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Using The Sun to Stay Cool
Sun Country Connection
October 08, 2012
A new, 36-unit affordable housing complex now being built in Escondido, CA, for Community HousingWorks will benefit from an innovative HVAC technology developed by a Japanese firm.
Featuring...
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Brighton Place – The Place to Be
Sun Country Connection
October 08, 2012
It’s difficult to describe the beauty of Brighton Place. 77 Craftsman-style town homes on four acres within walking distance to Old Poway Park and fitting perfectly in with the charm of the existin...
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Winning Construction Stories
FMI Magazine
October 08, 2012
Sun Country Builders was recently profiled by FMI - the largest provider of management consulting, investment banking and research to the engineering and construction industry. We’re understandably...
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The Improviser
FMI
October 31, 2011
Adjust, Adapt, Act: Winning Stories From the Post-2007 Construction Industry
Sun Country Builders (SCB), a California-based general contractor specializing in the affordable housing market,...
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Laughing At Ourselves - The Singing Bullfrog
Sun Country Connection
October 31, 2011
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "If I show you a really good trick, will you give me a free drink?" The bartender considers it, and then agrees. The man reaches into his pocket and...
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Laughing at Ourselves - Worker and Engineer
Sun Country Connection
August 31, 2011
An Engineer and a Construction Worker are sitting next to each other on a long flight across country.
The Engineer leans over to the Construction Worker and asks if he would like to play a ...
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The Sun Country Advantage
Sun Country Connection
August 31, 2011
How does Sun Country Builders so reliably carry out one-day rehabs of multiple kitchens and baths, and five-day gut rehabs of multiple apartment units? How does Sun Country so reliably control qu...
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Silk From A Sow’s Ear
Sun Country Connection
June 30, 2011
May 31st marked the commencement of yet another gut-rehab project…this one in Ontario, CA.
North Begonia Apartments, Phase II, consists of 16 apartments in four two-story buildings. The Cit...
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Laughing at Ourselves – New Teacher
Sun Country Connection
June 30, 2011
Having served his time with the Marine Corps, a man became a high school teacher.
Just before school started he injured his back and was required to wear a plaster cast around the upp...
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From Beast to Beauty (continued)
Sun Country Connection
May 01, 2011
The project consists of near complete demolition of the unit interiors, including drywall, windows, electrical and plumbing fixtures, doors and trim, cabinetry, flooring, and asbestos abatement.&...
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Laughing at Ourselves – Words of Saint Peter
Sun Country Connection
April 26, 2011
A teacher, a garbage collector, and a lawyer all died and went to heaven on the same day.
Saint Peter was in a bad mood because so many people had been dying recently that heaven was gettin...
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Laughing at Ourselves - Nails and Raisins
Sun Country Connection
February 15, 2011
One Tuesday afternoon a duck walks into Joe’s Bar and sits down on a stool. Joe the bartender asks, "May I help you?" to which the duck responds "Quack, quack, quack…got any raisins?" The bartend...
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Laughing at Ourselves - Beethoven Symphonies
Sun Country Connection
November 03, 2010
A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears some music. No one is around, so he starts searching for the source.
He finally locates the origin and finds i...
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Laughing at Ourselves- Having A Bad Day
Sun Country Connection
August 30, 2010
Think You're Having a Bad Day?
There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig.
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SCB Rehabs 5 Scattered City Heights Sites
Sun Country Connection
June 21, 2010
Every rehab project has its own distinct personality, but this one - the rehab of 60 apartments spread over eleven buildings and five scattered sites in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego -...
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