July 2014
New Opportunity for Fall 2014 New Voting Procedures for Code Changes Page 2 BUILD-PAC Celebration Page 7 Member Q&A Page 11 Home Construction 101 Page 16
A warm morning start for the HBA Annual Golf Tournament. See page 10 for winners and photos.
The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City will partner with the Heart of America Chapter of the International Codes Council and Johnson County Contractor Licensing to present a Fall Industry Trade Show at the Contractor Licensing Education Conference, October 21 through 23. This event, held at the Overland Park Convention Center, draws over 1000 individuals to the conference each day. These attendees are highly placed decision makers representing construction contractors and subcontractors throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. Trade show booths offer vendors the opportunity to network with building professionals during break times between classes and during the lunch break. This event is well known for the excellent lunches provided to participants; therefore the contractors remain in the convention center throughout the day and have ample time to visit the trade show. The HBA feels that this business-to-business trade show will provide a unique opportunity for associates to exhibit their products to virtually every Class A, B and C prime contractor, mechanical, plumbing and electrical contractors along with architects and engineers. Plan now to place your business, products, or services in front of the most effectively targeted audience of construction and building purchasing professionals available in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Each day you will have access to a thousand or more different potential customers. If you want to reach the construction industry, you need to be at the 2014 Fall Industry Trade Show. For information or to reserve your booth space, contact Phil Yancey (phil@ kchba.org) at the HBA.
The Fall Industry Trade Show will offer business-to-business opportunities to vendors during the Johnson County Contractors Licensing Conference.
KCHBA Members Play Active Role at NAHB Spring Board Several KCHBA members played an active role at the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB) Spring Board meeting in Washington, D.C. in early June. NAHB senior officers, including First Vice Chairman Tom Woods, Woods Custom Homes, met with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers on mortgage finance reform. NAHB is strongly opposed to a bill in the House of Representatives that would affect every home builder in the country and “kiss the 30-year mortgage goodbye” according to Kevin Kelly, NAHB Chairman. The senior officers also met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to urge him to hold a vote on a bipartisan bill in the Senate that would provide the much needed reform for housing.
George Schluter, GWS, Inc., chaired a meeting of over 50 home builders and executive officers from across the U.S. The committee on building codes discussed a wide range of topics, such as proposed changes to the thickness of roofing materials to changes on how building codes are adopted that would have a serious impact on the residential construction industry. Mark Hoffman, Hoffman Construction, Inc. and NAHB Vice Chairman of the Construction Liability, Risk Management and Building Materials Committee, also led discussions and represented builders at NAHB’s Spring Board meeting.