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

Related Articles

Members Build a Basement on The History Channel

NAHB Production Group Calendar of Shows — This Week

"I Want That!" on HGTV

Episode: "High-Tech Tile"

  April 27, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
•  April 28, 1:00 a.m. ET/PT
•  April 28, 1:00 a.m. ET/PT

 

Tile has moved beyond basic ceramic to include a tile that reacts to motion and three-dimensional tile. New kitchen products are aimed at improving your diet. Innovations in drywall include a product that resists moisture build-up and sound-deadening drywall.

"Dream Builders" on HGTV

Episode: "Chicago Glass House"

•  May 1, 9:30 a.m. ET/PT

 

An architect builds a glass house framed in steel and aluminum. A city dweller heads to Montana to live in a converted silo in the Absaroka Mountains. Adjoining decrepit beach houses get updated as one spectacular pavilion. An 18th century historic home in Virginia is now open to the public. Looking for something different for her kitchen backsplash, a woman settles on sanded aluminum.

"Rock Solid" on DIY

Episode: "Fire Pit"

•  April 27, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
•  April 27, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
•  May 1, 9:00 a.m. ET/PT

 

Derek and Dean build a stone fire pit with a crushed stone seating area in a backyard. They go to a local quarry to pick out the fieldstone for the fire pit and share tips on what stones to look for. They also explain how to position and organize those stones on-site to ensure easy installation and a beautiful finished project, as well as mud mixing, chiseling and how to finesse the stone into place.

The NAHB Production Group is a full-service, self-contained, media production unit creating programming for cable television, broadcast television, non-profit, museum and corporate clients. Productions range from magazine format shows for general audiences to museum-installation videos for specialized use.

The production group includes award winning journalists, writers and photographers with experience in broadcast, documentary and corporate television.



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