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Software for Home Builders: Why It Isn’t Working

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Software for Home Builders: Why It Isn’t Working. Software systems offer home builders real operational advantages, but several stumbling blocks continue to undermine success. The new software is clearly able to perform basic accounting functions, but the vendor says it goes way beyond that—or at least promises to.

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Drones take site assessments to new heights

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Drones take site assessments to new heights 0 qpurcell Mon, 06/12/2023 - 12:50 Drone Software Eric Vallejo, Director of Reality Capture and Geospatial Solutions, IMEG Corp., We recently did a night drone flight for a client in Denver to provide a lighting and security assessment to address potential safety concerns.

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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

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Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth Denver, Colorado | Finance Category The Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth provides up to $40,000 in down-payment assistance to first-time Black and African American homebuyers to help build generational wealth.

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Housing, Industrialized: Designing for Off-Site

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but one that needs to take place if home builders want to successfully transition from on-site stick-building to an off-site or factory-built model for the bulk of their structural needs. Our CAD [computer-aided design] modelers and drafters have become experts in how to build a house,” Carpenter says. Not so in a factory.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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In the Finance category, finalists include organizations focused on construction financing, shared-equity models, and renter programs that support increased savings and equity. Madelon | Denver, Colorado Madelon simplifies infill housing development by streamlining and productizing the entire process.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

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The road map will outline a successful transition of a builder’s overall business model—not just the construction silo—to fully integrate IC into its operations and realize IC’s benefits. That means having every detail worked out on paper and in modeling software instead of ad hoc on site. Photo: courtesy Entekra.

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Are All-Electric Homes The Future?

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This Denver builder believes that, even in a gas market, these homes' advantages will grow their market share. Denver is a strong market for natural gas, which most homes use for heat and hot water. Energy use is calculated from the home plans using RESNET approved modeling software. Are All-Electric Homes The Future?