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Five Key Spokes of the Business Bike Wheel
Much like a bike wheel depends on its spokes to work effectively, a business depends on its various departments to find success in the market.
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Top Problems Faced by Builders in 2022
Chief among the concerns was the price and availability of builder materials, though the impact of waning consumer confidence also grew
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Stretching the Budget to Meet the Massachusetts Stretch Code
We take a look at Massachusetts' Stretch Code and how it's affecting design and construction on The House That Blues Built
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84 Lumber Founder Joseph A. Hardy Passes Away at 100
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of 84 Lumber founder Joseph A. Hardy, who passed on Saturday, January 7, his 100th birthday.
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Custom Home Building: World Class Team
As we begin to see more opportunities for growth, the focus of many businesses is changing. During the recession, businesses survived by being…
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Custom Home Building: Keep Their Dream House From Becoming Your Nightmare
Builders share their strategies for keeping hold of the reins on their custom home projects.
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Custom Home Building Accounting: To Deduct or Capitalize?
A recent Tax Court case highlights steps custom builders can take to get better deductions for some of their indirect costs.
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Weiss Building & Development rebrands to Evolutionary Home Builders
Chicago-based homebuilder Weiss Building & Development is rebranding and changing its name to Evolutionary Home Builders. The company built the…
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Custom Builders on the Move
Three companies discuss the importance of instituting design studios, cultivating relationships, and offering quality work.
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Weathering the extremes with resilient materials
Are severe storms pulling more demand for hardier building materials?
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Mark Richardson: Walking the Client
Successful sales and business people know that if you are ever going to achieve success, you have to control the process. Without control you…
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Closing the sales fulfillment gap: the missing link in Lean
During Operation Desert Storm in the early 90s, France’s decision to not support the U.S. intervention revived an old joke from the World War II era…
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Mark Richardson: What is your end game?
Preparing a path for exiting your business calls for defining what you want your destination to be.
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Good experience, good margin
Remodeling and custom home building are similar in that both are ‘high touch’ relationships. Not to say that production home building is not high…