Few builders take full advantage of value engineering. In most of the home building industry, value engineering's original promises of lower overhead costs and higher product quality remain largely unfulfilled unless collaborative efforts are taken

You can take the road less traveled in home building that will show you how to maintain your profits without destroying the margins of your suppliers and trades and trashing the relationships that took years to build.

Professional Builder Columnist Scott Sedam creates a scenario illustrating how builders, contractors and trades can work together to cut costs without severing relationships.

Being incredibly organized, more tolerant of clients, and more concise in the selection process for finishes and options were a few of the lesson builders took home when building their own.

Builders participating in the most recent Harvard Distribution Study significantly downplayed the contribution that improved operating efficiencies have had on their bottom line growth. Yet it's precisely those efficiencies that might end up helping pull

What began as a predicted 5 percent slowdown for 2006 has now passed 10 percent nationwide and may reach 15 percent, or more. Some of the nationals are really hurting, with one of the Top 10 builders reporting sales down 45 percent as of August. With a n

Are great site superintendents born or made? Many building firms now hire based on character, not experience

Here are the factors builders should consider when choosing roofing material for the homes they build.

Modern homes are complex systems that comprise dozens of subsystems. With an increase in complexity, detailed scopes of work become ever more important for home builders, and a handshake just won't do