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Tech for the Pro

Technology in retail has greatly advanced over the past several years, not only for consumers, but for professional customers as well....

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Black Friday Deals for the Pro

Black Friday marks the biggest day in retail – providing you with an opportunity to save money on the tools that help you do high-quality...

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Life of the Pro: The Home Depot's dedication to Pro customers

Day in and day out, you’re faced with challenges – finding skilled labor, differentiating yourself from competitors and navigating ever...

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Bath Trends for the Pro

Repairing or remodeling a bathroom that meets and exceeds a client’s expectations while staying on budget can be a challenging and time...

Sales + Marketing

Getting the Message Out

With buyers still relatively scarce, home builders have to be shrewder than ever with their sales and marketing strategies in order to be...

Quality Management

The Elements of Building

A new book out called ‘The Elements of Building: A Business Handbook for Residential Builders and Tradesmen’ by Mark Kerson is a valuable...

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Winterize through the season’s final freeze

Many winterization jobs are simple enough to add into your scope without adding substantial time or cost to ongoing jobs, and a few...

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Management Wackamole

Firefighting is a well-known management term for, well running around like a headless chicken doing work that is actually not productive or...

The Design Side

Think Smaller: Singles as an Emerging Niche for Home Builders

With their laser focus on the 55-and-older market, I wonder if home builders and developers might be overlooking an emerging niche: singles ...

Little homes like those by Four Lights Tiny House Co. fill a key market niche

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The National Housing Quality Award Application Now Available. It is NOT just an Award!

The NHQA Application is available for download at this link http://www.probuilder.com/NHQAapp For Questions on the application, please...

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Presentation on the National Housing Quality Award

This link is to a free presentation on the National Housing Quality Award. It provides an introduction to how it functions, its...

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New Year Resolution: Your Free Company Culture Assessment

Looking for a New Year Resolution? How much more effective could your organization become if it were to take steps to enhance its culture...

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Join The National Housing Quality Award on Facebook & Linkedin

The National Housing Quality Award has a Linkedin Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/National-Housing-Quality-Award-1469587/about And a...

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Kitchen Trends for the Pro

Remodelers around the country cited increased demand among homeowners for kitchen upgrades in 2014, according to the National Association of...

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Free PowerPoint on Cost of Quality in Home Building

So often the thought for increasing profit is to build more homes. When in fact, the easiest way to increase profit is to reduce the Cost...

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Tech for the Pro

Technology in retail has greatly advanced over the past several years, not only for consumers, but for professional customers as well....

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Black Friday Deals for the Pro

Black Friday marks the biggest day in retail – providing you with an opportunity to save money on the tools that help you do high-quality...

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Pre-Black Friday Deals for the Pro

The Home Depot is dedicated year-round to providing builders, remodelers and other contractors with a customized shopping experience that...

Lean Design

Design for Custom Infill With a Lean Twist

Collaboration is far and away one of my favorite aspects of the building industry. In fact the practice of Lean Design demands collaboration...

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Life of the Pro: The Home Depot's dedication to Pro customers

Day in and day out, you’re faced with challenges – finding skilled labor, differentiating yourself from competitors and navigating ever...

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Bath Trends for the Pro

Repairing or remodeling a bathroom that meets and exceeds a client’s expectations while staying on budget can be a challenging and time...

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Codes + Standards

Raised Home—and Renewed Hopes—in the Wake of Sandy

When the clouds cleared and the waves subsided following Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, the Santos family found itself picking up the...

single-family two-story home in New Jersey affected by Superstorm Sandy, which struck in 2012

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The Value of Process

Process, well love it or hate it we NEED IT! It may not be exciting creating it, setting it up, but process is so very important. I thought...

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Builders Striving For Continuous Improvement NHQ

The 2015 National Housing Quality Award recipients are: DSLD of LA, Gold EYA of MD, Gold French Brothers of NM, Silver These are...

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Working toward quality management

In the October issue, we announce the winners of this year’s National Housing Quality Awards: gold award recipients DSLD Homes and EYA, and...

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features