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This is the final in a series of posts featuring an interview with Frank Dalene, chief financial officer of Hamptons Luxury Homes Inc.
In your editorial in Builder/Architect you mentioned manufacturers using deceptive marketing practices to represent their products for improper uses. Can you share any specifics about that so people can get an idea of [...]

This is the third in a series of posts featuring an interview with Frank Dalene, chief financial officer of Hamptons Luxury Homes Inc.
Besides the two web sites that are planned to be launched by Hamptons Green Alliance what other initiatives will the group undertake to help reveal to the general public what building green really [...]

In this second in a series of posts featuring an interview with Frank Dalene, chief financial officer of Hamptons Luxury Homes Inc., we begin with a description of two different approaches to geothermal systems the company has installed. 
We have been doing geothermal since the late 80s and in this area we have a lot [...]

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Listen in now to an interview (13 minutes) with Dr. George Elvin, director of the Green Technology Forum, to hear [...]

There are indicators that the construction industry is challenged with not only having enough people but also with having the right people with the right training and experience. Construction Education points out there is a continuing shortage of qualified people and that because of the aging workforce there is anticipated to be more jobs than [...]