Recently added articles from Builder:
America's immigrant workforce.(B MAIL)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2006; ... IN THE JULY EDITION OF BUILDER MAGazine I read with great interest your lead editorial ("Tough Choices," page 21) and multipart special report ("Into the Limelight," page 88) on illegals working in our construction industry. I must respond because I have a beef with both you and the ...
Calendar.(BOOK IT)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2006 ... SEPTEMBER 12-15 JLC Live Midwest, Minneapolis Presented by the JOURNAL or LIGHT CONSTRUCTION, TOOLS OF THE TRADE, and REMODELING magazines, JLC Live provides the perfect showcase for this high-growth residential construction market fueled by strong ...
Callback.(B MAIL)(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 2006 ... IN THE LOCAL LEADERS CHART FOR the Myrtle Beach/Conway/North Myrtle Beach, S.C., metro area (June, page 146), the number of closings listed ...
Impact fee relief: two important impact fee decisions give builders more ammo to fight similar cases nationwide.(LEGAL TRENDS)
Sep 01, 2006; ... HOME BUILDERS ARE MAKING SOME HEADWAY in their long fight to prove that impact fees are nothing more than illegal taxes as two recent decisions--one in Mississippi, the other in North Carolina--ruled in favor of the builders. The courts ruled in both cases that the local ...
Keep 'em happy: it will take some tough measures to prevent cancellations.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2006; ... "WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE MY CANCELlation rate?" That was a question asked at the end of a presentation I gave to a group of 150 battle-ready builders in Phoenix this summer. Sales of new homes there are off 33 percent through May "For Sale" signs have sprouted up like weeds in ...