Why Should I Get a Summer Job? How Do I Find One? A summer job is an opportunity to gain first-hand experience in an industry you may want to enter. It offers you the chance to “taste test” a prospective career and build valuable contacts. Why Get a Summer...
Codes Corner with: Lynn Madden, Hallmark Homes, IBA Codes & Safety Committee Chair & Nate Kleist, Energy Diagnostics As a quality inspector for a custom home builder, I know firsthand how difficult it can be to make sense of some of the requirements in the 2020...
Joint column by IBA, Associated Builders and Contractors of Indiana and Kentucky Over nine years ago, then- Governor Mitch Daniels and the Indiana legislature boldly led Indiana to become the 23rd state to adopt a right-to-work law. Today, more than a third of the states across...
John B. Scheuman, 71, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at Franciscan Health St. Elizabeth East. He was born January 30, 1949 in Lafayette, IN. John was a lifelong Lafayette resident and graduate from Jefferson High School in 1967. He was awarded a full...
Submitted by EO, Shelby Roberts Good things come to those that wait. At the end of every storm is a rainbow. There are a million different ways to say that patience is a major key to success. The Builders Association of Kosciusko-Fulton Counties is proud to announce...
The Indiana Quality Assurance Builder Standards (QABS) program has changed in two ways: Indiana QABS manuals are now offered through IBA directly to you, the member, and in digital format. All builder members can participate. The Indiana QABS program creates a series of performance guidelines that builders/remodelers and...
What a year. When starting my time as IBA president after our December board meeting last year, I never would have expected what 2020 had in store for us as individuals, a community and an industry. I came in to my term as IBA president...
The Indiana Builders Association (IBA) members on the ballot found success on November 3 as general election results poured in across the state. After all the votes were counted, IBA will add 2 members to the Indiana General Assembly, with now 10 members of the...
Indiana joins eight other states when Governor Eric Holcomb officially declared the month of October to be Careers in Construction Month. Indiana’s Careers in Construction Month is designated to help increase public awareness of the opportunities available in construction trades professions. “The importance of the construction industry’s...
In times of crisis, we usually revert back to what we know and understand. The housing industry is no different. 2020 has proven to be a very tough year for a lot of us. There has been plenty of uncertainty and unknown variables that have...
