NAHB Expects More than 100,000 Attendees at Builde

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NAHB Expects More than 100,000 Attendees at Builde
Washington, DC, November 21, 2006--More than 100,000 housing professionals are expected to descend on Orlando, Fla., for the 2007 International Builders’ Show (IBS). Hosted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the housing industry’s largest annual light construction trade show and exhibition will be held at the Orange County Convention Center, Feb. 7-10. How large? If you can imagine walking through every square foot of the landmark Chrysler Building, a 77-story New York City skyscraper, you have some sense of the size of the exhibition. Held in one of the biggest convention centers in the country, the 2007 IBS boasts the housing industry’s largest new-product showcase at more than one million net square feet, with a record 1,800 exhibitors displaying the latest cutting-edge products, services, designs and technologies available to the home building community. “The International Builders’ Show continues to grow because it is the event of the year for builders who want to stay on the cutting edge,” said NAHB President David Pressly, a home builder from Statesville, N.C. “With 450 new exhibitors, an impressive lineup of speakers and some truly amazing show homes, we expect this year’s show to be the best yet and certainly not one to miss.” The exhibit floor will feature suppliers spanning more than 300 categories ranging across every aspect of the residential and light commercial construction fields. Building professionals looking for an edge on the latest in home building technologies can also visit nextBUILD,™ the newly renamed technology component of IBS, which will showcase more than 200 exhibitors. Builders and their affiliates will also be able to choose from more than 290 educational sessions and have the opportunity to earn credit toward a professional designation by attending pre-show educational seminars. For the first time ever, IBS will also feature two showcase homes—one new and one remodeled. With attendance numbers rivaling a city the size of Boulder, Colo., convention caterers expect to keep busy. During the 2006 show, they sold the equivalent of 2.5 miles of hotdogs and sausages; 75,000 slices of bread or enough to span nearly six miles; 2,000 pounds of salad; 3,000 pounds of potato chips; and more than 6,000 gallons of beverages, equivalent to the amount of gas needed to fuel a car for 13 years.