AI in Home Building ... What Now? What Next?
Artificial intelligence is coming to home building. How can builders use AI in new-home construction? Start with this primer
Ways to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 2: Automation
Home builders can maximize efficiencies gained through simplification and standardization by automating both on-site and back-office operations
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
States Where Construction Wages Are Rising the Fastest
These states are home to the highest and fastest rising construction wages in the nation
Managing With Data (or How to Get Your Processes to Talk to You)
To improve their margins, home builders need good data. But the home building industry isn't really skilled at measuring or providing it. It's time to change that
Construction Employment Increased in 45 States in February
Construction jobs are on the rise nationwide, but understaffed construction firms continue struggling to keep up with project backlogs
National Housing Quality Award
Empowered to Solve: Goodall Homes 2018 NHQ Silver
Tennessee builder Goodall Homes wins Silver in the 2018 National Housing Quality Awards
National Housing Quality Award
Embracing Improvement: Tim O'Brien Homes 2018 NHQ Gold
'We’ve always done it this way' is in no way part of this Wisconsin builder's approach
Business Management
Home Builders' Variance Measurement Quagmire—the Nightmare Continues
Managers use some remarkably creative ways to avoid reporting variance. That’s the first mistake
National Housing Quality Award
Tim O'Brien Homes Wins 2017 NHQ Silver Award
To get the high marks that Tim O’Brien Homes earned for customer…
Business Management
The Lazy Engineer Isn't Interested in Efficiency
Wanted: A new job description for an old profession
Human Resources
Great Company Culture Is a Talent Magnet
So much more than a poster on a wall or a binder on a shelf, company culture needs to drive every decision a builder makes
Business Management
Welcome to a Home Builder's VPO Nightmare
Each variance purchase order is a failure, for everyone. It’s lose, lose, lose—for the builder, the supplier or trade, and for the customer
Construction Quality
Quality Assurance—How to Build an Effective Program and Why It Matters
Builders and industry consultants talk about what’s working and how to build a program to ensure quality standards are consistently being met
Business Management
Get From Here to There: A Road Map for Strategic Growth
Without a commitment to action, a strategic plan for your business is just a wish list. Follow these steps to go from plan to reality