2006 Housing Quality Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2006 National Housing Quality Awards were announced recently by the NAHB Research Center and Reed Business Information, publishers of Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler magazines.

Patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the awards represent the highest recognition by the home building industry of quality achievement.

The awards are open to all U.S. residential construction companies. Entries are judged by panels of experts who evaluate the role that customer-focused quality plays in construction, business management, sales, design and warranty service.

This year’s winners are:

• Gold Award:
  
  
  • Ideal Homes of Norman, Oka.
  • Shea Homes, San Diego
  • Veridian Homes, of Madison, Wis.
    
    
• Silver Award:
  
  
  • C.P. Morgan of Indianapolis, Ind.
  • KB Home, Las Vegas Division
  • Pringle Development, Inc. of Leesburg, Fla.

Magazine articles in Professional Builder magazine will highlight the quality management practices of the winners in such areas as customer satisfaction, leadership, human resources, strategic planning, performance management, construction quality, supplier partnerships and business results.

University of Housing Offers Courses in Quality Construction

The NAHB University of Housing offers a Quality Construction course that addresses standards, compromises, potential hurdles to improvements and actual strategies for improving the quality of your construction.  For a list of upcoming Quality Construction courses near you, click here.  

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