Greenfield Business President Earns NARI Designation

Dan Klappa, the president of jdj builders, inc. in Greenfield, has earned the master certified remodeler designation from the Milwaukee chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry, the area’s leading home improvement and remodeling industry resource for more than 52 years.

The designation recognizes NARI certified remodelers who have stood the test of time and continue to be successful in the remodeling industry. Master certified remodelers have demonstrated commitment to the remodeling industry through support of their local NARI chapter, NARI National, and/or their local community and have consistently upheld the “NARI Code of Ethics.”

In order for NARI to consider candidates for the designation, individuals must be a certified remodeler for a minimum of 10 consecutive years and hold at least one additional NARI certification.

Klappa started working for jdj builders in 1991, becoming president and co-owner in 1998. He earned his certified remodeler designation in 2000, becoming active in the association’s education/certification committee, and he recently received the universal design certified professional designation.

He and the company have received several Wisconsin Remodeler of the Year Awards and in 2003, jdj builders received QR Magazine’s National Award for Klappa’s Italian villa-styled basement remodel on his own home.

Klappa joins Kevin Anundson, co-owner of Owner Assisted Remodeling in Elm Grove and Mark Brick, owner of Glendale, Wis.-based B&E General Contractors, Inc. as this year’s designees.

All three contractors have both served on panels at area technical schools and spoken to technical education classes at area high schools, sharing their experience with those looking to pursue a career in the industry.

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