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6 elevation tips that will help your framer ‘make it look like the picture’

Have you ever heard a framer say, “I just make it look like the picture”? I have —  far too often. They are referring to a lack of elevation detail…

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Construction drawings – starting right — Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett

As I sit on a plane bound for Fresno I am procrastinating. I know I have to put together this week’s blog but there are a few things to handle first…

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Elevations: Butt ugly to beautiful for zero cost — Lean design with Todd Hallett

*/ Last week, I wrote about updating plans. The same concept applies to updating elevations. The best elevations are those designed with scale…

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Add horsepower to your existing plans — Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett

Growing up near Detroit, I know that old plans are like old cars —sooner or later they start costing you more money than they are worth. It is…

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Exposed: The most common framing mistake in home building, Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett

Headers, headers everywhere! Nearly every builder I have ever worked with (regardless of geography) initially had far too many headers and/or headers…

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Lean design and curb appeal: A marriage made in heaven – Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett

Lots of matrimony talk lately. From the saccharin sweet royal wedding to the much publicized split between J’Lo and Marc Anthony - some marriages are…

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Lean Construction Drawings: 4 Elements that should always be there and 1 that shouldn’t - Lean Tuesday with Todd Hallett

Plans, plans, plans, it’s sometimes difficult to know what they should include and what they shouldn’t. After spending the last two years with Scott…

Design

Lean Design is Infectious

Monday morning 6:30 a.m. Jeff the lead carpenter rolls out the latest set of prints for the new Thornberry model. He sighs as he scans the plans and…

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Lean Design principle #1

The concept of lean architectural design is often misunderstood. Elimination of design- induced waste in both product and process is the overriding…

Best Practices

Brownies, muffins and dollars

I must admit, as an architect involved heavily in the home building business for the last 20 years I have never come across the concept of “Brownies…

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