Lean Design Decorative ceilings—that’s what’s up As I travel the country working with builders I am always on the lookout for emerging trends. There is a hot one cooking right now...
Building Operations 5 Keys to Being a Good Salesman by Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offers tips for successful selling
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...
The Design Side Mason City, Iowa, has the Wright stuff A little off the beaten path—but well worth the drive—is Mason City, Iowa, home to the last standing Frank Lloyd Wright hotel. My partner...
Customer Satisfaction Do You Communicate Efficiently or Effectively? Consumers now receive 81 pieces of email for every one piece of U.S. Mail, and some experts believe email is becoming increasingly less effective
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...
The Design Side Seeking FLW: The Historic Park Inn As a self-confessed Frank Lloyd Wright dork, you would think I already knew about the Historic Park Inn in Mason City, Iowa—the last...
Remodeling Insider It’s 2013, what do you expect? As we closed the books on 2012, many readers reported to Professional Remodeler that business has been picking up steam, according to a...
Remodeling Insider The long-term impact of Sandy In late October, Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of the Eastern Seaboard. In the days following the superstorm, Professional Remodeler was on...
Remodeling Insider The value of relationships A good friend of mine who is also a 40-year veteran of the construction industry has taught me a lot about relationships over the past few...
