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Dallas Does Its Designation Earners Proud

The Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas honored "the best of its best" with a special Professional Designations Month reception Feb. 10. The HBA of Dallas’ members boast 291 designations. NAHB Immediate Past President Kent Conine served as the reception's keynote speaker, calling the association’s education efforts the standard by which all other local builders associations can be measured.

The association currently counts 56 Graduate Master Builders (GMBs) among its membership. They account for half the GMBs in Texas and 17% of those in the entire nation — more GMBs than any other local association.

Greater Dallas also boasts 166 Certified Graduate Builders (CGBs), 72% of the CGBs in the state and 10% nationwide. With only 41 Certified Graduate Associates (CGAs) in the country, 10 are members of the Dallas association. Seven other members are expected to achieve their CGA certification next month.

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The HBA also has nine members who are Certified Graduate Remodelors™ (CGRs), another nine who hold their Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS) certification and 10 who are Members, Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM).

"Members of this HBA have been incredibly active in NAHB’s curriculum-based courses over the years," said Conine. "I’m proud to say that during my stint on the leadership ladder here, we completely revamped and updated this association’s old Registered Professional Builder (RPB) program and converted it to the new Certified Graduate Builder program. That CGB program is now one of the nation’s best, and the HBA of Greater Dallas is on the leading edge of professional education for builders and their affiliates."

In 2003 the HBA offered more than 20 courses to over 500 students. Earning a professional designation isn’t "just about having something to hang on the wall when you’re done," Conine said. "It’s about obtaining the resources to manage your business more profitably. It’s about increasing your professional credibility and prestige in a way that demonstrates to peers, clients and employers that you have a track record of industry experience and the dedication to do the job right."

At the reception Conine also presented Education Committee member Eric Graham, CGB, GMB, CGR, CAPS, with a special award recognizing his contribution to the development of the association’s education and certification programs.

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