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ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
The National Builder
Author: Nation Builder
Author: Charles N. EdelPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674368088
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
America’s rise from revolutionary colonies to a world power is often treated as inevitable. But Charles N. Edel’s provocative biography of John Q. Adams argues that he served as the central architect of a grand strategy whose ideas and policies made him a critical link between the founding generation and the Civil War–era nation of Lincoln.
What Home Buyers Really Want, 2021 Edition
Author: Rose QuintPublisher: Builderbooks
ISBN: 9780867187830
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This resource is the latest in NAHB's long commitment to home buyer preferences research. It provides the most current and accurate information on buyer preferences so that you can deliver the home (and community) that today's buyers want and are willing to pay for. In this latest study, the analysis shows not only what the typical, average buyer wants in terms of features, layout, technology or community amenities, but also how those preferences differ based on demographic factors, such as age, race/ethnicity, geographic location, income or price point.
ICC 700-2020 National Green Building Standard
Author: National Association of Home BuildersPublisher:
ISBN: 9780867187793
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The ICC 700-2020 National Green Building Standard® (NGBS) is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) --approved, residential building standard. This fourth edition was developed by an independent consensus committee of a broad range of stakeholders in partnership between the International Code Council and the National Association of Home Builders. The NGBS outlines a variety of green design and construction practices that can be incorporated into your single-family, multifamily, and mixed-use buildings, either for new construction or remodeling. The NGBS also includes green practices for land development projects as well as assisted living facilities, residential board, and care facilities, and group homes. The NGBS includes high-performance building practices in six areas: Lot Design and Development, Resource Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Building Operation & Maintenance. The NGBS has four primary certification levels--Bronze, Silver, Gold and Emerald, providing residential building professionals options to integrate sustainability and high-performance into their project at a level most appropriate for their business model, customer base and local housing market. A new compliance path (Certified) customized for single-family and townhome dwellings is added in the 2020 Edition. The NGBS also offers a compliance path for residential and mixed-use communities with four levels of land development practices, ranging from One-Star through Four-Star. The 2020 edition expands the application of innovative practices, offers additional options towards achieving certification, and builds upon a decade strong foundation of program use. The NGBS continues to provide architects, builders, and developers the flexibility needed to design and construct homes and mixed-use buildings that are sustainable, cost-effective and appropriate for a home's geographic location.
Gandhi
Author: Kathleen KudlinskiPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442460849
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A childhood biography of the great political and social leader. Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) studied law in England, then spent 20 years defending the rights of immigrants in South Africa. In 1914 he returned to India and became the leader of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi urged non-violence and civil disobedience as a means to independence from Great Britain, with public acts of defiance that landed him in jail several times. In 1947 he participated in the postwar negotiations that led to Indian independence. He was shot to death by a Hindu fanatic in 1948. This childhood biography highlights the events that informed Gandhi's indomitable spirit.
What Home Buyers Really Want
Author: Nahb Economics & Housing Policy GroupPublisher: Builderbooks
ISBN: 9780867187724
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
his resource is the latest in NAHB's long commitment to home buyer preferences research. It provides the most current and accurate information on buyer preferences so that you can deliver the home (and community) that today's buyers want and are willing to pay for. In this latest study, the analysis shows not only what the typical, average buyer wants in terms of features, layout, technology or community amenities, but also how those preferences differ based on demographic factors, such as age, race/ethnicity, geographic location, income or price point.
Value Match Selling for Home Builders
Author: William J. NowellPublisher: Builderbooks
ISBN: 9780867186437
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With this book, home building professionals will learn how to build a rapport with prospective home buyers. Nowell's emphasis on questioning strategies and listening skills helps salespeople build relationships with potential customers and meet prospective buyer's specific needs.
Customer Service for Home Builders
Author: Carol SmithPublisher:
ISBN: 9780867185621
Category : Construction industry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Act as if you like your customer," says customer service expert Carol Smith. She shows builders and their management staffs how to make their home buyers' experience a positive one from initial contact through warranty service. Satisfied customers aren't born that way. They're created. A successful customer service program is one of the key elements in closing sales and getting referrals. You can increase sales by developing stronger customer service goals and organizing the activities necessary to reach them. Customer Service for Home Builders explores the fundamental customer service challenges that every service-oriented company faces: - staff - quality - documentation - internal communication - policies and procedures Carol Smith examines the sequence of a builder's relationship with home buyers and shows builders how to initiate service and successfully manage customers' experiences instead of just reacting to issues customers raise. In "Daily Operations: Working with Customers," she focuses on-- - expectations - preliminaries - customers and construction - new home delivery - warranty service The book --with its forms, checklists, documents, and resources guide- provides what you need to give your customer service program new life. It includes what you need to easily institute a comprehensive customer service program. Create satisfied customers every time with Carol Smith's industry-tested guidelines.
6'7, Not a Nba Player. a Nation Builder
Author: Jamarious Nickerson JeanrenoitPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481732986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Have you ever wanted to know what it's like being a male student of African descent, who never encountered any educators that were male role models? Have you always wanted to understand why males are virtually obsolete in schools throughout America? Then, journey through these pages to discover the passionate, first-hand account of a current educator and former student who wants the world to know how important males are needed as educators in communities throughout America. Consider the premises made for meeting this historic demand of recruiting and retaining males as educators. Males, who may look just like you or just might be yourself!
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