Best Practices | ProBuilder

Management

Protecting Your Backlog

With rising interest rates and a softening market, many builders face high cancellation rates as customers reconsider and or walk away from their original purchase decision. Although no builder is immune from cancellations, builders and sales agents can

Project Management

The Making of a Superintendent: Nature vs. Nurture

Are great site superintendents born or made? Many building firms now hire based on character, not experience

site superintendent discusses construction progress with building crew

Management

Cleaning Up the Clean Water Act

Two initiatives are in the works that would streamline the Environmental Protection Agency's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System of the Clean Water Act, which regulates storm water pollution on construction sites.

Best Practices

From Trash to Treasure: How Builders Can Limit Construction Waste

Helpful ideas builders can use to put jobsite waste to work and limit the amount of construction waste they send to the landfill

Management

When and How to Discuss Price

The goal of the sales associate is to build the perceived value of the community and to prioritize the customer's needs and wants.

Management

Self-Induced Labor Pains

The medical and home-building industries have at least one thing in common right now: the debate over self-induced problems. The medical community is at odds over just how much physical illness is self-induced. Similar to medicine, our industry is at odd

Customer Satisfaction

Leading the Way to Better Customer Service

Many home builders invest in customer service training for their staff, but they will always fall short if the company's leadership doesn't model attitudes and behavior

Leading others to better customer service

Project Management

Are Your Scopes of Work More Than Just a Handshake?

Modern homes are complex systems that comprise dozens of subsystems. With an increase in complexity, detailed scopes of work become ever more important for home builders, and a handshake just won't do

Management

Career Help

The Home Builders Institute (HBI) has partnered with Beazer Homes and Latinos on Fast Track (LOFT) to launch Team Builders.

Moisture Management

Concrete Solutions for Lurking Moisture

For builders erecting a home that's slab on grade or only has a crawlspace, moisture-proofing is key. And for finished basements with all the bells and whistles, builders should take extra care waterproofing

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