Awards Learning From the Best Ever since the housing industry started making its very tentative way back after the end of the Great Recession, there’s been a great deal...
Quality Management The Gorilla in the Room! Do you even know its there? We all know we do a great job, while we all can improve our business it’s just minor stuff, things are just great. But so often we are...
The Design Side Good Design, Good Vibrations I have a talent for stating the obvious, so I might as well tell you right now that when I visit a well-designed community, it just feels...
The Design Side The Custom Side of Manufactured Housing I sang the praises of Grass Valley, Calif., in an earlier blog, so I might as well give up my secret: my wife and I are planning to move...
Sponsored Building Technology Product Innovations with a Big Business Impact Tools and technologies are introduced every day that can help you do your job more efficiently. From new inventions to subtle enhancements,...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Product Innovations with a Big Business Impact Tools and technologies are introduced every day that can help you do your job more efficiently. From new inventions to subtle enhancements,...
Quality Management Breaking Down the Barriers to Lean in Construction The key barriers to Implementing Lean Construction have been listed in a UK Construction Industry study. These provide great insights to...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Winterize through the season’s final freeze Many winterization jobs are simple enough to add into your scope without adding substantial time or cost to ongoing jobs, and a few...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Kitchen Trends for the Pro Remodelers around the country cited increased demand among homeowners for kitchen upgrades in 2014, according to the National Association of...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Tech for the Pro Technology in retail has greatly advanced over the past several years, not only for consumers, but for professional customers as well....
Sponsored Advice for Pros Black Friday Deals for the Pro Black Friday marks the biggest day in retail – providing you with an opportunity to save money on the tools that help you do high-quality...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Life of the Pro: The Home Depot's dedication to Pro customers Day in and day out, you’re faced with challenges – finding skilled labor, differentiating yourself from competitors and navigating ever...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Bath Trends for the Pro Repairing or remodeling a bathroom that meets and exceeds a client’s expectations while staying on budget can be a challenging and time...
Sales + Marketing Getting the Message Out With buyers still relatively scarce, home builders have to be shrewder than ever with their sales and marketing strategies in order to be...
Quality Management The Elements of Building A new book out called ‘The Elements of Building: A Business Handbook for Residential Builders and Tradesmen’ by Mark Kerson is a valuable...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Winterize through the season’s final freeze Many winterization jobs are simple enough to add into your scope without adding substantial time or cost to ongoing jobs, and a few...
Quality Management Management Wackamole Firefighting is a well-known management term for, well running around like a headless chicken doing work that is actually not productive or...
The Design Side Think Smaller: Singles as an Emerging Niche for Home Builders With their laser focus on the 55-and-older market, I wonder if home builders and developers might be overlooking an emerging niche: singles ...
Quality Management The National Housing Quality Award Application Now Available. It is NOT just an Award! The NHQA Application is available for download at this link http://www.probuilder.com/NHQAapp For Questions on the application, please...
Quality Management Presentation on the National Housing Quality Award This link is to a free presentation on the National Housing Quality Award. It provides an introduction to how it functions, its...
Quality Management New Year Resolution: Your Free Company Culture Assessment Looking for a New Year Resolution? How much more effective could your organization become if it were to take steps to enhance its culture...
Quality Management Join The National Housing Quality Award on Facebook & Linkedin The National Housing Quality Award has a Linkedin Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/National-Housing-Quality-Award-1469587/about And a...
Sponsored Builders Kitchen Trends for the Pro Remodelers around the country cited increased demand among homeowners for kitchen upgrades in 2014, according to the National Association of...
Quality Management Free PowerPoint on Cost of Quality in Home Building So often the thought for increasing profit is to build more homes. When in fact, the easiest way to increase profit is to reduce the Cost...
Sponsored Advice for Pros Tech for the Pro Technology in retail has greatly advanced over the past several years, not only for consumers, but for professional customers as well....