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Quality Management

Quality is a companywide issue

Quality is not about tunnel vision, a focus only on the reduction of variation in production alone. Quality is no longer just about the...

Awards

Professional Builder 2013 40 Under 40 Awards

An Olympic-caliber rower, former professional boxer, award-winning chili cook, and cat trainer are among home building’s young superstars to be named 40 Under 40 winners for 2013 by the editors of Professional Builder magazine.

Building Operations

Excuse me, sir…your PowerPoint sucks

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Guy gets up to give a presentation. Self-deprecating intro. Well-dressed. Strong voice. He’s...

Building Operations

Translation consternation

“I’ve got a 40-page company policy and about 40 Hispanic employees. Any advice when it comes to translation?” This question came at me...

Building Operations

Communicate your vision like Amazon.com's CEO

Wanted: Woman who could get me out of a third world prison. This is how Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com, articulated what he was...

Business Management

2014 National Housing Quality Awards continues to accept submissions

The NHQ Award is modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and represents the housing industry’s highest recognition for achievements in total quality management.

Building Operations

Catalog ideas; don’t shoot them

Yesterday I attended a Construction and Safety Expo outside Chicago. General contractors, Sub-contractors and Safety Suppliers were dishing...

Best Practices

Scottsdale builder wins award for unprecedented fourth straight year

Eliant has announced Rosewood Homes as winner of the 2013 Homebuyers’ Choice Award for providing the “Best Overall Purchase and Ownership Experience” in North America.

Quality Management

Sustaining quality: Underlying causes for failure

A question that regularly arises is how to sustain quality management or to put it another way, what are the reasons for quality management...

Building Operations

What’s your moon shot?

You probably missed it. Nearly everyone did. At the end of last year Kansas City quietly became the first metro area to be wired with...

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