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The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield represents the highest professional standard in the residential construction and remodeling industries. Through the HBA, industry professionals can earn a variety of National Association of Home Builders Professional Designations. Thanks to generous scholarship support from the HBA Charitable Foundation, and the support of HBA Professional Designations partner Herrman Lumber, the HBA of Greater Springfield has scheduled a full local courseload for completion of the CGB, CGR, CGA, CGP, and CAPS designations. These classes are guaranteed not to be cancelled, and they will allow for completion of all coursework for these designations, in Springfield, by the end of 2012. For more information on this program, browse or download the education catalog below. To sign up for classes use our online registration form.
Protect Your Home Investment: Designations Make A Difference!
Quality workmanship, knowledge and experience matter, especially when you will be investing a significant amount of money with a home builder or remodeler as you build a new home or update your current one to fit your lifestyle. Choosing a building professional with a designation can help ensure you are hiring a builder or remodeler who is committed to their craft …
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CSI Trade Show Offers Training on Springfield’s E-Permitting & E-Verify
On March 15, members of local construction industries are invited to participate in the annual trade show hosted by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). At this year’s event, special educational sessions will focus on two issues of timely importance to construction businesses planning to work in the City of Springfield. E-Permitting: Learn how the State of Missouri’s first end-to-end electronic plan …
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NAHB to Reveal New Voter Poll; Preview Outlook for Housing in 2012
On Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 2:00 p.m., the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will reveal the results of a new national poll of 1,500 likely voters looking at the value Americans place on homeownership, while discussing what lies ahead for housing in 2012, both economically and politically. The poll was conducted by Neil Newhouse, partner and co-founder of Public …
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Is it Time to Support Local Licensing?
Getting builder member input regarding that question will be the focus of an upcoming HBA Builder/Remodeler Breakfast on Friday, December 2 at 7:30 am at The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell in Springfield. As the HBA Government Affairs committee has worked to strengthen consistent enforcement of Missouri’s existing workers’ compensation coverage law related to construction, one potential strategy that has …
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Helpful Advice on Obtaining More Accurate Appraisals
This week’s special edition of Nation’s Building News focused solely on the continuing problems that builders are having in obtaining accurate appraisal values for newly built homes, and contained some valuable advice for our members: Don’t hold back on providing relevant information to appraisers. It also pointed to a free member resource that NAHB has developed to help builders communicate with appraisers …
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International Builders Show Shaping up to be Great Event
Pre-registration for the show is up nearly 25% from where it was this time last year and exhibitors are coming back strong. Excitement is building (pun intended) as preparations continue for the largest and most important annual light construction exposition in the world this coming February 8-11 in Orlando, Fla. With pre-registration running nearly 25% ahead of the same time last year and exhibit space …
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International Builders Show 2012: Register in September for FREE!
IBS Time is now! Registration is now open for the building industry’s biggest event. Make plans today to join your colleagues for four days of non-stop business and networking February 8-11 in Orlando. With more than 50,000 attendees, 1,000 suppliers and nearly 200 education sessions, you’ll get a year’s worth of value in just 96 hours. Register in September and receive the best …
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Two Scholarship-Eligible Designation Courses Offered Locally THIS WEEK!
The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield represents the highest professional standard in the residential construction and remodeling industries. Through the HBA and and HBA Professional Designations Presenting Sponsor Herrman Lumber, industry professionals can earn a variety of National Association of Home Builders Professional Designations. Thanks to generous scholarship support from the HBA Charitable Foundation, and the support of HBA …
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Builders in 55+ Market More Optimistic About Multifamily Rentals
NAHB’s newly released 55+ Housing Market Indices indicate that builders in the 55+ housing market are significantly more optimistic about production and demand factors for multifamily rental units than they are for sales of single-family homes or multifamily condos. In fact, all components of the latest confidence gauges that measure production and demand for 55+ multifamily rental units increased significantly in the second quarter …
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Builder Sales Training Session at HBA – June 23: The Art of Pre-Selling
The Art of Preselling. What if you committed to only build what you are convinced that people will buy…and what if your commitment was so strong that you would only build pre-sold homes? We would like to help you (1) learn more about the art of pre-selling homes and (2) take less risk in your homebuilding business. 1. YOU (homebuilder) …
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