NBN Online for the week of May 30, 2005

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In This Issue:

Front Page
High Court Upholds Tests for Takings Cases
Will You Be the Next Winner of a Digital Camera?
Builders Make Three Wishes to Improve Wetlands Regulation
Coast to Coast
Lumber Market Ready for Short-Term Rally
Politics & Government
Debate on GSE Reform Bill Moves Forward
Economics & Finance
New Home Sales Continue at a Record Pace in April
Housing Affordability Slips in First Quarter
Base Reshuffling Opens Up Development Opportunities
Tips
Builders’ Tip: A Jig for Router-Made Moldings
Business Management
Working With a Trusted Lender Benefits Your Business
Regional Summits to Combat Equipment Thefts
Seniors Housing
What Are You Doing to Capture High-Tech Senior Consumers?
Remodelers
Remodeling Gains Strength in the First Quarter
Education
Education Calendar
Research
New Alternative to Light Bulbs Lasts 15 Years
Construction Safety
OSHA Promotes Landscape Worker Safety
Design
Industry Luminaries to Attend Design Institute
Labor
Superintendent Training to Break Record in Orlando
Building Products
Windows and Doors Reduce Noise
Builder's Engineer
What’s Important
TV
NAHB-Produced Shows on HGTV & DIY — This Week
Endowment
Endowment Awards $87,000 for NAHB Oral History Project
Association News
Florida Among Membership Day Champions
Customize Your Computer’s Cursor With the NBN ‘Hammer’
GM Discount Available on More Than 80 Vehicles
Save More With BuilderBooks.com Rewards
Calendar of Events

Industry Luminaries to Attend Design Institute

When designing a house, it is important to find the right balance of traditional design and personal style. In today’s market, creative new home design stands out and sells strong.

The 2005 NAHB/BALA Design Institute June 13-15 in Denver aims to teach builders the latest in residential home designs by stressing individual styles and ideas. The best and the brightest in the industry will be sharing their wisdom at this exceptional design education event.

Builders will learn the latest in residential housing design trends; tour award-winning homes and communities that display the latest in cutting-edge architectural design; and learn how to profitably apply these design ideas to the homes they build.

Conference highlights include:

  • Community tours of Stapleton and Tallyn’s Reach, two visionary neighborhoods
  • Education on how to make your home designs more profitable
  • Intensive design charettes in which builders will work in teams
  • A keynote address by Daniel Nahabedian, formerly of The Irvine Company and John Laing Homes


Pre-registration has already closed for this event, but onsite registration will begin Sunday, June 12, from 2:00-7:00 pm at the Westin Tabor Center in downtown Denver.

For further information, click here.


 

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