Lean Design Exposed: The most common framing mistake in home building, Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett Headers, headers everywhere! Nearly every builder I have ever worked with (regardless of geography) initially had far too many headers and...
Lean Design Lean design and curb appeal: A marriage made in heaven – Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett Lots of matrimony talk lately. From the saccharin sweet royal wedding to the much publicized split between J’Lo and Marc Anthony - some...
Lean Design Lean Construction Drawings: 4 Elements that should always be there and 1 that shouldn’t - Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett Plans, plans, plans, it’s sometimes difficult to know what they should include and what they shouldn’t. After spending the last two years...
Lean Design Lean Design is Infectious Monday morning 6:30 a.m. Jeff the lead carpenter rolls out the latest set of prints for the new Thornberry model. He sighs as he scans the...
Lean Design Lean Design principle #1 The concept of lean architectural design is often misunderstood. Elimination of design- induced waste in both product and process is the...
Lean Design Brownies, muffins and dollars I must admit, as an architect involved heavily in the home building business for the last 20 years I have never come across the concept of ...
Lean Design Is Lean Design the bigfoot of the architectural world? “I thought I saw it once. Rooms designed in twelve foot dimensions, footing dimensions in 24” increments. Sheetrock scraps wouldn’t fill a...
