A Good Mix
Built on the former site of 100 units of public housing, Chatham Square is a mixed-income development. The community seamlessly integrates 52 low-income, public housing units with 100 market-rate, for-sale townhouses while blending in perfectly with the historic architecture of the neighborhood.
Project Management
The Making of a Superintendent: Nature vs. Nurture
Are great site superintendents born or made? Many building firms now hire based on character, not experience
In My Own Words: Carol Delonis
A look at products that are used in homes built by New Urban Communities.
Slow and Steady
NAHB survey indicates total green housing market share will rise to as much as 10 percent by 2010
When and How to Discuss Price
The goal of the sales associate is to build the perceived value of the community and to prioritize the customer's needs and wants.
2007 National Housing Quality Award Winners
Winning a National Housing Quality Award requires more than just operating a great building company; it requires real effort. Not only do you have to implement sophisticated operating processes in your company that improve performance, you have to document those processes in an extensive application.
Gold: Benchmarking the industry
On the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula in a small town with a funny name is a progressive builder with lofty goals. Estes Builders isn't interested in just being good; it wants to be great. "No matter what thing we're working on, we look to be in the top 20 percent nationally. We're benchmarking against the best in the country," says company founder and president, Kevin Estes.
Silver: Floored by Technology
Floor Art, a small residential flooring contractor in metropolitan Phoenix, is intensely focused on customer and employee satisfaction. With a well-established strategic planning process, the firm stays a steady course toward growth and financial success. Technology is resourcefully used to effectively achieve the firm's overall vision and mission.
Silver: Operational Know-How
Schuck and Sons Construction Co. operates like a well-oiled quality control machine. With a solid reputation for professionalism and superior workmanship in the markets it serves, the company continues to experience steady sales volume growth. Already an NHQ Award recipient in 2004, the firm has once again achieved a Silver level award for 2006.
Construction Quality
Honorable Mention: Doing It Right the First Time
Keystone Custom Homes keeps its trades accountable to "doing it right the first time," demonstrating that the pen is mightier than the saw in ensuring construction quality
