THE HOME BUILDER Ford to be inducted into Hall of Honor August 2025
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tion, and contributed to the Press Club of Dallas Foundation as an underwriter of the Boone Pickens Roast, a charity fundraiser. Tommy had collaborated with Pickens on the Mesa Vista Ranch in the Eastern Texas Panhandle, show- casing innovation in sustainable ranch architecture. Tommy’s charitable accom- plishments also included support of faith-based outreach ministries across Amarillo and Dallas and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He also worked with Dallas Fire-Rescue to donate sprinklers for low income homes, a contribution that was then matched by the Dallas BA’s Custom Builders/ Remodelers Council. Tommy was active in the home building industry at all levels. He was elected an Honored Life Director of the Dallas BA in 2000, and was
also a state and national life direc- tor. He was instrumental in crafting a program for compliance with state legislated energy standards. serves on several regional and national code committees. He served for more than a decade on the North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Regional Codes Coordinating Committee. This group of DFW area building officials and industry professionals compose regional amendments to ICC codes that result in codes that reflect local building practices and foster regional continuity. Tommy’s advocacy efforts on the RCCC alone saved builders thousand of dollars over the years. Tommy got his start in the in- dustry at age 7, cleaning up job sites for his father, a home builder in West Texas. Tommy Ford Construction was founded in 1965 in Vernon, TX. Tommy spent many years working in the oil field, but wanted to get back to what he loved, which was build- ing homes. He began working out of his truck and took on whatever jobs he could to support his family. After several years working in Vernon and the surrounding area, he and his family
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received the Texas Association of Builders’ Philanthropist of the Year award and D Magazine’s Best Builders Legacy Award. Long before the Texas Builders Foundation was organized in 2010, Tommy Ford recognized that the building industry was facing a critical shortage of construction trades profes- sionals. He played a pivotal role in educating Texans on the benefits of becoming construction trades profes- sionals and provided scholarships to students working toward construc- tion trades certifications, licenses or degrees. He contributed $10,000 to the National Housing Endowment for establishment of an educational schol- arship to support green building educa-
Tommy Ford
moved to Amarillo in 1969. He served as president of the Texas Panhandle Builders Association in 1988. Former Dallas BA Executive Officer Phil Crone noted that Tommy Ford embodied everything the Hall of Honor stands for: integrity, foresight, generosity and a deep commitment to building better homes and better com- munities across Texas. “Tommy never sought the spotlight. He never needed to. His legacy lives on in the codes he helped write, those he mentored and the high standards of care he quietly modeled every day.”
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