PR April 2003

Developing and maintaining relationships with trade contractors and suppliers is a daily fact of life for remodelers.

Bringing the subtle, classic interior of a Chicago home to a sleek, modern home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles presented a different kind of project for Steve Straughan

Alex Dean uses a stable of professional service partners to help run The Alexander Group, his eight-person, $1.7 million company.

When twin brothers Randy and Rick Ruzanski started their remodeling firm 12 years ago, one of the two of them or Randy's fiancée took care of all the paperwork.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your business is to spend time cultivating your life outside of work.

Over the past 25 years as a builder, building inspector and lumber industry representative, I've inspected a great deal of framing all over the country.

The Internet, a proliferation of do-it-yourself shows on television and an abundance of home stores have created homeowners who are savvy in the ways of remodeling.

An investment in two digital cameras has provided Mark Scott, president of Mark IV Builders in Cabin John, Md., with a means to boost the company's productivity as well as its marketing savvy.

The Remodelers Foundation is a volunteer organization in Portland, Ore., dedicated to enabling the elderly and those with disabilities to stay in their homes.

Tom Poulin, CGR, owner of Poulin Design Remodeling Inc. in Albuquerque, N.M., saw his profits increase by 22% in one year.