Business Management What Lies Beneath—the Sinking of a Home Builder You can have as many plans, elevations, and options as you like, but only if you have the systems, processes, and staff to seamlessly handle them
National Housing Quality Award Empowered to Solve: Goodall Homes 2018 NHQ Silver Tennessee builder Goodall Homes wins Silver in the 2018 National Housing Quality Awards
National Housing Quality Award Embracing Improvement: Tim O'Brien Homes 2018 NHQ Gold 'We’ve always done it this way' is in no way part of this Wisconsin builder's approach
Business Management Home Builders' Variance Measurement Quagmire—the Nightmare Continues Managers use some remarkably creative ways to avoid reporting variance. That’s the first mistake
National Housing Quality Award Tim O'Brien Homes Wins 2017 NHQ Silver Award To get the high marks that Tim O’Brien Homes earned for customer satisfaction, the 2017 NHQ Silver Award winner had to deliver from contract...
Business Management The Lazy Engineer Isn't Interested in Efficiency Wanted: A new job description for an old profession
Human Resources Great Company Culture Is a Talent Magnet So much more than a poster on a wall or a binder on a shelf, company culture needs to drive every decision a builder makes
Business Management Welcome to a Home Builder's VPO Nightmare Each variance purchase order is a failure, for everyone. It’s lose, lose, lose—for the builder, the supplier or trade, and for the customer
Construction Quality Quality Assurance—How to Build an Effective Program and Why It Matters Builders and industry consultants talk about what’s working and how to build a program to ensure quality standards are consistently being met
