Builders are often thought to be resistant to new methods and slow to change. This is both true and unfortunate, because the legitimate reasons for their attitude are often ignored.
One of the longest debates among those in the resource efficient constrution arena is the definition of green building. Just what does it mean to be green?
Imagine a company that rewards employee performance with vacations in Maui or the Cayman Islands. Imagine a company where the CEO and COO don’t just breeze through the office when they visit, but stop and ask, 'What can we do for you?'
Medallion Homes of San Antonio, Texas has announced their Engineered for Life program which allows them to guarantee heating/cooling cost as well as comfort level for the first two years of their new homes.
Design leadership can bring with it a nifty little kicker on the bottom line. And for a startup builder, it’s probably the best of all routes to name recognition. You don’t have to be the biggest to be known as the best design innovator.
Josh Freeman, 35, was already president of Carl M. Freeman Associates, a diversified, $100-million-a-year Potomac, Md.-based building and development firm, when his father died in 1998.