The Sweet Spot Lead paint rules hurting the good guys The EPA’s LRRP lead paint rules put us, as an industry, in an awkward place. We have a rule that is, by all accounts, increasing the...
Quality Management Writing a successful NHQA application The NHQA application document is not simply the method of applying for the NHQA, it is an excellent overview of your business and a key...
Quality Management Addressing a NHQA feedback report: opportunities for improvement Receiving a NHQA feedback report can result in a freeze due the amount of Opportunities for Improvement (OFI’s) reported, but remember even...
Quality Management Before AND after: NHQA site visits Making the cut for a National Housing Quality Award (NHQA) site visit is a major achievement, however, quite naturally many are anxious...
blog_entry Quality Management Systems (QMS) A Quality Management System or QMS refers to what an organization does to manage its processes, or activities, so that its products or...
The Sweet Spot Home ownership still goal for majority of Americans: N.Y. Times Poll Almost 90 percent of Americans think owning a home is still an important part of the American dream, despite the current housing market.That...
Lean Design Lean Design principle #1 The concept of lean architectural design is often misunderstood. Elimination of design- induced waste in both product and process is the...
Lean Design Brownies, muffins and dollars I must admit, as an architect involved heavily in the home building business for the last 20 years I have never come across the concept of ...
Lean Design Is Lean Design the bigfoot of the architectural world? “I thought I saw it once. Rooms designed in twelve foot dimensions, footing dimensions in 24” increments. Sheetrock scraps wouldn’t fill a...
Quality Management ROI evidence of Baldrige impact: The foundation of the NHQA This year 69 organizations have applied for the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence the Malcom Baldrige...
