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Week of May 19, 2003

Front Page

President's Message

* There Are No Better Housing Advocates Anywhere

Housing Forum

* Salmon Born in Hatcheries Are as Good as Wild
* Letters to the Editor

Housing and Economics

* Housing Starts Dip, But Permits Rise in April
* Builders Regain Their Former Optimism in May

Housing Politics

* Housing Priorities Warmly Received on Capitol Hill
* Builders Receive Tax Policy Briefing From Secretary Evans
* Bill Called a Threat to Housing Finance System

Business Management

* Take the Edge Off Business Planning
* Hand-Held Task Manager Saves Time, Creates Paper Trail

Codes and Standards

* Accessibility Standard Revisions Good for Builders and the Disabled

Sales and Marketing

* Three Imaginative Promotions Build Sales Traffic
* Online Traffic — Get the Word Out to Buyers

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Contractors Corner — Quality Assurance Standards Are the Way to Go

Member Dividends

* You Can Get Work Force Safety Tips en Espanol

Research

* New Technology Will Transform Lighting in 21st Century Buildings

Building Systems

* Modular Homes Survive Tornado
* Building Systems Councils Sponsors Habitat Home

Building Products

* Concrete Wall Systems an Alternative to Wood Framing

Labor

* Job Corps Students Help Build Habitat Homes

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* NAHB Announces Effort to Increase Hispanic Home Owners
* BuilderBooks Introduces Kid-Friendly Educational Tools

NBN Back Issues

 

You Can Get Work Force Safety Tips en Espanol

With the help of several new bilingual NAHB publications, you can communicate en Espanol about safety as well as codes, general construction and other topics with your growing Spanish-speaking work force. The Construction Safety & Health Committee produced the handbook, “NAHB-OSHA Jobsite Safety Handbook: English-Spanish Edition.”  Also, so you can give weekly 15-minute safety talks to your crews right on the jobsite, we put out the bilingual compilation of 52 safety speeches, “Toolbox Safety Talks, English-Spanish Edition.”

There’s more, of course, a “Jobsite Phrasebook” to help you improve communications, dictionaries, even an English-Spanish edition of “Pocket Codes.”  There are eight new bilingual manuals, handbooks and CDs that you can get through BuilderBooks.com — y mas to come. Simply type “Spanish” in the search engine at BuilderBooks.com to view them all.


Get a 5% Discount with AT&T Wireless Services

NAHB members can take advantage of a 5% discount on monthly cellular services available in all AT&T Wireless markets. Qualifying for discounts are: one-time charges for Wireless Service activation, conversion and rate plan changes, monthly wireless access, home wireless airtime charges, roaming airtime charges incurred in AT&T Wireless markets, charges for billing detail and charges for additional features such as voice mail. To learn more, click here.

For information on activating new AT&T Wireless Services call 888-444-4410; be sure to mention code 50001515 and your NAHB membership. If you have exisiting AT&T Wireless Services and would like to start receiving the 5% discount, call 800-459-6524, mention code 50001515 and mention your NAHB membership. Or visit the AT&T Wireless Web site by clicking here.

To order online and for details on more than a dozen other money-saving Member Advantage discount programs click here, or send a blank e-mail to membersavings@nahb.com.

Go to www.nahb.org and look under “Join NAHB” to explore the numerous advantages associated with membership in your local, state and national home builders association.


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