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At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Our Performance Materials division encompasses the entire materials’ know-how of BASF, focusing on innovative, customized polyurethanes and plastics. The division has a strong portfolio of products offering solutions to various markets including spray foam, wood and stone imitation, doors, sanitary, and irrigation. For additional information contact pmconstruction@basf.com.
We invite you to hear from NARI Chairman of the Board, Robi Kirsic, CKBR, in the spirit of Home Improvement Month where he shares advice on:
- Remodeling Tips & Tricks
- Searching for a Remodeler
- Virtual Meetings
- Inviting Remodelers Into Your Home
- The Importance of a Budget
These videos can be shared with your teams, potential clients, and may even be used to inspire your own video messaging for marketing your business. Watch now!
NARI Certification to Boost Your Credibility
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NARI
With the uncertainty of the economic consequences of the pandemic and how they may affect remodeling, boosting your credentials can help you get a leg up on the competition.
NARI offers a variety of premier certifications to help you boost your remodeling skill set and validate your professionalism.
We have online preparatory courses for two of our certifications starting in June.
June 9th – Universal Design Certified Professional (UDCP) Online Prep Course
This online course will develop your knowledge in the fundamentals of Universal Design:
- Conducting client needs assessments
- Universal design applications used in residential remodeling
- Construction techniques used to implement universal design to a remodeling project
- Plumbing and electrical systems unique to universal design
- Differences between model building codes and ones described in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
June 16th – Certified Remodeling Project Manager (CRPM) Online Prep Course
This online course will develop your knowledge in the fundamentals of managing remodeling projects:
- Project planning
- Project cost management
- Risk management
- Personnel management
- Quality assurance
- Record keeping
- Communication and client satisfaction
You can explore all NARI Certifications here.
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Complimentary NARI Webinars
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NARI
How Offering Payment Options Can Boost Your Remodeling Company Sales
June 10, 2020 at 12 pm Central Time
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are gradually opening back up across the country and life is starting to normalize. Are you ready? NARI is proud to present a must-see webinar to help you bounce back and continue to grow your remodeling business. Did you know that offering payment options to 100% of your customers 100% of the time can help you increase leads, nearly double your close rate, grow your average project size by 44%, prevent cancellations, and get you more referrals? Now, more than ever, your clients need the flexibility and confidence that comes with smarter ways to pay. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn pro tips, industry-leading methods, and best practices for offering payment options and growing your business in the current economy!
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Transforming the American Kitchen Through Quality, Innovation and Design
June 18, 2020 at 12 pm Central Time
This webinar will cover the economic, technological, and societal challenges new businesses face and how these businesses can learn from legacy companies that have survived and succeeded through the decades. This topic will be viewed, in part, through the lens of a kitchen appliance manufacturer who has played an integral role in moving an age-old industry forward through innovation, craftsmanship, and customer service. The evolution of the kitchen will also be examined, as well as the role innovation has played in transforming the kitchen from a utilitarian, sometimes dysfunctional space into the hub of the home.
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Set up a ZipWall® dust barrier up to 20’ high in just a few minutes – no ladders, no tape, no damage! Telescoping spring-loaded poles are easy to set up. Zippers, doors, barrier seals, mats and other accessories provide complete dust barrier solutions. Learn More.
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NARI
NARI Members receive complimentary access to over 80 on-demand educational webinars on topics ranging from job costing to marketing. Through our extensive on-demand educational library, you can access valuable remodeling business insights and best practices and earn Continuing Education Credits toward NARI Certification anywhere and anytime convenient for you.
Click here to view NARI’s on-demand webinars.
Pro Remodeler
One of my clearest childhood memories of my father is watching him barbecue in our backyard. The notable part of this is not the fact that he was cooking meat—barbecuing is an American pastime after all. The interesting part is where this meat cooking occurred. I was raised in New York City, and our “backyard” was about the size of a foyer in most suburban homes. My father and our charcoal brazier took up the majority of available space.
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Pro Remodeler
Thompson Creek is a family-owned company with an annual revenue of about $75 million. We manufacture and install windows, gutter systems, and other home improvement products. Our company serves Maryland, Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Virginia Beach.
We try to keep our marketing efforts diversified—as if it were an investment portfolio—and we generally don’t want any single area to account for more than 20% of our total lead flow.
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Residential Products Online
Artificial lighting is a huge part of architecture, but how design pros choose to illuminate their spaces varies. These days, lighting trends are pivoting toward extra large pendants, adjustable fixtures, color, miniature recessed cans, and highly personalized pieces that can double as art, among others.
Like everything else, lighting preferences ebb and flow with the time.
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Pro Remodeler
Back in 2012, we were working on creating a Visual Process Flow Map of what happens with a lead, beginning with our sales process through our administration, production, and accounting system until the job has been successfully completed. When we started to analyze how different revenue levels of our locations across the country had different needs to scale profitably, we discovered something that puzzled us.
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Pro Trade Craft
There are six sections and 22 subsections to the Thermal Bypass Checklist. These 16 videos, animations, articles, and podcasts cover all six sections.
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Broan took recessed lighting a step further by incorporating powerful, quiet ventilation in the same design. These fan/lights disappear into the ceiling and match perfectly with other recessed lights. Whether a bathroom, closet, or high-traffic family room, Broan helps keep any space fresher and comfortable.
Learn more at Broan.com
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Remodeling
Having the hair style that I do, every morning I put some skin lotion on the top of my head. As you can imagine, using that little bit of lotion each day makes a bottle last a long long time!
Over the last month plus I could see the end coming. I kept on wondering which day would be the very last day that a push on the pump would bring up that final bit of lotion. Just the other day it finally happened.
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Markup and Profit
I’m going to stop here for a minute. It’s true that your crew works most efficiently when you’re working with them. Even then, they probably won’t work at your pace if you’re the most experienced of the crew. That’s why you shouldn’t estimate labor based on how long it would take you to do the work, it needs to be how long it will take your crew to do it.
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SHRM
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently issued a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application Form (the Forgiveness Application) that resolves some important questions regarding how borrowers will compute forgivable loan amounts and what supporting documentation is required to be submitted, maintained and retained in connection with the Forgiveness Application.
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Forbes
Did you know that if you applied for and received a Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan, there is another application you’ll have to submit to meet requirements for having the loan forgiven? Certification requirements are more stringent than those you needed to qualify for the loan, and if you just observe how the landscape is evolving, more uncertainty is on its way.
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