Proven Ways to Improve Jobsite Productivity
Consider these solutions for reducing cycle time, hard costs, dry runs, rework, miscommunication, and overall inefficiencies on the jobsite
5 Ways to Silence Squeaky Floors
Take these tips to heart to deliver quiet floors and satisfied homeowners
Why Pay Attention to HVAC Faults? Energy Efficiency, for One Thing
HVAC faults usually go undetected, which is a problem, since they can severely compromise a home’s energy efficiency
How to Build Healthy Homes That Protect Homebuyers From Radon
Consider a relatively simple and inexpensive passive mitigation system to vent radon—a radioactive, odorless, invisible gas—and deliver a truly healthy home
One Surefire Way to Attract Talent and Improve Homebuyer Satisfaction
One of the most effective steps a home builder can take to establish and maintain a reputation of quality is to become the 'builder of choice' in the eyes of trades and suppliers
Getting Rainscreens Right to Help Ensure Walls Stay Dry
To rainscreen or not to rainscreen, that is the question … but it shouldn’t be
Moisture Management
Mold Remediation: Telling Fact From Fiction
A tighter building envelope makes it more important than ever to be informed and vigilant about mold
Integrating Compact and Buried Duct Systems
Three scalable solutions for enclosure offer options for efficiency
Quality Matters
How to Prevent Squeaky Floors
Keeping your floor systems solid and quiet is a true engineering challenge for home builders. Just don’t expect kudos for quiet floors from homebuyers—they assume that’s what they’ll get in a new home
Quality Matters
The Best Way to Seal a Shower
Keeping water away from where it doesn’t belong in the shower is all in the details. Here’s a checklist for mitigating shower leaks
Construction Quality
11 Ways to Minimize Warranty Expenses
Focus on continuing improvement to help prevent warranty hassles and give you an edge over competitors
Moisture Management
Keeping Your Homes on the Dry Side
Why insulation is crucial for managing moisture
Energy Efficiency
Home Building Technical Challenges and Solutions: An Energy Efficiency Road Map for Home Builders
Current research and future initiatives will make it easier to build energy-efficient homes. Here’s a look at what’s up and coming
Job Description for a Quality Manager
Thoughts on how to create a generic job description for a Quality Manager at a home building company
Moisture Management
Building Envelope Solutions for Moisture Management
Modern building assemblies are less tolerant of design and installation flaws, which requires that today’s homes be better designed and built
Construction Defects in New Subdivisions
The Construction Defect Center helps buyers whose subdivision houses have not been built properly, investigating their leaking roofs and windows, and defects in roof shingles, stucco installation, wood siding, plumbing systems, and appliances.
