A handier handbook

By Candace Doyle
Editor

Candy Doyle Editor

This year's Contractors' Handbook has taken on a new form -- and function.

Gone are all the stories, and in their stead are names and numbers -- lots of them.

The switch was not made willy-nilly. We gave much thought to breaking from tradition to give you a tool we hope is more useful, a more handy handbook, if you will.

When planning Contractors' Handbook, we asked ourselves what our goal was. Our answer? To produce a handbook that is truly a resource for you, a document you will keep and use until next year's updated edition is published.

That's why in this issue you'll find names and numbers instead of stories.

We've compiled a lengthy and comprehensive listing of all the possible contacts -- complete with addresses, phone numbers and Web site addresses -- that we could think of.

Inside, you'll find listings for all the construction trade associations and plan rooms we could find in the state. We've also provided listings of all cities and villages, state organizations and locally based federal agencies we could think of that you might, from time to time, need to call.

As we said, the list is comprehensive. But we acknowledge we're not perfect. If we've omitted a key contact, we apologize and ask that you bring it to our attention for inclusion in next year's handbook.

After all, it's your handbook, your tool. Help us make it work for you.

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