As more organizations are being pushed to reduce costs while improving the quality of products so the management of change becomes more and more…

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…

As new technologies and methodologies help us to improve our sustainable and environmentally friendly buildings, we should not forget that how we…

We're collecting information about how remodelers use technology for an upcoming issue of Professional Remodeler magazine. As a special incentive,…

One of the key difficulties any builder has in managing quality is deciding which quality tools to use at which point in time and more broadly how to…

The EPA’s LRRP lead paint rules put us, as an industry, in an awkward place. We have a rule that is, by all accounts, increasing the cost of doing…

The NHQA application document is not simply the method of applying for the NHQA, it is an excellent overview of your business and a key method for…

Receiving a NHQA feedback report can result in a freeze due the amount of Opportunities for Improvement (OFI’s) reported, but remember even award…

Making the cut for a National Housing Quality Award (NHQA) site visit is a major achievement, however, quite naturally many are anxious about the…

  A Quality Management System or QMS refers to what an organization does to manage its processes, or activities, so that its products or services…