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John Laing Home’s Utah Division finds an answer to a slackening off-cycle market.

NHQ Gold Award winner Simonini Builders proves that great companies can come in small packages.

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.

Total quality management is serious business. I’ve read more than a few books on the subject, and none would qualify as light reading.

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donated the home to the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Association in an effort to raise awareness and change the public’s outdated perceptions of manufactured housing.

Overly stringent environmental regulations have posed major challenges for the housing industry for decades.

This commercial builder used a metal shell to settle well into his own retirement home.

NHQ Silver Award winner, Don Simon Homes, is a model of team commitment to quality and the quality process.

To avoid risk of developing land on their own, three Florida builders formed a partnership to buy a 223-acre Sarasota site.

Vertical integration, quality culture and well-honed plant manufacturing are key to NHQ Gold winner Palm Harbor Homes.

Craftsman’s small, oil-free compressor can be easily wheeled to the job site and will continuously operate any air tool at peak efficiency all day.

Available exclusively to Devoe and Fuller O’Brien customers is the Color Key System, an easy way to choose paint and create color schemes for carpet, draperies, furniture and accessories.

The Americana Garage Door Mix ‘N Match System offers seven colors and dozens of window styles, to create a custom look without the custom price.

Color@Home software makes selecting paint a painless and enjoyable process.

The SC60 woodburning fireplace by Heatilator puts out 70,000 BTUs per hour.

Job Redi tools offer soft, resilient handles designed to reduce fatigue and offer excellent durability.

The SBE 2000 Hammer Drill from Metabo features a steel gear housing, a safety clutch for protection against kickback and a variable electronic speed control.

OSI and Huber Engineered Woods teamed up to create PL Premium polyurethane construction adhesive for AdvanTech flooring.

A complete line of aluminum fencing products is available in nine finishes.

Formulated for the professional contractor, New Construction Primer is a vinyl acrylic formula designed for use over wallboard, drywall and tape joints.

ORIENTAL Exterior Stucco Finish finishes easily to a float, spatter-dash, stipple, sponge or rough-coat texture.