Marshall Durrett Awarded Certified Graduate Builder (CGB) Designation and Texas Star Builder Designation
Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 18, 2007 -- Marshall Durrett, of Durrett Interests, LLC (www.durrettinterests.com) recently became one of the select group of 2,000 professional builders nationwide who have earned the Certified Graduate Builder (CGB) designation, identifying him as one of the building industry?s top professionals.
Administered by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) University of Housing, the CGB program is sponsored locally by the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin (HBAGA).
CGBs earn the building industry?s premier professional designation by successfully completing an intensive series of nine six-hour courses. The CGB curriculum incorporates training by leading building industry practitioners and academics on a range of topics, including business management, emerging technologies and market trends. After earning CGB credentials, program graduates are required to maintain their designation through completion of an additional six hours of training annually.
Durrett was also recently awarded Texas Star Builder designation. Administered by the Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC), the Texas Star Builder Program has stringent requirements that its members must meet in experience and education directly related to residential construction. After earning Texas Star Builder Program credentials, members are required to maintain their designation through adhering to certain ?best practices? in their industry as well as completion of an additional sixteen hours of continuing education annually.
ABOUT TRCC:
The mission of the Texas Residential Construction Commission is to promote quality construction for Texans by registering industry members and residential construction projects; providing information and educating homeowners and the residential construction industry; acting as a resource for complainants; and offering a neutral, technical review of alleged post-construction defects. The Commission is comprised of nine members appointed by the Governor: four registered builders, three members of the general public, one engineer who practices in the area of residential construction and one either architect or inspector who practices in the area of residential construction. The Commission members serve six-year staggered terms.
ABOUT NAHB:
The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 205,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. Known as ?the voice of the housing industry," NAHB is affiliated with more than 800 state and local home builders associations around the country. NAHB's builder members will construct about 80 percent of the almost 1.6 million new housing units projected for 2002, making housing one of the largest and most powerful engines of economic growth in the country.
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