2024 Forty Under 40 Nomination Form
Help us recognize the rising stars, innovators, and game-changers in the housing industry!
U40 Leadership Summit: Event Exclusive for the Young Professional
Are you a construction leader under the age of 40? Join other like-minded peers for a one-day summit at the 2024 International Builders’ Show
Happiness and 'The Bear'
Can happiness be the core strategy of a home building business? It can ... and it probably should be
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
Meet the Young Leaders in Pro Builder's 2023 Forty Under 40
Recognizing and celebrating our 2023 Forty Under 40 class of energetic, innovative young leaders representing the future of the housing industry
2024 National Housing Quality Awards for Operational Excellence
Camelot Homes earns Gold and Stone Martin Builders earns Bronze in the 2024 NHQA, the highest recognition of operational excellence for home builders
Why you should embrace the Hispanic conflict
Leadership by the numbers: What’s yours?
Building middle ground
In looking ahead to 2013, we asked builders who placed in the middle of the pack in our survey about the lessons they learned from the downturn, and how they are applying that information to future opportunities.
The search for the magic model
For this issue Pat O’Toole, our venerable publisher, asked me to write about the best business models among those home builders in what is often termed the second tier of the industry, or those companies ranked in the top 25 to 100.
The feed vs. the hunt
My son is 6 years-old.
The underutilized and awesomely powerful spreadsheet
From what I gather in my dealings with builders and designers, our industry underutilizes spreadsheets.
Contractors call for state training programs to make up for shortfall of skilled construction workers
Rising demand for residential construction is starting to outpace the number of workers available to do the work, some home builders say.
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…