Skip to main content
Your #1 source for housing industry trends and best practices
Design
Construction
Business Management
Sales + Marketing
Idea Homes
Sections
Design
Construction
Business Management
Sales + Marketing
Idea Homes
Products
NAHB
Top 200/Housing Giants
Young Guns & Legends
Special
Events
National Housing Quality Awards
Women in Residential Construction
Women at WIRC Podcast
MVP Awards
Webinars
White Papers
Videos
Magazine Archives
Contact
About Us
Contact an Editor
Subscribe
Advertise
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
LinkedIn
Affiliated Brands
CUSTOM BUILDER
PRO REMODELER
MULTIFAMILY PRO+
BUILDING DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION
PRO BUILDER SHOW VILLAGE
Follow us on
https://www.facebook.com/ProBuilder
https://www.instagram.com/probuildermedia/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/professional-builder-magazine/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8IAYP672YeU34oMb8hluQ
Home
>
Back Issues
>
Pro Builder
>
July/August 2024
July/August 2024
July/August 2024 cover image
July/August 2024
Subscribe
Digital
Edition
Archives
Renew
Image: Vadara Quartz Surfaces
Read more about Vadara Quartz Surfaces' fabricated stone collection, along with other products, below.
Products
12 Product Highlights From the July/August Issue of Pro Builder
Aug. 13, 2024
Rendering: DTJ Design
The Cottages, by DTJ Design
Design
Home Designs for Small-Lot Privacy
Aug. 13, 2024
Image: Quality Stock Arts / stock.adobe.com
OSHA's Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings standard would apply to all employers in the construction, general industry, maritime, and agriculture sectors, with some exceptions.
NAHB
OSHA Proposes Workplace Heat Standard to Ensure Worker Safety
Aug. 13, 2024
Image: Monkey Business
Construction salaries are on the rise and demand for construction workers is predicted to increase dramatically in the second half of this decade, so there’s never been a better time to be—or consider becoming—part of the home building industry.
NAHB
The Home Building Industry Is Hiring
Aug. 13, 2024
Image: Jess Blackwell Photography
This in-home office at Tribute at Lyric by Shea Homes caters to the work-from-home needs of families by locating the office near the main living areas so at-home workers can more easily engage with younger kids.
Design
Designs for Dedicated Work-From-Home Zones
Aug. 13, 2024
More content from July/August 2024
Image: Brocreative / stock.adobe.com
Builders can play a role in housing affordability outside of the political arena by taking initiative on a more personal scale.
Housing Supply + Affordability
The Builder's Role in Housing Affordability
What part can (and should) builders play to reduce the cost of building and buying new homes? Consider these suggestions
Aug. 13, 2024
Image: AI-generated image using Firefly.adobe.com
It's no longer enough for home builders to merely gather information. Staying competitive means you need to leverage your data creatively.
Leadership
Business Metrics and the Imagination Age of Home Building
It’s time to get serious about your business metrics and make them work harder (and smarter) for you
Aug. 13, 2024
Image: CreativeDesigns / stock.adobe.com
“The idea of benchmarking is really simple: How do you begin to learn from others about how they do things better than you do?” says George Casey, a housing industry icon and group chair for executive benchmarking and coaching organization Vistage.
Business Management
It's Time to Benchmark—and Here's Why
Comparing your business with other builders may seem risky, but it's the key to continuous improvement and sustained success in home building
Aug. 13, 2024
Image: Lisa Morey
Lisa Morey is the founder of Nova Terra, a Colorado-based company that creates eco-friendly masonry blocks.
Q+A
Building Blocks to Sustainable Construction
Waste is being reborn as eco-friendly masonry in Lisa Morey's vision for a more sustainable future
Aug. 13, 2024
Photo: PREP Solutions
The Picket Fence Idea Home is a three-story detached townhouse consisting of a 2,007-square-foot unit above a 660-square-foot ADU.
The Picket Fence
The Picket Fence Idea Home
Our latest Idea Home stands as a new blueprint for urban living and housing production focused on wellness and sustainability
Aug. 13, 2024
Image: yunava1 / stock.adobe.com
Because today's building codes strive for greater energy efficiency and occupant health, builders must pay more attention to the construction of the home’s envelope and how the house is ventilated to ensure optimal, healthy indoor air.
Quality Matters
Home Ventilation Options Ranked Good(ish), Better, and Best
Today’s tighter building envelopes mean upgrading to better and best ventilation practices is even more important
Aug. 13, 2024