The Sweet Spot If we just take away people's houses, that'll get the lazy bums back to work We all know the job market continues to be lousy more than two years after the recession officially ended. There's a variety of reasons for...
The Sweet Spot Obama jobs program to include 'mortgage relief' ... and why it won't matter The Washington Post is reporting this morning that President Obama's jobs program will include amongst its many proposals more relief for...
blog_entry 6 building product trends for 2011 Photo: Ply Gem Windows’ Builder Series Pocket Door can span up to 12 feet and is just $400 for the base model. If you missed the...
The Sweet Spot Five cities poised for home price growth (and five that aren't) In case you missed it in the news section of HousingZone, Fiserv and Moody's Analytics are predicting home prices will increase in 365 out...
The Sweet Spot Is remodeling up, down or moving sideways? There's not much doubt where new construction sits these days -- bouncing along the bottom.The remodeling market, on the other hand, is a...
Best Practices Has the Economy Forced Everyone to Lie I recently conducted several searches in both residential and commercial businesses in multiple states. The positions ranged from...
The Lean Builder Soft costs? That hurt so much, how could it be anything but hard? — Lean Tuesday with Scott Sedam I am finishing up my September column for Professional Builder based on a list of the 10 biggest myths of Lean Building, and I just wrote...
Lean Design Elevations: Butt ugly to beautiful for zero cost — Lean design with Todd Hallett @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p...
blog_entry The rise and fall of the American Dream So, they said we needed change. They said it would get worse before it got better. They said unemployment is decreasing. They said the rate...
Quality Management Hotspots: corrective and preventive action A hotspot is a recurring problem, by focusing on the top ranking hotspot with corrective and preventive action they can be reduced or...
