Benchmark Homes Improving Factory-Built Image, Building Neo-Traditional Inner City Homes

摘要

Brookville, oh—In the home building business since 1946, Benchmark Homes and its affiliates have built and marketed over 30,000 homes and developed and built 2,000 multi-family units ip 20 multi-family communities, valued at over $100 million. The Benchmark manufacturing facility is 90,000 sq. ft. and can produce 300 homes a year. Benchmark Homes operates a complete production operation, designing its homes in-house and manufacturing the floor and roof truss systems used in its houses. Electrical, plumbing and heating/cooling contractors work in the plant, pre-fitting the units with all utility systems before they go out the door. These additional in-house operations allow Benchmark to control and time the assembly of its homes in an efficient and consistent way, and reduce dependence on outside contractors. Further, it allows for consistent quality control and high standards. For the builder or home buyer, this one-stop system eliminates cost overruns and unnecessary delays. Commenting on this approach Benchmark Homes President Dan Riedel says, "This avoids one of the bear traps in this industry which is the confusion between what the factory does and what the builder does. It makes the lines of responsibility very clear."