44 Business View - March 2015
Talking Business:
Scott Norman
30 minutes with the executive director of the Texas Association of Builders
BUSINESS VIEW: When the association got started
back in the 40s, what niche was there? What was
the purpose of getting the association started?
SCOTT NORMAN:
Well, here’s a brief history. Post
World War II, the national association and lots of local
associations formed, because home building was up
due to returned soldiers and families and all of that.
There was a post-war housing boom. Builders came
together like other trade associations to work on com-
mon issues and to find common solutions for prob-
lems and challenges faced by the industry. So, we are
a 501c6 business league or trade organization – it’s
what the IRS defines us as. We represent homebuild-
ers, remodelers, developers, and in terms of associate
members, we have around 10,000 around the state.
But you are correct, we formed in 1946. Our state as-
sociation and some of our local associations formed
