NBN Online for the week of February 13, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Bill Addresses Need for Affordable Military Housing
Approval and Permit Process Top Challenge for Builders
Rhode Island Builders Help Military Families
Coast to Coast
Finding a House Gets Easier — Inventories Rise Sharply in Many Major Markets as Buyers Hang Back
Housing Forum
Letter to the Editor: Shotgun Houses
Politics & Government
Virginia Builders Rally Against Anti-Growth Policy
Economics & Finance
Eye on the Economy
Tips
Builder's Tip: Cutting Engineered Joists
Business Management
Builder-Tested Contracts and Forms Increase Profitability
Presenters Wanted for Custom Builder Symposium
Multifamily
Builders, Owners See Brighter Rental Apartment Outlook
Best in Multifamily Housing Pillars Finalists Named
Enter Historic Rehabilitation Awards Competition
Rising Rents, High Land Costs on Conference Agenda
Remodelers
The More We Bring to NAHB, the More NAHB Works for Us
Construction Safety
Normal OSHA Enforcement Resumes in Most of Gulf Coast
Sales
Generate Sales with a Wide-Ranging Incentive Program
Education
How Designations Have Helped Me — A Testimonial
NAHB Designations Give Members a Competitive Edge
Education Calendar
Green Building
Conference Focuses on Green Building Market
International
Trade Mission to Explore Niche Opportunities in Mexico
Regulation
Story Shows Why Man-Made Ditch Shouldn't Be Regulated
Labor
Lowe’s Praised for Support of HBI Job Corps Students
Industry Careers Reward Job Corps Students at IBS
Building Products
Free-Standing 120-Volt Dual-Fuel Range a First
Builder's Engineer
Wanna Know What's Rude?
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Winchester Homes Honored for '25 Acts of Charity'
Association News
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Calendar of Events

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Presenters Wanted for Custom Builder Symposium

Builder-Tested Contracts and Forms Increase Profitability

Systemizing and managing your day-to-day business operations can make you more efficient, productive and profitable.

Home Builder Contracts & Construction Management Forms,” available through BuilderBooks.com, is a major tool that will help you save time and money and streamline your business operation.

“Home Builder Contracts & Construction Management Forms," second edition, contains 95 documents of specific use in residential construction, including:

  • Contracts
  • Specifications
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  • and many other forms and checklists

These documents, which will improve your ability to manage your building business, are a compilation of business resources that have been generously donated by successful builders across the country.

To order “Home Builder Contracts & Construction Management Forms” online, click here, or call 800-223-2665.



NAHB Has More Than 170 Resources to Help You Run Your Business More Profitably

Go to NAHB's Business Management Tools Web pages (available to members only) for instant access to more than 170 timesaving, moneymaking and cost-cutting business resources to help you run your business more profitably. Get guidance on accounting and financial management, business strategy, computers and information technology, customer service, human resources and more.

Resources are added weekly, so bookmark www.nahb.org/biztools to go directly to these vital business management resources.

Local and state home builders associations can link directly to www.nahb.org/biztools from their Web site and give their members instant access to these resources. It will make your HBA's Web site the place to go for the information and guidance that members need to succeed.

 


 

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Business of Building e/Source is available free to NAHB members and their employees. To subscribe, visit www.nahb.org/BoB on the Members Only side of the NAHB Web site.



NAHB Technology Solutions Directory Now Online

NAHB’s Technology Solutions Directory — an easy-to-use directory that enables builders, remodelers, contractors and other industry professionals to find the information on software and IT solutions and services for their businesses — is now online. The directory is sponsored by the Business Management & Information Technology Committee

Software and technology solutions providers interested in being listed can sign up for:

  • Enhanced Listing — Listing includes company name, URL, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, company/product description, company logo. Click here for more information.
     
  • Standard Listing — Listing includes company name and phone number. Click here for more information.


For more information, e-mail Wil Heslop at NAHB.

The Technology Solutions Directory is solely for educational and informational purposes.  Nothing in the directory should be construed as policy, an endorsement, warranty or guaranty by the National Association of Home Builders of the listed software, IT service or the software/IT vendor.  The National Association of Home Builders expressly disclaims any responsibility for any damages arising from the use, application or reliance on any information contained in this directory.


 

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