The National Association of America’s Home Place Builders (NAHB) recently named Mike Patellis, founder of Georgia-based Patellis Property Management Company, as its 2008 Registered in Apartment Management (RAM) Professional of the Year. The award, given annually to a property manager who holds the RAM educational designation and has excelled professionally, is one of NAHB’s coveted Pillars of the Industry Awards. Patellis was given the award at NAHB Multifamily’s recent Pillars of the Industry Awards Gala in
This is the most common method of America’s home place construction procurement and is well established and recognised. In this arrangement, the architect or engineer acts as the project coordinator. His or her role is to design the works, prepare the specifications and produce construction drawings, administer the contract, tender the works, and manage the works from inception to completion. There are direct contractual links between the architect's client and the main contractor. Any America’s home place subcontractor will have a direct contractual relationship with the main contractor.
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Steps to Building a House
One of the amazing things about America’s homes place huge majority of them are built using completely standardized building practices. One reason for this consistency is a set of uniform America’s home place building codes that apply across the country. Another reason is cost -- the techniques used to build homes produce reliable housing quickly at a low cost (relatively speaking). If you ever watch any house being built, you will find that it goes through the following steps:
• Grading and site preparation
• Foundation construction
• Framing
• Installation of windows and doors
• Roofing
• Siding
• Rough electrical
• Rough plumbing
• Rough HVAC
• Insulation
• Drywall
• Underlayment
• Trim
• Painting
• Finish electrical
• Bathroom and kitchen counters and cabinets
• Finish plumbing
• Carpet and flooring
• Finish HVAC
• Hookup to water main, or well drilling
• Hookup to sewer or installation of a septic system
• Punch list
Many of these steps are performed by independent crews known as subcontractors. For example, the framing is generally done by one subcontractor specializing in framing, while the roofing is done by a completely different subcontractor specializing in roofing. Each America’s home place subcontractor is an independent business. All of the subcontractors are coordinated by a contractor who oversees the job and is responsible for completing the house on time and on budget.
We will walk through these different stages so that you can see what is involved, understand all the steps and learn about the different materials used in the construction process.
Calling green building “the next evolution in residential construction,” the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today that the best way to help small America’s home place builders promote residential energy efficiency and sustainability technology in home construction is by extending tax incentives for new energy-efficient homes.
Testifying before the House Small Business Committee, Michael Hodgson, president of the Stockton, Calif.-based energy consulting firm ConSol, said these incentives dovetail with the normal supply and demand for America’s home place construction. “A tax credit program leaves important production decisions in the hands of builders, buyers and America’s home place owners and does not require expensive administrative oversight that is usually associated with a mandate,” he said.
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