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Disrupting Home Building: The Rise of IC Outsiders

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Disrupting Home Building: The Rise of IC Outsiders. If you look at history and study companies that disrupt an entire industry, time and again they are outsiders. But there hasn’t been a single major disrupter of the built environment to date, and we are due. The Rise of IC Outsiders.

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Marketing Industrialized Construction to Consumers

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If you build it off-site, will they come? From July 2019 through July 2020, Rise , a website for consumers and professionals that provides information about sustainable building practices and sells sustainable products, tapped into internet and social media conversations among consumers about off-site home construction.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

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For home builders, transitioning to off-site building methods requires an operational overhaul. About 15 years ago, the California-based builder Wathen Castanos Homes agreed to be a “guinea pig” for testing the construction of a single home using prefabricated wall panels made by a supplier in Nevada. Less material waste.

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Attracting Talent in Today’s Skilled Labor Market: Maggie Hardy Knox

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The president of regional lumber and building materials supplier 84 Lumber talks about the company's focus on the chronic shortage of skilled construction labor and what it's doing to attract, train, and keep the best associates. Disrupting Home Building: The Rise of IC Outsiders. Pro Builder staff.

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The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part III: The Missing Link

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The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part III: The Missing Link. Why not home building? Has the technology revolution finally planted its flag in the largely virgin territory known as home building? But Why Not Homes? Thu, 03/11/2021 - 06:00. Scott Sedam, Contributing Editor. How can this be? .

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