From: BUILDER January 2010
Posted on: January 8, 2010

An Unfinished Life

The New American Home 2010 sits three-quarters finished in an enviable Las Vegas infill community, the victim of a construction financing crisis that’s affecting builders nationwide.

By:: Rich Binsacca

• Alfresco Grills (outdoor kitchen design and products)

• APEX Block (insulated concrete forms)

• Broan-NuTone (bath fans/lights, Best range hood, central

vacuum, ironing centers)

• BSH Home Appliances (major

appliances)

• CEDIA (home automation

coordination)

• Closet Factory (custom closet storage systems)

• Dal-Tile (ceramic and stone tile)

• Dryvit Systems (Outsulation RMD cladding system)

• DuPont Building Innovations

(Zodiaq quartz surfacing)

• Eaton Corp. (surge protection, AFCIs, load centers and

breakers, structured wiring, A/C disconnects)

• Emerson Electric (In-Sink- Erator waste disposers and hot water dispensers)

• Escea (outdoor fireplace)

• FBC Building Solutions/Lubrizol (FlowGuard Gold CPVC

piping/fittings)

• Formica (cabinet veneer details)

• Generac Power Systems (48 kW standby generator)

• Hearth & Home Technologies (fireplace coordination)

• Icynene (spray foam insulation)

• Kohler (plumbing fixtures,

faucets, and accessories)

• Lutron Electronics (lighting

controls)

• Mohawk Industries (wood

flooring and carpeting)

• ODL (tubular skylights)

• Overhead Door (garage doors and openers)

• Owens Corning (Cultured Stone veneer) Portland Cement Association (support for concrete and

masonry products)

• Progress Lighting (lighting

fixtures)

• Regency Fireplace Products

(fireplace)

• Rinnai (tankless water heaters)

• Schluter Systems (shower pan system and tile underlayment)

• Seabrook Contract (Scandatex glass-textured wall coverings)

• Sherwin-Williams (paints and coatings)

• Sierra Pacific Windows & Doors (windows and patio doors)

• Simpson Strong-Tie (framing connectors)

• Timberlake Cabinets (cabinets and built-ins)

• Trane Residential Solutions (split- system HVAC)

• Travis Industries (Xtreme fire- place by Fireplace Xtrordinair)

• Tyco Fire & Building Products (Blazemaster fire suppression system)

• Uponor (radiant floor heating system)

• Acrylic Tank Manufacturing

(water wall fabrication)

• Agilewaves (resource

management)

• Aztech Materials Testing

(inspections)

• Badger Construction (Cupolex and concrete labor)

• Barefoot Pools (pool construction)

• BioRoofSystems (green roof)

• CIMA (NuWool cellulose

insulation)

• Desert Home Electric

(electrician)

• Doors in Motion (motorized door systems)

• Eagle Framing (framing labor)

• Eagle Roofing Products (roofing)

• Earth Friendly Building Materials (APEX installation)

• Elite Spray Foam (Icynene

installation)

• Executive Plumbing (plumbing contractor)

• Foy Drywall (drywall labor)

• Florian (solar panel racking

system)

• Hardin & Sons (septic system

installation)

• Ivie Mechanical (mechanical contractor)

• Jose Alvarez Masonry (exterior stone and block labor)

• JTG/Muir Corp. (solar water heater)

• JMR Cabinets (custom tables

and benches)

• Las Vegas Flooring (tile and

granite installation)

• La-Z-Boy Furnishings (furniture)

• Mechoshade (theater shading system)

• Meridian Doors (interior doors)

• Residential Fire Protection (fire suppression system installation)

• Ossi Steel (steel and wrought iron)

• Pavestone (pavers)

• Pontarolo Engineering (Cupolex aerated floor)

• Prestige Roofing (roofing

installation)

• Red Rock Insulation (NuWool cellulose installation)

• Sanyo EnergyUSA (photovoltaic panels)

• Sonance (audio speakers)

• Suntrek (solar integrator/inverter)

• ThyssenKrupp Elevator (elevator)

• Tom McSharry (window

installation)

• Trim Tech (interior carpentry)

• Trufig Design (flush-mounted electrical controls)

• U-Line (undercounter

refrigerator)

• Who-Dun-It Plastering (exterior stucco installation)

Project Contributors

The following members of the National Council of the Housing Industry (NCHI)—The Leading Suppliers of NAHB, as well as non-NCHI and local suppliers and subcontractors, provided products and services to The New American Home 2010:

Project Team

Builder: Domanico Custom Homes, Las Vegas

Architect: KTGY Group, Irvine, Calif.

Design architect: Robert Williams, San Clemente, Calif.

Project director: Brian Muehlbauer, San Clemente

Landscape architect: Summers/Murphy & Partners, Dana Point, Calif.

Interiors: Macaluso Designs, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

Renderings: RM Design Studio, Bartlett, Ill.

Consultants: IBACOS Consortium, Pittsburgh; Wright Engineers, Las Vegas; Las Vegas Civil Engineering, Las Vegas; Evergreen Recycling (waste management), Las Vegas

Producers: National Council of the Housing Industry—The Leading Suppliers of NAHB, and Builder magazine, Washington, D.C.

Learn more about markets featured in this article: Las Vegas, NV.

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