Business Management Predicting Profit: How to Know Your Margin Before You Close Nine strategies to help home builders control their costs and predict profit before starting a project
Codes + Standards Why Are Building Codes Important? Building codes not only provide a standard benchmark contractors must meet, they also establish a building’s safety and energy performance for years to come
Financials Can Building a Passive House Cost the Same as a Code-Built Home? Designer and builder Natalie Leonard shares how an energy-efficient Passive House can cost the same to build as a code-built home
Opinion Myths and Misconceptions About Going Solar As home builders prepare for California's solar mandate, solar panel installer Mark Vogel dispels the myths and misconceptions
Point of View Video: Can Automating Your Documents Make You A Better Builder? Edwards/Mooney & Moses, an insulation, garage door and gutter installer in central Ohio, was hand keying thousands of work order...
Opinion How Can Builders Prepare for More Solar? More U.S. markets are adopting mandates requiring solar energy for new construction. Here are answers to common questions
Financing Buying Land? 10 Tips to Find the Best of What’s Left Think all the good land was bought by big builders? 10 tips for small builders to find and buy land
Point of View 22 Tips to Keep Builders and Craftsmen Working During the Holidays Photo: Naitian (Tony) Wang / Unsplash Some craftsmen dread the holidays because customers don’t want to schedule anything that...
Point of View How Companies Use Tech to Differentiate From Competitors We all know technology can help us get more done in less time, and often and at a lower cost. But it can also be a powerful way for a...
Point of View Will the Home Design and Preconstruction Process Be a Thing of the Past? I was watching my 12-year-old son build a home using Minecraft the other day and couldn’t help but wonder what the future might hold for his...
