Hamlet Homes' Mike Brodsky on Finding Successors and Letting Go
A transition that involved a national executive search, an employee buyout, and Builder 20 group mentorship to save the deal
Communication Remains Key For New Wave Of Construction Professionals
New technology has changed the nature of the construction industry, making it easier to design and…
Building Momentum in 2017
Predictions and strategy from a big builder
For Great Customer Service, Company Culture Needs to Thrive
Industry veterans share advice on the strong relationship between a consistent climate of excellence and a great buyer experience
Get it Right, a UK Construction Quality Effort
Construction errors cost the UK industry billions every single year. The annual spend due to error…
Scopes of Work and Checklists downloads
Scopes of Work are a key tool in ensuring Quality Management in a building company. Here are a…
Do Search for New Technologies
Our industry has a long history of resisting change and innovation, but that inclination to sell and build houses as we always have seems to finally be falling away.
The Blame Game
How many times have you heard of attempts to shrug off service and warranty items with a claim of 'homeowner maintenance?'
Total Quality Self-Assessment Survey
This Total Quality Self-Assessment Survey was originally developed as a tool for the National Housing Quality Award judges to evaluate applicants. Several of the judges began using the survey to evaluate their own building companies.
Mergers + Acquisitions
Is Builder Merger Mania Returning?
Since Lennar’s deal to acquire U.S. Home last spring, there has been a long void in home builder acquisition activity. But the cork just popped out of that bottle
In My Briefcase
Not convinced that tech toys like Palm Pilots are as indispensable as some purport them to be, some builders opt for the old-fashioned information carry-all: the briefcase.
Flat Rates, High Earnings Boost Builder Stocks
In a matter of a few weeks during July and August, a composite index of home building stocks rose nearly 40%. It will likely go higher in the coming months as investors begin giving the group a closer look, analysts who track home building say.
Screaming From Rooftops
For the last several years, this nation’s largest publicly traded home builders have piled one record-setting quarter on top of another while watching their share prices tumble in the opposite direction of their earnings.
Cisneros: Building on Rouse's Urban Legacy
If there ever was a patron saint of urban revitalization, it was James W. Rouse. As a developer and builder, he has a huge legacy for large-scale projects, mainly in core urban areas, that seemed risky at the time but always succeeded.
HousingZone.com Offers Online Conference
The people at HousingZone.com, a daily online source for residential construction news and information, have come up with a great idea for presenting information on the e-construction era.
