Concrete Home Building Council - 11/19/2004 (Plain Text Version)

CHBC Chairman
Michael Weber

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In this issue:
Tis the Season, make sure you don't get stuck in the cold!
Concrete Builders Win Top Award at SHOWCASE
The New American Home 2005 Weathered Florida's Hurricanes
Trump This: Project Conversion in Vegas
Paving the Way to Success
ICFs Bloom in the Desert
NAHB to Honor Builders who Help the Disabled
Honoring The Best In Residential Architecture
Concrete Briefs . . . Winner of the Dell Hand Held & More!

NAHB to Honor Builders who Help the Disabled

The National Association of Home Builders, in partnership with the National Organization on Disability (NOD), will once again be recognizing outstanding examples of programs, projects, and activities conducted by its member home builder associations (HBAs) that further the goal of full participation of people with disabilities in community life. The 2005 NAHB/NOD Disability Award will be presented to at NAHB’s International Builders Show in Orlando next January. The recipient HBA will receive a cash award.

Programs and projects honored in previous years include last year’s “Rampathon” program from the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties in Washington state, a program that provided 21 local residents with wheelchair ramps for their homes. The 2003 winning project involved the wheelchair-accessible renovation of a campers’ cabin and the health cabin at a summer camp for children by the Building Industries Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania. That enabled children with differing abilities to attend camp together.

NOD has been a leading force in changing attitudes and in expanding the involvement of people with disabilities in the community since its founding in 1982. NAHB has participated in NOD’s National Partnership Program for more than five years and is another example of how “Home Builders Care.” Home Builders Care, which is a program started by NAHB’s Past President Bob Mitchell, encompasses the philosophy of community outreach activities conducted by builders and home builder associations across the nation. Home Builder Care programs that serve people with disabilities may be submitted for the NAHB/NOD Award.

State and local HBAs are invited to submit entries for the NAHB/NOD disability award. The deadline for entries is December 15. The application form is available on the NAHB Web site. For more information, e-mail Denise Malatesta.