Hi everyone. My name is Dave Scaturro & I am a Commercial/Industrial Painting Contractor with Alpine Painting & Sandblasting out of Paterson, New Jersey. I was the guy in the back of the class, at the young contractor’s session, which probably talked too much and asked a lot of questions. But I feel that this young contractor’s forum is a fantastic way for us, the future of PDCA/SSPC, to voice our opinions and address our concerns. Liz & I had the opportunity to speak at the SW dinner event in Dallas. We were able to reflect on pros & cons of the content of the young contractor’s session. And in order for this program to work we need your feedback. Personally the areas that relate most to me at this point in time are:
• Facilitating communication in a family business. o Stating intent between family members on your direction for the future. o Implementing new techniques & technology into your existing business, “Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks” o Gaining respect from your family and/or coworkers. o Buy-Sell agreements. o Ownership agreements, Pre or Post Nuptial Agreements. o Growing your Business.
• Technology in the Work Place. o New Computer programs that help streamline your business. o Contact management software. Creating an effective Database and Calendar. o New Estimating Software o The use of PDA’s; What’s good & What’s not. o Pacer’s Program. Has anyone used it or is looking into it? o New Websites. Do you draw a sufficient amount of leads from the internet? What should or should be included in you website?
Maybe some of these issues relate to you as well. I would enjoy further facilitating education & development between today’s youth in the Painting Industry. Through PDCA/SSPC I would like to match up with other like-minded, ambitious contractors to help grow my business. For all those interested please reply to this forum/blog or contact me direct.
Now lets try not to scare off other young contractors thinking about getting involved with this blog with daunting posts, haha. But to cut straight to one point: Estimating Software.
My company purchased a program called Master Builders. I will not slander their name here, so I will just say that after a couple months of working with them, we have to decided to remove their program and get our money back.
We have been doing extensive research into other estimating software, and I have pretty much decided to go with PACER. We had a 2 hour conference call with Steve (he spoke in our class). PACER seems perfect for our estimating department. I will let everyone know how it works out for us.
Dave, what software does your estimating team use?
I would like to know if anyone has used Pacer? and How did they like it? I am really interested in it, but It is a lot of money and I would like someone elses point of view.
We will have PACER installed on our system in about one week. I will definitly post my thoughts and questions on it for everyone. I highly suggest you speak with Steve Sayer (I am unsure if that is the correct spelling of his name) and join one of his phone conferences of PACER. VERY informative, and he is incredibly good at answering ANY of your questions regarding your company and PACER.
Hey guys! Just saying hi and this will be awesome. We can help each other learn & grow with our buisnesses and communicate with any problems. I am from Chicago and if anybody knows of any water tower painters we sure could use some. If possible my # is 815-485-3731 and the fax is 815-485-8960. PS Dave, I have been working with my family for 20 years now and it has always been the same. Ups and downs but nobody ever means it personally. Family expectations of their kin is high. Peace out! Tom Tyrakowski Jr. Am-Coat Ptg.
Sorry Tom, I know a few good tank painters in Jersey but not out in Chicago.
We are currently working with two estimating software systems. The first is On Screen Take off, which is great for both painting and General Construction. But if you need one for just the painting industry I would recommend Steve's Pacer System. Like George said, Steve has been making a great effort to use PDCA members to help improve his software.
It's good to see everyone contributing. Sorry I haven’t replied in quite some time. I just respond much better to emails.
Please do me a favor. I recently went live with my new website. It's not 100% complete, but we are close. I am looking for feedback. Take a look at www.AlpinePainting.com and tell me what you like vs. could be changed.
How funny, we are currently working on our first website for the company (yes, our FIRST, those "old-timers" ya know...). I plan on having it purely Flash based while keeping it simple and attractive. I will definitly take a look at yours and give you some feedback. I've been using thebluebook.com to look at the websites of paint contractors throughout the nation. It really helps with ideas, formats, layout, etc.
To all commercial paint contractors using PACER software,
Steve Seyer, PACER guru, has asked me to set up a discussion group for us commercial painters. If you are interested, email me back at my yahoo email account, gwbmail2005@yahoo.com. We will set up a weekly time to meet, via Live Meeting, on Wed. afternoons. This will allow us to feed Steve with suggestions and hot issues regarding PACER usage for our industry. Let me know what is a good time would be - maybe 2:00pm CST. I look forward to hearing from everyone and will forward more info as I keep in touch with Steve.
Regards,
George Bramblett President R/G/B Painting, Inc. 1920 Abrams Parkway #405 Dallas, TX 75214 214.256.3518 - office 214.242.4004 - fax george@rgbpainting.com www.rgbpainting.com
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Hi everyone. My name is Dave Scaturro & I am a Commercial/Industrial Painting Contractor with Alpine Painting & Sandblasting out of Paterson, New Jersey. I was the guy in the back of the class, at the young contractor’s session, which probably talked too much and asked a lot of questions. But I feel that this young contractor’s forum is a fantastic way for us, the future of PDCA/SSPC, to voice our opinions and address our concerns. Liz & I had the opportunity to speak at the SW dinner event in Dallas. We were able to reflect on pros & cons of the content of the young contractor’s session. And in order for this program to work we need your feedback. Personally the areas that relate most to me at this point in time are:
• Facilitating communication in a family business.
o Stating intent between family members on your direction for the future.
o Implementing new techniques & technology into your existing business, “Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks”
o Gaining respect from your family and/or coworkers.
o Buy-Sell agreements.
o Ownership agreements, Pre or Post Nuptial Agreements.
o Growing your Business.
• Technology in the Work Place.
o New Computer programs that help streamline your business.
o Contact management software.
Creating an effective Database and Calendar.
o New Estimating Software
o The use of PDA’s; What’s good & What’s not.
o Pacer’s Program. Has anyone used it or is looking into it?
o New Websites.
Do you draw a sufficient amount of leads from the internet?
What should or should be included in you website?
Maybe some of these issues relate to you as well. I would enjoy further facilitating education & development between today’s youth in the Painting Industry. Through PDCA/SSPC I would like to match up with other like-minded, ambitious contractors to help grow my business. For all those interested please reply to this forum/blog or contact me direct.
Sincerely,
Dave Scaturro
Alpine Painting & Sandblasting
17 Florida Ave.
Paterson, NJ 07503
973-279-3200 x24
973-279-3991 fax
201-306-1611 cell
Hey Dave,
Now lets try not to scare off other young contractors thinking about getting involved with this blog with daunting posts, haha.
But to cut straight to one point:
Estimating Software.
My company purchased a program called Master Builders. I will not slander their name here, so I will just say that after a couple months of working with them, we have to decided to remove their program and get our money back.
We have been doing extensive research into other estimating software, and I have pretty much decided to go with PACER. We had a 2 hour conference call with Steve (he spoke in our class). PACER seems perfect for our estimating department. I will let everyone know how it works out for us.
Dave, what software does your estimating team use?
I would like to know if anyone has used Pacer? and How did they like it? I am really interested in it, but It is a lot of money and I would like someone elses point of view.
Thanks,
Dewayne
I've been using Pacer and like it. Steve Seyer has been updating the database and as u use it more you can tweek it as necessary.
Has anyone used the D3359-02 Standard Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test? Does anyone have a copy of document describing the test?
Thanks,
George Bramblett
President
R/G/B Painting, Inc.
1920 Abrams Parkway #405
Dallas, TX 75214
214.256.3518- office
214.242.4004 - fax
george@rgbpainting.com
www.rgbpainting.com
Hi Dewayne,
We will have PACER installed on our system in about one week. I will definitly post my thoughts and questions on it for everyone.
I highly suggest you speak with Steve Sayer (I am unsure if that is the correct spelling of his name) and join one of his phone conferences of PACER.
VERY informative, and he is incredibly good at answering ANY of your questions regarding your company and PACER.
Matt Royed
PS: Were you at the young contractor's class?
Hey guys! Just saying hi and this will be awesome. We can help each other learn & grow with our buisnesses and communicate with any problems. I am from Chicago and if anybody knows of any water tower painters we sure could use some. If possible my # is 815-485-3731 and the fax is 815-485-8960. PS Dave, I have been working with my family for 20 years now and it has always been the same. Ups and downs but nobody ever means it personally. Family expectations of their kin is high. Peace out!
Tom Tyrakowski Jr.
Am-Coat Ptg.
Sorry Tom, I know a few good tank painters in Jersey but not out in Chicago.
We are currently working with two estimating software systems. The first is On Screen Take off, which is great for both painting and General Construction. But if you need one for just the painting industry I would recommend Steve's Pacer System. Like George said, Steve has been making a great effort to use PDCA members to help improve his software.
It's good to see everyone contributing. Sorry I haven’t replied in quite some time. I just respond much better to emails.
Please do me a favor. I recently went live with my new website. It's not 100% complete, but we are close. I am looking for feedback. Take a look at www.AlpinePainting.com and tell me what you like vs. could be changed.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Dave Scaturro
Alpine Painting & Sandblasting
www.AlpinePainting.com
17 Florida Ave.
Paterson, NJ 07503
973-279-3200 x24
973-279-3991 fax
Hey Dave,
How funny, we are currently working on our first website for the company (yes, our FIRST, those "old-timers" ya know...).
I plan on having it purely Flash based while keeping it simple and attractive.
I will definitly take a look at yours and give you some feedback.
I've been using thebluebook.com to look at the websites of paint contractors throughout the nation. It really helps with ideas, formats, layout, etc.
To all commercial paint contractors using PACER software,
Steve Seyer, PACER guru, has asked me to set up a discussion group for us commercial painters. If you are interested, email me back at my yahoo email account, gwbmail2005@yahoo.com. We will set up a weekly time to meet, via Live Meeting, on Wed. afternoons. This will allow us to feed Steve with suggestions and hot issues regarding PACER usage for our industry. Let me know what is a good time would be - maybe 2:00pm CST. I look forward to hearing from everyone and will forward more info as I keep in touch with Steve.
Regards,
George Bramblett
President
R/G/B Painting, Inc.
1920 Abrams Parkway #405
Dallas, TX 75214
214.256.3518 - office
214.242.4004 - fax
george@rgbpainting.com
www.rgbpainting.com
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