PB September 2002

It would be hard to find another builder in America with a stronger sense of mission than McStain Neighborhoods in Boulder, Colo.

The company's new router system includes a 1 3/4-horsepower, 11-amp, fixed-base router;

Towel radiators offer radiant heat for the bath while warming towels and robes.

QuickPort stainless steel wall plates offer field-configurable flexibility in a one-piece housing.

The 4525 drill guide is de-signed to facilitate straight and angled drilling, edge and round stock drilling, countersinking, and edge sanding.

Bridle ring saddles combine the convenience of a bridle ring with a cable-bearing surface for all communications cabling.

Orestes Hernandez has a deep well of construction knowledge, business savvy and people skills.

To understand what kind of superintendent Rusty Wolf is (he recently accepted a promotion to companywide construction manager), it is important to know he was a military man, and not just an ordinary military man.

Building 3,000- to 4,000-square-foot homes at a $500,000 price point, Bob Cartledge succeeds by making the most of an ethos and a system that have served his company well through the years.

Richard Sewell, director of marketing for KB Home’s Phoenix division, knows it pays to watch how companies outside the industry do things.