Concrete Home Building Council - 08/17/2006 (Plain Text Version)

CHBC Chairman
Michael Weber

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In this issue:
A Sculptural Insulating Concrete Form Home
Guide for Tile Roofs Serves as Industry Standard
"Thirst for Knowledge" - New ESL Program
Apply for Green Building Awards
NAHB's Trade Mission to Puerto Vallarta
Concrete Countertops & Sealers
McGraw-Hill Offers ENR Discount to NAHB Members
Train the Trainer & More
CHBC Looking For New Director
Concrete Briefs . . .

Concrete Briefs . . .

A new, free brochure featuring the advantages of residential concrete, “At Home With Concrete:

A Guide to Residential Concrete,” is available to builders, contractors and home buyers interested in the growing popularity of residential concrete construction.

Once confined to foundations, driveways and swimming pools, concrete now accounts for 16% of all above-grade residential walls ― up from 2% in 1993.

The full-color, 20-page brochure, created by NAHB’s Concrete Home Building Council (CHBC), one of the Building Systems Councils (BSC), provides an overview of residential concrete, including interior and exterior applications and popular above-grade wall systems.

To order a free copy of “At Home With Concrete: A Guide to Residential Concrete,” call NAHB’s Building Systems Councils at 800-368-5242 x8576, or visit www.nahb.org/concrete.

Don't Miss Our on World of Concrete 2007 - Las Vegas

Visit the Concrete Home Building Council and all its members at the 2007 World of Concrete in Las Vegas, January 22 - 26. Come see what 2007 has in store for you and the concrete industry.

Tilt-Up Association Announces New Online Project Resource
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – a non-profit international organization that serves to expand and improve the use of site-cast Tilt-Up as the preferred construction method – has announced the addition of project database and search function on their website.

The new section, found by selecting the “Building with Tilt-Up” from the main menu button at www.tilt-up.org, allows visitors to easily search for project examples based on end-use type including distribution and warehouse, education, housing, manufacturing, office, religious, retail and special use categories. The visitors can then browse case study project examples and photographs under those headings. The material is ideal for use in proposals and sales efforts.

“This new section of our website is a mere whistle-wetter for what is soon to come in the form of the first industry-wide searchable product database due out later this year,” says Baty.

For more information, visit www.tilt-up.org or contact Baty at 319-895-6911.

Calendar: Data Releases for September 2006
Mark your calendar for all of the housing industry key data and primary indicators for September 2006.

Click here (PDF) to print the schedule of release dates for economic indicators.

NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
The NAHB Production Group produces four weekly television shows on HGTV and DIY for consumers. The following is this week's lineup:

"Rock Solid" on DIY
Episode: "Granite Countertops"

• Aug. 17, 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
• Aug. 18, 2:00 a.m. ET/PT
• Aug. 20, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
• Aug. 21, 1:00 a.m. ET/PT

The stone guys, Dean and Derek, with assistance from guest expert Kelley Stupfel, use a system of granite pieces to simulate the look of slab granite in order to create granite countertops at a fraction of the usual price.

HGTV Seeking ‘Dream Home’ Builder/Architect Teams
HGTV is seeking developers, builders and architects to create the 2008 and 2009 dream homes for the network’s Dream Home Sweepstakes. To learn more, click here.