The GHBA provides an excellent venue for staying up to date on policy, ordinance, and code changes which can affect your business’s viability. Depending on your line of business, how quickly you are able to …
10 Common Reasons for Site Plan Review Rejections
The Houston Planning and Development Department (P&D) wants to help you get your site plans approved quickly and with the fewest amount of rejections possible. To this end, the team has identified the 10 most …
Insurance Restoration: An Untapped Resource
Many construction companies are missing an untapped source of business—insurance restoration. Insurance restoration is when an insurance company pays for the repairs on a home or business by construction professionals in the event of a …
GHBA Remodelers Give Back
In April the Greater Houston Builders Association’s Remodelers Council continued its history of giving back to the Houston-area through its annual charity renovations. Partnering with HomeAid Houston, the council renovated the facilities of Santa Maria …
A New Frontier?
Selling ‘lifestyle’ with creative updates to the forgotten room “Amenities are the key to enticing home buyers,” according to a consumer survey by Meyers Research (Meyers, Jeff. Builder and Developer Magazine, May 2018). Meyers Research …
Houston Remodelers Council Receives National Awards
2018 Council Awards for Demonstrating Excellence (CADRE) Continuing its award-winning history, the Greater Houston Builders Association’s (GHBA) Remodelers Council (RMC) was honored to receive two Council Awards for Demonstrating Remodeling Excellence (CADRE) from the National …
City of Houston “Electronic Plan Review (EPR)” Training
This spring, the City of Houston’s Permitting Center will be moving to 100% electronic plan submittal for all residential projects. While the EPR option has been available for years, it will now be mandatory. City …
City of Houston 2015 Wood Frame Construction Manual Seminars
The Customer Assistance and Code Development group will host two day-long seminars on the 2015 Wood Frame Construction Manual provided by the American Wood Council. The seminars will take place on February 13, 2019 and …
GHBA Names “Of the Year” Award Winners for 2018
Every year GHBA honors six GHBA members for their outstanding work and service to the community and to the association throughout the year. These members were honored at the 2019 GHBA Installation Celebration event held …
GHBA Names 2018 Houston’s Best PRISM Award Winners
Before a sold-out crowd of more than 860, Newmark Homes and Westin Homes were both presented the 2018 GHBA Houston’s Best PRISM GRAND Award for Volume Builder at the celebration of the city’s finest in …
BuildAid Recognizes One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Harvey
HomeAid Houston partnered with the David Weekley Family Foundation (DWFF), to form BuildAid Houston just days after the storm passed. Combining the knowledge and history of HomeAid’s 15 years as a charity of the GHBA, …
GHBA Congratulates Local TAB Star Award Winners
The Texas Association of Builders (TAB) announced and presented the 2018 Star Awards winners on August 9 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. The highly-coveted Star Awards are given annually in conjunction with the …
Builders2Trades Aids in Search for Skilled Trades and Suppliers
Before Hurricane Harvey, Texas was experiencing a critical shortage of construction trades professionals. In an effort to expedite the matching of builders, developers and remodelers to skilled tradespeople, the Texas Association of Builders (TAB) has …
GHBA Remodelers Council Renovates Wellsprings Village, a Transitional Residence for Women
The first thing you notice about the three-acre Wellsprings Village community in Southwest Houston is its peacefulness, broken only by the sound of birds and bullfrogs in the nearby bayou. It’s an appropriate locale for …
Post-Harvey Case Study: The Yelovich Home in Wedgewood
The destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey is beyond heartbreaking. The thought of losing your home in the storm is devastating. GHBA member Dave Yelovich of Tilson Homes and his family sought shelter at 2:30 a.m. …