Over the last year, GHBA remodelers and builders have participated in stakeholder meetings with the City of Houston in order to make minor revisions to the Historic Preservation Ordinance. After many discussions and negotiations, the …
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Local Houston Remodeler, Gonzalo Garcia, Named National Remodeler of the Month
Gonzalo Garcia, CGR, GMB, CAPS, CGP, GMR, president of JRG Builder & Remodelers in Houston, Texas, was named the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) October Remodeler of the Month. Garcia, selected through a stringent …
Perry Holds Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate Closing of Benefit Home
Perry Homes and the GHBA marked the sale of Perry’s 2015 Benefit Home at a formal ribbon cutting ceremony on September 17. The home was built with donated materials and services by GHBA members. The …
Custom Builders Council Leads HomeAid Project at Casa de Esperanza
HomeAid Houston recently joined forces with the GHBA’s Custom Builders Council (CBC), on a charity project to repair, repaint and provide some added tender loving care to one of the homes at Casa de Esperanza …
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Jobsite Hazards: Beware the “Top 10”
Builders should pay close attention to the following hazards as they are often the most frequent cited federal OSHA construction standards. Duty to have fall protection General scaffold requirements Ladders Fall protection training requirements Hazard …
City of Houston Builders: Chapter 42
On July 24, 2015, new Chapter 42 development regulations went into effect. These changes were a result of GHBA meetings with Planning Commission members and Super Neighborhood Alliance members over the past two years. The …
GHBA Wins ‘Grand Award’ from National: We’re tops in membership recruitment!
The Greater Houston Builders Association has won the NAHB Grand Award for Numerical Increase for membership recruitment efforts in 2014. The association achieved the highest numerical increase in membership last year, more than all other …
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Successful Legislative Session
Texas’ 84th legislative session proved to be very successful for the homebuilding industry and the GHBA. Here’s a brief highlight of priority legislation that passed as well as legislation that failed. (It is often just …
Benefit Homes Team Tours Alzheimer’s Center
Perry Homes, a builder for the 2015 GHBA Benefit Homes Project, and Castletree Homes, an additional builder that recently came on board the project, were honored guests at the recently renovated Alzheimer’s Association Southeast Chapter …