STYLE Salutes the Home Builders Association of Northern Colorado
Dedication to quality and customer satisfaction remains the key to successful business in hard economic times. Never has that been truer than for the members of Northern Colorado’s building trades. The following builders have gone above and beyond, garnering the Home Builders Association of Northern Colorado’s (HBA) recognition as the 2009 Builder of the Year, Remodeler of the Year and the 2010 President.
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Builder of the Year - Aspen Homes of Colorado, Inc.
Aspen Homes of Colorado has received more than 20 national and state awards for being one of the most energy efficient builders in the country. Their father, Jim Sabin, created Aspen Homes in 2001, and Jammie and Rob are dedicated to continuing their father’s vision to build the most energy efficient homes available.
“I believe it is our dedication to this ideal, along with tremendous efforts by all our staff to ensure that our customers get a quality home customized to their needs – regardless of being price in the $400,000 range or less than $200,000 – that has allowed us to be honored with this recognition,” says Jammie.To be successful in this market, “each builder really must find their own niche in the marketplace. However, in general I believe that successful builders in this market must be highly responsive to customer requests and needs, and remain financially conservative and highly adaptive to the continual changes in the market.”
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Remodeler of the Year - Kessler Construction Company, Inc.
Kessler Construction Company celebrates 20 years of business in 2010. Kessler attributes his company’s longevity and their recent HBA recognition to his late father and dedicated staff. “Without my father’s persistence and knowledge building our company, we would not be here.” He adds, “Our staff and trades people are unparalleled in their loyalty and efforts making our company successful.”
“This award makes many years of hard work pay off. It is for all the people who have contributed to Kessler Construction over the years.” To be successful, Kessler says that they have maintained a set of core values over the years: dependable and consistent performance, honest and straightforward working relationships, and a level of professionalism and respect among peers. Maintaining this professionalism will enable building trades to meet the challenges present in their industry today, says Kessler. “Money is tight now, so cutting back on training and education is easy to do.” But, he says, “continuing to educate our employees and promote professionalism is vital to the success of construction in the future.”
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Home Builders Association of Northern Colorado 2010 President
Style would also like to recognize an old friend and this year’s Home Builders Association of Northern Colorado 2010 President Harry Poehlmann, owner of Poehlmann Construction Co. and Basements 4 You.
Poehlmann has been building custom residential homes and commercial buildings in Colorado for more than 30 years. His passion resides in creating unique, high quality homes for individuals in Northern Colorado.
“I am honored to be president of the HBA this year. Our industry has faced some challenges in the last two years, but we are a resilient group and will emerge stronger and better than before.
The HBA is a great organization, filled with people who work hard and have a passion for helping others. I intend to focus on the future and all the positive things it will bring to our industry and our association, and I especially want to reach out to those in our industry who are not members of the HBA to come join us.”