Webinar - Exploring Vertical Mobility for Homes: Elevators, Chairlifts, and Platform Lifts – Oct. 8, 2:00 PM (EDT)

Includes a Live Web Event on 10/08/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

Join us for an engaging panel discussion focused on incorporating vertical mobility solutions, such as elevators, chairlifts, and platform lift into residential building and remodeling projects. Experienced builders and remodelers, including Dan Bawden of Legal Eagle Contractors, Co. and Paul Criner of Criner Remodeling, will share real-world insights, lessons learned, and practical strategies for integrating these accessibility features.

Moderated by Vince Butler of Butler Brothers Corporation, this session is designed specifically for home builders and remodelers. The webinar will feature a robust discussion of the process of adding mobility solutions that enhance livability and future-proof home.

Vince Butler, GMR, GMB, CAPS (Moderator)

President, Butler Brothers Corporation

Vince Butler, GMR, GMB, CAPS is a second-generation builder and remodeler from Northern Virginia. He has served as President of Butler Brothers Corporation, a full-service design-build company, since 1984 and has extensive experience in the design, sales and production of residential construction and remodeling. Vince has a BS degree in Financial Management from Virginia Tech and is a Graduate Master Remodeler (GMR), Graduate Master Builder (GMB) and Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS). He is a nationally recognized speaker on residential construction management topics and an approved NAHB Master Instructor. He has presented at many national and regional trade shows including the International Builders Show, The Remodeling Show, Sunbelt Builders Show, Southeast Builders Conference, Atlantic Builders Conference, Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) and the NAHB Remodelers Road Show. He was named NAHB CAPS Educator of the Year in 2012 and Builder Remodeler Educator of the Year in 2017. In 2017 he founded BizTrainingNow to serve the educational needs of small business owners and local associations.

Dan Bawden, CAPS, CGP, CGR, GMB (Moderator)

Owner and President, Legal Eagle Contractors Company

Dan Bawden, CAPS, CGP, CGR, GMB is an NAHB member and a remodeler/builder owner of Legal Eagle Contractors, Co., in Houston, Texas.  •In 2017, the same year he served as NAHB Remodelers Chair, Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston and the surrounding areas - again.  This was his 5th major large-scale hurricane, tropical storm and flooding event, with 3 occurring in just the last two years.  Dan has published articles for, and advised many of his fellow builders and remodelers in the Greater Houston area, about coping with the massive influx of calls that come in to small construction businesses during a natural disaster.  

Paul Criner, CGR CGP CAPS (Moderator)

Vice President & Co-Owner

Criner Remodeling

Paul Criner, Vice President of Criner Remodeling, started with the company shortly after graduating high school. He started as a helper, working his way up to becoming a project manager, then to a production manager in charge of all Criner Remodeling’s projects. He has since moved into sales and design where he often uses his experiences in the field to assist his current design work. Throughout his career he has been committed to continuing education through TNCC and the National Association of Home Builders, becoming a Certified Aging in Place Specialist, Certified Green Professional, and a Certified Graduate Remodeler. He has served in the following organizations: 2023 – Present, Remodeling board of trustees 2023 – Speaker at the International Builder Show 2023-Present, Habitat for Humanity PGW Board Member

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