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• How homebuilders can find and keep the best custom building tradespeople
  Here are 5 steps some of the country’s most successful custom builders say they use to get and keep the best trade crews.
• How to track your trade contractors
  Here’s a checklist to make sure custom builders and their trade contractors are keeping their ends of the bargain.
• Custom builders, architects: Be team players
  Custom builders and architects have their differences, but a good working relationship can lead to a well-designed home that exceeds the client’s expectations – and doesn’t exceed the budget.
• Homebuilder faces organization head on
  Beazer Homes tackles disorganized homes by partnering with professional organizer Monica Ricci.
• Why builders should just say yes to drug testing
  Safety on the jobsite has been compromised since the beginning of modern home building by workers under the influence of alcohol and illicit drugs. It is up to builders and their crews on the ground to implement and enforce a strict drug and alcohol policy.
• 5 Common Construction Mistakes
  Avoiding these construction mistakes results in a higher quality, more comfortable, energy-efficient home at little extra cost to the builder. In these days of construction litigation, can you really afford to get it wrong?
• 4 Steps Homebuilders Can Use To Raise Quality Standards, Boost Profits
  By setting and enforcing quality standards with your team, you can minimize warranty claims and retain more profit from the homes you sell both now and in the future.
• Take the Voodoo Out of Homebuilding Process Improvement
  With a few notable exceptions, builders have not figured out that if you create a disciplined, bulletproof building process you will have very few customer issues. And for those you do, they have time to deal with them.
• Residential vs. Commercial
  In a down market, some remodeling firms will look for commercial projects to keep their employees working and to beef up the bottom line.
• Your Construction Manager: First Line of Defense
  Now that insurance costs have escalated and some states prohibit express indemnities, it's time to focus on delivering even greater quality. But who will take on this task?
• Managing the Backlog
  With many remodeling jobs coming through the pipeline, who's in control, and how do they manage the backlog?
• Work Site Safety Gets Free Online Resource
  With education being one of the most powerful tools in preventing accidents and injury, the Scaffolding, Shoring & Forming Institute  houses a host of information, free to website visitors.
• Home Builders Miss Boat on Production Process Improvement
  Can production process improvement push past finance and marketing in home builders’ priority list? Columnist Scott Sedam ponders this and more in his column.
• For Small Builders, Strategic Planning is a Key Homebuilding Survival Tool
  Operating a custom building firm without a strategic plan is risky at best. But only about 15 percent of custom home building firms have a plan. Follow the advice of these experts and in a few weeks, you can have a working plan in place.
• The Supplier and Trade Tip-Off
  This builder asked its suppliers and trades to help it identify waste in processes, materials and labor using a structured process. The message from the builder was "Help me preserve my margins without cutting yours." The effort resulted in the identification of more than $1 million in savings.

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