<b><b>Allison Heller joined a group of UK housebuilders on an eye-opening trip to experience the International Builders&amp;’ Show in Atlanta and visit some typical Georgia developments. They found a booming market, an industry full of pride and some glorious homes....but not absolute perfection</b></b><br><b>Emotions were running high for the 35,000-strong crowd gathered at the opening of the 58th annual International Builders&amp;’ Show in Atlanta, Georgia. Philips Arena played host to a flags-a-flying, fireworks-a-firing military parade and ice-skating spectacular, topped off with the unveiling of a giant Statue of Liberty, and sufficient nationalist song-singing to rival any Olympic opening ceremony. And all this for a building show?</b><br><b>The hordes who head for Interbuild this summer will expect no more than a low-key speech by a government minister and a smattering of applause. But this is America - where building homes is a source of national pride, rather than a necessary evil in an overpopulated nation. </b><br><b><b>building the dream</b></b><br> &amp;“When you&amp;’re building a home, you&amp;’re building America,&amp;” came the rallying cry from Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York and man of the moment. &amp;“Every single day you&amp;’re building the dream of America.&amp;” <p></p><p>And many a moist eye greeted the words of Bruce Smith, …