Home Builders Association

Meet the HBA Hall of Fame Inductees from 2010, 2011, and 2012.  

 

In 2009, the HBA leadership decided the time had come to honor its members, who throughout the years, have had a significant impact to our industry and community. 

 

 

The HBA Board of Directors approved the creation of the Hall of Fame Committee, whose purpose was to create a system to select worthy individuals and choose the first class of recipients. This group met on several occasions to debate and discuss the challenges of creating a process and selecting this first class of individuals. The committee selected ten HBA members who helped build Wake County over the last fifty years.

 

 

The first Hall of Fame ceremony was held in February of 2010. Since then, the HBA has inducted two more members into the Hall of Fame.  All inductees are listed below. 

 

 

• John Adams - John Adams was one of the early builders in Raleigh who took the risks that transformed this area into what it is today. Before Adams, no builder in Raleigh (or on the entire East Coast) included air conditioning as a standard feature in their home. Adams had an eye to envision what a piece of property could become and on a scale and location that was mostly unheard of. One of his most noteworthy projects was the Brentwood Community off Capital Boulevard, when building “outside” the beltline in the 1960’s was considered “out there.”
• Jud Ammons -  Ammons still believes that you treat the customer with respect. One of his favorite projects was SpringMoor Life Care Retirement Community that lies within Greystone Village. Greystone was the 1st planned urban development (PUD) in the state – also built by Ammons. He helped to start the “Warmth for Wake” program that involved furnishing wood for needy families. His recent book, Don't Wish You Had, Be Glad You Did: A Look at Life by Jud Ammons with Adam Lucas, contains Jud-isms and details the risk-taking that has led him to become one of the largest real estate developers in the southeast.
• Carl Banks – Carl Banks is the man responsible for building better relationships between builders and realtors. It is only fitting that as the HBA’s Triangle Sales and Marketing Council (TSMC) was again awarded the Best SMC in the Nation for the second year in a row last month, that we also celebrate the man who initiated the council within the association. Banks was the first recipient of the TSMC’s MAME Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992.
• David Creech - As a leader within the HBA and the Triangle Builders Guild, Creech has been involved with a few community service projects that included the relocation of ARC – a downtown Raleigh shelter, Habitat for Humanity builds, and the Raleigh Rescue Mission. In 1996 through his church, Hayes Barton United Methodist, Creech traveled to Jamaica to begin building a church in the city of Sheertown.
• Louis Dickerson - Louis Dickerson likes to make memories. His reach within the home building business includes community involvement such as leading the HBA to renovate the two-story ARC Shelter; industry involvement such as organizing the “Save the Housing Rally”; chairing the Residential Code Committee where he was able to advance the local manual into a uniform residential building code; and association involvement where he has contributed much of his life to helping fellow members and their business.
• Bill Fleming - From almost thirty years, Fleming served the HBA through membership involvement resulting in over 800 members to join the association. He truly loved the art of conversation. While not a builder member, Fleming was a valuable part of the association and was committed to the HBA, its affairs and the association’s members. In 2007, the HBA renamed its annual Spike of the Year Award as the Bill Fleming, Sr. Spike of the Year Award. When asked why he recruited so many members, he stated that he thought this was his way of helping people to find a home (within the association).
• Charles McLaurin – Charles McLaurin has left a lasting impression on Southern and Western Wake County. For the town of Fuquay-Varina, McLaurin chaired their Keep America Beautiful committee and the fund-raising efforts for their Rescue Squads; he brought toll-free telephone service between Cary and Fuquay-Varina; and he recruited doctors to establish themselves in the town.
• Tom Powell - When it came to marketing new homes, Tom Powell forged the way. You might recognize “It’s a good day to buy a house” - a little theme that become a statewide promotion. As a member of the Parade of Homes Committee for over 25 years, he pioneered new ideas to shape the Parade of Homes and introduced the concept of multi-house entries in a single neighborhood. Powell was responsible for conducting best business practice seminars for local HBA’s, and he also taught at the NC Realtor’s School in Chapel Hill.
• Edd K. Roberts – As a successful builder and businessman, land developer and real estate broker, Roberts believed in studying the market and finding solutions to the commercial and residential needs of Wake County. As a grandfather figure to the Raleigh industry, Roberts was a proponent of vocational education programs for high school students as well as builders and tradesman beginning their careers. Although he recently passed away in November of 2009, Roberts’ work in the building industry is survived by the many builders that he has helped to educate and encourage over the years.
• Ray Sparrow - Following a passion in politics, Sparrow was responsible for helping to start the NC Build-PAC, (political action committee), originally called BIPAC. He has left his mark on several churches around the Triangle – literally - and has been a part of church projects that include additions, renovations, and building new facilities. In addition, Sparrow has served on Cary and Raleigh planning and zoning boards, and four terms as a legislator in the N.C. House of Representatives.

The 2011 inductees and a glimpse of their great accomplishments are:

 

• William Schultz - William, or Bob to his friends, Schultz came to the Triangle in 1970 and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation, Schultz took a position in the banking business. As a member of the HBA since 1978, Schultz has served on dozens of committees and task forces, especially for the Parade of Homes. In 2002, he received the Parade of Homes Life-Time Achievement Award. Additionally, Schultz has served several years on the HBA Board of Directors Executive Committee. He is a graduate of the North Carolina Home Builders Institute. He has also been awarded five Presidential Awards for Outstanding Service between 1993 and 2008 and an Outstanding Associate of the Year Award in 1999. The secret to Schultz’s success and the favorite part of his job as senior vice president at First South Bank is the sincere relationships his has with his customers and his ongoing light- spirited sense of humor.
• Dan Tingen - As a Raleigh native, originally from Fuquay-Varina, Dan Tingen has been a builder and a HBA member since 1980. Over the years Tingen served on the Board of Directors for the HBA, North Carolina and National Home Builders Associations. He has participated on the Parade of Homes committee and the HBA building code committee. In 1993, Tingen was selected as Builder of the Year. He served as president of the HBA in 2006. Currently Tingen serves as the Chairman of the North Carolina Building Code Council, a position he’s held since 2003. Dan Tingen and his brother Bill Tingen have built over 600 homes. To this day, he credits his brother as the one who gave him the flexibility and the freedom to be as involved as possible. He believes that you have to give back. Through his involvement in the HBA, Tingen Construction Company has only grown and benefited because of the connections made and the people involved. He frequently encourages others to get involved – and he admits that it’s a lot of time to dedicate, but in the end it’s worth the return on investment.  If any member was asked why Dan Tingen was inducted into the HBA Hall of Fame, they would say that it could be summarized with two words: encouragement and involvement.

 

The 2012 inductee and a glimpse of his accomplishment:

• Harold H. Glazer - Glazer has built over 100 new homes throughout the Triangle and remodeled over 350 homes including the Executive Mansion. As a HBA member for over 41 years, Glazer has participated on the HBA board of directors and as the National Association of Home Builders national director. He has participated on various committees, serving as chair for many of them. In addition Glazer was the 1988 HBA president and chair of the Remodelers Council in 2009. Over the years, he has won the HBA President’s Award for Service, the Distinguished Past President’s Award, and the Governor’s Award for Energy Conservation. In addition, he won HBA Builder of the Year in 1989 and Remodeler of the Year in 2007. 

   

  Glazer and his company, H. Glazer Builder, Inc., has also been heavily involved in community service projects for the HBA that benefited organizations like Easter Seals, Raleigh Little Theater, State of North Carolina, and the City of Raleigh. The resulting project for these groups include Learning Together, City of Raleigh’s Arc Shelter, Neighbor to Neighbor, and NBC’s George to the Rescue. Glazer has also participated in the state’s tornado relief efforts and ramp builds for the aging in place. During his most recent community service project, Glazer served as project lead for the Remodelers Council as they provided a whole house electrical update and kitchen renovation for the New Bern House, a transitional home and food shelter for the Helping Hand Mission.