NBN Online for the week of May 2, 2005

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Materials Problems Persist in Robust Housing Market
Will You Be the Next Winner of a Digital Camera?
North Dakota Twenty-Fifth State to Enact NOR Law
Coast to Coast
Owners Hold Off on Sales of Homes
Economics & Finance
March New Home Sales Smash Record
Tips
Builders’ Tip: Self-Centering Router Base
Business Management
Creating Effective Incentive Compensation Programs
Seniors Housing
Find Out How to Get Started in the Active Adult Market
Multifamily
Builders Prepare for When Condo Boom Starts to Fade
Remodelers
Relationships Are the Core of the Building Industry
May Is National Home Remodeling Month
Building Systems
Basement From Hell Chosen as Basement of the Year
Concrete Tour Mixes Demos, Networking, Six Plant Visits
Lubbock Building Affordable Concrete Homes
New Course Looks at Insulating Concrete Forms
Education
National Leadership Conference Comes to Texas
Education Calendar
Green Building
Site Plans Preserve Natural Settings, Raise Density
NAHB’s Model Green Guidelines Making News
Wisconsin's Largest Builder a Green Building Proponent
Sales
How to Gain a Prospect's Commitment
Legal
Ask the Lawyer: About Permit Fee Increases
Construction Safety
OSHA Compliance Assistance Web Page Updated
Idaho Training Sessions Focus on Construction Safety
Labor
Students Tour Infill Sites in Pittsburgh
Building Products
Air Conditioner Quietest, Most Efficient Yet
Builder's Engineer
SOOOPerman to the Rescue!
Association News
Endowment Awards Training, Land Use Programs Funds
North Central Florida Honored for Membership Growth and Retention
Get GM Discount on More Than 80 Vehicles
Calendar of Events

Related Articles

Basement From Hell Chosen as Basement of the Year

Concrete Tour Mixes Demos, Networking, Six Plant Visits

Lubbock Building Affordable Concrete Homes

New Course Looks at Insulating Concrete Forms

At a time when Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs) are becoming increasingly popular with builders and home buyers, NAHB is introducing a course geared to familiarizing builders with the advantages and intricacies of residential concrete construction.

“Building With Insulating Concrete Forms” will be offered for the first time on Wednesday, May 25, in Richmond, Va.

The full-day course provides traditional home builders with the information needed to evaluate the potential of ICFs and begin using them, including looking at whether they make sense for a particular business and how to make the transition into becoming an ICF builder. The course also highlights the advantages and costs of ICF construction, the components and materials used, design, and important business and marketing considerations. Also included  are details of ICF walls, floors and roof decks.

Created by NAHB’s Concrete Home Building Council (CHBC), the inaugural course offering is being co-sponsored by the Virginia Concrete Advisory Council and the Home Building Association of Richmond.

For more information about the CHBC, e-mail Dawn Faull, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8362. For information about the May 25 course, click here; or e-mail Keith Beazley, or call him at 804-347-7003.


 

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