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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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Leadership
Visualizing your future
This pottery is the future. OK, not the pottery itself. What the pottery represents… is the future. Our future. …
Best Practices
The costs of not using quality: Are you willing to pay for quality in your business?
Studies show that across industries Cost of Quality (Failure, Appraisal & Prevention) is: 2.6-4% of sales revenue. In the construction industry…
Leadership
Gordon Gekko and the information imperative.
Yesterday we revisited the information-gathering tactics of The Master of the Senate - Lyndon B. Johnson. But when it…
Business
What LBJ can teach you about the most valuable commodity.
Early in Lyndon Johnson’s senate career, he lobbied for the title of Senate Majority Whip. The more seasoned senators chuckled. Senate…
Leadership
Do you have Cool Hand Luke Syndrome?
Why has high school Spanish failed so many students? Let’s face it - foreign language failure is acceptable in America today. Yes, I know it’s a…
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Consumers are Willing to Pay for Quality
A report last year by the NAHB Research Center found that “increasingly, today’s homebuyers want energy-efficient, low-maintenance, well-…
Leadership
Thinking outside the bun (and the punchlist).
Pop quiz! Since we know you didn’t study, we’ll keep it brief. Only two questions, graded on the curve. Ok, ok, ok……
Leadership
How stereotypes hinder effective communication… and clean cabinets.
It was the typical Fourth Quarter Push. We all knew the drill. Well, most of us did. It was 2006, back before the meltdown. Back…
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Design for Six Sigma
The Six Sigma methodology DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) is used to improve an existing process. Design for Six Sigma…