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The Production Homebuilder is written to introduce and promote the homebuilding industry to construction college students and prepare graduates for a fast career start and an exciting and rewarding homebuilding career journey. This textbook is the first component in a series of companion homebuilding training tools for construction professors to use in training future homebuilders. In Part One, students explore the essential concepts and processes related to production homebuilding business practices, including an overview of the residential industry, careers paths, the land and lot acquisition process, and the vision and design process for land planning. Students learn about the roles of the production homebuilder, construction-sales team, architectural group, and purchasing department. Additional chapters address IT solutions for homebuilders; the starts, home delivery, and home warranty processes; and the role of the homebuilders association in the industry. Part Two provides students with a traditional residential construction manual, which guides them through the logical stages of building a home. Students learn the sequence of construction, the tasks at each stage, and builder's duties at each stage, leading to the delivery of the completed home to the buyer. Eight companion photo tours outlined in the construction manual provide students with illustrations of each task at every stage of the home delivery process. Designed to satisfy ACCE accreditation standards, The Production Homebuilder is an ideal resource for construction students as well as recent graduates in the field.

Will Holder is Professor of Practice - Construction Science Management in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University. He holds an M.B.A. from George Washington University and a B.A. from Southwest Texas State University. After a few years working for a U.S. Congressman, Holder started his 38-year career in homebuilding in the early 1980s with Weekley Homes in the purchasing department. Later, he traveled for six years as a contract administrator building apartment communities with Lokey Properties in cities all over the country. Holder followed with five years at Village Builders as a purchasing manager. He concluded his career with 25 years at Trendmaker Homes, finishing as president and having built over 12,000 homes and developing almost 6,000 lots. He was the president of the Greater Houston Homebuilders Association in 2012.