Stickiness
Todd Shraiberg, project manager for HousingZone, taught me the word stickiness, among many other things useful. Stickiness in his world is the equivalent to readership in mine.
Steeling Their Skills
It’s a sure sign that steel framing is steadily moving forward as a conventional part of building homes.
Pronto Permits
The Art of the Kitchen
Today’s home buyers are making the kitchen the center of their family’s living and entertainment space — family rooms and dining areas typically radiate out from where food is stored and meals are prepared. Not a simple workspace, kitch-ens must make a...
Lessons in Efficiency
After a recent holiday weekend, I noticed that the trash was beginning to fill the containers and enclosures at the job site, so I called the man who hauls it away for us and scheduled him for the following Friday.
Managing With Style
Good managers often have an innate ability to understand people. This helps them respond well to the unspoken individual requirements of staffers and goes a long way toward keeping their teams focused and motivated.
On My Mind
The profound feeling of loss and grief after last month's tragedy is a worldwide phenomenon.
Rotten to the Core
Proposed regulatory changes for wetlands development activities would bring almost no flexibility or regulatory relief to the Clean Water Act Section 404 program and would modify only slightly the onerous wetlands Nationwide Permit (NWP) restrictions i...
Townhouse With a Twist
One of the knocks against townhouse design is the predictability of most floor plans.
