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The Improviser
FMI
October 31, 2011
Adjust, Adapt, Act: Winning Stories From the Post-2007 Construction Industry
Sun Country Builders (SCB), a California-based general contractor specializing in the affordable housing market,...
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Laughing At Ourselves - The Singing Bullfrog
Sun Country Connection
October 31, 2011
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "If I show you a really good trick, will you give me a free drink?" The bartender considers it, and then agrees. The man reaches into his pocket and...
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The Sun Country Advantage
Sun Country Connection
August 31, 2011
How does Sun Country Builders so reliably carry out one-day rehabs of multiple kitchens and baths, and five-day gut rehabs of multiple apartment units? How does Sun Country so reliably control qu...
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Laughing at Ourselves - Worker and Engineer
Sun Country Connection
August 31, 2011
An Engineer and a Construction Worker are sitting next to each other on a long flight across country.
The Engineer leans over to the Construction Worker and asks if he would like to play a ...
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Laughing at Ourselves – New Teacher
Sun Country Connection
June 30, 2011
Having served his time with the Marine Corps, a man became a high school teacher.
Just before school started he injured his back and was required to wear a plaster cast around the upp...
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Silk From A Sow’s Ear
Sun Country Connection
June 30, 2011
May 31st marked the commencement of yet another gut-rehab project…this one in Ontario, CA.
North Begonia Apartments, Phase II, consists of 16 apartments in four two-story buildings. The Cit...
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From Beast to Beauty (continued)
Sun Country Connection
May 01, 2011
The project consists of near complete demolition of the unit interiors, including drywall, windows, electrical and plumbing fixtures, doors and trim, cabinetry, flooring, and asbestos abatement.&...
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Laughing at Ourselves – Words of Saint Peter
Sun Country Connection
April 26, 2011
A teacher, a garbage collector, and a lawyer all died and went to heaven on the same day.
Saint Peter was in a bad mood because so many people had been dying recently that heaven was gettin...
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Laughing at Ourselves - Nails and Raisins
Sun Country Connection
February 15, 2011
One Tuesday afternoon a duck walks into Joe’s Bar and sits down on a stool. Joe the bartender asks, "May I help you?" to which the duck responds "Quack, quack, quack…got any raisins?" The bartend...
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Laughing at Ourselves - Beethoven Symphonies
Sun Country Connection
November 03, 2010
A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears some music. No one is around, so he starts searching for the source.
He finally locates the origin and finds i...
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Laughing at Ourselves- Having A Bad Day
Sun Country Connection
August 30, 2010
Think You're Having a Bad Day?
There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig.
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SCB Rehabs 5 Scattered City Heights Sites
Sun Country Connection
June 21, 2010
Every rehab project has its own distinct personality, but this one - the rehab of 60 apartments spread over eleven buildings and five scattered sites in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego -...
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Prevailing Wage Law (Part II) – The Impact
Sun Country Connection
April 27, 2010
In our last newsletter we explored the history of Federal and State prevailing wage law. In this issue we’ll focus on the fiscal impact, along with some interesting facts and figures specific to ...
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139 Fast-Paced Turnaround Projects
Sun Country Connection
April 20, 2010
SCB has completed another Rehab on Steroids!
It was a job they said it COULDN’T be done...that we were biting off more than we could chew.
Yet April 12th marked the completion of yet&n...
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Laughing at Ourselves - Rose and Barb
Sun Country Connection
April 16, 2010
Two 80-year-old women, Rose and Barb, had been friends all of their lives.
When it was clear that Rose was dying, Barb visited her every day. One day Barb said, 'Rose, we bo...
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Prevailing Wage Law (part 1) – A Brief History
Sun Country Connection
February 20, 2010
By Daryl McFarland, Director of Operations
Named after its sponsors, Pennsylvania Senator James J. Davis, and New York Representative Robert L. Bacon, the Davis-Bacon Act was signed into l...
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Calgreen – California’s New Green Building Code
Sun Country Connection
February 20, 2010
Newly constructed commercial and residential buildings in California will be some of the greenest in the world, following adoption of the most stringent, environmentally-friendly building code st...
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Spotlight on Solar Power
Sun Country Connection
February 16, 2010
Sun Country Builders has committed itself to sustainable building.
And, given the constant evolution of environmental technology, keeping current on strategies and methodologies for being gr...
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Did you hear about…um…I forgot
Sun Country Connection
December 15, 2009
An 80-year-old couple were having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong.
When they arrived at the doctor's, th...
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A Christmas Story
Sun Country Connection
December 15, 2009
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her. On the way, my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Sant...
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Poway’s Affordable Rentals Keep Families Together
Sun Country Connection
December 15, 2009
The holiday season is a good time to remember the importance of family. It’s a lesson that Crystal and Cesar Lucca of Park View Terrace have never forgotten. We first wrote about the Lucca family...
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Laughing At Ourselves - Court Testimony
Sun Country Connection
December 14, 2009
These actual excerpts from a book called 'Disorder in the American Courts' are word for word transcriptions.
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor...
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Meet Daryl McFarland
Sun Country Connection
November 03, 2009
Ongoing project administration is handled by Daryl McFarland, Sun Country's Director of Operations.
Daryl handles day-to-day program oversight, client support, project administration and fiel...
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Another Successful Multi-Family Rehab
Sun Country Connection
November 03, 2009
Units in occupied community turned in only five days!
Following the success of the 80-unit Turnagain Arms rehab in Fallbrook, Sun Country Builders is grateful to Community HousingWorks ...
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Keeping Landscaping Green With Less Water
Sun Country Connection
October 31, 2009
With significant water rate increases this month of up to 16%, and another 19% projected for next year, now is the perfect time to upgrade to a more sustainable landscape. Smart irrigation equi...
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Laughing At Ourselves - Lady Luck
Sun Country Connection
August 15, 2009
Lady Luck was seldom kind to Sam.
Although Sam had a real zest for life he was constantly beset by bad luck.He loved poker but poker did not love him; he played the stock market with great ...
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Laughing At Ourselves - Golfing in Heaven
Sun Country Connection
June 24, 2009
A golf fanatic met the Pope on a trip to Rome. "Your Holiness," he said, "I'm crazy about golf. I play every day of the year. But, tell me, is there a golf course in heaven?"
"I'm not sure," s...
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Detriment to Benefit: (Final)
Sun Country Connection
June 23, 2009
Detriment to Benefit: (Final)
At the upstream end of the property a large box culvert was constructed to facilitate access to both sides of the creek and allow restoration of ...
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Laughing At Ourselves - How's Business?
Sun Country Connection
June 23, 2009
Rob and Randy are riding in a crowded elevator at the end of a busy day. Rob turns to Randy and asks; "How's business?"
"Last year we sold 500,000 houses, 700,000 farms and 750,000 school...
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Detriment to Benefit: Pomerado Creek & Brookview
Sun Country Connection
June 23, 2009
Detriment to Benefit: Pomerado Creek and the Brookview Senior Apartments
Peter Bridge, LEED AP
About a decade ago, San Diego Interfaith Housing Foundation, led by Matthew Jumper, to...
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Detriment to Benefit: (Continued)
Sun Country Connection
June 23, 2009
Detriment to Benefit: (Continued)
Despite the City’s consistent efforts to keep the creek clean, over the years it had been used as an illegal dumping ground. The Corps, Fish & G...
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Meet Cindy McAvoy
Sun Country Connection
June 23, 2009
After being with Sun Country for 11 years, our Office and Human Resource Manager has seen it all and done it all. “I’ve grown with the position, and it’s grown with me” she laughs as she recounts...
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Detriment to Benefit: (Final Photo)
Sun Country Connection
June 23, 2009
The Pomerado Creek as it appears today.
We're all proud of the results done by all the partners in this project. It's easy to see why.
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Laughing At Ourselves - The Old Man
Sun Country Connection
April 16, 2009
A young fellow is driving down the road when he sees an old man sitting on a stump, bawling his eyes out. So the driver stops the car and asks the old man what's the matter.
"I've had a gr...
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CHW’s Fast-Track, Sustainable Rehab
Sun Country Connection
April 16, 2009
Community HousingWorks’ Fast-Track, Sustainable Rehab in Fallbrook
Residents’ units turned around in just four-and-a-half days
Sun Country Builders has been making good progress on Tu...
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Laughing At Ourselves - Counting Sheep
Sun Country Connection
February 10, 2009
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand new Range Rover advanced out of a cloud of dust toward him.
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci sh...
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