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Frequently Asked Questions About Applying for the National Housing Quality Awards

Information, statistics, and FAQs on applying for the National Housing Quality Award.

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Free Webinar: Lessons from the National Housing Quality Award Criteria

Celebrating its 25th year the US National Housing Quality Award (based on the US Baldrige Award) has helped builders to improve their...

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Study showing the value of Baldrige based models (NHQA) on small (home building) businesses

The purpose of this paper is to add to the current knowledge of how and why small businesses should engage in quality management (QM) by...

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Benchmarking US Home Builder Quality Metrics

By studying key quality metrics of 21 U.S. residential builders, the authors discovered most industry-leading builders used quality...

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Get it Right, a UK Construction Quality Effort

Construction errors cost the UK industry billions every single year. The annual spend due to error is estimated to be around 7 times the...

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When 50% of Home Builders went out of Business, 95%+ of NHQA Recipients are still IN Business

One example of the value and power of the NHQA is that while 50% of home builders went out of business between 2007-2012 over the 20 year +...

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Relationship Between Construction Safety and Quality Performance

Note that there's a strong positive correlation between rework and injuries

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The Future of Quality

The imperatives for the future of quality management include 1. Driving strategic quality at both corporate, industry, and national...

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The Portal to Quality

The key barriers to Quality Management range from limited exposure to the concepts of Quality through to the off putting technical verbiage....

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March 2016 St Patricks Day: A Quality Quote from 1922

Striving for Quality is nothing new, it’s an ongoing journey. Here is a quote for St Patricks Day from Michael Collins. “We will survive...

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Job Description for a Quality Manager

Thoughts on how to create a generic job description for a Quality Manager at a home building company

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Meet the NHQA Director at IBS, see NHQA Judges presenting and get info on the NHQA Application !

Here is a link to an overview of the National Housing Quality Award 2017 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ryitvlz5pm7psje/National%20Housing...

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Scopes of Work and Checklists downloads

Scopes of Work are a key tool in ensuring Quality Management in a building company. Here are a series of links to Scopes and Checklists...

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8 Quality Leadership Characteristics: How Do You Score?

Score yourself to see how effective a leader you are and where there's room for you to improve

Frequently Asked Questions About Applying for the National Housing Quality Awards

Free Webinar: Lessons from the National Housing Quality Award Criteria

Study showing the value of Baldrige based models (NHQA) on small (home building) businesses

Benchmarking US Home Builder Quality Metrics

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features