Building Operations Leveraging the smartphone for a safer jobsite Considering the millions of people wandering around with chins buried in their chests, thumbs ablaze on glass keyboards, few would suggest...
Building Operations Visualizing your future This pottery is the future. OK, not the pottery itself. What the pottery represents… is the future. Our future. This ceramic...
Quality Management The costs of not using quality: Are you willing to pay for quality in your business? Studies show that across industries Cost of Quality (Failure, Appraisal & Prevention) is: 2.6-4% of sales revenue. In the...
Building Operations Gordon Gekko and the information imperative. Yesterday we revisited the information-gathering tactics of The Master of the Senate - Lyndon B. Johnson. But when it comes to...
Building Operations Do you have Cool Hand Luke Syndrome? Why has high school Spanish failed so many students? Let’s face it - foreign language failure is acceptable in America today. Yes, I...
Quality Management Consumers are Willing to Pay for Quality A report last year by the NAHB Research Center found that “increasingly, today’s homebuyers want energy-efficient, low-maintenance, well...
Building Operations Thinking outside the bun (and the punchlist). Pop quiz! Since we know you didn’t study, we’ll keep it brief. Only two questions, graded on the curve. Ok, ok, ok… Yes. One of...
Building Operations Why Hispanics on your job don’t speak English… to you. People like to be recognized for their skills. The holiday season, chock-full of family time, is a great atmosphere for positive...
Lean Building 3 Ways to Huge Profits Through Lean Design Production builders are reducing construction costs by thousands through the use of Lean design techniques. Architect and Lean design expert Todd Hallett demonstrates how to get started
Building Operations How stereotypes hinder effective communication… and clean cabinets. It was the typical Fourth Quarter Push. We all knew the drill. Well, most of us did. It was 2006, back before...