There’s a new business buzzword spreading like Strep Throat. I’m betting it’s still in the early adoption phase, but these viral epidemics (pandemics…

After my January 2013 article in Professional Builder, “3 Ways to Huge Profits Through Lean Design,” was published, I was thrilled to get a shout-out…

  As often happens in my articles and columns in Professional Builder Magazine, I set out to write one article, which quickly morphs into one, two or…

Michelle Jennings Wiebe is helping to spread the message that new homes are better than resales. Wiebe, president and principal designer of Studio M…

Considering the millions of people wandering around with chins buried in their chests, thumbs ablaze on glass keyboards, few would suggest the…

When I travel with my wife, or sometimes just run to the grocery, cleaners or hardware store, she frequently has to remind me, “Scott, remember, you…

This pottery is the future. OK, not the pottery itself.  What the pottery represents… is the future.   Our future.      This ceramic artwork…

When I was part of a growing home building company we learned to be on guard for the newest “technology” coming down the pike that promised to…

  Studies show that across industries Cost of Quality (Failure, Appraisal & Prevention) is: 2.6-4% of sales revenue. In the construction industry…

Did you know that Bronson Pinchot has a show on the DIY Network? That’s right, folks — Balki renovates houses! It turns out that Pinchot, best known…