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BuilderBooks.com Has New Resources Available at IBS
BuilderBooks.com will have several new titles available to help you improve your business and protect your workers — at the 2008 International Builders’ Show in Orlando.
In addition, UPS will be at the BuilderBooks.com bookstore offering free shipping* from the store. (Complete details below.)
New BuilderBooks.com titles for 2008 include:
- “Beyond Warranty: Building Your Referral Business” by Carol Smith
Maintaining positive relationships with home owners after move-in increases sales. “Beyond Warranty” provides practical tips and tools for builders and their sales and warranty staffs to understand and plan for the customer service that follows the sale of a house, especially warranty service.
- “Cost of Doing Business, 2008 Edition”
Get a rare glimpse at profitability, cost of sales and expenses from hundreds of home builders across the country. The “Cost of Doing Business Study” analyzes several categories, including volume, operation type and land vs. no land costs to help builders fine-tune comparisons between study results and their companies.
- “Home Builders’ Jobsite Codes”
A field guide to the 2006 International Residential Code, “Home Builders’ Jobsite Codes,” provides easy-to-read code requirements for every aspect of residential construction. The guide is packed with illustrations, tables, figures and a glossary to facilitate understanding of the codes.
- “Right House, Right Place, Right Time: Community and Lifestyle Preferences of the 45+ Housing Market”
Find out what design, home features and amenities will attract boomer home buyers in your market. Author Margaret A. Wylde guides readers through the latest survey results on this important consumer group and explains what their responses mean for today’s and tomorrow’s home building industry.
- “Scaffold Safety Video, English-Spanish”
Use this video to train workers — in English or Spanish — on how to safely build, use and dismantle the most common types of scaffolding found in residential construction, such as fabricated frame, pump jack, ladder jack, mobile and aerial lifts. This video highlights OSHA’s general requirements for scaffolding and identifies the key safe work practices that address the most common scaffold hazards on the job site.
- “Trillion Dollar Women: Use Your Power to Make Buying and Remodeling Decisions”
Author Tara-Nicolle Nelson’s survival guide for women is filled with hundreds of insights into the minds of a dominant segment of the buying public — women. Written by a woman for women, this practical, insightful guide empowers readers to strategically craft the home that meets their unique lifestyle, personality and life-phase preferences.
- “Warranties for Builders and Remodelers, 2nd Edition”
NAHB staff attorneys provide new information about warranties based on research for NAHB members on hundreds of warranty issues. “Warranties for Builders and Remodelers” helps address the changes to state statutes of repose applicable to construction and changes and additions to the mandatory notice provisions in states that have these laws. The publication provides vital knowledge concerning the basic elements of a warranty ― the different types, drafting tips and formats, potential legal pitfalls and limitations of liability.
Visit the BuilderBooks.com store in the West Building, Hall C Lobby to purchase these and other building industry resources. A free gift is available with every purchase.
Free Shipping
Members who have a UPS account and are registered in the NAHB/UPS shipping discount program will receive one free shipment at the 2008 IBS BuilderBooks.com Book Store. Please be sure to enroll in the NAHB-sponsored UPS discount program prior to the show.
Members who already have a UPS shipper number can simply include it on the enrollment form. UPS will assign one to members who enroll in this program. Visit www.savewithups.com/nahb/ibs to sign up.
Also, visit the bookstore during the show to enter to win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
*Restrictions apply. Visit the store at IBS for details.
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BuilderBooks.com Book Store Hours
West Building, Hall C Lobby |
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Tuesday, Feb. 12 |
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
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Wednesday, Feb. 13 |
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
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Thursday, Feb. 14 |
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
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Friday, Feb. 15 |
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
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Saturday, Feb. 16 |
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. |
*Some restrictions may apply. Visit the store at IBS for details.
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