August 2014             Volume IX, Issue 8

Become the Builder of Choice

By Ed Hauck, Builder Partnerships

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 A builder achieves Builder of Choice status when suppliers and trades want to work for you over all the other builders in your market. They want to work for you, will send the best crews, and give you the best price. This can be worth 5 to 10% in lower costs compared to your competition. The best crews can take several days off a build schedule. If you do this with every supplier and trade, you can significantly lower your direct construction costs and decrease your cycle time.


 This should be the first thing you talk about when you meet with a supplier or trade. You need to sell the efficiency of your operation. By the end of that meeting, they should want to work with you over any of the other builder in your market.


 

I have spent a lot of time working with suppliers and trades trying to understand how to help lower builders' costs. Dry runs are by far the biggest issue. Always have your site clean and ready on the scheduled date so they can complete their job. Every date scheduled on your site should be money in the bank to a trade. 

 

 

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Navigating the World of Hydrotherapy 
By Kitchen & Bath Design News on behalf of Aquatic
 

Hydrotherapy has long been used as a way to treat injury and relieve symptoms of illness and disease. Centuries ago, people the world over realized the healing power of water as evidenced by the unearthing of an ancient bath in Pakistan that dates back to 4500 B.C. Various forms of hydrotherapy were also an essential part of early Roman, Egyptian and Greek cultures as well as those in China and Japan. The same was true for Europe, where public bathhouses were extremely popular throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, while bathhouses made their first appearance in the U.S. in the mid-1700s.


 

Today, hydrotherapy is often associated with luxurious indulgences at resorts and day spas or physical therapy during rehabilitation. However, with the wealth of bath products offered today, design professionals can offer their clients the benefits of hydrotherapy right in their own homes. Modern products - including soaking tubs, therapeutic jetted air and water tubs and steam showers - can soothe the discomfort of everything from acne and arthritis to sleep disorders and tendonitis, while improving circulation, decreasing joint pain and speeding the body's natural healing process.


 

Given the popularity of, and the desire for, a spa-like environment in today's bathrooms, it's no surprise that the hydrotherapy market is booming. But navigating one's way through the wealth of product offerings currently available can be challenging.

Aquatic's DriftBath, which is available on select Serenity and Studio models, is designed to offer bathers a hydrotherapy experience that soothes the body with streams of water that converge into a sing, flowing motion, creating a soft blanket effect.

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Product News
 
AZEK Building Products Introduces New, Realistic 3D iPad App to Help Re-Imagine Outdoor Spaces
By AZEK Building Products
 

AZEK Building Products is making it easier than ever to visualize AZEK house trim, deck, railing and paver products on a home, with a new, free AZEK iPad App that provides the power to re-imagine home and outdoor living spaces in realistic 2D and 3D! With the new AZEK App, it's easy to turn dreams of outdoor living spaces into visual reality with a simple tap or swipe using five different product scenarios. From inspired trim and moulding applications, deck and railing designs, porch colors, and paver layouts, the AZEK App places the power of creative outdoor visualization in any user's hands.


 

The new app is a great way for builders and their customers to learn about the full suite of all AZEK Products, from Trim and Molding, Decking, Railing, Porch, and Pavers by watching videos and viewing the extensive photo galleries. It also offers an easy way to learn about the newest color from AZEK Deck, Arbor Collection's new Hazelwood™ which is a light, natural color. And users can see all of the new AZEK Paver products such as the Standard Paver's 8X8 size, Bullnose for finished edges or the Transition Paver that acts as a mini ramp to the ground level. 

 

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The Professional Builder Housing Giants Leadership Conference offers strategic and management tools to all executive and operational leaders who want to maximize the performance of their national or regional companies. Ideal for C-level executives as well as all leadership within the areas of operations, sales and marketing, design, purchasing, and finance.

 

October 8-10, 2014

 

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