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Week of January 31, 2005

Front Page

* Better Homes and Gardens Building a New Home Based on Its Readers' Suggestions
* Help Tsunami Survivors Rebuild Their Homes
* Home Buyers Looking for High-Quality Features Even When It Means Less Space
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* NAHB Is Your Partner in Business

Housing and Economics

* New Home Sales Set Fourth Consecutive Annual Record in 2004
* Eye on the Economy

Builders' Show

* Put Technology to Work in Your Business, Perot Tells Builders

Business Management

* Human Resources: The Benefits of Offering Flexible Benefits Plans

Education

* Take Advantage of National Desigation Month

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Make a Zero Punch List for Every Job a Reality
* Members Honored for Furthering Remodeling

Construction Safety

* Home Builders Need to Take Steps To Prevent Excavation and Trenching Accidents
* OSHA Offers Tips to Protect Workers in Cold Weather

State and Local

* Associations Honored for Government Affairs Achievement

Sales and Marketing

* Booming Hispanic Home Buying Market Is Sold on Spanish

Design

* 2004 BALA Best in Housing Design Award Winners Announced

Building Systems

* Log Home Basics

Labor

* NAHB Student Chapters Make the Most of the Builders' Show
* Job Corps Carpentry Graduate Wins Shirley Wiseman Lach Award
* President’s Award Recognizes Achievement of HBI Job Corps Graduate

Building Products

* Fiber Glass and Slag Wool Insulation Good for the Environment

Builder's Engineer

* Does Halfwit Plus Halfwit Equal Fullwit?

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Oregon Builders Win Housing Endowment Community Service Award
* Awards Recognize Achievement in Workforce Housing
* McGraw-Hill Partners With NAHB to Deliver Product Information to Members
* Subscribe Your Employees to NBN Online and Earn a Chance to Win a Digital Camera
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Calendar of Events

March 13-15

National Green Building Conference 

Atlanta, Ga.

March 13 

National Green Building Awards 

Atlanta, Ga. 

March 20

2005 Log Home Council's President's Tour

Denver, Colo. 

April 3-6 

Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Conference & Awards Gala

Miami, Fla. 

April 13-17 

NAHB Spring Board of Directors Meeting

Washington, D.C. 

May 16-18 

Building for Boomers & Beyond: Seniors Housing Symposium 2005 

Chantilly, Va. 

June 13-15 

NAHB/BALA Design Institute for Builders

Denver, Colo. 

June 26 

Concrete Home Council Building Council Tour

Kansas City, Mo. 

Aug. 9-13 

2005 EOC Seminar

Big Sky, Mont. 

Nov. 11 

3rd International Conference of the Americas

Mexico City 

Nov. 6

2005 Building Systems Councils SHOWCASE

New Orleans, La. 

Nov. 17-19 

2005 State and Local Government Affairs Conference 

Phoenix, Ariz.

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