CA Builders to Reduce Juice Use
In California, a deadline for builders looms. On June 1, the nation’s most stringent energy standards will take effect, requiring an average cut of 14 percent in energy use for all new homes built.
Courtyard Design
Buyers love these spaces for aesthetic reasons, but the benefits of courtyards go well beyond their looks.
An Eye on E-Leaders Beazer and Del Webb
Green Comes to the Windy City
Movers and Shakers: Christopher Homes
Christopher Gibbs has seen a lot of changes during his 30-plus years in the home building business. Arriving in California in 1969, Gibbs worked for Trammell Crow Residential Partners and JM Peters.
Factory-Built Housing Giants 2001
Factory-built housing companies suffered a downturn in profits in 2000.
From the Ground Up: Framing Fidelity
In this second installment of our year-long series on the start-up of a new home building company in Sarasota County, Fla., we look at the Total Quality Management underpinnings upon which the firm is founded.
Extreme Customer Satisfaction
Security Alert!
Imagine losing all of your professional experience in an instant. Say you go to sleep and you wake up and you have no memory of your company’s operations, the people, the processes, the customers, the systems and how it all operates.
In a Former Life
A bucketful of consultants, lots of floor sweepers employed by their fathers, real estate agents, accountants, lawyers, even a dentist — every home builder or building exec got his or her start somewhere.