Business Management
Election 2012: The elephant in the room for home builders
I travel this country meeting with builders virtually every week and between my monthly Professional Builder article, my weekly blog on…
Lean Building
The rule of 8, 9, 12 but never 16
Todd Hallett and I are running a LeanPlan Workout session this week in Tennessee with one of my favorite builders. In the years I have known them…
Construction Quality
10 steps to mastering field quality – A positive indicator for a recovering industry
The 5th article in my series on Quality Management was just published by Professional Builder Magazine and appears concurrently on www.HousingZone…
Construction Quality
10 Steps to Mastering Field Quality
Proven processes for getting your field quality in order
Construction Quality
10 Tips to Get Your Field Quality in Order
The recovering housing market has left many builders short-staffed, and field quality is suffering. Here are 10 best practices for improving field quality
Operations
Lean Builder Blog: Do operations still matter on the West Coast?
I have spoken at PCBC, the big West Coast building conference most of the past 15 years and I always enjoy it. The event has been very well-run,…
Business Management
7 Winning Business Ideas for Builders
From creating visual scopes of work to implementing open-book management techniques, Scott Sedam searched far and wide for the best new business ideas for builders
Lean Building
Lean Building Blog: How to get ahead in home building by really trying
My son Tyler (second of 4 children), age 29, is taking a new position with a homebuilder after having two good building industry jobs in the past…
Lean Building
Lean Building Blog: What Lean isn’t
During an orientation recently with a room full of suppliers and trades for one of our “LeanPlan Workout” implementations, I was interrupted by a…
Lean Building Blog: Some of my best friends are architects and engineers — really!
They say a writer never “makes it” until he gets hate mail. In at least four blog posts this year, I have expressed my frustrations with…
