The Future Builders of America (FBA) has hired Cindy Hall of Eco Solutions Marketing, Inc. to be the new Executive Director of the Florida Home Builder’s Charitable Foundation – Future Builders of America. The mission and goal of the FBA is to promote and assist students in pursuing careers in the construction industry and related…
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The labor issue is just so 2015, isn’t it? By no means has it gone away. The level of effort, the cost in dollars, in time, and in idea capital it will take to re-prime the flow of new, trained skilled workers and business talent into the ranks of building trades and home building management
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The building site of the future is going to look very different to the one we are all used to today. Instead of men in high-visibility jackets and hard hats, there are going to be drones buzzing overhead, robotic bulldozers and 3D printers churning out new structures. That at least is the hope of those
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The team from Georgia Tech is designing the excavator’s boom and bucket with integrated hydraulics, and the University of Minnesota is working independently on the hydraulic oil reservoir, heat exchanger and cooling system. In addition to the “pre-printed” excavator, the conference will also feature a second one to be printed live on the exhibition floor…read more
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On behalf of the Florida Home Builders Association, we want to thank you for the support and response to action during the 2016 Legislative Session. FHBA worked hard this past session to create a favorable climate for the Development and Home Building industry in Florida. Passage of HB 535 (the Building Code Bill) scales back
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Faced with a looming legal battle, Estero Fire Rescue District officials decided to back off their controversial sprinkler ordinance. Immediately after an hourlong private session with their lawyer last week, the fire district’s commissioners unanimously repealed their ordinance that required automatic fire sprinkler systems in new one- and two-family homes built in the district, Dick
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In a major victory for injured workers and stinging defeat for businesses, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law limiting attorney’s fees in workers’ compensation cases. The 5-2 ruling is a setback for business groups who say legal fees drive up the cost of workers’ compensation insurance and threaten Florida’s economy and
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The State of Florida has joined the ranks of states and municipalities that have adopted the Energy Rating Index energy code performance option when the Florida State Legislature passed HB 535 that modified the Florida Building Code by adopting Section 406 of the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code’s Energy Rating Index compliance option. The legislation
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NAHB Chairman Ed Brady today urged Congress to take action to keep the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new silica standards from taking effect. Testifying before the House Education and Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Brady said that “our members are deeply committed to taking meaningful action to provide a safe work and
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Our annual Future Builders of America Leadership Summit was held on April 7-9th at the FFA Camp in Haines City, FL and was chaired by John Carlson of Core Construction and vice chair Wendy Dittmar of Manning Building Supplies. The Summit brought together 43 FBA students from across the state of Florida from participating high
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