Lean Design The Lean Designer: Paying too much for trusses? Here is a quick test. When it comes to trusses "Piggyback" is a four letter word. Piggyback trusses are little trusses that sit upon larger trusses to allow the...
Quality Management A new series of papers available on performance excellence The Organizational Excellence Committee for the Quality Management Division of ASQ has launched a webpage with a series of papers to support...
Quality Management Diversity in Our Workplace Diversity in the workplace is a key issue in Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. Diversity creates new perspectives, new...
The Sweet Spot Megaupload case shows danger of 'cloud' Over the last few months, I've talked to a lot of remodelers that are opting to use the cloud to store their files and share them with subs...
blog_entry Oakland, Philadelphia, 6 other cities to get free advice on LEED-ND Philadelphia, Oakland and six other U.S. cities will get free help this year from sustainable building and development experts with an eye...
The Sweet Spot What is your key to success in remodeling? We reached out to dozens of remodelers for this month’s cover story, asking them what they saw as their top challenges and opportunities for...
Quality Management ISO9001 Impact on Construction Workmanship Performance A study published in ASQ’s Quality Management Journal this month (Jan 2012) found that ISO9001 Certification (Quality Management Systems...
Design The Lean Designer: The best way to prepare for a plan review As many of you know by now Professional Builder is holding three days of plan reviews by some of the top designers and architects in the...
The Lean Builder The Lean Builder: Our future – Fairmont or Fusion With the February edition of Professional Builder, I begin a series on the evolution of quality management. Here is a more detailed version...
Green Design The Lean and Green Builder: Lesson 9 - WaterSense makes cents Walking in my home last evening, I was greeted with the usual excitement of children running around, the dog barking and my wife sharing the...
