The payback on residential windpower is shorter than ever, but a variety of issues -- permitting, net-metering, awareness, basic land and wind needs -- limit the turbines' mainstream appeal. More
Realtors and remodelers across the nation are seeing new attention being paid to energy efficiency. More
Five years ago, an audience of luxury kitchen and bath designers nearly revolted... More
It's easy to use the words “leadership” and “success” without thinking too much about them. When we speak or hear these words, we have a clear sense of what they mean. And, like the concept of “quality,” given examples of specific people or organizations, we can usually identify those who fit these terms and those who don't. More
Experience meets inspiration in the form of John Abrams, of South Mountain Company - a $7.5 million design/build firm in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. - and winner of the inaugural Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The qualities that won him that accolade are well on display in his body of work. More
Thomas Buckborough signed up for a two-day class given by John Abrams at... More
How do you control costs in a down market, or when job costs run over budget? What's the hardest part about growing your company? How do you motivate production staff? What's your opinion of cost-plus pricing? In a "town hall meeting" for remodelers, the owners of three successful but very different remodeling companies answered these and other questions from a capacity crowd of hundreds of attendees of the 2007 Remodeling Show in Las Vegas. More
John Abrams believes that homes, relationships, communities, and small companies... More
The annual Big50 gala dinner at the Remodeling Leadership Conference is always a... More
The Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City, in Arlington, Va., served as a think tank of... More
