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.
3 Questions Answered About Reliable Energy in Home Construction
Energy expert Bryan Cordill makes a case for why and how propane is an answer to growing concerns about reliability and resilience in home construction
Custom Builder
Start With the Why: Fundamentals of the Custom Builder Business
In our inaugural episode of Taking Care of Business, host and custom builder Duane Johns sits down with Scott Beebe, head coach and founder of My Business on Purpose, to talk vision, purpose, mission, values, and more
Business
Why AI Is Now Key to Our Trade Partner Strategy
Thompson Custom Homes Business Manager Erin Day explains how AI became a crucial part of building and maintaining successful trade partner relationships
Custom Builder
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
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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
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