NBN Online for the week of April 25, 2005

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Builders Testify on Housing Finance System Reform
Will You Be the Next Winner of a Digital Camera?
Builders Make Annual Trek to Capitol Hill
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: Concrete Custom Home Conquers Unworkable Lot
Coast to Coast
Studies: Gentrification a Boost for Everyone
Politics & Government
Storm Water Rules Contribute to High Housing Costs
Homeownership Tax Credit Bills Introduced
Pombo Pledges Meaningful Endangered Species Reform
Bill Halts Tenant Bankruptcy Abuse
House Acts to Permanently Repeal Estate Tax
Lawmakers Urge Bush to End Lumber Tariffs
Association Health Plan Efforts Move Forward
Economics & Finance
Home Starts Slow in March From 32-Year High
Builders Remain Upbeat in April
Eye on the Economy
VA Secretary Urges Builders to Hire Young Veterans
Tips
Builders’ Tip: Self-Centering Router Base
Business Management
Back Up Your Company Data — Before It's Too Late
Codes and Standards
Members Urged to Help Defeat Costly Code Changes
Builders Show
Builders’ Show Too Big for Atlanta in 2007, 2008
Multifamily
Sen. Corzine Wins Affordable Housing Award
Remodelers
May is National Home Remodeling Month
Construction Safety
Precautions Needed for Working in Hot Weather
Education
Concrete Technologies Tour: Turning Gray Matter Into Green
Education Calendar
Green Building
Employees Learn About Green Building on Earth Day
Environment
Builders Advocate ESA Reform at U.S. Interior Meeting
Women
Distinguish Yourself Through Advanced Technology
Building Systems
Tour to Visit Modular and Panelized Plants
Standard for Residential Concrete Walls Being Developed
Labor
Job Corps Students Participate in NAHB Family Build
Job Corps Grads Fill Labor Needs in Arizona
Building Products
Seminar Examines Cold-Formed Steel Design
Builder's Engineer
Basement Snorkeling
TV
Members Build a Basement on The History Channel
NAHB Production Group Calendar of Shows — This Week
Association news
Totem Pole a ‘Thank You’ for Roadless Rule Efforts
Tsunami Shelter Fund to Support Construction Center, 'Home Builders Care Village'
National Housing Endowment Names Roger Pastore to Board of Trustees, Founding Advocates
Get GM Discount on More Than 80 Vehicles
Calendar of Events

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Standard for Residential Concrete Walls Being Developed

Tour to Visit Modular and Panelized Plants

Designed to take some of the mystery out of modular and panelized building systems, the upcoming Building Systems Councils Plant Tour will provide interested builders the chance to go behind the scenes at several manufacturing facilities in just two days.

The fastest growing segment of the residential construction industry, systems built housing allows builders to expand their building season and increase productivity.

The May 22-24 tour will take attendees to six facilities near Charlotte, N.C.

The event begins with a Golf Tournament and Welcome Reception on Sunday, May 22.

Monday’s schedule features a tour of the 120,000-square-foot manufacturing facility of Deltec Homes, one of the nation’s leading round panel home manufacturers. Other stops include modular home manufacturer All-American Homes and manufacturer Cardinal Glass.

Two modular manufacturers are on Tuesday’s itinerary — R-Anell Housing Group and Carolina Building Solutions. That day’s final stop is at Builders FirstSource, whose facility houses a lumber yard, truss production plant and window shop.

Builders on the tour will see the quality and efficiency of modular and panelized homes and have the chance to meet and network with building systems professionals from across the country.

For tour registration and hotel information, click here. Registration closes on May 11.


 

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