Project Management
Project Management
HousingZone's multi-family articles, surveys, ideas, trends, and tips on project management for residential builders, remodelers, and architects serving the residential construction industry.
Understanding Your Biggest Competitor
You may not think of yourself as a tour guide, therapist, doctor, marriage counselor, or investment advisor. But those are the skills custom builders need in today's market
Custom Builder
In Business: Modern Design, Compromise, and Money
Custom builder Zane Williams opens up about what it takes to maintain his architectural vision, from handling clients and staying true to his fluid style, to the importance of transparency and how a slush fund avoids awkward conversations mid-construction
Custom Builder
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.
Business
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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Leadership
Removing Obstacles and Motivating Potential Clients
At Rotelle Studio(e), our approach to land acquisition, analysis, and permitting makes it easier for buyers to gain confidence in a custom home project
Project Management
Site-Specific Design: What It Means to Design for Place
Designing custom homes to preserve and enhance the natural qualities of a site
Business
Effective Trade Partnerships
Seeing trade partners as equals means showing them respect by valuing their work
Backstory
An Uncompromising Vision
How one Florida builder maintains a project’s vision and intent from design through construction
Project Management
Framing Floors for the Trades
Kicking off a series of updates that will span the complete construction of The House That Blues Built—a 4,000-plus-square-foot, high-performance…
Leadership
Meeting Right: Maximizing Meeting Value
Sales leader and author Mark Richardson shares his advice for how custom builders and leaders throughout residential construction can improve the effectiveness of thier staff meetings
Backstory
Backstory: Logical Thinking
How a small architecture and construction firm in Maine became a leader in the prefab and Passive House movements
Business
Selections Strategy
Collaboration holds the key to a smoother selections process that satisfies both client and builder
Leadership
Is A GMP Contract Right For You?
Guaranteed maximum price contracts require a true team effort and an open-book policy
