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The Tidewater
The official publication of
Tidewater Builders Association
Volume 52, Number 6
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June 2005
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2005 Charity House is a gift from the heart
The Affordable Zone
Wermers speaks about
inclusionary zoning ..................2
Gang Threats
Virginia Beach Police detail
gang problems during
Breakfast Forum........................4
A lot of heart goes into the construction of the Tidewater Builders
Association Charity House from the
start, as demonstrated at the April 26
groundbreaking at Broad Creek.
William Eggleston “Wes” Simpson II,
who is the namesake for this year’s
Charity House, The Gift of Wes, turns
over the first shovelful, as (from left)
his parents, Howard and Mary-Dolph
Simpson; his uncle, Page Simpson;
and Norfolk Mayor Paul D. Fraim;
Councilman Anthony L. Burfoot;
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing
Authority Chair W. Sheppard Miller
III; Tidewater Builders Association
President Jeffrey J. Wermers; and
Children’s Health System President
and CEO James E. Dahling enjoy the
moment.
Real Estate Pitfalls
General Counsel discusses
recent court decisions................5
Nice Shot
TBA tees up for Building
Trades Academy ........................6
Abundant Blessings
Past scholarship recipient
thanks TBA for help................15
The Main Event
PRSRT STD
U.S. Postage
P A I D
Norfolk, VA
Permit No. 2135
What: TMHC Awards Banquet and
Associates Showcase
Where: The Norfolk Waterside Marriott
When: Thursday, June 16, begins at 5 p.m.
with showcase and dinner at 7 p.m.
Starts: $45 for TMHC members and $55
for nonmembers
Preview: This super-charged TMHC
event will be a proud reflection of the
energy within the Hampton Roads
housing industry. (Turn to page 3
for details.)
William Eggleston “Wes” Simpson
II is a healthy 20-year-old thanks to the
medical staff at Children’s Hospital of
The King’s Daughters.
To honor Wes and to thank the hospital that cared for him, Mary-Dolph,
Howard and Page Simpson of Simpson
Builders Inc. are building the 2005
Charity House at Homearama, Oct. 8-23
in the Norfolk community of Broad
Creek. They are naming the home The
Gift of Wes.
“After having a child like Wes, and
being faced with the unknown, the search
for answers, and then conquering the
problem, giving back to CHKD is my
passion,” said Wes’mother, builder Mary-
Dolph Simpson. “It’s something I enjoy
doing. It’s a lot of hard work, but if it raises
thousands of dollars, I’m going to do it.”
That Wes was even born on Oct. 30,
1984 was a miracle. Mary-Dolph and her
"We have the gift of Wes, but CHKD
gave us the gift. Wes would not be
here if not for CHKD."
— Mary-Dolph Simpson
husband, Howard, were told they could not
conceive. Another miracle at CHKD saved
the infant’s life.
Wes was not quite a month old when
Mary-Dolph became concerned about his
unusually raspy breathing one night and
called her pediatrician, the late Dr.
William Murphy. Dr. Murphy listened to
Wes’ labored breathing over the phone
and instructed Mary-Dolph to rush him to
CHKD. Upon arrival close to midnight,
Dr. Murphy swept Wes up in his arms
and raced him to the pediatric intensive
care unit.
The next time the Simpsons saw Dr.
Murphy, there were tears in his eyes. As
a family friend, he knew that Wes had
been named for his uncle, Howard and
Page’s brother, who died as a child. Now
baby Wes faced the same fate. A toorapid heartbeat had caused cardiac failSee Charity House, page 9
Tidewater Builders Association
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Chesapeake, Virginia 23320-2515
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The Cornerstone Foundation supports the home building industry in South Hampton Roads.
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Virginia Natural Gas
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Resource Bank/Resource Mortgage
TowneBank/TowneBank Mortgage
RBC Builder Finance/RBC Mortgage
BB&T of Virginia
Bank of America
GOLD
Ainslie-Widener
Superior Equipment Sales Inc.
Tidewater Home Funding
Beach Ford Inc.
Countrywide Home Loans Inc.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern &
Levy P.C.
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Bank of Hampton Roads
William E. Wood & Associates
Williams Mullen
Kotarides Builders L.L.C.
Wermers Development Inc.
Napolitano Homes
Clark Whitehill Enterprises Inc.
Enterprise Mortgage Corp.
Area Builders of Tidewater Inc.
Caruana Homes by Gary
Caruana Inc.
Terry•Peterson Cos.
Hearndon Construction Corp.
Ashdon Builders Inc.
Sadler Building Corp.
L.R. Hill Custom Home
Builders Inc.
Miller Custom Homes
Joey Corp.
Sasser Construction L.C.
Greenbrier Lighting
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More regulations not the answer to affordable housing problem
With the supply of homes lagging far
behind demand, higher assessments and
appraisals are making it difficult for middleincome families to buy a home near where
they work. The problem is spreading
across the country and “affordable housing” has become the new political buzzword – with “inclusionary zoning” not
far behind.
After years of
“exclusionary zoning” by municipalities
approving only housing that “paid for
itself,” isn’t it ironic
that
“inclusionary
zoning” might be
seen as the politically expedient solution to
affordable housing? Nationally, the number of cities with affordable housing mandates has grown rapidly and pressure is on
locally for policymakers to act.
Inclusionary zoning requires a certain
percentage of units in every new marketrate development (usually 10-15 percent)
to be affordable to low-income households. Density bonuses are usually pro-
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The mission of Tidewater Builders Association is to
improve the climate for affordable housing; promote the
growth and development of the shelter industry; promote
excellence and professionalism among members through
educational and networking opportunities; and support
and enhance the community through charitable projects.
OFFICERS: Jeffrey J. Wermers, president, John E.
Olivieri, vice president; Pamla H. Pekrun, associate
vice president; John W. Ainslie Jr., treasurer; Edward
R. Sadler, secretary; Pete A. Kotarides, appointee;
William Halprin, appointee; John W. Iuliano III,
immediate past president.
President’s
vided to help offset the cost of these units.
The goal is an admirable one — to integrate affordable units throughout a community and prevent pockets of poverty.
Unfortunately, mandatory inclusionary
zoning comes with high costs and unintended consequences while diverting
attention from issues central to the problem of affordable housing.
The shelter industry has been fighting
for affordable housing for years. Every
time we go to Richmond to fight still more
fees and regulations, we are saying “let us
build for the market” and “stop adding to
the cost of new homes with arbitrary
design standards, costly proffers, more fees
and more regulations.”
With the scarcity of developable land,
anti-growth policies, and a bias against
density, we have quite a bit of work ahead
if we are to address the problem of how to
create the housing products this market
needs. But that doesn’t mean we need new
regulations. For years, regulations have
been driving up the cost of housing, so it’s
a hard sell to try to convince us inclusionary zoning will bring it down.
Ironically, some of the same communities that have adopted or are considering
inclusionary zoning have also implemented
growth control measures to prevent housing
from coming on the market. Price controls
fail to get to the root of the problem, which
is the artificial restrictions on supply.
Furthermore, many studies have found
that it actually drives up the cost of the
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS: G. Robert Aston Jr., J.
Gregory J. Dodd, Tom Dye, Scott M. Gandy, José M.
Simon, Richard B. Thurmond, H. Mac Weaver II,
Edward O. Yoder
DIRECTORS EMERITI: Edward P. Brogan, William J.
Fanney, Richard D. Guy, William L. Hendricks, Doyle
E. Hull, Frederick J. Napolitano Sr., Richard E.
Olivieri, John H. Peterson, Owen B. Pickett, Julian
Rashkind, Howard M. Weisberg, Wendell A. White
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER: Channing A. Pfeiffer
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through December, by Tidewater Builders Association,
located at 2117 Smith Ave., Chesapeake, VA 23320.
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preference, limitation or discrimination.
Managing editor .............................. Mary Prier, APR
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Production coordinator ................Jeanettzy Gonzalez
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BUILDER DIRECTORS: S.L. Cohen, Curtis Cole, William
Halprin, Pete A. Kotarides, Pete O. Kotarides, Branch
P. Lawson, Charles J. Miller, Stephen Quick
market-rate homes. A study by the Reason
Public Policy Institute of 50 California
jurisdictions with inclusionary zoning laws
concluded that by restricting the supply of
new homes and driving up the price of
newly constructed market-rate homes and
the existing stock of homes, inclusionary
zoning actually makes housing for everyone else less affordable.
With inclusionary zoning, “affordable”
comes to mean subsidized, with the burden
on the private sector and new home buyers,
much like impact fees and other proffers.
Of course, in order for these units to
remain affordable, restrictions must be
placed on the resale of the property. Some
ordinances require ownership for a certain
time period. Others require sharing proceeds with the municipality, in theory, to
create more affordable units. What that
means, in essence, is that these home buyers will not be able to build equity like
other homeowners.
The oldest, and some consider the most
successful, inclusionary zoning ordinance
is in Montgomery County, Maryland,
where about 11,000 affordable units were
brought to market since 1974, about 350
units a year. In most other communities,
the number of affordable units brought to
market is negligible compared to the need.
With so little land available for development in Hampton Roads, it’s difficult to
imagine that this approach will put a dent
in the problem.
The Brookings Institution Center on
Urban and Metropolitan Policy study of
inclusionary zoning in the Washington
Metropolitan Area indicates that as a community sees a decline in developable land,
the production of affordable units declines.
In fact, Montgomery County, Maryland,
has seen its yearly production levels and
the number of existing moderately priced
units decline. As the oldest ordinance in the
Your at-a-glance guide
to TBA events and activities.
Members can register for these events online at
www.tbaonline.org and go to Sign Me Up, by fax
at 424-5954, by phone at 420-2434 or by e-mail.
Events are at TBA unless otherwise noted.
Celebrate multifamily housing excellence at
the 21st annual Associates’ Showcase, Awards
Banquet and RAM Graduation Thursday, June 16
at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. The
Associates’ Showcase will kick off festivities at
5 p.m. The dinner program, RAM graduation
ceremony and awards presentations will follow
at 7 p.m. The cost is $45 for TMHC members and
$55 for non members. Make reservations online,
or contact Christine Connell at ext. 255 or
cconnell@tbaonline.org. The deadline is June 10.
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country, it is the first to see a large number
of units leave the program because the 10and 20-year price control periods have
expired. As of 1999, only 3,805 units were
still governed by mandatory affordability
restrictions, according to the 2004 report.
Perhaps our biggest problem with
inclusionary zoning is that it doesn’t
address the broader issues fueling the
affordability crisis. What helps to drive up
the cost of housing is lengthy and complex
approval processes, outdated exclusionary
zoning ordinances that limit the range of
housing types permitted, plus growth controls, permit caps and proffers and the limited supply of developable land.
For years, we have heard that it would
take a $250,000 home to generate enough
real estate taxes to cover the cost of municipal services to a household. This is the
claim we have always disputed. (Never
mind all of the other economic spin-offs a
household creates.) Now that the median
price of a new home in Hampton Roads
exceeds $300,000, we haven’t heard about
this concept in awhile. Not that many of us
have the luxury of having land available
for rezoning.
We are eager to work with all our local
municipalities to address the issue of creating affordable workforce housing and we
might even suggest this is a good issue to
examine as a region. Each of our cities has
a task force on affordable housing – but
without a regional approach, what can be
accomplished is limited.
And when we do work on this issue, we
should keep in mind this wise recommendation from The Reason Institute:
“Policymakers should work within the
realities of how housing markets work and
the economics of homeownership.”
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
June
2-5 Remodeling Show & Tour, Constant
Convocation Center
13 TBA Executive Committee, 3:30 p.m.,
Steinhilber’s Thalia Acres Inn
UPCOMING
THIS MONTH
TBA board of directors/Cornerstone
Foundation reception, 5:30 p.m.,
Steinhilber’s Thalia Acres Inn
Register today!
16 TMHC Associates’ Showcase, Awards
Banquet and RAM Graduation, 5
p.m., Norfolk Waterside Marriott
28 TBA Orientation, 9 a.m., TBA
TMHC banquet
June 16
Learn something new about TBA. Veteran, new and prospective members are invited to the upcoming member orientation
TBA Orientation
from 9-10 a.m., Tuesday, June 28. This free event is a great
June 28
introduction for new members and refresher for veterans. TBA
President Jeffrey J. Wermers will give an overview of
the association. The program also includes valuable
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networking information and light refreshments.
Register online.
Click Events/Sign Me Up!
Register online, or contact Jeannettzy Gonzalez at
ext. 242 or jgonzalez@tbaonline.org.
July
14 Trade Contractors’ Breakfast Forum,
7:30 a.m., TBA
August
8
TBA Executive Committee meeting,
3:30 p.m., TBA
TBA board of directors meeting,
5:30 p.m., TBA
25 Builders' Breakfast Forum,
7:30 a.m., TBA
30 TBA Orientation, 9 a.m., TBA
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Headliners • Headliners • Headliners
VB Contractors hits top 50 list
“Lights, camera, action!”
TMHC showcase and banquet
will be award-winning event
Celebrate excellence at the 21st annual Associates’ Showcase, Awards Banquet
and RAM Graduation Thursday, June 16
at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott.
The Associates’ Showcase will kickoff festivities at 5 p.m. The dinner program, RAM graduation ceremony and
awards presentations will follow at 7 p.m.
TMHC Awards of Excellence will be
presented to the year’s top properties. Merit
Awards will include: Lifetime Achievement,
Executive, Property Manager, Resident Manager, Leasing Consultant and Associate Member.
The cost is $45 for TMHC members
and $55 for nonmembers. The deadline to
make reservations is June 10.
Make your reservations online at
www.tbaonline.org, or contact Christine
Connell at 420-2434, ext. 255, or
cconnell@tbaonline.org.
“Lots” of opportunity explored
at Norfolk infill conference
With the scarcity of land available for
development, infill lots may well be the new
horizon for many home builders.
The city of Norfolk, in partnership with
TBA, the Hampton Roads chapter of the
American Institute of Architects, Urban
Land Institute and Norfolk Redevelopment
and Housing Authority, will host a regional one-day conference, “Profit by Design,”
Thursday, July 21, for local builders,
architects, realtors, mortgage bankers and
others interested in infill development.
The conference features nationally recognized designers and builders who will
explore the market perspective, the cost perspective and the design perspective.
Participants also will learn about the city of
Norfolk’s housing initiatives and incentives.
The event, which includes lunch, will
be at the Constant Convocation Center.
Pre-registration for TBA members is $50
each by July 19. The cost for nonmembers
and those who register after that date is
$75 each.
For more information, contact Andrew
Northcutt at the Norfolk Design and
Resource Center at 664-6784 or visit
www.norfolk.gov.
VB Contractors employees give their workplace the thumb’s up.
VB Contractors Inc. ranked 18th
among 48 home builders and two architectural firms on Professional Builder magazine’s “2004 Top 50 Builders to Work for.”
The Virginia Beach builder was the
only one from Hampton Roads to make
the list, which ran in the April edition.
Nominated companies provided
employee statistics, offerings, benefits
and reasoning on why they provide a
good place to work. Employees also had
the chance to weigh in on a survey, rating
their companies based on reward and
recognition, professional development,
leadership, communication, corporate
culture and personal satisfaction.
VB Contractors has 10 employees –
20 percent are female, 20 percent are
minorities, 20 percent are less than 35
years old and 20 percent are more than 55
years old. The average employment spans
eight years. The company touts profit
sharing, a retirement program, flexible
work hours and tuition reimbursement,
and recognizes domestic partnerships.
“We really are committed to profit
sharing,” said Chris Ettel, president of
VB Contractors. “We focus on meeting
goals, so when we all meet these goals
and we set a certain amount aside for
company growth and for the owners, we
share the rest.”
Reed Research Group spent months
examining the results on what made this
year’s entries great places to work.
“We continue to obtain feedback
from our coworkers with regard to benefits that will help us retain our best
employees and hire the best the industry
has to offer,” said Ettel. “We are committed to providing the best possible
workplace for our employees.”
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Issues • Actions • Issues • Actions • Issues• Actions • Issues • Actions • Issues
The Big Picture
Be on the lookout for the
mark of gang members
Hampton Roads builders are asked to be on the
lookout for day laborers with prominent tattoos
like the one photographed. According to Virginia
Beach detective Sgt. Dave Squires at the Builder
Breakfast Forum, the tattoo is worn by those in
the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) street gang, who
travel with migrants, and gain their confidence
and trust. Then, he said, they take advantage of
their vulnerability by robbing, extorting money
from and even killing them. Other gang activities
include everything from auto thefts to narcotic
sales to murder. Gang members range in age from
11 to 40 years old. Anyone who has information on MS13 or suspects a laborer of being a member is asked to call Squires at the Special Investigations Unit at 427-1749.
Howard Rodman and Jay Dunbar of Superior Equipment Sales Inc., the sponsor of the
Builders Breakfast, and Goodman Manufacturing Co. representative Rick Rydzeski discuss
heating and air conditioning products with Robert Josephberg of National Housing Corp.
TBA Builder Services
Success Story
PARTIES IMPACTED: Builders concerned with squash
blocks and home inspections
ADVOCATE: Sherry Albertson of William E. Wood &
Associates
ISSUE: Albertson was faced with a home inspection for
one of her listed homes. The inspector raised questions
regarding the foundation of the home and a lack of squash
blocks.
ACTION TAKEN: Albertson, concerned about the inspec-
Brent Nielson, Chesapeake
planning director, (right)
chats with TBA Treasurer
John Ainslie after the May 19
Builders Breakfast Forum.
Nielson and Jaleh Pett,
Chesapeake planning administrator, discussed the newly
adopted Chesapeake 2026
Comprehensive Plan.
Albertson
tion, consulted with her broker and contacted Andrea Gardner, TBA’s Building
Services specialist, to inquire about foundation requirements.
OUTCOME: After contacting several building supply companies and building
official offices, Gardner was able to find the builder of the home, which led her to
the product manufacturer that supplied the structural beams. The manufacturer
recommendations for that product did not include squash blocks. Albertson was
able to resolve the issue, put the minds of the new buyers at rest and close on the
home in May.
COMMENT: “I was thrilled to get this problem resolved. Andrea went above and
beyond, right to the source. She really went the extra mile for us. It’s nice to have a
resource to call who you know will work on the problem. The home buyer then had
the word of the builder, manufacturer and builders association behind them. What
could have been a real problem wasn’t.”
Special guest Virginia Del.
Terry Suit and TBA President
Jeff Wermers sample the buffet at the May TBA board of
directors meeting. Suit spoke
to board members about legislative issues facing the
housing industry.
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Link up with new and existing customers through TBA’s
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It’s a snap.
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TBA President Jeff Wermers, Associate Vice president Pam Pekrun (second from right) and Builder
Services Staff Vice President Claudia Cotton (right) visit Congresswoman Thelma Drake at her
Washington, D.C., office to advocate the Hampton Roads building industry during the 2005 NAHB
Spring Board Meeting and Legislative Conference.
The Tidewater Builder
Real estate court decisions from
across country point to pitfalls
By C. Grigsby Scifres
Scifres, a partner in the Virginia
Beach office of the law firm of Williams
Mullen, is Tidewater
Builders Association’s
general counsel. This
column features legal
issues of interest to
TBA members.
Some recent decisions from courts in
other states and federal courts have highlighted several pitfalls in real estate transactions.
A federal court located in
Massachusetts recently ruled that the federal Truth in Lending Act was violated
when a mortgage company required a consumer to sign a post-dated waiver of the
right to rescind the loan in connection with
the closing of a second mortgage.
At the closing, the consumer received
both the standard Notice of Right to Cancel
informing them of the right under federal
law to cancel the loan within three business
days and the standard Confirmation of
Non-Exercise of Right to Cancel. The
Confirmation Notice acknowledged that
the consumer had waited three business
days and had not, and did not want, to cancel the loan. The mortgage company postdated the Confirmation Notice and had the
consumer sign the Confirmation Notice at
closing.
Two years later the consumer took
steps to rescind the loan and filed suit
against the mortgage company alleging
violations of the Truth in Lending Act. The
court determined that requiring a consumer to sign the Confirmation Notice at
the same time as the Cancellation Notice
and before the three-business-day coolingoff period had expired was a violation of
the Truth in Lending Act.
A Delaware court recently considered whether the typical “time is of the
essence” concept applied to a real estate
purchase transaction when the “time is of
the essence” clause was not included in the
contract. The court stated the general rule
that time is of the essence only when
specifically stated in the contract or, when
the contract is silent, where the course of
dealing between the parties clearly implies
that time has become of the essence.
Finding that the seller never notified
the buyer that time was of the essence and
that it was not reasonable to infer such a
provision from the other terms of the contract, the court determined that a one-month
delay of the closing date was reasonable
under the circumstances. Bolstering the
decision was a finding that the delay by
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Counsel’s
the buyer was not intentional and did not
cause any harm to the sellers.
Clearly, the moral of this story is that
if you intend to have a party adhere to
deadlines in a contract, then you must
include a “time is of the essence” clause in
the contract.
In Texas, the Supreme Court recently considered for the first time whether an
option agreement that recited nominal
consideration of $10, which was not actually paid, could be enforced. It is a primary
tenet of contract law that a promise is not
binding unless some consideration is
received by the promissor. However,
another underlying principle is that even a
false recital of nominal consideration is
sufficient to make a promise binding, so
long as the underlying exchange is fair and
the offer is to be accepted within a reasonable time.
In the Texas case, a buyer entered into
an agreement that granted the seller an
option to repurchase the property if the
buyer failed to begin construction of a
house within 18 months following closing.
The option agreement recited that consideration of $10 had been paid by the buyer
to the seller.
Of course 18 months elapsed, the
buyer did not begin construction and the
seller exercised the option to repurchase
the property. The buyer brought suit to terminate the option agreement on the basis
that no consideration had actually been
received by her.
The trial court ruled in favor of the
seller but the court of appeals reversed.
The Texas Supreme Court concluded that
the option agreement, being a preliminary
step in the conclusion of a transaction,
provides a sufficient basis for enforcement
despite the failure to actually pay the consideration recited in the option agreement.
The only remedy of the other party to the
option agreement would be to bring suit
for payment of the stated consideration.
One should keep in mind, however,
that only a few state supreme courts
around the country have considered this
issue and the position of the Texas court is
in the minority.
For more information, contact C. Grigsby
Scifres at gscifres@williamsmullen.com
or 473-5370.
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The Breeden Co. Inc.
David Smith
Better Built Restoration
Andy Broyles
Broyles Construction
Phil Caruana
Caruana Construction, Inc.
Jerry Harris
Case Handyman Services
David Collier
First Atlantic Restoration
Wilson Goode
Goode Construction, Inc.
Judy Boone
Judy Boone Realty
Jeff Francis
Quality Building
Puddy Sturtevant
Wel-Vant
The Building Trades Academy is seeking an instructor with supervisory
experience on the worksite. The position will involve in-class and in-thefield training. For more information, call Keith Curtis at 420-2566.
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Good golf!
Charity golf tourney raises record
$25,000 for building trades students
From left, Bill Davenport, Brandon Ramsey, Ben Davenport and Bud Frenck of
McQ Builders L.L.C. are all smiles, having won the afternoon round.
The Tidewater Builders Association’s
Charity Golf Tournament drew a field of more
than 196 players, raising $25,000 for the TBA
Building Trades Academy.
According to tournament Chair Krys Reid of
Tower Benefits, the money is used for financial
emergencies that may keep the economically disadvantaged students from completing their training in building trades basics. “The money is a
much-needed financial safety net,” said Reid.
“Things like car trouble, which for many of
us are inconveniences, can have a devastating
impact on a student’s ability to complete the
training,” said Keith Curtis, Apprenticeship and
Training Division staff vice president. Charity
Golf Tournament funds also go to such necessities as payment of back rent, utilities, work clothing and tools.
Building Trades Academy students learn the
fundamentals of the building trades and advance
to trade-specific training. The education gives
students hands-on experience and the opportunity to be gainfully employed. It also produces a
valuable labor source for industry employers.
First- and second-place tournament winners
in both the morning and afternoon rounds received
prizes. Their names also will be placed on a plaque
that is displayed year-round at the TBA office.
WINNERS’ CIRCLE
Morning Round:
1st Place –
Scott Runger of United Health Care/ MAMSI, Kent
Fortner, Cecil Jenkins and Darrell Williams
From left, Home Builders Association of Virginia President Jeff Ainslie of AinslieWidener, Trent Dudley of Wachovia, Scott Kale of Norfolk Wire and Mike
Gianascoli of Gee’s Group enjoy a moment of sunshine during the afternoon.
2nd Place –
Dan Osborne and John Connolly of Titan America,
Rick Brown of B&H Concrete and Chuck Wood of
C&G Concrete
1st Flight, 2nd Place –
Mike Gibbs of Contractor Yard, Robert Clark of
Universal Forrest Products, Justin Moss, of Moss
Properties and Ronnie Olson of Andersen
Windows
2nd Flight, 1st Place –
Tom Dillon, Steve Sager, Bill Lane and Ryan Cool of
Resource Bank/Resource Mortgage
Closest to Pin –
Scott Runger and Ivan Wexler of Miller Custom Homes
2nd Flight, 2nd Place –
Joe Dreps of BB&T and team
Longest Drive –
Darrell Williams, Jim Andrews of Andrews Building Inc.
and Claudia Cotton of TBA Builder Services Division
Closest to Pin –
Kevin O’Sullivan of Executive Home Corp. of
Virginia and Les Flora of Virginia Natural Gas
Afternoon Round:
Longest Drive –
Brandon Ramsey (two holes) and Chris Seward of
Virginia Enterprises
1st Flight, 1st Place –
Henry Frenck, Bill Davenport, Ben Davenport and
Brandon Ramsey of McQ Builders
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
Special thanks to Custom Stone
Co. for the plaques.
Ready for action, (from left) Mike Gibbs and Justin Moss of The Contractor
Yard, and Ronnie Olson and Robert Clark of Andersen Windows pose for a picture before heading out to the course.
Betty Ridgeway and Kevin O’Sullivan
of Executive Homes Corp. of Virginia
are ready to hit the links.
TBA past President John Napolitano
of Napolitano Homes takes a swing
for a good cause.
From left, George Moore, Patrick Cecchini and Bill West of Enterprise Mortgage
team up with Dennis Graf of GTC Homes to play 18 holes for charity.
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EXCLUSIVE HOLE
First Horizon Home Loans
First Settlement Title & Escrow
Permanent Coating Solutions
L.L.C.
Superior Equipment Sales Inc.
HOLE SPONSORS
Atlantic Bay Mortgage
Ayers Insulation
Bill West/ Enterprise Mortgage
Caruana Homes Inc.
Eastern Window & Door Co.
General Electric Appliances
GTC Homes
HW10
James Hardie Siding Products
Kotarides Builders
Norfolk Wire & Electronics
Spivey Rentals
Staples Tub Services
Tidewater Stone & Brick
Wachovia Mortgage
Wachovia Real Estate Financial
Services
Jim Ferber of Monarch Bank congratulates Chris Seward of Virginia
Enterprises (left), winner of the
longest drive on Hole 8.
BEVERAGE CART SPONSORS
Capital Financial Home Equity
Monarch Bank
Permanent Coating Solutions
L.L.C.
Prestige Title Insurance Agency
Resource Bank/ Resource Mortgage
Virginia Natural Gas
LUNCH SPONSORS
Bank of America
Shaffer Title & Escrow Inc.
PLAQUE SPONSORS
Smith & Keene
Tower Benefit Consultants
SCOREBOARD SPONSOR
Stock Building Supply
AUTO HOLE-IN-ONE
Greenbrier VW/Chrysler/Jeep
(Southern Hospitality Auto
Group)
CLOSEST TO PIN/LONG DRIVE
SPONSORS
Area Builders of Tidewater
Charles Britt/Guardian Life
Insurance
East Beach
Optima Health
The Contractor Yard
United Health Care/MAMSI
PRIZE SPONSORS
Coastal Hardware
Wayne Able’s Heating & Cooling
Promos
Principal Financial
Wachovia
GOODIE BAG SPONSORS
AIG American General
Anthem
Bank of America
Optima Health
Paul Thatcher
Tidewater Builders Association
Turn Key Marketing
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
Coca-Cola
Costco Wholesale
Custom Stone Co.
Mr. Rogers Windows
Nextel
Generations of TBA leadership prepare for a round of afternoon golf. They are
(from left) TBA Vice President John Olivieri of Associated Development,
Richard Olivieri of Pembroke Enterprises, Michael Olivieri of Associated
Development and Fred Napolitano Sr. of Pembroke Enterprises.
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Meet A
Member
Meet a Member is designed to introduce members to each other. The feature is awarded to the winner of a drawing conducted at the bimonthly Tidewater Builders
Association Orientations. The next orientation will be at 9 a.m., Tuesday, June 28 at
TBA. Both new and prospective members are invited to attend and enter the drawing.
COMPANY:
Equity Title Co.
BUSINESS
CONTACT: Michael B.
Steier, 486-2919
LOCATION:
200 Golden Oak Court,
Suite 120, Virginia Beach,
VA 23452
JOINED TBA:
March 3, 2005
The Equity Title team stands ready to service all of its
clients' settlement and title needs.
TBA INVOLVEMENT:
“As a new member of the TBA, we are just scratching the surface of what we hope will
be a long and fruitful relationship,” said Mike Steier, the director of marketing for Equity
Title. “We look forward to the relationship-building opportunities, becoming more politically involved at the local level, taking advantage of opportunities to give back to the
community, and simply having a good time at regular TBA events.”
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WELCOME ABOARD
Charity House
Continued from page 1
Please welcome these new members into Tidewater Builders Association
with a call or a personal introduction.
B.F. Saul Mortgage Co.
Banks/savings and loans/
mortgage companies
192 Ballard Court
Greenwich Centre, suite 201
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
JD Ritenburg . . . . . . . 535-5112
Coastal Water Systems of
Hampton Roads
Water and sewer system
supplies/well drilling
2963 S. Military Highway
Chesapeake, VA 23323
Todd Puopolo. . . . . . . 406-2809
HBD Build Inc.
Builders/developers
2024 Pungo Ridge Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23457
Karen and Herb Davis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426-0592
Kittrells Floor Service Inc.
Flooring/tile
3118 Victory Blvd.
Portsmouth, VA 23702
George Kittrell . . . . . . 487-3821
M. M. Rollins & Co.
Builders/developers
1521 Mill Landing Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23457
Marvin M. Rollins . . . 426-6459
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McGeein Inc.
Framing/cornice
2272 Souverain Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Kerry McGeein . . . . . 641-3923
Superior Structures Inc.
Builders/developers
1308 Woodhurst Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Damian Lyle . . . . . . . 481-6450
Senior Source Magazine
Advertising/public relations
909 Glenfield Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Lisa Lane . . . . . . . . . . 749-7749
TCI Inc.
Framing/cornice
P.O. Box 62521
Virginia Beach, VA 23466
Michael Thompson
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-7573
Siegan Construction L.P.
Framing/cornice
3008 Bunch Walnuts Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Thomas Siegler Jr. . . . 421-3084
Southside Building Services Inc.
Builders/developers
4400 Ballahack Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Joyce Hartman . . . . . . 432-9095
Space Savers
Shelving/closets
972 Old Cutler Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Carl Tarantino . . . . . . 575-9674
Sunset Stamping & Spray
Decking Inc.
Concrete
2592 Piney Bark Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Bill Watson. . . . . . . . . 430-1614
Triangle Construction L.L.C.
Builders/developers
168 Business Park Drive
Suite 200
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Todd Copeland. . . . . . 473-3706
Triton Tree & Landscaping,
William & Christen
Landscaping/nurseries/sodding
975 S. Clubhouse Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Christen Hickey . . . . . 468-5051
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Attorneys
999 Waterside Drive
Dominion Tower, suite 1515
Norfolk, VA 23510
Marshall A. Winslow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640-1500
Music instructor Carrie Green leads the fifth-grade chorus from Dreamkeepers Academy at J.J.
Roberts Elementary School in singing the National Anthem at the recent Charity House groundbreaking ceremony at Broad Creek.
ure, and Wes was not expected to survive.
But at about 6 a.m., the ICU doctor had
great news. “You’re not going to believe
this,” he said, “Wes is getting better.”
From there, it was touch and go for a
couple of days,” said Mary-Dolph. “It was
a miracle that he survived, but we really
wouldn’t know what damage (the lack of
oxygen) caused him until he was 5 or 6
years old.”
Thus began the family’s odyssey of
emergency rooms, research centers, doctor’s offices and hospital stays to diagnose
and treat a host of developmental and medical issues. In particular, Wes had problems
swallowing and eating, which affected his
growth and vitality.
By 1995, when he was 10 years old,
medical technology had advanced. A stateof-the-art endoscopy allowed physicians at
CHKD to actually look inside Wes' body at
his upper gastrointestinal tract. There they
saw ulcers caused by a faulty valve between
Wes’ esophagus and stomach. Surgery to
correct the problem soon followed.
“After surgery, he actually could eat
hamburgers. He loves candy bars,” said
Mary-Dolph. From that point on, Wes “just
blossomed. He grew for the very first time.”
Despite some remnant physical and
developmental challenges, Mary-Dolph
said her son has a socially outgoing
nature, and a keen appreciation for life’s
basic joys. “He knows how to smell a
flower,” she said.
Since Wes’ successful recovery,
Simpson Builders has built three fund-raising homes for medical advancement.
“I’m inspired by what CHKD did for my
family and Wes. We’ve been in the shoes of
being in all the different hospitals and meeting the families. I’ve seen where the funds
and research go,” said Mary-Dolph.
“We have the gift of Wes, but CHKD
gave us the gift. Wes would not be here if
not for CHKD.”
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Postponing the Tidewater Builders Association
member picnic – TBA’s annual rite of spring – by
one day turned out to be a good call. A blustery
and rainy Friday turned into a gloriously mild and
sunny Saturday, and a perfect day for a picnic.
Ready to eat, drink and be merry, members
and guests had an all-out good time at the annual picnic May 7 at Camp Pendleton. They hulahooped, jitterbugged and triked to the music of
the Calypso Nuts. Some picnic-goers also tossed
the football, drove nails and ran the inflatible
obstacle course.
As always, vendors offered much to satisfy
every taste for food and drink, including the legendary fish fry, sponsored by the Remodelers
Council, and the SunTrust oyster stand.
William Fulford (left) and Mark Lemin compete head-to-head in a
preliminary round of the annual nail-driving competition, sponsored by Stock Building Supply.
“It’s no wonder this event has become one of
TBA’s most popular events, rain or shine,” said
Picnic Committee Chair Pam Pekrun of Dominion
Virginia Power. She and Vice Chair Bill Halprin of
S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. deemed the event another unmitigated success.
Special thanks
Thank you to these Picnic Committee members
who went above and beyond to make this year’s
membership event a success: Chair Pam Pekrun,
Vice Chair Bill Halprin, and members Tom Dye,
Jeanell Willis, Ed Brogan, Jim Jackson, Diane Tyler,
Jim Meade, Berkley Gibbs, Jamie Barnes, Jeannie
Ragland, Jan Boyd, Chantel Vietz, Patty BroganEdgerton and Elton Lee.
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Resource Bank helps turn the picnic into an island party by passing out colorful leis to picnic goers.
Rum Runner Sponsors
84 Lumber
Bank of America
Beach Ford
Bennett Paint Manufacturing
Carter Machinery
Contractor Yard
Dominion Virginia Power
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
First Horizon Home Loans
Greenwich Supply Corp.
Kempsville Building Materials
Priority Chevrolet & Toyoto
Resource Bank/Resource Mortgage
Real Estate Finance Agency/SeaBreeze
Travel
R L Midgette Inc.
Sherwin-Williams Floor Coverings &
Paint
Southern Hospitality Auto Group
Spivey Rentals
Stock Building Supply
Suntrust Real Estate Finance/SunTrust
Mortgage
Superior Equipment Sales
Waste Industries
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Mai Tai Sponsors
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Burgess & Niple
Carter & Payton Construction
Deer Park Spring Water
Dominion Pools
Engineering Services Inc.
Exhibits Inc.
Greenbrier Lighting
Heritage Lighting
James Hardie Siding Products
Nextel Communications
Noland Plumbing Showroom
Quality Building Products
Special Events Entertainment
Tidewater Landscaping Creations
United Turf
Virginia Metro Protective Services
Virginia Natural Gas
Wil Mik
Hawaiian Punch Sponsors
Associated Development
Carrier Mid-Atlantic
Dailey Homes
For-C Development
Futura Group
General Electric Co.
Gibson Homes
Horton & Dodd
JF Schoch Building Corp.
JTM Development Corp.
Majestic Homes
Mid-Atlantic Custom Builders
PAPCO Oil
Reese Smith Construction L.L.C.
Sadler Building Corp.
Stephen Alexander Homes
Terry/Peterson Residential Cos.
Remodelers Council/Fish Booth
Addition Associates
Area Access Inc.
Benson Builder
Coastal Lighting & Supply
Great Atlantic Spas
Inner Space Systems
Leo F. Johns Contractor Inc.
Ocean Construction &
Development
Pollards Catering
R. W. Tyler & Associates
VB Contractors
Wel-Vant Construction
Tidewater Multifamily Housing
Council/Band and Stage
Master Tek International
Breeden Co.
Bay Disposal
AIMCO Property Management
Automatic Leasing Service
Kotarides Companies
Ripley Heatwole Co. Inc.
Waverton Associates
Clark Whitehill Enterprises
Coinmach Corp.
Crown Point Apartments
Drucker & Falk L.L.C.
Evans Inc.
Frye Properties
George G. Lee Co. Inc.
Great Atlantic Real Estate
Harbour Group Management
HOF Laundry Service
Lawson Realty
Nusbaum Insurance Agency
S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.
Taylor Management Inc.
The Apartment Book
WHH Trice & Co.
United Property Associates
Young’s Flooring Co. Inc.
Good food is always abundant at the picnic, including hamburgers grilled up by sponsor Bank of America.
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Did you know?
According to the Intuit Inc. annual construction industry survey, one
out of every two contractors reported they commonly omit general conditions costs such as supervision, phone calls and temporary power from their
job estimates, depriving themselves of deserved revenue and gross profit.
When asked to name the most frustrating aspect of managing a contracting business, 50 percent of respondents cited scheduling labor and
managing work crew productivity. At the same time, 65 percent said hiring quality employees was the greatest challenge in the labor force.
The Intuit study also uncovered several notable demographics:
•
New construction vs. remodeling: Some 64 percent of respondents run new construction businesses rather than remodeling.
•
Years on the job: Residential contractors average nearly 15 years
in the business while subcontractors average nearly 18 years.
•
Retirement planning: A total of 67 percent of respondents have
no exit strategy in place, although 60 percent of contractors in business for more than 10 years do.
•
Successors: Of those respondents with exit strategies, 38 percent
would sell or give their company to family members.
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June 2005
The Tidewater Builder
Possible Dream
TBA
UVA grad rises above obstacles,
counts TBA among his blessings
By Mary Hearring
The first words Nathaniel “Nate”
Smith uttered at the onset of this interview
were those of great appreciation for the
Tidewater Builders Association scholarship he received in 2001, and how much it
saved him in both time and money while
in college.
Nate graduated cum laude from the
University of Virginia last month, with a
degree in religious studies and foreign
affairs. He plans to work for a year or two
to pay off his student loan and then go to
law school.
He said he wishes more organizations
like TBA would give four-year scholarships rather than one-time gifts. Though
Nate was forced to work a full-time job at
points during school to pay off expenses,
without the help of this scholarship, he
said, staying in school might have been
impossible altogether.
Nate’s circumstances had captured the
hearts of those on the Scholarship
Selection Committee. At age 16, his
grandfather, to whom he was very close,
was diagnosed with cancer. Having spent
time living to his grandparents as a child,
Nate chose to move back in with them to
help out.
All the while, Nate
excelled in his many
advanced placement
classes and graduated
with a 4.36 grade point
average from Granby
High School. A gifted
musician, he played the
cello, the guitar, the
Smith
bass, the bass guitar and
even the harp. In addition, Nate was an
active community volunteer at the local
soup kitchen and a retirement home, at
Children’s Hospital of The King’s
Daughters and with Operation Smile. He
also was an Eagle Scout and involved in
his church.
Excellence, perseverance and stewardship followed Nate at UVA. He lost an Air
Force ROTC Scholarship after developing
seasonal asthma, which forced him to work
up to 40 hours per week. He also volunteered as a tutor for other students and with
the campus’ sexual assault victims advocacy organization.
Even Nate’s college peers recognized
his exceptional qualities. They elected him
to serve as class president during his sophomore and junior years. In his senior year,
See UVA grad, page 16
These four judges in the Young
Designers’ Competition had to
sort through 60 CAD and 21
hand-drawn entries. They are
(from left) Patrick Reynolds of
Ashby Development, Todd
Savage of Folck West & Savage,
Young Designers’ Committee
Chair Chris Ettel of VB
Contractors and Ken Cohen of
Cohen Homes L.L.C. The committee ultimately selected three
winners from each category,
awarding a total of $6,000 of
scholarships to students and
$4,000 to the two local high
schools that submitted the most
entries.
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Newsome of Clark Whitehill Enterprises Inc., Fred Napolitano II of Napolitano Homes, Joe
Widoff of WHRO, Sheryl Hearring Reynolds, John Ainslie of Ainsle-Widener, Scholarship
Selection Committee Chair Pete A. Kotarides of Kotarides Builders and Bill Halprin of S.L.
Nusbaum Realty Co. Not seen is Mac Weaver of SunTrust Real Estate Finance Group. Also on
the committee was Sam Cohen of Joey Corp., one of the 2005 Scholarship House builders. Each
winning student will receive $5,000 to be disbursed over four years of school. Be sure to look
in next month’s issue for photos and information about this year’s scholarship winners.
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Did you know?
According to the latest survey data from the National Association of
Home Builders, when new home buyers were asked to choose between a
bigger house with fewer amenities or a smaller house with high-quality
products and amenities, 63 percent opted for the latter.
To pay for those quality features, 57 percent said they preferred for
them to be included in the base price of the home; while 43 wanted them
to be offered as options at extra costs.
Top features desired for the kitchen are a walk-in pantry, island work
area and built-in microwave. The most preferred bathroom features are a
linen closet, exhaust fan and separate shower enclosure.
Predicted popular trends for the next five years include low-maintenance, natural building materials, synthetic stucco, energy efficiency and
security for the outside of the home.
UVA grad
they chose him to live on “The Lawn.”
Only 48 out of hundreds of applicants are
selected for this prestigious honor, which is
based on ideals of honor and scholarship.
When asked who inspired and motivated him in his life, Nate said his grandfather
and mother did. His grandfather taught him
to play football, took him camping and
picked him up from school every day, from
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the time he was three years old until he got
his driver’s license. His mother, a teacher,
instilled in him his work ethic and a compassion for others. As an example of her
selflessness, he said, she has opened her
house to a high school student struggling
with his parents, even with a husband who
has Parkinson’s disease.
Nate counts TBA among his blessings.
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News BriefsC
NAHB teams up
to give shelter to
tsunami survivors
The National Housing EndowmentTsunami Shelter Fund is collecting desperately needed funds in response to an
overwhelming need for permanent shelter.
The fund was established by the
Home Builders Care/National Association
of Home Builders and the National
Housing Endowment.
With an initial donation of $250,000,
designated by the NAHB board of directors
during the International Builders’ Show, the
fund will be directed to rebuilding efforts
that provide temporary and permanent shelter. All funds raised will be granted to one
or more U.S. charitable relief organizations
working to establish shelter for survivors.
Tax-deductible donations should be
made payable to the National Housing
Endowment, with “Shelter Fund” noted in
the memo section, and sent to: National
Housing Endowment, 1201 15th Street
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
Contact Kym Kilbourne at (800) 3685242, ext. 8447, or kkilbourne@nahb.com
for details.
Web site is resource
for green building
© 2005 James Hardie Building Products, Inc.
Home builders can benefit from a new
Web site providing up-to-date information
Builders urge Congress
to reform OSHA
The nation’s home builders recently
petitioned Congress to reform the regulatory procedures of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, noting
that enhanced worker safety would
improve housing affordability.
NAHB called on lawmakers to
require OSHA to deliver prompt written
notification at the conclusion of site
inspections, modifying the current sixmonth period for citation assessments.
NAHB also is calling for a correction
to the imbalance that allows OSHA to
assess penalties for up to half a year, while
currently builders have only 15 days to
respond or lose the right to appeal.
At the May board of directors meeting, TBA President Jeff Wermers (center) thanks Chuck
Miller of Miller Custom Homes (left) and Sam Cohen of Joey Corp. (right) for their contributions toward helping the Building Trades Academy expedite the completion of the most recent
student-built home. Missing from the photo is Jack Schoch of J.F. Schoch Building Corp. The
project involved demolishing a dilapidated home and building a new one for a Chesapeake
senior citizen.
BEFORE THE CABINETS, BEFORE THE FIXTURES,
BEFORE THE TILE, THEY SEE THE SIDING.
• Charm and character of wood
• Won't warp or bend
• Solid, thick and strong
• Resists damage from hail
• 50-year limited product warranty
• Available prefinished in a
• Non-combustible
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on environmentally-friendly construction
technologies and building practices.
The Web site www.HGTVPro.com
contains a series of educational videos
and articles, including a video featuring
the first home built to NAHB’s new
Model Green Home Building Guidelines.
HDTVPro’s new green building
resources expand on NAHB’s efforts to
promote green building. The Web site’s
contents cater to builders, remodelers and
contractors by including professionallevel best practices, new product information and an insider’s perspective on industry trends.
June 2005
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The Tidewater Builder
June 2005
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