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2026
Single-family home developers are at a crossroads. Never before have they been under such pressure from so many directions. Material costs have increased rapidly. Supply chain issues continue to plague them. Delivery times are extending out. Finding workers and subcontractors continues to be a ch...
04/30/2026
Ben Franklin was the oldest of the founding fathers. Most people don’t realize that he was more than twice the age of Thomas Jefferson when they signed the Declaration of Independence (33 vs. 70)! Ben had already had a rather full life. He was a tinkerer, an inventor, an observer, a writer, and a...
04/29/2026
Builders and developers are feeling the pressure from every direction right now. Costs are unpredictable, labor is unreliable, timelines stretch beyond what anyone promises, and the demand for housing keeps climbing. Everyone knows something has to change, yet most are still standing on the edge,...
04/28/2026
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Building Science is amazing. Most people never think about building and science in the same sentence. However, the breakthroughs in materials, processes, and tools continue every day. Think about breakthroughs in automotive technology. The more fuel efficient engines, the better safety standards,...
04/27/2026
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I was recently reminded of an old Nike slogan from 2008: “My Better Is Better Than Your Better.” That phrase also applies to construction. Every builder, supplier and innovator has their version of “better.” Faster schedules. Lower costs. Stronger framing. Higher energy performance. In this indus...
04/26/2026
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If you are a real estate agent still treating new construction like a slow, unpredictable side of your business, you are leaving opportunity on the table. There is a shift happening that most agents are not fully plugged into yet, and the ones who are paying attention are starting to separate the...
04/25/2026
McKinsey’s latest deep dive into modular construction makes one thing clear: the industry is not failing, it has simply been misunderstood and poorly executed. After analyzing more than 700 companies across 50 countries, the data shows modular is finally positioned to deliver on its long-promised...
04/24/2026
Resilient construction has become a hot topic in the homebuilding industry. But, what do we mean by resilience? The dictionary defines it in general as the ability “to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions,” or “to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or be...
04/23/2026
Most people think a leaky window means a bad window. That is almost never the truth. What you are usually seeing is a failure in installation, not a failure in the product. Windows today are engineered, tested, and built to perform. But performance only shows up when installation matches the spec...
04/22/2026
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The Liberty Ships: A Story of TransformationFor centuries, the art of shipbuilding was a slow, masterful craft—each vessel painstakingly shaped and assembled by hand at the dockyard. This traditional approach meant each ship took months, even years, to complete. Shipyards were small communities ...
04/21/2026
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