Polk County Builders Association http://blog.pcba.com The official Blog of PCBA Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:03:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Evolution of contractors in the residential construction industry http://blog.pcba.com/2009/09/04/evolution-of-contractors-in-the-residential-construction-industry/ http://blog.pcba.com/2009/09/04/evolution-of-contractors-in-the-residential-construction-industry/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:59:11 +0000 Fridman Solares http://blog.pcba.com/?p=36 Mark Paskell, in The Contractor Coaching Partnership Blog, puts forth some radical ideas about the future of our industry.It makes for thought-provoking reading.

As the summer comes to a close the winds of change are taking the residential construction industry by storm. The law of evolution is culling the dead wood and contractors who are resistant to change are being replaced by the Next Level Contractor. Contractors who embrace and adapt to the changes will survive and those who do not will perish. These new contractors are investing in business coaching, education, sales training, marketing and best practices while things are slow. They know that when things rebound this will insure their prospects of success.

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U.S. News & World Report has published an interview with Jerry Howard, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Home Builders by Queenie Wong .

The latest data about the U.S. housing market reveal mixed signals about whether the nation’s troubled economy is on the mend. But amid the uncertainty, industry experts like Jerry Howard, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Home Builders, are working to strengthen the housing market. Howard has spent more than 25 years in the housing business, working as a lobbyist, real estate lawyer, and tax counsel. He recently chatted with U.S. News about the industry’s future and how the housing market could play a key role in the economic recovery.

Read the excerpts here….

]]> http://blog.pcba.com/2009/09/02/home-builders-homebuyer-tax-credit-key-to-economic-recovery/feed/ 0 “Go Green Home” Ribbon Cutting Ceremony http://blog.pcba.com/2009/08/31/%e2%80%9cgo-green-home%e2%80%9d-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/ http://blog.pcba.com/2009/08/31/%e2%80%9cgo-green-home%e2%80%9d-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:00:22 +0000 Fridman Solares http://blog.pcba.com/?p=40 ]]> http://blog.pcba.com/2009/08/31/%e2%80%9cgo-green-home%e2%80%9d-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/feed/ 0 Time to Change Your SOP’s? http://blog.pcba.com/2009/08/26/time-to-change-your-sop%e2%80%99s/ http://blog.pcba.com/2009/08/26/time-to-change-your-sop%e2%80%99s/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:02:46 +0000 Fridman Solares http://blog.pcba.com/?p=43

Michael Anschel over on his Remodeling Magazine blog makes the argument that Remodelers  will soon need to change their way of doing business in order to survive. Between the changing marketplace and new government regulations, the old business models just won’t work anymore.

Read his full post here…..

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