• Dive summary:
• Lean design, which brings designers, builders and suppliers together in a bid to produce homes with more amenities and less waste, leads to better profits, its disciples say. They also say it is no longer being seen as something limited to low-end starter homes.
• Home architect Todd Hallett said builders used to think lean construction was a new name for value engineering and a way to cut costs by reducing the amenities in homes that add value and draw customers.
• Lean first gained traction with the small-home builders because they face the tightest margins, but it is coming to be understood across the price spectrum as a dependable way to build better homes while keeping down costs.

From the article:

For the last several years Scott Sedam and I have been spreading the word about Lean design. ...