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Remodeling Insider

This past summer, staff members of Professional Remodeler convened in a conference room on the outskirts of Chicago to review this year’s...

Remodeling Insider

A new endeavor

Many of you are looking at this editorial page and probably wondering: Where’s Jonathan? And who is this new guy? Recently, long-time...

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...

Lean Design

Have master tubs jumped the shark?

Sept. 20, 1977, was the day that I breathlessly awaited the conclusion of the shark-jumping episode of "Happy Days." All week long I had...

Building Operations

How to be an instant conversation starter

In your personal and professional life, being easy to talk to is a skill worth developing. But good conversationalists are rare. There are...

Great Solutions for Builders

3 lessons I learned from you

As you may have noticed by now, I am a flat-out junkie for lessons. Nearly every article I have written for Professional Builder,...

Quality Management

Quality and risk management

Standards provide crucial communication, alignment and compatibility at an international, national, industry and individual organizational...

The Design Side

An article in the Chicago Sun-Times this past Sunday featured the Chicago bungalow, an architectural style much beloved in the Windy City....

Building Operations

4 tips for the coming labor crunch

A CNN Money article this week elaborated on what many construction firms already know: good labor is now hard to find. Some find this news...

Remodeling Insider

The power of saying “No”

To a remodeling contractor, saying “no” to a potential client could possibly be the best decision you make for your company. A few years...

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