February 20, 2002 A Special Advertising Supplement to The Times
by Dan Brown -Advertorial Editor

Progress is a strange bird. They can send a man to the moon, build computers that think on their own, and design cars that can almost do the thinking for you.

But when it comes to building a house you are utilizing the same construction methods your great-great-grandfathers used more than a hundred years ago.

Welcome to the 21st century.
There is a new concept in home construction on the horizon ready to make its presence known in Georgia. It's called a "systems-built" home and this home constuction technique could blaze a trail into the new millennium and radically alter the way traditional homes are built.

"These are not manufactured homes," said Grant Smereczynsky, developer of Building Systems Network . "These are what you call "systems-built homes. They are 'stick-built' homes just like you would normally find in any new-home community in the area, except construction takes place in a climate-controlled environment."
   
Building Systems Network has been developing quality-built and affordable homes since 1998 ans set their first systems-built home in Hall County this week.

Regardless whether you're talking about factory-built, panelized or modular homes, in-plant construction quality is invariably superior to what can be done on a job site. Parts cut with a hand saw or a hand-held power circular saw at a job site that cannot possibly be as precise as those cut with a $10,000 radial saw or a $100,000 component cutter in a factory.

So, what is a systems-built home?

Simply put, a building system is a highly engineered method of producing building or building components in an efficient and cost effect manner. The use of building systems is common in many different types of residential and commercial construction.

Systems built housing is a fast-growing modern form of construction gaining a growing recognition of its increased efficiencyand ability to apply modern technology to the needs of the market place.

Smereczynsky believes that once people see the product actually set on the foundation, they will understand why modular homes are superior to today's site-built home.

Systems built and site-built homes are constructed to the same building code required to your state, county and specific locality and therefore are not restricted by building or zoning regulations. A quality control process provides 100% assurance that your home has been inspected at the plant during each phase of construction. Evidence of this inspection is normally shown by the application of a State or inspection agency label of approval.

Today's systems built homes encompasses the entire spectrum of the housing market from the affordable single-family and multifamily housing to high end luxury homes (several systems built builders produce several models that sell for over half a million).

Building Systems Network is based out of Cumming, GA and is a member of the National Association of Home Builders.

If you are interested in obtaining more information about this innovative process in new home construction, call Grant Smereczynsky with Building Systems Network at 770-888-BSN1.