BEST NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL BUYERS GUIDE the Difference Between a House and a Home Is All in the Details
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Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201 Arlington Heights, IL 60005-5025 847/391-1000 • Fax: 847/390-0408 staff EDITORIAL DIRECTOR / PUBLISHER Patrick O’Toole 847/954-7919; [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David Barista 847/954-7929; [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Susan Bady Pat Curry Bob Schultz Scott Sedam DESIGNER Robin Hicks GROUP DIRECTOR – PRINCIPAL Tony Mancini 610/688-5553; [email protected] DIRECTOR OF E-MEDIA Shannon Wasiolek 847/954-7973; [email protected] EVENTS MANAGER Judy Brociek 847/954-7943; [email protected] DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Doug Riemer DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICES & PROMOTION Sandi Stevenson SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES Circulation Department Professional Builder 3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201 Arlington Heights, IL 60005-5025 REPRINTS Adrienne Miller 847/391-1036; [email protected] CORPORATE CHAIRMAN EMERITUS (1922-2003) H.S. Gillette CHAIRPERSON K.A. Gillette PRESIDENT/CEO E.S. Gillette SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT 7 Industry Perspective Ann O’Neill SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CFO 9 Letters to the Editor David Shreiner SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT 10 101 Best New Products Rick Schwer VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOM 30 Professional Builder MEDIA, CREATIVE SERVICES AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT 2011 Buyers Guide Diane Vojcanin VICE PRESIDENT OF EVENTS 66 Ad Index Harry Urban For advertising contacts, see page 62. 4 Professional Builder July 2011 Join the Pro Rewards Paint Program. Get tiered volume pricing, job-site delivery with factory tinting, and call-ahead paint orders. Plus, with top brands like Behr,® Glidden,® and KILZ,® you can get through your job right and get on to the next one. It’s how The Home Depot® provides a few extra coats of service to Pro painters. That’s the power of The Home Depot. ® homedepot.com/propaint © 2011, HOMER TLC, Inc. All rights reserved. Circle 752 Solid footing. Solid foundation. Amazing results. The formidable RSA Tower soars 745 feet into Mobile’s skyline and is recognized as the tallest building in Alabama. It takes a solid foundation to support such a grand structure and reliable technical expertise to ensure long-term success. That’s why you need the right mix and the right partner. GranCem® Slag Cement, part of the Envirocore™ family of eco-effi cient products, was a main component in two critical concrete classes for the project – mass concrete in the mat foundation, high-strength columns and shear walls in the lower building fl oors. GranCem was also proportioned to be used in numerous other applications throughout the RSA Tower. Minimum strength requirements in both mixture classes were exceeded throughout the project. The mass foundation placement was smooth and completed in less than 23 hours, the internal temperatures in the 7’6” thick mat were within the specifi ed limits, strength and performance criteria were accomplished. To start your next project on a solid foundation, visit www.holcim.us Holcim. Perfecting Progress™ 888.646.5246 Perfecting Progress™ Circle 753 industry perspective Suppliers Keep Innovating, So Should We All There’s no substitute for relentless innovation when it comes to busting out of a slump. Earlier this summer, at PCBC, I listened as some outside, it makes perfect sense that a dishwasher is very experienced industry professionals looked also needed. No surprise then to hear that the prod- back across the decades at earlier housing down- uct is selling incredibly well. turns. The tenor of the conversation was not gloom The message for all of us is to keep innovating and doom. Rather, I was struck by their optimism. and pursuing new solutions for today’s home buy- They were smiling and nodding as if to say, “This ers. Experience tells us that there is no substitute soon shall pass.” The group seemed particularly for relentless innovation when it comes to busting animated on the topic of house design and the po- out of a slump. tential that it has always held as a way to create opportunities, even today. Patrick O’Toole, Publisher/Editorial Director Among the group was consultant John Martin [email protected] of Martin & Associates, Newport Beach, Calif. One by one, he traced every builder-market recovery to the introduction of a specifi c new house-plan or design feature that seemed to capture the moment. PREPPING FOR PERFECTION: When a plan begins selling well in one market, other builders take UNDERLAYMENT notice and adjust their offerings to follow suit. “I’d be willing to bet TIPS & TECHNIQUES that is how it is going to happen this time,” said Martin. As you peruse this issue of Professional Builder magazine, I in- vite you to pay special attention to our list of the “101 Best New Products” of 2011. Hand-picked by our editors, many of these new products support Martin’s point — new solutions have the power of driving new sales. Case in point is Is your underlayment snug and smooth? the fi rst new dishwasher I know of that is designed specifi cally for an Scan the QR code with your smartphone’s outdoor kitchen, from Kalamazoo camera to view “Prepping for Perfection: Outdoor Gourmet (page 23). Over Underlayment Tips & Techniques,” one in a the years, many types of kitchen series of on-the-spot videos for seasoned pros— appliances have migrated outdoors. brought to you by Ainsworth Engineered. Cooktops, refrigerators, ovens, and wine vaults are all among the ap- pliances that are now designed to perform well when exposed to the elements. 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