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August 2002


Articles

Building Green, Saving Green

Green building is great, but it's not always cheap.

CD-ROM Business Cards

CD-ROM technology allows even “business cards” to wow customers with flashy presentations and images previously available only on sophisticated Web sites or in expensive four-color brochures.

Estate Taxes

The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 did a number of good things for small companies.

Having it All

They are decisions every successful remodeler faces at some point.

Innovative, Affordable Solutions

Four bungalows on the South Side of Chicago offer contractors and consumers a look at environmentally friendly ideas for remodeling smaller, older urban homes in lower- and working-class neighborhoods.

Knowing Customers' Needs

At the May roll-out course of the Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist program, Mary Jo Peterson, CKD, CBD, helped participants understand some of the physical and mental changes that are typical of aging.

Summer Reading

Make time for continuing your education with some of the newest books on remodeling management, design and construction.

Targeting ‘Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals’

Custom builders and remodelers have a lot in common, so much so that remodelers often try their hands at building new homes, and custom builders often try remodeling.

Technology For The Rest Of Us

Recently posted outside the office of my colleague Todd Shraiberg, director of electronic media and editor in chief of HousingZone.com, is a software company ad featuring “six dangerous myths about e-business platforms.

The Maverick Project Manager

Pat Burke and Jason Asmar are serious about numbers at The Burke Co., their Dallas remodeling firm

The Worst Jobs?

One more reason why workers don’t want to enter the construction industry.

Window Sticker Shock

Windows are much more efficient than they were during the 1970s twin energy crises that catalyzed the long running string of window improvements.

Working Smarter

Jim Orr knows his time is valuable.
 

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