This whole-house renovation transformed a Midwestern farm complex into a distinguished home and garden suitable for large-scale entertaining. Robert Clarke, principal at CBI Design...
Gary Marrokal makes sure service and career growth go hand in hand with revenue gains. Photo: Tim Tadder Company: Marrokal Construction Location: Lakeside, Calif. Years...
Many manufacturers offer customer loyalty programs, but often only high-volume customers fully reap the benefits. The Builder's Circle program was designed with small to midsize...
Why would a remodeler with a business plan, a marketing plan and an operations manual need yet another stack of paper in the form of a strategic plan? And what's the difference...
www.pathnet.org Insulating perimeter basement walls can domesticate the space inexpensively by separating the perpetually cool outside walls from the mild interior and ...
Typically, the hardest part of implementing technology in a business is deciding which technology to implement. Knowing that accurate estimating lies at the heart of profitability...
Sarah Susanka, author of the The Not So Big House, looks at space, light and order, which she collectively dubs "the architect's toolbox," in Home by Design (256 pages). Space...
Caulking corners helps prevent future paint repairs. Lonnie Cox, CGR, sales manager for Brothers Strong in Houston, used to own his own drywall company and has turned his...
Related Information: The Financials Getting in and out of clients' homes in minimum time with little mess makes for happy customers and good cash flow, which has made Rick...
Steve Taylor's pursuit of basement finishing franchises helped stabilize his business. Photo: Claire Newman-Williams Company: Taylor Made Construction Location: Edgewood...
Fixtures can go wherever the homeowners desire in a new bathroom in a new space, but roughing in the plumbing and drain lines can be a challenge. This was especially true...
Kim Sweet Editor 630/288-8170 Doing a search for "change" on Amazon.com, I turned up 146,394 listings in the books category alone. Leading Change, A Survival Guide to the...
