Lean Building Techniques to Reduce Waste at Construction Sites Gain Favor Five new methods are attracting attention
The Lean Builder Even Lean Is Local It's said that home building is a local business. Regardless, you should still measure all of your costs
Lean Building 3 Ways to Huge Profits Through Lean Design Production builders are reducing construction costs by thousands through the use of Lean design techniques. Architect and Lean design expert Todd Hallett demonstrates how to get started
Lean Building How Do You Lead a Leader? Without buy-in from top management, Lean practices are sure to fizzle out over time. So what does it take to get support from the very top?
The Lean Builder The rule of 8, 9, 12 but never 16 Todd Hallett and I are running a LeanPlan Workout session this week in Tennessee with one of my favorite builders. In the years I have known...
Lean Building 5 Proven Ways to Optimize Construction Framing Advanced framing can save materials and time while boosting your homes’ efficiencies. Here are five techniques that can be adopted independently
The Lean Builder Lean Builder Blog: Do operations still matter on the West Coast? I have spoken at PCBC, the big West Coast building conference most of the past 15 years and I always enjoy it. The event has been very well...
The Lean Builder Lean Building Blog: How to get ahead in home building by really trying My son Tyler (second of 4 children), age 29, is taking a new position with a homebuilder after having two good building industry jobs in the...
The Lean Builder Lean Building Blog: What Lean isn’t During an orientation recently with a room full of suppliers and trades for one of our “LeanPlan Workout” implementations, I was interrupted...
The Lean Builder Lean Building Blog: What to Read on Lean Today, a sharp young guy named Ryan wrote to me after seeing a Keynote Presentation I did at the recent BuilderExchange meeting in Las Vegas...