Dallas Builders Association

Dallas Builders Association Offers Advice on Coping with Winter Plumbing Emergencies

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 17, 2021 /

Phil CroneExecutive Officer, Dallas Builders Association Recent days have provided a multitude of challenges for households throughout the region. Unprecedented cold combined with long-term power outages will cause significant damage to many homes.  Most of the damage will come in the form of frozen and broken pipes. When they dethaw, flooding will ensue if water…

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Dallas Builders Association Advocates Third-Party Help to Fix Permitting Debacle

By Joshua Baethge / January 26, 2021 /

Could enlisting the help of private companies be the key to fixing Dallas’ much-maligned permitting process?  That seems to be the thinking among some who are fed up with the current system. Leading the charge to overhaul the city’s process is Phil Crone, executive officer for the Dallas Builder’s Association. He characterizes the current setup within…

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Phil Crone: For Dallas Builders, 2020 Was Our Finest Hour

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 7, 2021 /

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association What will you tell people when they ask you to describe 2020? What will your story be a decade from now?  I suspect in either case you’ll recall the uncertainty, fear, tragedy, and turmoil that gripped the world. Also, how your business adapted and overcame some of…

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Dallas Builders Association Fights Back Against Crippling Permitting Delays

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / December 11, 2020 /

By Phil CroneExecutive Officer, Dallas Builders Association For builders, 2020 has had no shortages of challenges in the City of Dallas. The first, of course, came in March when the Dallas Builders Association’s advocacy played a critical role in keeping housing designated as an essential business.  As housing demand sprung to life across the Metroplex,…

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Dallas Builders Association Member Spotlight: Olivia Clarke Homes

By Joanna England / November 16, 2020 /

Jennifer Johnson Clarke is tenacious. First, it’s one thing to start a home building business — it’s complicated! But starting a home-building business during a pandemic? That’s bravery. And it’s also exactly what she did just a few months ago with Olivia Clarke Homes, one of the newest members of the Dallas Builders Association and…

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