Dan, as he is usually called, is a Gulf Coast native and a 1971 Ocean Springs graduate who started Blanchard Construction in New Orleans in 1975. He returned to the Coast to the Bay-Waveland area in 1980, then Gulfport in 1990 and has been building and now rebuilding the Gulf Coast for nearly 30 years. Dan is a member of the Homebuilders Asociation of the MS Coast since 1993, past president in 2002, past Board of Director of the local and state associations, a current director of the MS Housing Institute, a Certified Professional Builder member and holds a commercial certificate of responsibility and a residential licence. The HELP YOU BUILD concept began many years ago as a way to allow our customers to participate more in the construction of their home or commercial building project, allowing them to do as much of the project themselves as possible and have more control over choices and decisions and their money for what will be the largest investment in and for their future.