For seven years builders and developers operating in a huge, five-county swath of Southern California have submitted to costly mitigation efforts to help save a federally listed bird species.
After failing to stir up much enthusiasm for concrete as a more hurricane-resistant building material for housing, New Orleans-area concrete promoters are now racking up successes, and enlisting builders in their promotions.
For many years the trend in home building has been toward the use of specialized trade subcontractors that are masters of specific parts of the building process -- from framers and landscapers to painters and drywallers.
Builder/developer Ventresca Properties of Doylestown, Pa. knows that a part of the charm of its new luxury home development is the abundance of beautiful trees dotting the site.
Aimed especially at small-volume home builders, companies without a dedicated sales staff or builders who do mostly spec homes, EconoBroker.com lets builders list homes on the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service) for a flat fee.
Since the mid-1980s The Dow Chemical Company has donated product, money and volunteer labor to the independent, ecumenical Christian, non-profit organization that, as of the JCWP in September, has built more than 100,000 houses worldwide.
Champion Enterprises, Inc., of Auburn Hills, Mich. donated the home to the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Association in an effort to raise awareness and change the public’s outdated perceptions of manufactured housing.