HVAC
How Advances in HVAC Are Affecting Indoor Comfort and Occupant Health
Current HVAC innovations are a key component of today’s energy-efficient homes and can enable builders to go beyond the status quo to deliver more comfortable, healthy homes
Opinion
Professional Builder's Change for the Better
Pro Builder embarks on a redesign that promises a richer experience for readers of the magazine and users of the brand's website and social media
Planning + Development
Land of Opportunity: How Home Builders Can Get Creative in 2020
If you think more creatively about building opportunities and can navigate the associated hurdles, you could significantly impact housing supply in your market
Exclusive Research + Data
Pro Builder 2020 Housing Forecast
Optimism reigns as the home building industry enters a new decade
Innovation
Outside In: Innovation in the Home Building Industry Will Likely Come From Outside
Innovation with a capital “I” requires a vision our industry seems to lack, and more risk than we’re willing to take
Talk About a Recession
If you’re worried that we are talking ourselves into a recession, I urge you to step back and consider history
Exclusive Research + Data
Techno-Sadly: Construction Industry Remains Reluctant to Embrace IT
Use of information technology in home building lags far behind most other industries, hindering productivity and the ability to realize efficiencies
Great Design for All
The 2019 Professional Builder Design Awards provide ample evidence that great design can be realized in all types of housing at any price point in any market
Building Materials
Supply Chain Relationships: What's Working and What's Not [Research]
Here’s what builders and building products suppliers say about their construction products supply chain relationships
Opinion
Summer Reading
Working alongside truly talented carpenters and watching other tradespeople not only impressed on me their skill and smarts, but convinced me I had neither at the level required to make a living at it. So instead I chose to write about it