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IBS 2009

• Builders’ Show Product Picks, Day 2

  Products from Armstrong Cabinet Products, Leviton, Koma and more.

• Mixed-Use Development Holds Out Opportunities and Challenges

  A builder and architect discuss pros and cons at IBS.

• Minnesota Builders Know What Women Want

  A fresh approach to marketing, customer service, and home design brings business to small firms during a incredibly difficult market.

• Recession Hammers Multifamily Industry

  NAHB panel says economic pain is impacting apartment construction; forecast for 2009 multifamily starts cut by half.

• HMI Slides to Record Low of 8

  Census data shows builders responding to buyers’ economic concerns by starting smaller homes.

• Housing downturn gives performance measurements new cachet.

  Three CPAs reacquaint beleaguered builders with the fundamentals of financial and operational accounting.

• IBS Session: Changing Population Trends

  There are a number of population trends that home building pros need to stay abreast of in order to convert potential buyers to customers, according to three design experts presenting.

• A roundup of product introductions from the first day of International Builders’ Show.

  Products from Whirlpool, Everpure, Icynene, James Hardie, Vantage, and Nana Wall.

• Dense Neighborhoods, Smaller Homes Need Not Sacrifice Design

  “How do you bring green to a broad audience?” architect Steven DeWan, AIA, asked the audience during the “12 Tips to Transform Any Plan Into a Green House Plan” seminar at the International Builders’ Show. “Through design.”

• Video: IBS Preview with Boyce Thompson

  BUILDER's Editorial Director gives his overview of what to expect in Las Vegas this year.