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How to Create a More Inclusive Workplace for Women in Construction
Consider these tips and techniques to attract and retain more women in your home building company and reap the benefits of a more diverse workforce
AI in Home Building ... What Now? What Next?
Artificial intelligence is coming to home building. How can builders use AI in new-home construction? Start with this primer
Ways to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 2: Automation
Home builders can maximize efficiencies gained through simplification and standardization by automating both on-site and back-office operations
Built on Happiness: Meet Pro Builder's 2023 Builder of the Year
Delaware-based Schell Brothers, our 2023 Builder of the Year, brings a refreshing approach to delivering homes and measuring success with an overriding mission of happiness
A Broken Housing System Hurts American Families
NAHB Chairman's Message: In a challenging business environment for home builders, and with higher housing costs for families, the National Association of Home Builders is working to help home builders better meet the nation's housing needs
Pro Builder 2024 Housing Forecast
Sure there are challenges, but overall, Pro Builder's annual Housing Forecast Survey finds home builders are optimistic about the coming year
Lean Building
Top 10 Lean Building Myths Busted
From the lack of meaningful savings to the overwhelming time commitment, Lean operations guru Scott Sedam refutes the most common misconceptions about implementing Lean process in home building
5 plans to save the housing market
A number of economists and politicians have issued housing plans in the last few weeks. Here's a round-up of the ideas.
Lean Building
How to Save $5,000 Per Unit
If you knew you were losing about $5K per unit due to just one item of waste in your houses, would you do something about it?
Construction Quality
Defining Value to the Customer
One person's better value can be another's substandard. So how do you define value to the customer?
Purchasing
9 Basic Tenets of Purchasing for Builders
Measuring the lowest total cost of operations and counting every dollar, no matter who it goes to initially, are among the key tenets of purchasing. But there are more
Las Vegas builder faces 20 years in felony fraud case
William Monroe, a former VP in Meritage Homes' Nevada division, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing $1.4 million from the builder. According to an AP report, Monroe submitted fraudulent invoices to his former employer over a four-year period.
Beazer Homes CEO steps down, replaced by CFO
Home-building giant Beazer Homes announced this morning that CEO Ian J. McCarthy is leaving the builder after 17 years of service. The company's CFO, Allan Merrill, will succeed McCarthy as president and CEO and has been elected to the board of directors.
Purchasing
10 Elements of the Total Cost Model to Purchasing
Home builders that adopt the total cost model to purchasing and operations are guaranteed to save in the long run. Here’s a road map for getting started
Harvard report: Housing recovery hinges on return of demand
After three consecutive years of record-low construction levels, the vigor of the recovery in housing now hinges on a return of demand, according to the State of the Nation’s Housing report released this morning by the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies. The key obstacles to a return in demand, say Harvard researchers, are the lingering consequences of the recession and financial crisis.
Housing Giants
Pulte's Richard Dugas: 'The curse of our land position is going to be the blessing for the future'
Pro Builder editors sat down with PulteGroup CEO Richard Dugas to discuss his strategy for bringing Pulte back to profitability in 2011, his thoughts on GSE reform, and the changing view on housing policy in Washington, D.C.