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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday November 30, 2007 - 25 Oakville builder stands behind BILD By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The GTA's homebuilding and development industries have just gone through a radical transformation and one Oakville builder is going along for the ride. Todd Cullen, of Legend Creek Homes, is endorsing the launching of BILD (Building Industry and Land Development Association) an organization that brings the resources of homebuilders; land developers, renovators, surveyors and manufacturers together under one roof for the benefit of the customer. Taking place recently, the launch brought together the Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association and the Urban Development Institute into one group that now represents more than 1,500 member companies. "The merger came as a result of recognition that the line between builder and developer has become increasingly blurry over the last decade or so," said Cullen. "Prior to that it was two exclusive endeavors where builders would buy lots from developers and builders would deal with builder issues while developers dealt with development related issues. Now builders have really had to become developers because DEREK WOOLLAM / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER LOOKING AHEAD: Todd Cullen poses for a photo in the show room of Legend Creek Homes, which has endorsed the launch of BILD (Building Industry and Land Development Association), a new building/developer organization. the somewhat short supply of land has forced builders to get the land themselves, otherwise they were finding developers were building on it." With most builders being active in development and vice versa, Cullen said, it only made sense for the two industries to come together and form a centralized strength. "Now, from the conceptual development phase right through to handing a homeowner the keys, the entire process is advocated under the one association," said Cullen. "That really helps the purchaser and the community at large because there are acute development related issues that effect land supply and direct physical costs to bringing about development that have to be monitored and advocated by our association to make sure that those things are controlled so that there aren't undue costs put upon the end purchasers of commercial and residential properties." Besides acting as a powerful advocate for its customers BILD also champions the use of environmental policies in building, innovative approaches to development and works to improve communication between the home builder/development industry and government. Cullen says having the resources of BILD available has led to a whole new level of efficiency in his business. "Information on how to tap into, participate in and deal with development and building related issues is much more readily available," he said. "It's like one stop shopping." Besides getting access to a wide array of knowledge on a wide array of topics, Cullen says, going with a company under the BILD umbrella gives the customer piece of mind, as they know the company is credible. "Part of the criteria for members is an adoption and endorsement of the code of ethics," said Cullen. "This is a builder who has shown their commitment to being in this industry in a significant way by taking the effort to become a member of an association like this." For more information visit www.BILDgta.ca. 2GB iPod Nano GIFT #1 nano2r F E RE ! 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