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NAHB Chairman's Letter: Mental Health and Worker Well-Being

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NAHB Chairman's Letter: Mental Health and Worker Well-Being. The NAHB has been leading the charge on mental health and well-being and recently teamed up with experts to help transform the often-stigmatized nature of mental illness among construction workers. Chuck Fowke, NAHB 2021 Chairman. Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:19.

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NAHB: Endowment-Sponsored Career Events Pay Off in October

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NAHB: Endowment-Sponsored Career Events Pay Off in October. Two-thousand students learned about the skilled trades needed to build homes, worked with tools and materials, and met local industry professionals. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 14:41. National Association of Home Builders. Education + Training.

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Why Do Builders Continue to Use Lumber?

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Wood framing methods were used in 91% of new homes constructed in 2020, according to the NAHB. The second most significant barrier was the relative cost of materials, according to 42% of builders. . 2 hurdle to switch from wood framing was the relative cost of materials, cited by 42% of builders. Innovation. Read More.

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Webinar on Demand: The New American Home 2023, High-Performance Features

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Webinar on Demand: The New American Home 2023, High-Performance Features ibush Mon, 04/03/2023 - 18:30 In the second of two webinars about The New American Home 2023, we explore how the luxury home is also a model of resource efficiency, from next-level energy and water savings to indoor air quality and materials use.

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Interested in Off-Site Construction?

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NAHB says off-site construction remains an innovative approach to the industry’s labor shortage issue, which coincides with the housing affordability crisis. How are we going to be able to get the workforce that we need, the materials that we need? Innovations. housing shortage. How are we going to get this done?

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Decrease Lumber Use With High-Performance Building Strategies

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Lumber prices are now up to nearly $1,000 per thousand board feet, increasing the cost of a home by nearly $24,000, according to NAHB estimates. Builders can also find solutions in the National Green Building Standard Green Certification standards, such as using building materials with recycled content and regional materials.

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Ken Calligar Is Shaping a New Era of Resilient Construction

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One solution comes in the form of a 3D cementitious panel by Re-Structure Group that won the 2019 NAHB Global Innovation Award for its weather resistance and energy efficiency. . Veev’s Amit Haller on Scaling Innovation and Shortening the Supply Chain. Ken Calligar. Re-Structure Group. It's all coming.