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Residential Construction Performance Guidelines for Professional Builders & Remodelers, Sixth Edition

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NAHB gratefully acknowledges the leadership and commitment of the groups that worked together to produce this publication and its predecessors:

Residential Construction Performance Guidelines, Sixth Edition:

Co-Chairs: Nicole Goolsby, AMB, AR, CGP, CAPS, CR, Red Ladder Residential, Inc. Robert Hanbury, CGR, Construction Solutions Consultant, LLC (Retired)

Review Group Leaders

John C. Cochenour, Lexington Fine Homes (Retired)

Tom Gotschall, CGP, Construction Arbitration Associations

Alan Hanbury, CAPS, CGR, GMR, House of Hanbury Builders, Inc. (Retired)

Peter Merrill, Construction Dispute Resolution Services, LLC

Michael Turner, CAPS, CGP, CGR, GMB, GMR, Installation Made Easy, Inc.

Kevin Woodward, Legacy Homes, Inc.

Work Group Participants

Kenneth Adams, CGB, CGP, CSP, Integrity Builders, Inc.

Dan Bawden, Legal Eagle Contractors Company

Mark Beliczky, Prohome International, LLC

Denis Bourbeau, Bourbeau Custom Homes, Inc.

Kenneth Boynton, Boynton Construction, Inc.

Sam Bradley, Sam Bradley Homes

Taylor Burton, Taylor Burton Company, Inc.

Jim Chapman, Jim Chapman Communities, Inc.

Kurt Clason, CAPS, CGR, Clason Remodeling Company

Robert Criner, CAPS, CGB, CGP, CGR, GMB, GMR, Criner Remodeling

Don Dabbert, Jr., Dabbert Custom Homes

Carol Eisenlohr, Legend Homes

Michael Elman, Construction Dispute Resolution Services

Bob Frost, Frost Construction Company

John Gill, Quality Builders Warranty Corporation

Jules Guidry, Highland Homes

John Hodgin, CAPS, John Hodgin Construction Co., Inc.

Joseph Irons, CAPS, CGP, CGR, GMB, GMR, Irons Brothers Construction, Inc.

David Jaffe, NAHB Staff

Ric Johnson, CAPS, Right at Home Technologies

Gary Kerns, Gary Kerns Homebuilders, LLC

Marcus Kuizenga, James Hardie Building Products

Roger Langford, Professional Warranty Service Corporation

James Leach, Centricity

Al LeCocq, LeCocq Construction Company

Michael LeCorgne, 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty

Mark Lewis, 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty

Mark Martin, Sandmark Custom Homes, Inc.

Chuck Miller, CAPS, CGB, CGP, CGR, CMP, CSP, GMB, GMR, Master CSP, MIRM, Chuck Miller Consulting, LLC

Kevin Miller, 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty

Josh Moore, James Hardie Building Products

Vince Napolitano, Napolitano Homes

Greg Paxton, CAPS, CGP, Mr. Handyman of Kanawha Valley

John Piazza, Sr., Piazza & Associates Consultants, Inc.

Russ Pies, Builders FirstSource

Don Pratt, CAPS, CECS of Michigan, LLC

Allen Ream, CGB, CGP, GMB, Montana Heritage Home Builders, Inc.

Dwight Sonny Richardson, Richardson Home Builders, Inc.

Jeff Schnellmann, Silliman CitySide Homes, LLC

Kevin Stablier, NorthLake Construction & Development, LLC

Sean Sullivan, CAPS, CGP, Living Stone Design + Build

Paul Thomas, 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty

Mary Uher, APA The Engineered Wood Association

Tim Van Curen, The Sherwin-Williams Company

Lora Vassar, CAPS, CGP, Arch Design

Billy Wards, Champion Builders, LLC

Shawn Woods, Ashlar Homes, LLC

This book would not exist today had it not been for the original outstanding commitment from many individuals and organizations who produced the first edition of Residential

Construction Performance Guidelines:

Bill Asdal, Chair, NAHB Remodelers

Suzanne Grove, Chair, Single-Family Small Volume Builders Committee

The following organizations and groups contributed to all editions of the Residential Construction Performance Guidelines:

Home Innovation Research Labs (formerly NAHB Research Center)

NAHB Remodelers

NAHB Standing Committees

Business Management & Information Technology

Construction, Codes & Standards

Construction Liability, Risk Management & Building Materials

Construction Safety & Health

Custom Home Builders

Single-Family Builders

Other Organizations

Bonded Builders Home Warranty Association

Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis

Building Industry Association of Washington