ARCHITECTS

Elevate Your Professional Journey with Continuing Education Courses

Enhance your skills, stay up to date with trends, and ensure regulatory compliance with our on-demand and in-person CEU courses.

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BUILDERS

Kicking Off 2025: Highlights from JELD-WEN’s 2024

A look back at JELD-WEN’s top highlights for 2024.

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Interior Doors

Louver Look and Performance Reimagined

Today’s modern ventilated door features sleek, flat panels and industry-leading air flow.

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Interior Doors

Interior Doors: Space Saver Edition

Guide your clients with door ideas for small rooms, tight spaces, and narrow hallways.

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Patio Doors

Patio Doors for Any Project: Good, Better, Best Options

Choose the right patio doors for your next building or remodeling project.

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Recruiting new talent and bringing them up to speed is a tall order when faced with demanding projects. Here’s how builders and remodelers can maximize productivity from their current workers to make room for growth. It’s no secret that the construction industry is struggling to recruit young workers. That’s why in today’s constrained labor market, it’s more important than ever that builders and remodelers have strategies for motivating their crews to accomplish more with less help. If this sounds like your situation, here are a few ideas to consider to help your workers and managers be more efficient in the long run.  Delegate tactically Although it seems tough if you’re used to doing it yourself, delegating tasks to your crew can actually embolden them to take the initiative and put forth their best effort. We’ve seen this strategy succeed within one of the world’s most powerful organizations: the United States military. And building consultants like Clark Ellis, principal of Continuum Advisory Group, says strategic delegation is just as effective within the construction industry. “The smart delegation of decision-making can be a powerful productivity booster,” says Ellis. “I advise devolving tactical decisions, like warranty requests,…

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