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May 2001


Articles

A Concrete Idea

Tierra Concrete Homes has won numerous awards and a U.S. patent with its precast concrete project, Build a Zero Energy House, in Pueblo, Colo.

Charrette Builds Consensus for TND

Designing a community with the input of homeowners, planners and government agencies helps ensure a smooth approval process.

City Moves UGB to Allow New Development

Planning officials in Issaquah, Wash., changed the rules so that a neotraditional community could be included within its growth boundary.

Creating Community

Amid ever-changing legislation and land regulation, architects, builders, developers and land planners are finding a way to design communities that create the sense of place today’s buyers seek.

Designing Fidelity

Florida architect Don Evans accepts challenge to design three new product lines.

Energy Lessons

The sorry state of U.S. energy supplies means more for builders than you might think.

Home Building's To Do List

Any unnecessary regulation imposed on new home construction cuts into the heart of housing affordability.

Integrating Old and New

Memphis planners permit code revisions to create a traditional neighborhood around an old farming village but backtrack a bit as market issues arise.

Integrating Quality and Safety Programs

Integrating quality and safety into a single program streamlines operations and creates synergies that improve results.

Mega Merger II

Bigger is better on Wall Street. And biggest is best of all.

One on One: David Clinger

Colorado-based land planner predicts an epidemic of anti-growth ballot initiatives unless the housing industry changes its ways.

PATH May End Early

With a shrinking federal budget, the construction technology program faces extinction just as it hits its stride.

Rewriting the Rules of Suburbia

Land-use, zoning and subdivision guidelines that alter the pattern of home building as we know it.

Spending Money to Save Money

Be well-informed and develop a clear strategy before you eneter the world of technological innovation.

Strange Bedfellows

Even during days of economic uncertainty, try to stick to your company plan.

Three Years, 200 Open Meetings, One Vision

Developers listen and learn, and so does Douglas County. The result: a master plan with open space, clusters and a wide diversity of lot sizes.

Unusual Showcase

Hoping to educate as well as impress, the Showcase of Better Built Homes will consist of five homes, built side by side, using six construction methods.

Workspaces: In My ToolBox

If he's on the worksite instead of the boardroom, this is what D.C. Durano takes with.
 

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