"Value-Engineered Housing for Today’s Buyer Market"

Today’s buyers are more value conscious than any generation we have seen since the post-war era. But, unlike the war vets, these buyers won’t sacrifice the design features and amenities that they have come to expect in new housing. To remain competitive and profitable, home builders need to value engineer every step of the development process.

LEARN HOW TO:

• Identify the true value of home designs and features. What are buyers willing pay for?
• Optimize and value engineer to get the highest and best use for
  your buyer
• Create smaller spaces that live big and show your buyers how
  to furnish them
• Respond to the changing demographics in your marketplace
• Make the most of your marketing dollars
• Keep upgrades affordable while maximizing impact
• Make standard options look superb

Lolita A. Dirks MIRM, CAASH, IIDA CEO Lita Dirks & Co., LLC Greenwood Village, Colo.	Victor Mirontschuk AIA Chairman/Principal EDI Architecture, PC New York	Elise Platt President E.A.Platt & Co., Inc. New York	David Barista Editor-in-Chief Professional Builder

Lean process and methods are slowly gaining a foothold in the building industry, producing dramatic reductions in cost and schedule. In this informative webinar, well-known building industry consultant Scott Sedam presents real-world examples demonstrating that an intense focus on Lean Design is essential for builders to gain the astounding results achieved in other industries. Based upon the experience from 40 Lean process implementations in homebuilding you will learn how:

• Lean process is essential, both for coping with the down market and preparing for recovery
• Lean Design is the little-understood critical link in Lean process implementation
• Closing the gap between architectural plans and construction drawings is fundamental
  to Lean
• Complexity is the enemy of Lean – and how to reduce and control it through Lean Design
• Savings averaging $10K per unit can be achieved through an intense focus on Lean

Scott M. Sedam
President & Founder,
TrueNorth Development, Inc.

Scott Sedam, former homebuilding executive, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award examiner and National Housing Quality Award judge, is President of TrueNorth Development. For 12 years Scott has written provocative columns for both BUILDER and Professional Builder magazines and is a frequent speaker at association and company events across North America. A leader in homebuilding’s quality revolution since the early 90’s, Scott and his staff of field consultants focus on Lean process improvements that increase profit while enhancing quality and customer satisfaction, through the identification and removal of waste. TrueNorth’s LeanBuilding Blitz™ cost reduction process, working collaboratively with suppliers & trades, is one of the first successful applications of Lean methods from manufacturing into residential homebuilding, producing 7-figure savings for a wide variety of builders.

"Legally Green: deliver the green you promise"

As more home builders and remodelers embrace green building, they find themselves in danger of making claims about home performance that can’t be delivered. Real liability issues surround green. Having systems in place to ensure your ability to deliver is essential, and making sure you don’t find yourself in hot water with a hard-charging lawyer requires more than just under-promising and over-delivering. Our two experts will educate you on execution and liability.

"Stimulus and the Housing Market"

Want to know what’s working from the housing stimulus package? Or if it is working at all? Join us for a hard-hitting discussion on the federal stimulus package's effect on housing recovery. Everyone agrees that housing will lead the country out of its economic malaise. Get insight from a leading economist on the effect the stimulus is having and learn from leading builders and remodelers about how to take advantage of this opportunity.

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"Design Stars: Winning Homes from the Best in American Living Awards"

This webcast is highlighting the latest design trends in residential construction and featuring the 2008 Best in American Living judges Grey Lundberg, Jack F. McLaurin and Christy Scanlon and moderated by Senior Editor of Design Susan Bady.

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