As many of you are aware, FEMA recently declined to issue additional flood insurance policies claiming the sale of such policies were a non-essential service that must be discontinued as a result of the Federal Government partial shut-down. NAHB Chairman, Randy Noel, released a statement condemning such action and commenced imploring FEMA to reconsider its…
Government Shutdown: FEMA and Flood Insurance Read More »
RESNET recently took action against Right-Energy®. As a contractor, the question is can you continue to use Right-Energy® software? In Florida, the Building Commission approves software used to produce an energy rating index, ERI (also known as the old HERS rating) not RESNET. While RESNET may approve software for its use, the FHBA Certified Ratings
Right-Energy® is Approved Read More »
Richmond American Homes is pleased to announce that Kenny Smith has been appointed Division President for Orlando. Kenny brings more than 18 years of homebuilding leadership experience blended across multiple functional areas, including construction/operations, purchasing, land development and warranty/home care. Kenny obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Building Construction from the University of Florida
GOBA Member Highlight Read More »
Lee BIA Builders Care, the nonprofit charitable arm of the Lee Building Industry Association (BIA), raised more than $34,000 during its second annual Charity Clay Shoot on Nov. 30 at Bermont Shooting Club in Punta Gorda. Funds raised will support Lee BIA Builders Care efforts to provide emergency construction services at no cost to needy
Lee BIA Builders Care’s Second Annual Charity Clay Shoot Raises $34,000 Read More »
For Scott and Todd Vanacore of Vanacore Homes, quality and value are not just meaningless words. Quality and value are a way of life. To date, the brothers have built over 3,000 homes and developed more than 1 million square feet of commercial space. They’ve been raised in an industry that builds people’s dreams— quite
Building Dreams a Passion for Vanacore Brothers Read More »
Jay Carlson, FHBA 2009 President and CDBIA 1989 & 1995 President, passed away on December 7, 2018. Jay was a 3rd generation builder who moved to Port Charlotte in 1975. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Jay became a building contractor and joined the local builders association. Starting in the early 1980s, Jay
FHBA Mourns the Passing of Jay Carlson Read More »
It is that time of year when Santa’s workshop operates at full capacity, the reindeer are in training and elf magic is at full throttle. Meanwhile, back in sunny Florida, the engines fueling the 2019 Legislative Session are warming up. Later this week, the Senate will convene interim appropriations meetings to receive reports and budget
The Bottom Line: It’s That Time of Year Again! Read More »
It would be easy to excuse Bill Truex from member recruiting efforts. As the president of Truex Preferred Construction, president of the Florida Home Builders Association and a County Commissioner in Charlotte County, Fla. – an elected position – Truex is a busy man. Add to his official duties a devastating hurricane slamming into his
Florida Building Leader on Member Recruiting: “Whatever it Takes” Read More »
John Riddle is vice president and partner at Turning Leaf Construction, LLC, where he is focused on the business development and marketing of the company, with special concentration in the Turning Leaf Custom Homes business unit. He has more than 25 years of professional marketing, relationship development and sales experience with the past twelve years
GOBA Member Highlight Read More »
Home builders, it’s sometimes taken for granted, are in the consumer durables business, among others. The list includes marketing, logistics, real estate investment, land development, finance, manufacturing, and you name it. Some of them–home builders, that is–are trying to act more that way, even though playing the buy-low-sell-high asymmetries of lots, labor, and lending has
Five Macro Consumer Trends for 2019 Read More »
