HOMEAID HEROES PROGRAM CHANGES LIVES THROUGH DONATIONS

HomeAid Houston, a 501 (c)(3) charity of the Greater Houston Builders Association, relies on donations and grants to ensure their mission ‘to help people experiencing, or are at risk of homelessness, build new lives through construction, community engagement and education’.  These donations allow HomeAid to build and remodel shelters, client centers and clinics for the care agencies HomeAid partners with.

One program that has raised thousands of dollars over the years, is HomeAid Heroes, a unique model that offers companies the opportunity to give back to the community in a way that best suits their business.  As a HomeAid Hero, the company decides how they would like to contribute. Heroes can either donate a preset amount every time they celebrate a business milestone, whether it’s the sale of a home, a window installation, closing of a mortgage, etc. or simply donate a certain amount each quarter or year.  Funds raised go toward HomeAid’s major construction or remodeling projects.

Builders Post Tension (BPT), is one of HomeAid’s Heroes who has been a partner for years.  BPT, a long-time member of the GHBA extrudes and fabricates post tension (PT) cable from raw strand, to reinforce slabs that are the foundation for homes and buildings. In addition to PT cable, the company’s inventory includes rebar, wire mesh, stirrups, corner bars, tape, poly, mastic, anchor bolts, mudsills, and most other tie-down products. In addition to PT slabs, they also sell materials for conventionally reinforced slabs.

BPT’s field services include coordinating stressing operations with partnering engineering companies.  They also track pour dates daily to ensure cables get stressed according to the engineer’s specifications.  BPT’s experienced staff can install post tension slabs and perform post tension repairs for high-rise and slab-on-ground projects. They will even calibrate other companies’ stressing equipment.

“Big company expertise with mom- and- pop customer service,” is the way Greg Tomlinson, president of BPT, explains his company’s approach since its founding in 2001. “We’re the kind of operation where a construction superintendent can call the guy who owns the company to solve a problem.”

BPT has offices in Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth.  The company serves the state of Texas and beyond and is able to ship across the continental United States and into Mexico.

“Our employees are like a family,” said Tomlinson, “and this is a big reason why we decided to become a HomeAid Hero.  Giving back to an organization like HomeAid reflects the nature of our company’s spirit of helping where we can, to change the lives of those less fortunate.”

BPT employs 55 in the Houston office and 35 in the Dallas office. Those employees work in accounting, inside sales, outside sales, estimating, fabricating and field services.

“HomeAid is honored to have BPT as a HomeAid Hero,“ said Nicole Keown, president of HomeAid.  “The company owners and their entire organization have always been supportive of our mission.  We can’t thank them enough for all they do for us and for the community.”

Other HomeAid Heroes include 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty, ASID – Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, C3 Building Solutions, Chesmar Homes, Datasmart/Duncan Security, Eklektick Interiors, Houston Window Fashions, Long Lake Ltd/Woodmere Development Company, Loyd Russel Homes, Newmark Homes, Ryko Development, Inc., Stanley Sales Co. LLC, TARACORP, TONER Home Matters, Tri Pointe Homes, Winfrey Design Build and Zonda.

For more information about HomeAid Houston visit www.homeaidhouston.org or call 281-970-8970.