Yearly Archives: 2016
KTGY Wins Top Honors at SoCal Awards
International award-winning KTGY Architecture + Planning is pleased to announce that KTGY’s excellence in residential design and planning has been recognized by the Building Industry Association’s Greater Sales and Marketing Council’s 2016 SoCal Awards program. Eight KTGY-designed communities received either award wins or finalist honors for the architectural design of single-family detached and multifamily for-sale residential communities, home plan and best community feature at the SoCal Awards ceremony held on Saturday, September 10th, at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. The SoCal Awards program honors the best in professional achievement, sales, marketing and design throughout the Southern California home building industry
NAHB Endorses Candidates for Congress
For the first time in its 74-year history, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is officially endorsing candidates for the U.S. House and Senate in the upcoming Nov. 8 elections. “As housing goes, so goes the economy,” said NAHB Chairman Ed Brady, a home builder and developer from Bloomington, Ill. “This election could determine if the housing and economic recovery stays on track or veers off course. The incumbents and candidates from both political parties that NAHB will be endorsing have all exhibited a commitment to advance policies that will promote homeownership and rental housing opportunities for all Americans.”
Crescent Communities Signs Homebuilders for Paddlers Cove Community at Lake Wylie
Crescent Communities is excited to partner with two homebuilders, Fielding Homes and Lennar, for its Paddlers Cove residential community at Lake Wylie.
Fielding Homes will be the featured homebuilder at Paddlers Cove, which will total approximately 550 homes when fully built out, while Lennar will be the featured builder at the adjacent Summerhouse at Paddlers Cove neighborhood, which will total approximately 170 homes.
WPM Commercial acquires and markets prime industrial site in Northwest Georgia | Site entitled...
WPM Commercial, an Atlanta-based investor and developer, said today it is marketing for sale a 220-acre tract entitled for up to 3,500,000 square feet of distribution and manufacturing space in Adairsville, Georgia.
FHWA Releases Report on Information Modeling for Bridges
Following a two-year effort, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a report, Bridge Information Modeling Standardization, which sets a path to implement the use of computer modeling for bridge construction in the United States.
September BSSC Webinar to Address Response Spectrum Analysis and Linear Response History Analysis
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) 2015 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for Buildings and Other Structures, as well as American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) ASCE/SEI 7-16, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, contain updated requirements to both the Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA) method and Linear Response History (LRH) analysis method. Highlighting these updates, the National Institute of Building
USDA Announces Rural Water and Waste Infrastructure Investments
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in 168 projects to improve water and waste infrastructure across the country and in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The investment, totaling $283 million, is made through USDA Rural Development's Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program, which provides assistance and financing to develop drinking water and waste disposal systems for communities with 10,000 or fewer residents.
EIA releases new estimates of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) monthly Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), released today, now includes a supplement that provides monthly estimates of the number of drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) in the seven key oil and natural gas producing regions covered by the DPR.
MISMO Launches New Program for MISMO Champions
MISMO® , the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, announced today that it has launched a new program for organizations that wish to be recognized as leaders in the mortgage industry. The new program, known as MISMO Champions, will be available to organizations that are members of MISMO and that seek to lead and support the development of standards for the benefit of the entire mortgage industry.
NAHB Members Celebrate Professional Women in Building Week
Members of the National Association of Home Builders are celebrating Professional Women in Building (PWB) Week Sept. 12 – 16. The goals of PWB Week are to highlight the many contributions women make to the residential construction industry and offer an opportunity for PWB members to share the value of council membership
Webinar: Homelessness in Select Populations
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Regional Operations (ORO), Region 10 (AK, ID, WA, OR), is hosting the webinar "Homelessness in Select Populations" on Sept. 28, 2016, from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PST (1:00 pm – 3:00 EST).
Infrastructure Improvements May Require Bankruptcy Code Fix, According to September ABI Journal Article
As construction contractors can be exposed to preference actions in a municipal bankruptcy, an article in the September ABI Journal explores potential defense strategies for contractors and why a legislative fix might be required to complete necessary infrastructure projects in financially distressed cities. “Municipalities need the expertise of the construction industry to repair their infrastructures, but the Detroit bankruptcy was a rude awakening for the construction industry,” Lisa S. Gretchko and Mark A
NFIB and PLF sue OSHA for foisting union activists on businesses
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is illegally foisting union activists onto non-unionized businesses, through an unlawful rule allowing agents from organized labor to participate, as of right, in OSHA health and safety inspections.
Counselors of Real Estate Speak at MIPIM Japan Conference
James S. Lee., CRE, co-founder and senior principal, Kensington Realty Advisors, Chicago, spoke today at MIPIM Japan 2016 in Osaka. MIPIM Japan is Asia’s largest international real estate conference. He represented The Counselors of Real Estate professional association where he is the 2016 Chair of the Board. Two other Counselors of Real Estate, Hiroyuki Isobe, CRE, and Masayuki Yoshimura, CRE, also spoke at MIPIM Japan.
Mortgage Credit Availability Decreases in August
Mortgage credit availability decreased in August according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) which analyzes data from Ellie Mae's AllRegs® Market Clarity® business information tool.
U.S. Solar Market Adds More Than 2 GW in Q2 2016
Growing 43 percent year over year, the U.S. saw 2,051 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) installed in the second quarter of 2016. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, this marks the eleventh consecutive quarter in which more than a gigawatt (GW) of PV was installed.
NARI LAUNCHES NEW BRAND AND PROMOTES REMODELING DONE RIGHT
The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) announced a big change with the launch of its new branding and industry-wide tagline. Much more than a logo update, rebranding has created a system of expression that galvanizes NARI’s 6,000 member-companies, cements the value of NARI’s programs and services and telegraphs externally to consumers a brand promise that emboldens the value of remodelers to homeowners and communities.
Mortgage Applications Slightly Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 0.9 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 2, 2016.
This Is Our Chance to Modernize Our Energy Policy
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened the first meeting of Senate and House conferees to S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016. This meeting marks the first time since 2005 that the Senate and House have held conference on an energy bill
The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of Single Tenant Triple Net Leased Insurance Auto Auctions,...
The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAAI) property located at 891 Ballardsville Road in Eminence, Kentucky for $5,619,000. IAAI is one of the leading North American salvage auto auctions with the largest facility footprint, strong buyer base and high auction returns
