Building Operations Confessions of a bilingual construction guy His candor surprised me. I’ve never had anyone actually admit it. But there it was. In digital ink on the email in my Inbox. The...
Building Operations The Inverse Golden Rule + 3 CYA tools when working with Hispanics You know The Golden Rule, right? He who has the gold makes the rules. On the jobsite today, there is an inverse to The Golden...
The Lean Builder Even Lean Is Local It's said that home building is a local business. Regardless, you should still measure all of your costs
Lean Design Check out this 1,860-square-foot charmer! Like Reese Witherspoon in a romantic comedy, this house flat out exudes charm. It’s a simple ranch that hits all the key marketing hot spots...
The Design Side Retirement rocks, if you can afford it Active-adult communities sure have come a long way. We all know that the massive numbers of baby boomers hitting retirement age want to...
Building Operations 'I see dead people' + 3 other common sensibilities An obstacle to better jobsite safety is the English-Spanish language gap. Here are three Spanish phrases you can use to communicate the obvious—but essential—on the jobsite
The Design Side Ideas for making small spaces live large Seattle architect Ross Chapin has been designing and writing about small homes for 30 years. Examples of Chapin’s work can be found in...
Building Operations Micro-fluency: Sí se puede! Working at my second office yesterday (Starbucks), two latino twenty-somethings and their language choices caught my attention. They were...
Remodeling Insider PR's 2013 40 Under 40 deadline extended to April 15 Professional Remodeler’s 40 Under 40 program is open to remodeling professionals in North America. Professional Remodeler is currently...
The Design Side How much living space do we really need? There’s an interesting article in the March 25 issue of Time magazine called “10 Big Ideas” (read the digital version here). Some of the...
