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June 2002


Articles

'Magalog' Marketing

It looks like a magazine — a professional cover, glossy paper, a table of contents, plenty of “editorial” and a boatload of advertisements.

101 Best Companies To Work For In The Residential Construction Industry

101 Best Companies To Work For In The Residential Construction Industry

101 Best Companies' Best Practices

The secret of the 101 Best Companies to Work For in the Residential Construction Industry is, on its face, simple: investment

Anti-Mold HVAC Product On The Horizon

A steel manufacturer is in the early stages of coming to market with a coating for HVAC ductwork that kills mold and bacteria before they cause problems for homeowners.

Are You Getting The Most From Your Lender?

If you’re building out a subdivision and have a preferred mortgage lender to ease the purchase process for your buyers, are you taking advantage of all the programs the lender offers?

Building Better Companies

Neumann Homes Inc. in Warrenville, Ill., is No. 34 on Training magazine’s 2002 ranking of companies — in all industries — that “excel at human capital development.

Celebrate And Rededicate

Americans have much to celebrate in June during National Homeownership Month

Connecting The Wires: Basic And Better

Try this experiment: Visit a home you built 10 or as recently as five years ago. More than likely it was built without a basic structured wiring system.

Cultural Icons

There are those lucky few people who love the only the place they have worked

David or Goliath, Focus Is The Same

Rapid change is here to stay.

Define It, Do It, Love It

It’s hard to do well — or even want to do — a job that is poorly defined, lacks clear measures for success and depends on information from others to complete.

Dollars & Cents

Among these 101 companies, compensation takes many forms — salary, commission, bonus, profit sharing, retirement plans, paid benefits, time off and a list of perks limited only by your imagination.

Employer/Employee-of-Choice Obligation

Have you ever noticed that in every industry and in every town there are one or two companies that people want to work for?

Improve Or Die

If you do not continue to grow in your role, if the people you work with don’t grow, and if your organization doesn’t improve at a fast enough pace, you fall further and further behind those that do.

In A Day's Work

Among these 101 companies, compensation takes many forms — salary, commission, bonus, profit sharing, retirement plans, paid benefits, time off and a list of perks limited only by your imagination.

Lines Of Communication

At a firm as large as Huntingdon Valley, Pa.-based Toll Brothers Inc., which has more than 3,000 employees in 21 states, keeping connected is no small feat.

Living The Live/Work Niche

For small builders such as Parkwood Homes Ltd. of Gaithersburg, Md., the benefits of being among the first to build live/work units have far outweighed the significant risk of taking on a unique product.

Making Room For Computers

Once relegated to a hacker teenager’s basement bedroom or usurping a corner of an underused formal dining room, personal computers are everywhere today

No Lumber Price Spike - Yet

Builders and housing economists worked themselves into a lather over the harm a 27.2% duty on Canadian framing lumber could do to U.S. housing affordability.

On My First Job I Learned ...

My father was a builder, and I was on job sites in my hometown of Memphis, Tenn., when I was 12 years old

Permits: Five Ways to Keep Them Flowing

When it comes to keeping your projects moving forward, obtaining permits is a big issue.

Problem Solvers Anonymous

What’s the greatest 'guy movie' ever made?

Something's Afoot: Cork and Bamboo

As wood floors are becoming standard in many new homes — rather than pricey upgrades or risky features from a sales and resale standpoint — unusual materials are becoming more popular as well.

Survey Says: Home Buyers Want Energy-Efficient Appliances

In a recent Sears survey of 100 top home builders, 71% said home buyers ex-pressed interest in buying energy-efficient appliances.

The Credibility Factor

Honesty and clarity are hallmarks of the owners and managers at these 101 companies and create strong manager/staff bonds.

The Home Office

The reality that home offices are increasingly where home buyers earn a living is the biggest reason more builders are offering structured wiring packages.

The Kitchen Organizing Center

These days the kitchen is always a central focus for technology.

The Study Hall/Technology Loft

Visit five model homes designed for families, and you will see at least four with flex spaces modeled as study halls or technology lofts.

Trust - Elusive But Essential

As our grandfathers told us, “Trust is something to be earned. It’s not a right.”

Water Management

The first line of defense against mold is preventing the entry of bulk water into building assemblies.
 

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