With fast-pace changes taking place in the building industry today, the North Carolina Builder Institute (NCBI) has developed a professional level of courses designed to give you an edge over your competition. NCBI is striving to provide you with an opportunity to achieve professional growth, share knowledge and insight with building professionals, earn a professional designation in the housing market, and develop a valuable peer network! The North Carolina Builders Institute will be held this week, January 23-25, at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC.
You are cordially invited to attend the North Carolina Home Builders Association Reception Honoring David and Tammy Pressly
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
The Peabody Hotel
Plaza Ballroom D & E
Orlando, Florida
5:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
During the International Builders Show
RSVP by calling 1-800-662-7129 By February 2, 2007
Thanks to our Sponsors! GOLD: Builders Mutual Insurance Company SILVER: Home Builders Association of Georgia & The Contractor Yard BRONZE: Bonded Builders Warranty Group, Brede Exposition Services, Countrywide Home Loans, Dominion (NC Power), ElectriCities, Fred Smith Company, Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Iredell County Home Builders Association, Home Builders Association of Raleigh/Wake County, Home Builders Association of South Carolina, Newspaper Association of America, Parksite Plunkett Webster, Piedmont Natural Gas, & PSNC Energy
DIRECTIONS: From North and South take Interstate 85 to Greensboro. From East and West Interstate 40 crosses Greensboro. For internet driving directions the address for the Grandover is One Thousand Club Road, Greensboro, NC 27407.
Congratulatons to Pauline McLean, member of Wilkes County HBA and January/February 2007 SPIKE of the Month! McLean states: "Recruiting memberships is like an opportunity to sell. First, describe the merchandise, then, ask for the sale. We do this daily, and love every minute. Every member should focus on retaining this new member. Friendliness or neighborly is excellent toward retention of membership. I feel so welcome at Wilkes County Home Builder's meetings. Interesting programs and delicious foods are retainers for membership. Most enjoyable for me!" To read more about Pauline click here.
The North Carolina Home Builders Educational & Charitable Foundation, Inc. awards Scholarship's based on a combination of need and merit to four year college students entering their junior or senior year and technical school students entering their second year who have declared their major in a construction related field.
To be eligible a student must meet the following criteria:
1. Applicants must be nominated by a NCHBA member firm.
2. Nominees shall be immediate family members - related by blood, (ie. children, step-children or grandchildren).
3. Students related by marriage, (ie. son-in-law, daughter-in-law, etc.) shall not be eligible.
4. Immediate family members of any current trustee of the NCHB Educational & Charitable Foundation, Inc. shall not be eligible.
5. Awards are for one year, but scholarship winners may submit a renewal application and be considered for renewal if they make satisfactory progress in their studies.
6. Only full-time students will be considered. NCHBA defines a full-time student as one taking a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.
A press release from the North Carolina Department of Labor
RALEIGH-The emergence of North Carolina as one of the safest states to work in the United States continued in 2006 as a key work safety indicator-fatalities at work-once again dropped, according to figures released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Labor.
In what has been an unparalleled period of work environment improvements in its history, North Carolina saw a drop in fatal work accidents to 62 last year from the previous 68 in 2005. Of the 79 work-related fatalities investigated by the labor department in 2006, 17 involved medical conditions such as heart attacks and seizures. To read the full release click here.
New Safety Hazards Brochures have been produced by the NCDOL regarding the top 4 hazards in the construction industry. One brochure is in English and the other is in Spanish.
Please feel free to consult NCDOL website: www.nclabor.com, for more information and other downloadable documents.
North Carolina Home Builders Educational & Charitable Foundation, Inc. Presents
The Builder Classic Golf Tournament
Friday, April 20, 2007
The Country Club of Whispering Pines ? Whispering Pines, North Carolina
Sponsored by Builders Mutual Insurance Company
Date: Friday, April 20, 2007 Time: 8:30 a.m. Check-in ¦ 9:00 a.m. Start Format: Shotgun Start; Captain's Choice Course: West Cost: $85.00 per player - $340 per team (includes green fee, cart fee, beverages, Thursday dinner, and Friday lunch) Lunch: An Awards Luncheon will follow the tournament play.
Trophies will be awarded to the 1st and 2nd place teams. Door prizes will be presented at this time.
A BBQ Dinner Provided by Builders Mutual Insurance Company will be held on Thursday, April 19, 2007. As a special treat, Region VI Vice President Larry Airey will be the BBQ chef! More information will be included in your registration confirmation.
A block of rooms are being held for NCHBA Golfers at the Whispering Pines Villas & at the Days Inn of Southern Pines.
* To reserve a room at the Whispering Pines Villas call 800-334-9536 or (910) 949-3000 ext. 8. Rates are $85.00 per night at the villa's. A limited number of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom suites are also available. Call the Country Club of Whispering Pines for those rates.
* To reserve a room at the Days Inn of Southern Pines call 800-262-5737. Rates are $85.00 per night.
A letter from Dave Stormont, North Carolina Home Builders Educational and Charitable Foundation Inc. 2007 Chairman
Every year NCHBA puts together a golf tournament, usually in the Spring, open to any and all association members and their guests, in order to create proceed revenues to fund the Association's Scholarship Program. The event is a blast and just keeps getting better each year and at the end of the day, the resulting scholarship dollars are a blessing to many of our own members and their families.
This year, as in years past, the major sponsor will be Builders Mutual Insurance Company. We all are so appreciative to BMIC for its leadership in this annual tournament and look forward to a great time again this year. Your Executive Committee member in charge of this annual tournament is once again Darrell Patterson, who, along with Deborah Alford from our staff, did an incredible job last year. Darrell and I were brainstorming at the end of 2006, coming up with a few ideas which might make the tournament even more fun, and knowing that most of our builder and associate members are very shy and unassuming (yeah - right!), we decided to create a "bragging rights tournament" - a "we're the baddest team in the state tournament" - a "you wanna piece of me tournament? We are going to call it "The President's Cup" and here to see how it works, click here.
RALEIGH, NC - The North Carolina Home Builders Association (NCHBA) is pleased to announce the 5th Annual 21st Century Building Expo & Conference (21CBEC) will be held at the Charlotte Convention Center September 12-14, 2007. All home building professionals in North Carolina and surrounding states are encouraged to attend. The 21CBEC is the largest networking event in the southeast for those in the home building industry.
Hundreds of new products and services will be unveiled at this year's event with over 400 exhibits on the Expo Floor. "We have continued to expand each year with 2006 showing a 25% increase in attendance. This tells us we must be doing something right," states Deborah Alford, Director of the 21st Century Building Expo & Conference. "This is going to be the place to be in 2007. We are striving to make this year's Expo an even better resource by providing every opportunity for attendees to find up-to-date information pertinent to their home building business." For more information visit our website at www.21buildingexpo.com.
Exhibitors may now select their booth space for 2007. For more information on exhibitor space, please contact Tracie Garrett at 800.662.7129 or email .
February 7, 2007
North Carolina Reception honoring David & Tammy Pressly International Builders' Show - Orlando, FL
Ballroom D/E of The Peabody from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
February 7- 10, 2007
The International Builders' Show 2007 Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Click here for more information.
February 27-28, 2007
NCHBA 1st Quarter Board Meeting
Greensboro
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With fast-pace changes taking place in the building industry today, the North Carolina Builder Institute (NCBI) has developed a professional level of courses designed to give you an edge over your competition. NCBI is striving to provide you with an opportunity to achieve professional growth, share knowledge and insight with building professionals, earn a professional designation in the housing market, and develop a valuable peer network! The North Carolina Builders Institute will be held this week, January 23-25, at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC. 
You are cordially invited to attend the North Carolina Home Builders Association Reception Honoring
Congratulatons to Pauline McLean, member of Wilkes County HBA and January/February 2007 SPIKE of the Month! McLean states: "Recruiting memberships is like an opportunity to sell. First, describe the merchandise, then, ask for the sale. We do this daily, and love every minute. Every member should focus on retaining this new member. Friendliness or neighborly is excellent toward retention of membership. I feel so welcome at Wilkes County Home Builder's meetings. Interesting programs and delicious foods are retainers for membership. Most enjoyable for me!" 
A letter from Dave Stormont, North Carolina Home Builders Educational and Charitable Foundation Inc. 2007 Chairman
RALEIGH, NC - The North Carolina Home Builders Association (NCHBA) is pleased to announce the 5th Annual 21st Century Building Expo & Conference (21CBEC) will be held at the Charlotte Convention Center September 12-14, 2007. All home building professionals in North Carolina and surrounding states are encouraged to attend. The 21CBEC is the largest networking event in the southeast for those in the home building industry. 
