The Villas at Mia Tia Circle - a learning lab for a better way of building.

Instead of whispering 'plastics' into the ears of graduates as a career tip, well-meaning family friends might soon approach your son or daughter with an unexpected tidbit — 'environmental consulting.'

California's sweeping effort to improve air quality goes well beyond car emissions.

Everything I needed to know about people, I learned on the night shift.

Avoluntary green building program in Santa Barbara County, Calif., is thriving as a result of a strong set of incentives.

Counties and local governments in the Chicago area were recently put on notice -- ensure that their residential development fees conform with state laws or face an imminent threat of litigation

After a recent holiday weekend, I noticed that the trash was beginning to fill the containers and enclosures at the job site, so I called the man who hauls it away for us and scheduled him for the following Friday.

Three framing companies have consistently reduced quality defects by more than 50% while improving productivity and builder satisfaction since implementing the NHQ Quality System for Trade Contractors one year ago in a pilot project.

Don Simon, a Korean War veteran who led one of the largest home building firms in Wisconsin - and arguably one of the most quality-driven operations in the industry - died Aug. 31, 2001, from complications of diabetes and heart disease.