Helpful ideas builders can use to put jobsite waste to work and limit the amount of construction waste they send to the landfill

Professional Builder Editorial Director Paul Deffenbaugh lists a variety of ways how builders can help sustain the communities where they build.

Here is an overview of current software on the market for various facets of the home building industry.

Few things have kept pace with the rapid growth of our industry as much as employee compensation. Bonus programs tied to division or company profitability have generated unprecedented compensation levels. As the housing boom subsides and begins shrinking

Two initiatives are in the works that would streamline the Environmental Protection Agency's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System of the Clean Water Act, which regulates storm water pollution on construction sites.

The medical and home-building industries have at least one thing in common right now: the debate over self-induced problems. The medical community is at odds over just how much physical illness is self-induced. Similar to medicine, our industry is at odd

Add today's market realities to all of your possible marketing alternatives and it's easy to see that you are facing the challenge of your life. And that challenge is all about choosing which strategy is best and then deciding when to use it.

The new room of the house: merchandising and drafting floor plans for optimal layout placement of home offices.

Building estate communities with floor plan designs that cater to the empty nesters and children.