Gayler Construction forms a community group to help provide cost-effective solar installations.
Community service can be a vital marketing tool, but be selective in how you invest your time and dollars.
Remodelers generally do well by doing good, and Clemleddy Construction was no exception in June when its participation in a 24-hour "Relay for Life"
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Banking and lending institutions have government requirements mandating that they give back to the community. Remodelers have enough laws to conform to that they don't need to be
Jonathan Mills, owner of Mills Builders in Sacramento, Calif., says, “We tear down homes that have nothing wrong with them all the time out here.” Mills didn't feel right about dumping the materials. From his company's inception in 1999 he began donating them to the local Habitat for Humanity.
For the first week of October, I found myself working shoulder to shoulder with nine of my competitors and hundreds of trade contractors I'd never met. The job? Tear down a house and build a new one in less than five days. It was simultaneously an act of insanity and one of the greatest experiences...
For about 30 years, I was a general contractor/remodeler who had worked through the ranks until I owned my own business. Then in December 2003 I got involved with Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County (Pennsylvania) through my local NARI chapter.
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This is the giving season, and there are ways you, as a remodeler, can play Santa Claus for families in need. You won't get milk and cookies, but you don't have to dress up, either.
It is a time to reflect on what we have — and for most of us, it is bountiful. I've been gathering stories of remodelers and how they share their bounty by supporting their communities. I am amazed by the frequency and the diversity. Many remodelers work with an existing charity like Habitat for...
Winning awards and designing high-end projects are not even close to the most important work that Vujovich does.