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Floodproof on a Floodplain
An impressive addition to the IDEA Home series, the NEWLOOK Experience Home is a master class in engineering and creative design, with builder Michael Freiburger out-thinking an exceptionally tricky lot
Business
Defining Outdoor Living in 2024
Residential experts weigh in on outdoor living trends in new report
Construction
How to Air Seal the Garage
A poorly sealed wall or ceiling between the garage and the main house can let harmful fumes into the living space
Business
Taking Advantage of Incentives Through Weatherization
Industry insider Kristen Lewis walks us through the basics and benefits of weatherization
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Team roles
The Belbin team roles are used to help create effective and balanced teams. Few individuals are strong in all of these roles, so ensuring you have a…
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Lean Building Blog: What Lean isn’t
During an orientation recently with a room full of suppliers and trades for one of our “LeanPlan Workout” implementations, I was interrupted by a…
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Ensuring that lean and six sigma projects are successful
The Lean Enterprise Institute surveys show that 36% of companies attempting lean give up the efforts. Customer Relationship Magazine cites 60% of six…
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Do you care as a leader?
A key aspect of quality management is the importance we place on employees, valuing people. We spend a significant amount of time and money…
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Innovation and creative problem solving
Being creative and innovative is something that is widely touted, but how do we actually do it? This may be needed for a particular issue during land…
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Lean Building Blog: What to read on Lean
Today, a sharp young guy named Ryan wrote to me after seeing a Keynote Presentation I did at the recent BuilderExchange meeting in Las Vegas. Two-…
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Has risk management become a higher priority for you?
A Risk Management Benchmarking Survey in 2010 showed that 65% of businesses conduct no form of risk analysis prior to making major corporate…
Leadership
Success through collaboration
When you look at your trade contractors, your suppliers, product distributors, what do you see? Are they a line item, an expense, a necessary…
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Rework
Construction projects are complex in nature and prone to cost and schedule overruns. A significant factor that often contributes to such overruns is…