The home building industry’s approach to design, plans, and specifications needs a comprehensive overhaul to find and eliminate waste in product and process
By eliminating waste in the home building product and process, builders can negate the added costs for going green, writes Lean building guru Scott Sedam in his latest column
Implementing the principles of Lean in home building is no easy task, but the payoffs in waste reduction and cost savings can be substantial. Here's a road map for getting started
Builders rightly obsess about cost reduction, but there's a revolution brewing under the banner of Lean operations. On the surface, it resembles traditional value engineering, but there are crucial distinctions
OVE and advanced framing techniques help builders reduce the amount of lumber used while maintaining structural integrity. They not only lower costs but also improve the thermal performance of buildings
