NBN Online for the week of August 22, 2005

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Habitat Designation for Salmon Weighs Economic Impact
Builders Urged to Join Energy Code Rollback Campaign
Subscribe Your Employees — You Could Win a Digital Camera
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: Something Rustic, Something New
Coast to Coast
Speculators Push Housing Rents Down
Politics & Government
HUD Awards $10 Million for Housing for Alcoholics
Economics & Finance
Starts Exceed 2 Million for Fourth Month in a Row
Builder Confidence Riding High in August
Tips
Builders' Tip: Painting Lots of Doors All at Once
Business Management
Job Site Safety Programs Reduce Injuries, Save Money
IBS
Custom Builders to Gather at New Orleans Symposium
Hot Topics Offered at Sunbelt Builders Show
Multifamily
High Home Sale Prices Lift Demand for Rentals
Remodelers
VA Grants Help Remodelers Meet Veterans’ Special Needs
Calling All Subs — And Hiring the Right One
Build_Systems
Tile Roof Installers to Launch Certification Program
Education
20 Clubs: Share What You Know, Gain What You Need
Education Calendar
Sales
Stop, Look and Listen to Your Customers
Regulation
Landlord Accused of Refusing to Rent to African-Americans
Labor
HBI Grad the First to Be Named to Job Corps Hall of Fame
Building Products
Sheathing Outperforms OSB in Non-Structural Walls
Applicator Network for Floor Underlayments Grows
Builder's Engineer
The Husband and Wife Gamble
TV
NAHB-Produced Shows on HGTV & DIY — This Week
Endowment
Kemp to Speak at Endowment-Sponsored Lecture at Harvard
Association News
NAHB Fall Board Meeting in Reno Sept. 7-11
Save on Dell™ Computer Products
Calendar of Events

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20 Clubs: Share What You Know, Gain What You Need

Education Calendar

Sept. 4-6

Certified New Home Sales Professional (CSP)

Reno, Nev.

Sept. 14-16

House Construction as a Selling Tool

Youngstown, Ohio

Oct. 10

Working With and Marketing to Older Adults (CAPS)

Baltimore, Md.

Oct. 11

Home Modifications

Baltimore, Md.

Oct. 11

Risk Management and Insurance for Building Professionals (GMB)

Baltimore, Md.

Oct. 11

Sales & Marketing for Remodelers

Baltimore, Md.

Oct. 12

Introduction to Business Management

Baltimore, Md.

Oct. 12

PREP: Your First Step to CGR

Baltimore, Md.

Oct. 12

Quality Construction (GMB)

Baltimore, Md.

Oct. 15

PREP: Your First Step to CGR

Baltimore, Md.

Nov. 3-5 

3rd International Conference of the Americas

Mexico City 

Nov. 6-9

2005 Building Systems Councils SHOWCASE

New Orleans, La. 

Nov. 9

Cast-in-Place Concrete Foundations

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 10

Building With Insulating Concrete Forms

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 11-13

Custom Builder Symposium

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 11

BAR: Your First Step to CGB

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 11

Introduction to Business Management

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 11

Quality Construction (GMB)

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 13

BAR: Your First Step to CGB

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 11-13

National Conference on Membership

Spokane, Wash.

Nov. 17-19 

2005 State and Local Government Affairs Conference 

Phoenix, Ariz.

2006

 

 

Jan. 11-14

International Builders' Show

Orlando, Fla.

March 12-14

National Green Building Conference

Albuquerque, N.M.



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