Welcome to the first Butsko Newsletter issue of 2009, developed as a means to increase the level of communication between Butsko and our clients and liaisons in the building and dry utility industry. We hope that you find this Quarterly Newsletter a worthwhile addition to the information you receive through your regular contact with your Butsko Team Members.
GREETINGS
Despite a building industry slump and a sagging economy that seems to be taking forever to get through, our firm has been and continues to be blessed with some tremendous project opportunities that have allowed us to pull through the difficult market conditions that we are all facing. As the spring bloom has replaced the winter freeze (or whatever we call it on the west coast), we are also encouraged by the recent movement that we are seeing in new land development and construction planning in various geographic areas and markets. With heartfelt sincerity we hope that you and your company are hanging in there and are, or will be, experiencing similar good fortune. We are looking forward to hearing from you, or running into you soon, as things gradually return to a better form of normalcy.
INDUSTRY NEWS
The Federal and State Governments have temporarily decreased The Income Tax Component of Contributions (ITCC) rate from 35% to 22% for SDG&E electric, from 31% to 20% for SDG&E Gas, from 35% to 20% for Southern California Gas, from 35% to 22% for Southern California Edison, from 34 %to 22% for Pacific Gas and Electric for Electric, and from 31% to 20% for Gas. The ITCC rate factor is being revised as a result of a recent change in the Federal Depreciation Provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009. This decrease will be in effect thru the remainder of the year. AT&T and Verizon are currently reviewing their programs.
BUTSKO OFFICE CURRENTS
SAN DIEGO:
Butsko is nearing the completion of the utility design and construction phases of the Sky Ranch project located in Santee, CA by Lennar Homes of California. This exciting project consists of 224 single family homes and 148 multi-family units perched atop Rattle Snake Mountain with beautiful views of Gillespie Airfield and the El Cajon Valley. www.skyranchliving.com
INLAND EMPIRE:
Butsko recently started the dry utility planning and design for the French Valley Airport Center project. Edward Properties, based in Los Angeles, will develop approximately 82 acres of land located south of the County of Riverside Justice Center at the corner of Auld Road and Leon Road. The project will consist of office and industrial buildings, ranging from 2,300 to 7,650 square feet.
OC/LA COUNTY:
Butsko is continuing to provide electrical, lighting and utility company design and coordination on the Orange County Great Park (OCGP) project located in Irvine. OCGP features environmentally state of the art active and passive uses with more than 3,885 of the 4,700 acres dedicated to open space, education and other public uses.
DESERT:
Butsko recently completed a large Feasibility Study for the City of La Quinta. The study identified the anticipated tasks, issues and costs for the City to move forward with the undergrounding of the overhead electric, telephone and cable television systems within various areas of the city.
NORTHWEST:
We have established two new contract relationships in the first quarter of 2009, with Comcast Cable and Snohomish County Public Utility District (SNOPUD). The scope of work is to plan and design for the installation of 7 miles of fiber optic cable for SNOPUD in the supply area. With Comcast we are planning and designing for new cable to attach to approximately 220 existing power poles in the City of Seattle.
BUTSKO FEATURED EMPLOYEE
This newsletter features Steve Shelby, one of our Senior Project Managers in our San Diego office. Steve joined Butsko in 2004 as a Project Manager following a seventeen year career with San Diego Gas and Electric where his last role was a Customer Project Planner in the Project Management Department. He has been responsible for Butsko’s project management of several notable projects such as the Siempra Viva Business Park located in Otay Mesa with Murphy Development, the Winding Walk Residential and Commercial projects in Chula Vista with Shea Homes and Shea Properties and the Lofts at Moonlight Beach project with R&R Construction. Steve is a valuable Butsko Team Member who offers his years of project planning and management experience to the Butsko Staff and his clientele.
