Create a Legally Defensible Document Retention/Destruction Policy

The February 2015 NARI Legal Corner blog post titled, Build a Record You’ll Be Proud Of, addressed the importance of recordkeeping for contractors and provided practical guidelines for creating project records.

1 comments

Net Zero Energy Homes

A recent post on NARI’s blog noted that “94% of remodelers are involved in one or more types of energy savings upgrades,” based on a survey of 621 NARI members. These upgrades ranged from duct insulation to high efficiency furnaces. The number one upgrade? Insulating the building envelope.

2 comments

SHOW US YOUR WHEELS NARI Member Sweepstakes

To celebrate the partnership between NARI and FCA US LLC (formerly Chrysler Group), we’re asking you to Show Us Your Wheels leading up to and during the 2015 CotY TM Awards Program at NARI’s Spring Business Meeting 2015 for a chance to win a Bosch Power Tools prize pack.

1 comments

Rethink Employee Retention

Employers today are facing the fact that we need to keep our older workforce in place longer — and we need to help them stay healthy. Many valuable older workers can stay productive on the job with some modifications in his/her work environment.

0 comments

Building Profits

As a business owner you want to maximize your profits without sacrificing the quality of your products and services.  Unfortunately, there are as many factors to keep you from being profitable as there are to help you achieve maximum profits.  To increase profits it is important to have the basic tools to understand the different areas in your business that can affect profitability.

0 comments

Creating a buzz around 2015 CotY awards

In a recent article, Entrepreneur Magazine talked about the value of winning industry-specific awards and advised that businesses that are targeted at a niche group of customers should go after awards that highlight their expertise in that area. Winning an industry award—like NARI’s CotY— can help create a buzz about your business by giving customers something to talk about. Industry awards can be a valuable addition to your marketing arsenal, to reinforce the endorsements from satisfied customers.

0 comments

How I Built My Construction Business: Kalin Construction

I always had it in my mind that I was going to start my own construction business. Growing up, I was fascinated watching my father build our own homes, even though by profession he was a pilot for American Airlines. I became his assistant holding the “trouble” light. I was a sponge wanting to know it all.

2 comments

A Closer Look at NARI’s CotY Program

The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) named 160 Regional CotY (Contractor of the Year)TM winners from the 2015 competition, with 33 team members.

0 comments

Considerations for Instituting a Mandatory Arbitration Clause

The Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) was enacted by Congress in 1925 as a means to ensure that otherwise valid arbitration agreements were enforced by the courts.

2 comments

Add Blogs to RSS FeedAdd Blogs to RSS Feed