Design
Design trends for the home building and remodeling markets from the editors of Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler magazines.
Implementing the principles of Lean in home building is no easy task, but the payoffs in waste reduction and cost savings can be substantial. Lean...
Meeting EPA’s stormwater runoff requirements doesn’t have to bust the budget. To help home builders toward this effort, the NAHB Research Center has...
High-performance, green, sustainable — all are terms that are often used interchangeably. While they may conjure visions of solar roof panels,...
When many contractors around the country are struggling to stay in business, Tod and Kristin Sakai have seen their three-year-old design/build...
Precise systems and good listening deliver dazzling project at a practical price
A new look at housing starts based on data from the Census Bureau finds that single-family homes in the U.S. continued to get smaller last year, and...
It’s good to be green, but everything starts with affordability. That’s what home builders have learned about creating marketable products for cost-...
Are conservation communities on a comeback? Some experts believe so. We profile three recent conservation community developments that re-think the...
Haseko Construction Inc., Honolulu, put its quality management system to the test when it rolled out 22 neo-traditional models as part of its foray...
A new survey of nearly 10,000 consumers across 43 states by John Burns Real Estate Consulting reveals several interesting findings on what buyers...
