Labor + Trade Relations
Process and Product Issues Guarantee One Thing: Job Security for Trades
Home builders should ask themselves: Am I helping or hindering the profitability of my trades and suppliers? Your answer will determine your own financial success
Project Management
Cycle Time: the Gift That Keeps on Giving
Tightly managed cycle time is critical for home builders to achieve sustainable, predictable profits. Neglect it, and you’re playing a dangerous game with your business
Business Management
Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get Serious About Cycle Time
As goes the schedule, so goes the builder. And while the metrics may be tricky, there are ways to measure and improve your cycle time, so get to it!
Business Management
Supplier Survival: Adopt a Highly Differentiating Approach
Suppliers can inspire home builders to think beyond ‘first cost’ to total cost (and even total value). Here's how | Part 2 in a two-part series
Business Management
Survival on the Supply Side—Overcoming the Tyranny of Price Competition
Can suppliers help builders grow beyond their low-bid tactics? Part 1 in a two-part series
Business Management
Lessons Learned From a Downturn—Can They Help Us Next Time?
Industry sage George Casey shares his experience and wisdom for confronting the next housing slowdown
Business Management
Recession Survival Tactics for Home Builders
How do you prepare for a downturn? Battle-hardened industry pros offer their insights and advice
Business Management
Builders, Still Crazy After All These Years
Why is it that, for builders, the more things change, the more they stay the same?
Economics
The Next Housing Downturn—Is It Too Late to Get Your Business Ready?
It’s time to get up, splash some cold water on your face, and stare down that previously confident image in the mirror. Are you ready for the downturn?
Off-Site Construction
On-Site vs. Off-Site Part 2: a Deeper Dive
Closer analysis of total cost leads to the ultimate concept of “total value” in home building
