RMO World – Issue 24: October 2023 Halloween Edition

In this edition of RMO World, we wanted to take a little time to share our wonderful team with you.

Our team of professionals is dedicated to your success in a way that no other agency can even offer. Not only does our team know the construction industry, but we are also driven to see you succeed!

RMO Agency has been doing this since 2006 and we have grown immensely over the years both with our knowledge and the resources we provide to you. We have adapted to the times and changed to address the needs of the construction community. We have spent many years building this agency and are proud of our accomplishments today and the success stories we helped create!

We are not just a group of people who happen to work at the same company. We are a team and a community. Our foundation principle is building relationships and that starts from the ground up with us. We enjoy working together, we enjoy playing together and we have built our community around that same principle.

Other agencies providing RMO services will just be there to introduce you and help with paperwork and then you are left on your own. We stay with you throughout the duration of our program! Why go it alone when you can have a team behind you?

Whether you need help with a new license or are considering becoming an RMO, our team is here for you and we’re just a call/text/email away. If you are already in our community, you know we are telling the truth, and we are grateful for you! 🙂 If you are not, we would love to welcome you in.

Join the RMO Agency community, and get the right team behind you.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law bill SB630, legislation from state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would boost consumer protection by improving oversight and training of California’s nearly 300,000 licensed contractors.

“Ensuring contractors work in a safe, competent, and professional manner is at the heart of our commitment to Californians,” Sen. Dodd said. “A way to do that is through better communication and education, as well as clear pathways for improvement when things go wrong. This new law will advance these principles among the licensed trades to strengthen an industry that is essential as we continue to build out our state.”

The California Contractors State License Board regulates 44 types of contractors including builders, plumbers, electricians and painters. To ensure compliance with performance and safety standards, the board can impose remedial training or payment of restitution to consumers. However, completion of these requirements does not always happen in a timely manner. Sen. Dodd’s proposal, Sen. Bill 630, would streamline this probationary process, ensuring contractors meet licensing obligations with fewer delays.

Additionally, SB 630 would help CSLB save money currently spent on mailing contractors tens of thousands of educational bulletins and documents by requiring submission of an email address with license applications so that communications can be sent electronically.

The Roman Colosseum is one of the most famous and iconic buildings in human history, let’s take a look at some of the facts of this amazing structure.

At 620 feet long and 513 feet wide, the Colosseum in Rome was easily the largest amphitheater around when it was in its prime. Like other large structures of the time, the Colosseum was not built into the side of a hill instead, it was a fully freestanding stadium with a foundation of concrete and stone that could provide seating for 50,000 visitors in multiple seating configurations and levels. On top of that, the Colosseum’s 80 awning-covered arches lead visitors into an arena that was so well-engineered that it could even be flooded with water to support aquatic events.

It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age. Construction began under the emperor Vespasian in 72 AD and was completed in 80 AD under his successor and heir, Titus. Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian. The three emperors who were patrons of the work are known as the Flavian dynasty, and the amphitheatre was named the Flavian Amphitheatre

The name Colosseum is believed to be derived from a colossal statue of Nero on the model of the Colossus of Rhodes. The giant bronze sculpture of Nero as a solar deity was moved to its position beside the amphitheatre by the emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138). The word colosseum is a neuter Latin noun formed from the adjective colosseus, meaning “gigantic” or “colossean”. By the year 1000 the Latin name “Colosseum” had been coined to refer to the amphitheatre from the nearby “Colossus Solis”.