The True Cost of Turnover
An employee leaving a company is like throwing a stone in a still pond: ripples of disruption spread through the company, creating unbalance. In a ...
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Quickflash®: One Company’s Innovative Efforts to Prevent Water Intrusion at Wall Penetrations
A home's exterior presents a challenge to effective water management. If home exteriors were designed to look like barns or sheds, with no windows, doors, or ...
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Waterproofing a Custom Shower Pan: Basic folding and fastening techniques for the shower pan liner
There’s no doubt about it—homebuyers like custom tile showers. They add to the beauty and value of any home. However, showers are one of the ...
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Understanding Storm Drain Inlet Protection: A look inside one way to manage sediment on a jobsite
As stormwater from rain and snowmelt flows over a jobsite, it has the potential to erode the soil and pick up substances like sediment, chemicals, ...
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Getting Your Team on Track with Stormwater Compliance
Remaining in compliance with the EPA's Clean Water Act (CWA) can be a complex task. You have to comply with numerous regulations and requirements, some ...
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Raising Quality During a Downturn in the Homebuilding Industry: Why it’s important to focus on quality during tough times
How do you achieve higher performance in your homes and business during a downturn in the industry? This is a critical question to answer, especially ...
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What is Quality?
Quality hits home with buyers, but the benefits of quality to a builder are tough to gauge. We asked Brad Oberg, Chief Technology Officer of Integrated Building and ...
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Erecting Safe Scaffolds Helps Prevent Worker Injuries
An estimated 2.3 million construction workers work on scaffolds on a frequent basis. Protecting these workers could help prevent some 4,500 injuries and 50 deaths ...
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Integrated Systems Design
It’s obvious that a home is composed of many different systems, including the building envelope, mechanical systems, plumbing, electrical, and finishes. What’s not as obvious ...
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People and Process Articles on the Jobsite: What are they about?
Now more than ever, production builders must focus on their people and the processes they are employing to more efficiently and profitably deliver a home. ...
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Cracking the Code
Inspections from code officials mark the normal progression of the construction process. Hopefully, the inspections go smoothly, and construction continues. If they don’t, delays can ...
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Keep 'Em Happy
Trust, open communications, and good relations with supervisors are critical to employee satisfaction. When supervisors show genuine interest in their employees, they help to build ...
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Jobsite Safety: A safe jobsite takes more than just policy
The following is an excerpt from Michael Dickens' column in Housing Giants magazine.Manuals, inspections, third-party consultants, on-staff safety experts and periodic training are some ways ...
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Managing Customer Expectations through Construction Meetings
What do customers want when they purchase a new home? Their expectations are simple: they want the home they ordered, they want it built right, ...
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Top 5 Customer Expectations during the Construction Process
When customers purchase new homes, they bring certain expectations about what they want to the construction process. Customers paint a picture in their heads of ...
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5 Steps to Proper Mold Remediation
The following is an excerpt from Michael Dickens' column in Housing Giants magazine.Following an immediate and thorough remediation plan is essential for getting rid of ...
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Holding a Pre-Closing Meeting with Customers
At the pre-closing meeting, the homebuyer is close to the moment they've waited for so long—move-in day. Today, they'll see the home they chose, with ...
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Holding a Pre-Construction Meeting with Customers
The pre-construction meeting marks an important milestone for a homebuyer: work on the home is finally about to start. At this meeting, you can create ...
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Holding a Pre-Drywall Meeting with Customers
At the pre-drywall meeting, the customer can finally see real progress on their home. The home's framing is in place, and they can see the ...
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