Flow Charts for Precise and On-Target Workflow
No matter what size builder you are, mapping the construction process translates to best results and happy customers
How Do We Build New Homes Faster?
Labor shortages threaten workflow in many markets. Innovation is essential
Coming to a Job Site Near You: Drones
Next time you hear a buzzing sound on a job site, it may not be a power tool. It may be a drone.
Field Rework Index
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Tiia Monto CC by-SA 4.0)
A good tool for predicting rework and cost…
Building Operations Blog for Professional Home Builders
The feed vs. the hunt
My son is 6 years-old.
It’s a fun age.
Witnessing your progeny develop original thoughts on shared topics is…
Rosetta Stone, relevance, and retention
Living in a small sliver of the language pie Rosetta Stone enlarged, we owe a debt of gratitude to the public company. Rosetta has been…
“We’ve done this a lot. You...as a group…are stupid.”
Last week I went to the Chicago filming of “America’s Got Talent”, the NBC show that accepts all comers who don’t make it on…
The “knowledge worker” rant
I despise the term Knowledge Worker. Why? Let’s start with the definition of Knowledge Worker and you can judge for…
Be like Mat: Go big
Comas :: 2
Broken bones :: 21
Surgeries :: 23
Concussions :: 100+
Stitches :: 300+
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Text Mex: Meet ‘em where they are
Would you ever use Twitter to announce your family dinner is being served?
Ridiculous question, right?
Wait. Hold that…
Confessions of a bilingual construction guy
His candor surprised me. I’ve never had anyone actually admit it.
But there it was. In digital ink on the email in my Inbox.
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The Inverse Golden Rule + 3 CYA tools when working with Hispanics
You know The Golden Rule, right?
He who has the gold makes the rules.
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'I see dead people' + 3 other common sensibilities
An obstacle to better jobsite safety is the English-Spanish language gap. Here are three Spanish phrases you can use to communicate the obvious—but essential—on the jobsite
Micro-fluency: Sí se puede!
Working at my second office yesterday (Starbucks), two latino twenty-somethings and their language choices caught my attention.
They…
