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Features

  • Make Me a Match

    Many full-service and design/build remodelers are inclined to try lead providers — once.

     

Business Benchmarking Survey

  • 2009 Business Benchmarking Survey

    REMODELING's 2009 survey provides you with a baseline for comparing your company with other similar companies.

     

  • Under $250,000

    2009 Business Benchmarking survey results for the under-$250,000 category

     

  • $250,000 to $1 Million

    2009 Business Benchmarking survey results for the $250,000-to-$1 million category.

     

  • $1 Million to $2 Million

    2009 Business Benchmarking survey results for the $1 million-to-$2 million category.

     

  • $2 Million to $5 Million

    2009 Business Benchmarking survey results for the $2 million-to-$5 million category

     

  • Over $5 Million

    2009 Business Benchmarking survey results for the over $5 million category

     

View Point

  • Lead on Arrival

    Seventeen years in the making, the EPA's lead paint rule promises massive changes in remodelers' work practices -- at least for remodelers who comply with the law.

     

  • December 2009 Figure This

    Some vital statistics about the EPA's lead-safe work rule, which takes effect April 22, 2010, and is expected to have an impact on nearly every residential remodeling project built before 1978.

     

  • High-End Holding Pattern in Big Apple

    New York City remodeler says even his upscale clients are scaling back during the recession.

     

  • Fresh Approach

    Homeowners haven't changed much over the years. Neither have remodelers. Perhaps it's time to address some lingering industry issues and adopt a fresh approach.

     

Commentary

Linda Case

  • The Company Brain Trust

    Expect 2010 to be much like 2009 with maybe a 5% to 10% improvement in number of leads and sales volume.

     

Mark Richardson

  • Farmers vs. Hunters

    In today's market, remodelers might benefit from a shift in mindset — thinking less like farmers and more like hunters, who are flexible and can adapt to changing circumstances.

     

Shawn McCadden

Your Business

Ways + Means

  • Making It Personal

    Individual goals for owners and employees help to shape business goals and aid in retaining valuable staff.

     

  • Oh, Won’t You Stay

    In a challenging job market, many employees are staying put depite dissatisfaction with their employers. To keep staff, once the economy improves, be proactive in responding to your employees.

     

  • ByLaw: Reducing Cell Phone Liability

    Make sure your company has clear rules regarding cell phone use, and have a written policy in place to limit liability.

     
  • Surfing the internet for shopping

    Couples’ Retreat

    This retreat can help married business owners make both their working and personal relationships with each other successful.

     

Bottom Line

  • Bump in the Road

    Revising a long-term company growth plan to take economic factors into account.

     

  • Management Metrics

    An accounting specialist helps California remodeler David Bagwell track his company's performance.

     

Sales + Marketing

  • Holiday Wheels

    Pine Street Carpenters' annual "100 Wheels Project" strengthens community ties and company spirit.

     

  • Booster Club

    A "homeowner advisory council" dished about remodeling at a dinner with this N.J. remodeling company.

     

Field Notes

  • DCF 1.0

    The Paper[un]chase

    Paperwork burden of small remodeling projects shines new spotlight on professional employer organizations.

     

  • Sweating the Small Stuff

    Full-service remodelers are mistaken if they dismiss small projects as being less important and requiring less attention to detail.

     

By Design

  • Q+A: Design on the Line

    Recession leads remodelers to new ways of using a design staff, such as sharing designer subcontractors with other remodleing companies.

     

Tech@Work

  • Build a Project Information System Using Blogger

    Using a blog as a project management tool, remodeler Allan Edwards keeps clients informed of job progress.

     

  • All Aboard

    Jobsite On Time scheduling engine networks all parties on a remodeling project and helps ensure that everyone is where they need to be on time.

     

Good Form

  • Contractor Comparison

    Spivey Construction offers potential clients a list of questions to ask when researching contractors.

     

K+B

Management

Spec Book

  • American Standard Yorkville Toilets

    Redesigned Yorkville pressure-assisted two-piece toilets are equipped with a pressure-assisted siphon jet flushing action and a fully glazed 2 1/8-inch trapway.

     

  • Kohler Strela Toilet

    Dual-flush operation on the two-piece Strela toilet allows for solid-waste flushing at 1.6 gallons or liquid waste at 0.8 gallons.

     

  • Toto UltraMax II and Drake II High-Efficiency Toilets

    The one-piece UltraMax II and two-piece Drake II high-efficiency toilets feature 1.28 gallons-per-flush double cyclone flushing technology.

     

  • Mansfield Plumbing Enso Suite

    The new Enso Suite is the company's first organic-inspired design, and is part of its affordable high-design collection.

     

Sustainability

Green Speak

  • Staying Power

    High fuel prices and federal incentives are driving interest in solar installations.

     

  • Green Incentives

    BOWA puts its money where its mouth is with an incentive program for energy-efficient upgrades.

     

Green Spec

  • Bendheim EcoGlass Textured Architectural Glass

    Containing 60% recycled material and produced in environmentally sensitive factories with clean-burning furnaces, EcoGlass textured architectural glass is suitable for a range of applications.

     

  • Diamond Pier DP-50 Pin Foundation

    This pin foundation system is ICC-approved for residential construction of decks, walkways, and stairs, and offers a load capacity equal to or greater than most common deck foundations.

     

  • Rinnai Wall-Mounted Boilers

    The maker's new wall-mounted boilers use condensing technology to heat a whole house and provide domestic hot water while operating at up to 96.5% efficiency.

     

  • Richlite Cascade Multi-Colored Surfacing

    The layered look is in, and the new Cascade range of FSC-certified materials takes advantage of that.

     

Products

Stimulus

In Focus

Other Articles

  • Doing Less With Less

    This year's survey looks at typical remodeling company expenses. In this article, we compare these results with those from earlier surveys.

     
 
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