Sponsored blog_entry Flawless Hardwood Flooring Installation Starts From Underneath Want to ensure your hardwood flooring stands the test of time? Consider these installation best practices for your sub-floor.
Quality Management Frequently Asked Questions About Applying for the National Housing Quality Awards Information, statistics, and FAQs on applying for the National Housing Quality Award.
Sponsored Sub-floor Best Practices Improving Floor Performance With a System Approach Considering all elements of the floor and how they work together can allow for predictable performance and happier homeowners.
Opinion Chuck Shinn's Lasting Industry Influence Although Chuck Shinn is retiring, his influence on thousands of home building professionals continues
Sponsored Structural Putting It to the Test: New OSB Technology Faces Extreme Testing To truly test out its new premium sub-floor, LP set up extreme conditions in the depths of the rainforest and recruited extreme athletes for the job.
Business Management A Possible Solution for the Skilled Trade Shortage Japan’s Womenomics approach to easing the workforce decline has energized its construction industry
Home Technology Safety and Ethics of Smart Home Technology An increase in calls linked to domestic abuse via smart home technology highlights the need for consumer and manufacturer awareness
Sponsored Structural 9 Common Subfloor Installation Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them From tight spacing to improper fasteners, simple errors can lead to callbacks. Here’s a best-practice refresher for subfloor installation
Building Operations 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
Green Projects California's Countdown to Zero Net Energy The Golden State is 18 months away from its net-zero deadline. Are builders ready?
Opinion How to Avoid Monotony in Production Homes Beware: Many of today’s buyers can spot cookie-cutter homes faster than you can say “1950s Levittown”
Sales + Marketing How to Convince Customers You're the Builder They Need To lure buyers and let them know you're The One, leverage these tools
Sponsored Structural 5 Ways OSB Has Evolved—and What It Means for Builders OSB has changed a lot since it was introduced to the mass market more than 40 years ago. Here’s what you need to know to specify the right panels.
Modular Homes How Can Home Builders Tackle Inventory Issues? Shifts in thinking are welcome, but they're long overdue—and not aggressive enough
New-Home Marketing Can Homes Age With Us? Finding out whether our homes can remain livable means getting personal and asking what kind of places we’d like to grow old in
Financials Wanted: Workable Housing Solutions In San Francisco and Atlanta, viable alternatives include a reimagining of the once-common boarding house
Home Technology Being Smart About Smart Homes Regardless of how slowly smart home technology is taking hold, its eventual acceptance is inevitable
Design Next Steps for Disaster Resilience and Rebuilding The dream for disaster recovery is kit homes that can be assembled by two mid-level trades
Business Management How to Find and Retain Skilled Labor The construction industry has had, and will continue to have, its share of ups and downs and fresh challenges. Knowing how to find and motivate excellent employees can help building companies maintain stability
Timber Framing Making the Case for Framing Sheets There's a document missing from your workflow, and it's costing you more than you think
Building Operations How Do We Build New Homes Faster? Labor shortages threaten workflow in many markets. Innovation is essential
Leadership In Remembrance of Bill Pulte, a Housing Giant A tribute to the home building innovator who built his first house in 1951 and never looked back
New-Home Marketing Beginners and Boomers: Fact and Fiction for Home Builders Clear commonalities and definite differences exist between the groups that bookend the buyer spectrum
New-Home Sales How Will Wall Street Affect Home Building? It's more likely that the stock market will adversely affect the housing market than the reverse
Building Operations 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.