WIN Colorado Featured in Municipal League Magazine
The June 2010 issue of Colorado Municipalities, the official magazine of the Colorado Municipal League, features an op-ed co-authored by CML Executive Director Sam Mamet and CCA Executive Director Tony Milo.  The story documents a $4.3 billion backlog in unfunded water infrastructure projects across Colorado and communicates the mission of WIN Colorado – Water Infrastructure Network.  Sam Mamet and Tony Milo serve on the WIN Colorado Executive Committee.  Additional WIN Colorado Executive Committee members are Michael Gifford, AGC Colorado; Ann Terry, Special Districts Association and Marilen Reimer, American Consulting Engineers Council – Colorado.  Jim Moody of CCA and Ken Smith of the CCA lobby / PR team have been providing key staff support to the organization. 

Below is an excerpt from the story and a link to read more:

Our $4.3 Billion Challenge
Much of the drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in the United States was built in the 30 years following World War II. That infrastructure is now in dire need of repair and modernization, with $4.9 billion in unfunded water projects in the state of Colorado alone. We can no longer ignore the growing backlog of infrastructure rehabilitation and replacement projects in need of funding; to do so would place decades of infrastructure investment -and in some cases public health and quality of life -at risk. Click here to read more. 

CCA Lobby Team Issues Year-End Report and Final Bill Tracking
After 120 days and the introduction of 649 bills, the Second Regular Session of the 67^th Colorado General Assembly came to an end on Wednesday, May 12^th at about 9 pm.  Similar to last year, the state budget overshadowed all other issues.  

To read the year-end report issued by the CCA lobby team click here.  To read the final CCA Bill Tracking Report click here.

Member Product Spotlight

Contractor Event: On-Sight 
Test Drive Promotion
Brought to you by Johnson Auto Plaza and The Home Depot! 

Thursday, June 17, 2010
7am-2pm
Brighton Home Depot #1547
2440 Buckley Road
Brighton, CO 80601

Come down and check out, heck test drive a variety of Dodge Commercial Pickups and Heavy Duty Trucks! For each test drive, Johnson Auto Plaza is going to give away a $50 Home Depot gift card to qualified Contractors or Business Members. 

Want to miss the crowd? Come early and have breakfast. Need a lunch break? We are serving up lunch too! Browse the other displays from DeWalt, Makita, Milwaukee or Rigid. 

Door prizes totaling $2,500 will be drawn for hourly throughout the day.

Questions or to set up your personal test drive time call Gary Spaw at (303) 472-9419 or email gspaw@johnsonautoplaza.com.

Click here for an event flyer.

Do You Have A Product/Service That You Would Like The CCA Membership To Know More About? 
Here's your opportunity. Once a week we will be spotlighting one member's product/service. To have the spotlight turned on your wonderful product/service contact Laura Driver at 303-290-6611 or ldriver@ccainfo.org. Products/services will be spotlighted on a first come first serve basis. We will include a descriptive paragraph, contact information, logos, pdfs, websites and links. 

NESHAP RICE:  UNCOVERED!
by Dr. Michael J. Readey
Aeris Analytics LLC
Number 16
June 11, 2010 

NESHAP RICE.  While not an exotic new variety of organic grain, it is probably still good for us.  NESHAP RICE is an emission standard for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (the RICE part) that address very noxious emissions such as formaldehyde, acrolein and other Hazardous Air Pollutants (the HAP part).  It applies to both diesel and spark-ignited engines, and it turns out that with this rule, owners of such engines are responsible for compliance.  For more details click here.

CDOT News

CDOT Bid Opportunities
To review CDOT projects currently under ad, click here.
To review CDOT’s current letting and advertising schedule (the “Go Sheet”), click here.

CDOT Bid Results for June 10, 2010
For this week’s bid results, click here.

CCA Membership Benefits

Colorado Contractors Association 
Partnership With American Express
For those of you that don't know, American Express is the largest provider of corporate business cards in the world and 74% of Fortune 1000 companies are using a corporate card product today.

How can the Corporate Card program be of assistance to my company?
In these economic times, American Express can offer CCA members an interest and fee free unsecured line of credit that does not require any sort of collateral.

The program is corporate liability based, unlike many banking relationships that are usually personal liability based and the Corporate Card program does not require a personal guarantee.  Your account limits will be established on the strength of your financials with most companies getting at least a $50,000 account limit.  The American Express Corporate Card is a charge card and not a credit card, meaning you must pay your balance in full monthly.  Think of this program as American Express lending you money for 60 days at no cost to your company.

What are the advantages to using the Corporate Card?
Besides the interest and fee free line of credit, through the Membership Rewards program you can earn up to 2% back on all of your spend with no limits or expirations. You’ll also obtain an extra 30 to 59 days of float on your money.  Through the Savings At Work program, which is free to all corporate card clients, you'll get rebates of up to 5% on your spend with FedEx, Budget, Avis, Hilton, Doubletree and Choice Hotels.  We have industry leading reporting which will make managing your books easier for your AP folks.

How do current CCA members, that are Corporate Card clients, utilize their Corporate Card accounts?
 They use their program in two ways, the first is to pay their travel and entertainment expenses and the second is for their accounts payable vendor expenses.  It's easy to control and monitor your T&E expenses with our industry leading reporting and internet tools.  We also have different billing types that traditional banks don't offer, which can relieve your company of unwanted liability for your employees that spend out of policy.

Many of your vendors will accept American Express as form of payment and a large majority of your competitors are paying their vendors today with their American Express card. The advantage for your company is that you can pay your vendors with our money, so you can keep your money in your sweep account and earn more interest on it for an extra 60 days. Current CCA Corporate Card clients do the majority of their spending on the following 10 monthly expenses: 

• project materials (Ferguson, HD Supply, etc.)

• workers comp (Pinnacol)

• fleet maintenance

• fuel and oil  

• equipment rentals (United, RSC, etc.)  

• telecommunications (office and cellular)  

• office equipment and supplies  

• uniforms  

• employment services 

• sporting tickets. 

You have to pay your vendors to run your business, so why not get something back in return.  You don't get rewards for writing checks!  

Are there any extra benefits for being a CCA member?
All CCA members will receive free Green Corporate Cards for their first year.  

Sounds good, how do I learn more?
Inquire through CCA (Laura Driver) or call your Denver based American Express contact Will Morris direct at (970) 484-9876.  

 Click here for additional information.

Top 10 Reasons to Join CCA
Are you not a member? You should be. Are you recruiting an industry business partner. Here are just the Top 10 Reasons to be a member of CCA.  If you would like more information or have questions regarding membership, contact CCA’s membership guru, Laura Driver at 303-290-6611.  Click here  for the top 10 reasons.

For more information on additional CCA Benefits click here.

Save the Date

Metro Golf Outing
The Pinery
Monday, June 14, 2010

CCA/AGC Joint Summer Event
Wynkoop Brewery
July 15, 2010

Summer Outing
Breckenridge-Beaver Run
August 13 & 14, 2010

Southwest Colorado Golf Outing
Conquistador Golf Course – Cortez, CO
Friday, August 27, 2010

Stogie, Sip & Score
Del Frisco's Steakhouse
Monday, October TBD, 2010   

78^th Annual Convention & Expo
Marriott Denver Tech Center Hotel
January 27-28, 2011