On November 13, 2014, several Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) builders met with staff from the KCMO Planning and Development Department to discuss a list of building issues. Topics included recent double inspections, the incre...
On November 6, the KCMO City Council passed Ordinance No. 140477 requiring anyone who requests an excavation permit to designate a “Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager” or “QAM” for the project. The QAM must con...
On Thursday, September 11, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a final rule that requires employers to notify the agency within 8 hours of a work-related fatality and withi...
There are only a dozen legislative days left before Congress adjourns for the November elections. But there is still time to contact your U.S. Senators to urge them to support S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpaye...
The HBA submitted comments today in opposition to proposed Ordinance No. 140447 arguing that it would create unnecessary or redundant regulation that would only serve to delay home building. The proposal would require anyon...
NAHB encourages all HBA members to contact their U.S. Senators to urge them to support Senate Bill 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. The Senate Banking Committee approved S.B. 1217 with b...
The HBA’s Political Action Committee (HBA-PAC) hosted a BUILD-PAC fundraiser on June 18 at the home of Stan and Nancy Woodworth. We are working to double the fundraising goal in the 2014 election cycle in an effort to kee...
In the final hours of the veto session, the legislature passed a bill (HB 2643) to phase out the Mortgage Registration Tax (MRT) over a period of 5 years (the original legislation would have eliminated the MRT upon enactment)...
The Kansas Bankers Association is planning a push during the next legislative session in Kansas to eliminate the Mortgage Registration Fee (also referred to as the Mortgage Registration Tax). The mortgage registration fee is...
Employers Must Train Employees on Workplace Hazards by December 1, 2013
Last year OSHA revised its Hazard Communications Standard (HCS) to bring the U.S. into alignment with global classification and labeling standards on ...
2021 KC MADE Winners
Award
Program Grant
Prize
1st Place Overall
Andrew T. - Project #7
Liberty High School
$1,000
DeWalt 3-Tool Woodworking Kit with Site-Ready Storage
2nd Place Overall
Patric...
Reporter Charlie Keegan of 41 Action News visited KC MADE to check out the students' projects and learn more about how the competition is assisting those students in finding a career in the skilled trades. Here are couple of ...
Cover Story:
Spring Parade of Homes Begins April 24
The Spring Parade of Homes returns to Kansas City April 24-May 9 and will feature 255 homes built by 98 home builders in eight counties across the Kansas City metropolit...
