Sixty-two percent of builders in a recent survey said they offer security systems in new homes.
And unlike some of her projects in which corners have been cut by builders in a hurry, Baku was beautifully finished, inside and out.
Mr. Erickson argued that the cost of "inclusionary zoning" -- a policy he and Mr. Welch had hammered out in the 1990s, the last time they worked together on legislation -- was too burdensome for builders in a recession.
For instance, many of the people who bought new construction on spec have backed out, leaving builders in a serious bind.
Not only that, but green building practices are now considered a competitive advantage for architects, builders in a slumping economy.
At a convention of the nation's home builders in 1984, an ideal "New American Home" on display encompassed 1,500 square feet and cost less than $100,000.
The merger would create the nation's largest home builder in an industry that faces an array of challenges, including natural disasters and a labor shortage.
Soil and ants were sampled from nests of three ant species: two formicines; Lasius flavus (aphid farmer/scavenger, mound builder) and Formica lemani (scavenger/hunter, non-mound builder), and a myrmicine; Myrmica sabuleti (hunter/scavenger, non-mound builder), in an extensively grazed temperate grassland and compared to similar soils without ants.
In 1917, they moved to Rexburg, Idaho, where Gaskell became a successful home and commercial builder in an area growing owing to high World War I commodities prices.
Cemex executives say that in Mexico a higher proportion of cement is sold to individual home builders in sacks, a retail operation with higher margins.
