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How Green Building Can Increase Profit and Lessen Impact
In this Taking Care of Business segment, green builder and designer Steve Pallrand joins our host Duane Johns to talk about the benefits of offering green services, plus how to incorporate green practices into your design process
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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge Announces Forthcoming Resignation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has said that she intends to leave office later this month
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Why Start a Custom Building Business?
In this Taking Care of Business segment, expert coach and trainer Scott Beebe joins our host Duane Johns to talk about where custom builders could be getting off on the wrong foot
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Custom Builder to Talk Color Design with Becki Owens at IBS
At this year's IBS, renowned designer Becki Owens will sit down with host James McClister, editor of Custom Builder, to discuss a variety of topics from basic color play in design to the Allura Spectrum palette, a collection of Sherwin-Williams colors curated for the benefit of pros
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A Think Tank for Builders
When Heather Dosch joined a Builder 20 Club during spring 2012, she and her husband, Kevin, were in the midst of transitioning their company, John F…
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How To Be A Better Customer
Building material suppliers say collaborative builders are their favorite clients.
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Josh Wynne Construction: The Wynne-Win Way to Building and Design
If you believe that a custom-built home should speak the local language, then on the Central Florida Coast, that new construction would express a…
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Farinelli Construction: The Concierge Builder
Nineteen in-house carpenters enable Farinelli Construction to satisfy central Pennsylvania's desire for handcrafted home building.
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Building It Like Production
Steve Neary was at a crossroads of sorts when the recession started. The president and owner of Copperleaf Homes could continue building a dozen or…
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Custom Home Building: Getting What You Pay For And More
Marnie Oursler has two full-time employees and an incentive compensation plan structured so that meeting the schedule is the primary driver. Her…
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Custom Home Building: World Class Team
As we begin to see more opportunities for growth, the focus of many businesses is changing. During the recession, businesses survived by being…
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Custom Home Building: Keep Their Dream House From Becoming Your Nightmare
Builders share their strategies for keeping hold of the reins on their custom home projects.
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Custom Home Building Accounting: To Deduct or Capitalize?
A recent Tax Court case highlights steps custom builders can take to get better deductions for some of their indirect costs.
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Weiss Building & Development rebrands to Evolutionary Home Builders
Chicago-based homebuilder Weiss Building & Development is rebranding and changing its name to Evolutionary Home Builders. The company built the…