Lean Design Value engineering’s role in Lean design – Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett Imagine yourself walking into McDonalds and ordering lunch (if you are anything like me this would probably not be a huge stretch). You walk...
Lean Design Look ma! No jogs! Look ma! The war cry for young show offs world wide. I’m sure you have had a “look ma” moment or two in your life. I don’t know about you...
Lean Design Help for Haiti I have been fortunate enough to be working with Jeff Rutt and Matt Collins from Keystone Custom Homes, Perry Bigelow from Bigelow Homes, and...
Lean Design Get to the point: Clarifying structural loads on construction drawings Eric Tiffin our magically talented Project Manager brought up the idea of writing about point loads this week. My first thought was that...
Lean Design My biggest eye opener relating to the building business — Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett We all have our eye opening moments in life. When I was 17 my dad would often remind me to keep checking the oil in my 72 Bonneville. I did...
Lean Design Design checklists made simple Check yourself before you wreck yourself. This delightful saying comes from a rap song by Ice Cube. Mr. Cube’s message urges us all to make...
Lean Design 6 elevation tips that will help your framer ‘make it look like the picture’ Have you ever heard a framer say, “I just make it look like the picture”? I have — far too often. They are referring to a lack of elevation...
Lean Design Construction drawings – starting right — Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett As I sit on a plane bound for Fresno I am procrastinating. I know I have to put together this week’s blog but there are a few things to...
Lean Design Elevations: Butt ugly to beautiful for zero cost — Lean design with Todd Hallett @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p...
Lean Design Add horsepower to your existing plans — Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett Growing up near Detroit, I know that old plans are like old cars —sooner or later they start costing you more money than they are worth. It...
