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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




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Social Skills for the Custom Builder

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: Do custom builders need any of it? A web maven offers advice

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Simple Steps Toward Universal Design In Bathrooms

Universal design means being inclusive when you design and build rooms. If you design for yourself, it will only work for you. Dan Morrison, editor…

Leadership

Is A GMP Contract Right For You?

Guaranteed maximum price contracts require a true team effort and an open-book policy

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Difficult Sites Call For Painstaking Foundation Work

Building a foundation on a challenging site takes planning, patience, and a collaborative attitude

Leadership

Why Starbucks and The Container Store are laughing at you

  Starbucks and The Container Store think you’re a joke. OK… maybe not you specifically. They think your training program is.   Laughable.   Maybe…

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Silver Bullets

In business so often what one wants is a silver bullet, that one solution that will solve everything, improve the whole business in one swoop. This…

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The curious case of Mel Tucker: NFL coach, language learner

Mel Tucker is the new Defensive Coordinator for the Chicago Bears. In theory, that’s a good gig. Less so when you consider the Bears have had one of…

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You and your signage ... Why so angry?

The beautiful curved pavers led me to the front door, past the unbelievable fire pit patio. The product was impressive. The installation even more so…

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Field Rework Index

A good predictor tool for rework and cost impact on a construction project is the Field Rework Index (FRI). Take a past project on which you have…

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Benchmark Roundtables 2013

In the fall of 1998, I attended my first Benchmark Conference as a new senior editor on Professional Builder magazine. What struck me about the…

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