There are many routes to success in the home building industry.

When David Weekley Homes won the NHQ Award in 1993, the Houston-based firm set benchmarks for gathering data to measure the strength of customer relationships.

Many home builders, perhaps most, run their companies the way George S. Patton ran the Third Army, great at giving orders and getting things done, not so gret at mentioning the emerging leaders a growing organization needs.

I'm probably like a lot of you. I've read a few of management guru Tom Peters' books.

Two insulation firms -- Collins & Co. of Vernon, Conn., and Comfort Insulation of Bend, Ore. -- have been named National Certified Contractor Firms of the Year.

You can change anything you want, so long as it’s something we do. In a nutshell, that’s the approach most large production builders seem to take with buyers’ requests to change something about their new homes.

Are you a builder committed to the quality process but still need a breakthrough to reach levels of quality and customer satisfaction you expect?

Clayton Preston, Robert Reed and Greg Ramsey, the principals of Village Habitat Design in Atlanta

DeLuca Enterprises and Berwind Property Group acquired Realen Homes, based in Ambler, Pa., in June for an undisclosed amount.