000-07:002008-06-19T15:31:47.724-07:00It's been bugging me, so while I had a captive audience tonight, I cornered Chris and made him tell me what trick he employed to get the Youtube videos to show up nice and neat like in his blog. Simple, he says, so here goes: <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pDo_vs3Aip4&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pDo_vs3Aip4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8440344053262087688-6552525594450007006?l=buildingsurplus.blogspot.com'/></div>BuildingSurplus.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195185351740886701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8440344053262087688.post-60430298050528769772008-05-21T19:54:00.000-07:002008-05-23T08:33:49.224-07:00Wow, I can't even begin to express how great it feels to get my head out of the computer and actually start to get out in the world with my new endeavor; BuildingSurplus.com. It's been more than a year since the idea was born, and V.1. is actually ready to present to the world. I almost don't know where to begin!<br /><br />With my newly printed 4-color trifold, I have been visiting many of my old contacts in the Building Trades. During my short stint as a general contractor, I found some really great resources in the Boulder/ Denver area that specialize in surplus building materials. One of my first discoveries was Extras, <a href="http://www.extrabuild.com/">Extrabuild.com</a>, a 40,000 square foot wherehouse chock full of building materials. From Extras, I have bought cabinets, polyiso-insulation, carpet, pine trim and well... The list does go on... Owned by Al Smith, this place is amazing. I've been visiting them since 1997 and it's definitely one of my favorites! Cheryl and John, who run the place were enthusiastic about Building Surplus and promised to post some of their inventory as soon as time allows.<br /><br /><br />Another of my favorite Re-use yards is “Resource”, <a href="http://resourceyard.org/">http://resourceyard.org/</a>, in Boulder, Co. From their website:<br /><br />“The Center for ReSource Conservation has pioneered the construction waste recycling process, installed solar hot water systems on low income housing units, helped cities conserve their residents’ irrigation water use through its Slow the Flow Colorado program, diverted thousands of tons of building material waste from the landfill, and created Boulder Solar Week, a week long renewable energy workshop series featuring the annual Tour of Solar and Green Built Homes each October...”<br /><br />They have a great group of people working there and are doing good work. While we do not yet have the support of their board, The guys from the yard are hugely enthusiastic and I am crossing my fingers we will be supporting each other in our endeavors. One more note on “Resource”... One of their former employess, Mc Caren Avalon, wrote a letter on our behalf to the “decision-makers” at The Center for ReSource Conservation. I thought it was great and have posted it below.<br /><br />“<br />Greetings Gentleman,<br /><br />It's been awhile! I hope this email finds you happy<br />and enjoying the warmer weather. Believe it or not, I<br />am NOT writing to promote my bout this weekend.<br /><br />I will make this as brief as possible cause I KNOW<br />very well how busy you all are.<br /><br />Steve Stein has been creating a national used building<br />materials website (a la craigslist but better) over<br />the past year. He was always hoping for ReSource<br />involvement, because he loves the place and is<br />passionate about creating a useful tool to assist<br />people and businesses who sell and buy UBM.<br /><br />The site is very well done and is close to being<br />finished. I walked thru the site with him and was<br />surprised how many times I said "WOw, that's cool!<br /><br />We used to fantasize about creating a site with the<br />same capabilities, and although we didn't get to it<br />first, I think it still is valuable to ReSource. It's<br />the first of it's kind and if it gets big, it could be<br />a great venue for exposure and selling your bigger<br />items.<br /><br />To demonstrate how it works, he created a ReSource<br />seller site that shows items from both yards with<br />prices and other pertinant info a buyer would want to<br />know. If you go to:<br />http://www.buildingsurplus.com/index<br />and type ReSource under "Seller" it will bring this<br />up. The categories are very detailed and the site is<br />easy to navigate. It also enables people to shop<br />locally.<br /><br />I think it's a great idea and am happy to see the site<br />almost up and running. If you have already spoken<br />with Steve, that's great. Just wanted to send a note<br />to tip you guys off about it and to encourage you to<br />check it out.<br />Mack<a href="http://www.mccarenphotographs.com/"> http://www.mccarenphotographs.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8440344053262087688-6043029805052876977?l=buildingsurplus.blogspot.com'/></div>BuildingSurplus.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195185351740886701noreply@blogger.com0