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4 live/work housing concepts

Professional Builder's House Review design team presents creative solutions for live/work housing.

Building Operations

Should you outsource your people function?

Most small to mid size builders today have found themselves without any internal professional Human Resource function. Either that function...

Quality Management

Study finds new home buyers still want green

A new study (by Yahoo Real Estate, Dec 9th 2011) finds that the American Dream is still to own a home and the top issue for that dream is...

Quality Management

Things to think about when purchasing tablets

Quality, criteria and requirements apply everywhere even when considering tablets, hardware and software. Overall requirements to consider:...

Builders

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him, "If you don't mind, I'd like a second opinion." He said, "All right. You're ugly too!...

The Lean Builder

Yesterday after presenting an orientation for our LeanPlan Workout process to a group of suppliers & trades in Texas, a contractor named...

Quality Management

PB Builder of the Year: Excellence

PB Builder of the Year DSLD shows how powerful and central the basics are. Creating excellence on such basic issues as scheduling and scopes...

Builders

Down here in the south, you will often hear the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” When it comes to lot preparation, we seem to fix...

Quality Management

What and where to improve?

What and where do I start to improve? This is a common question and while we need to balance the cost and impact to identify the real bang...

Building Operations

Giving thanks is not just for Thanksgiving!

Well ladies and gentleman, we made it through another year. A year of bankruptcies with several top 100 builders, uncertainty in the job...

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