When he's not building beautiful custom homes, Michael K. Walker provides expert witness testimony.
A pioneering green custom builder stays at the forefront of a rapidly developing field.
Mark Grassi builds wineries and restaurants as well as custom residences.
ILEX Construction & Woodworking's services division has helped carry the company through the recession.
Vincent Petrarca's design/build firm competes with top architects in design and with luxury tract builders on cost.
Portland, Ore.-based Green Hammer views green building through a holistic lens.
Joe Smallwood builds durable, low-maintenance, energy efficient houses that still put his high-end clients in the lap of luxury.
Life on an island creates an acute awareness of the need for conservation.
With degrees in construction management, economics, and business administration, brothers Jeff and Rich Stone bring an impressive...
No one knows more about making lemons from lemonade than Chad Loper. The coastal Alabama builder found his entire community devastated by...
Wauwatosa, Wis., builder Craig Rakowski felt good about his company's customer service program. But he also knew there must be ways to make...
About 10 years ago, Chris Ettel and his employees found a way to help their community, their industry, and their own company at the same...
A building company's customer service program depends on continuity.
When Tim Frost decided to shift his custom building and remodeling company to the design/build model, he had already been in business for...
In the Scottsdale, Ariz., area where Guy Loisi works, it is common for general contractors to employ no more than a supervisory site crew.
Maui, Hawaii, architect Clayton Nishikawa would have been perfectly content to design custom homes and leave the building to somebody else...
Building a fine custom home is a complex and exacting task; building a business to repeat that performance on a routine basis is a whole...
Mark Perlman has spent 23 years in the home building business—23 successful years, at that.
During the summer of 2003, Jerry Bonner started in on the biggest house he'd ever built.
Röhe & Wright Builders made a gutsy decision in 2004.
“I would be building homes whether or not I needed to do it for a living,” Keith Shelly says of the profession that has been his passion...
As a land developer, Michael Cook saw firsthand the damage that bad customer relations could have on a building company.
For Steve and Betty Nickel, the task of designing a house and the task of building it have always been inseparable.
Saluting outstanding builders who have demonstrated a high level of achievement in production.
Saluting outstanding builders who have demonstrated a high level of achievement in marketing.
Saluting outstanding builders who have demonstrated a high level of achievement in management.
Saluting outstanding builders who have demonstrated a high level of achievement in innovation.
Saluting outstanding builders who have demonstrated a high level of achievement in design