Blogs on Lean Design concepts and implementations for Home Builders and Remodelers
Add horsepower to your existing plans — Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett
Growing up near Detroit, I know that old plans are like old cars —sooner or later they start costing you more money than they are worth. It is…
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/or…
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 marriages…
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 with…
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 plans…
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…
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 “…
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…
Todd Hallett
Todd Hallett, AIA, president of TK Design & Associates has been designing award-winning…