John McManus

John McManus

President and Founder

John McManus, founder and president of The Builder’s Daily, is an award-winning editorial, programming, and digital content strategist. TBD's purpose is a community capable of constant improvement.

Pictures Tell Stories: This Chart Is A Housing Market Cautionary Tale

Leadership

Pictures Tell Stories: This Chart Is A Housing Market Cautionary Tale

Demographics – namely, the magnitude of Millennial and GenZ adult households and Baby Boom movers – may add up to a decade or more of new-home demand. Maybe don't bet on a smooth trajectory.

New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers

Leadership

New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers

A new "Blueprint for Upskilling the Homebuilding Workforce" focuses not on recruiting new workers but on the untapped potential of those already on the job sites to impact and improve business and operational outcomes.

Ground Control: Creating A Digital Marketplace To Move Dirt

Technology

Ground Control: Creating A Digital Marketplace To Move Dirt

A $100 billion-a-year lending pool to acquire and develop the ground for homesites partially supports a parallel universe $50-billion addressable market that begs for a solution to a pain point: moving dirt.

'The Vision Thing' And Its Role Driving Orders In Dodgy Times

Land

'The Vision Thing' And Its Role Driving Orders In Dodgy Times

Clayton Garrett and Scott Snodgrass' Indigo business case may be their vision's power, portability, and scale. It could well be a fresh residential real estate business model in the making.

Squeezed On Three Fronts, Private Builders Pare Back Staff

Leadership

Squeezed On Three Fronts, Private Builders Pare Back Staff

An operator's ability to achieve, improve, and sustain higher performance in today's market can mean more than reductions in force to harden and future-proof the business for uncertainty.

Together with

FTS

Pictures Tell Stories: This Chart Is A Housing Market Cautionary Tale

Leadership

Pictures Tell Stories: This Chart Is A Housing Market Cautionary Tale

Demographics – namely, the magnitude of Millennial and GenZ adult households and Baby Boom movers – may add up to a decade or more of new-home demand. Maybe don't bet on a smooth trajectory.

New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers

Leadership

New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers

A new "Blueprint for Upskilling the Homebuilding Workforce" focuses not on recruiting new workers but on the untapped potential of those already on the job sites to impact and improve business and operational outcomes.

Ground Control: Creating A Digital Marketplace To Move Dirt

Technology

Ground Control: Creating A Digital Marketplace To Move Dirt

A $100 billion-a-year lending pool to acquire and develop the ground for homesites partially supports a parallel universe $50-billion addressable market that begs for a solution to a pain point: moving dirt.

'The Vision Thing' And Its Role Driving Orders In Dodgy Times

Land

'The Vision Thing' And Its Role Driving Orders In Dodgy Times

Clayton Garrett and Scott Snodgrass' Indigo business case may be their vision's power, portability, and scale. It could well be a fresh residential real estate business model in the making.

Squeezed On Three Fronts, Private Builders Pare Back Staff

Leadership

Squeezed On Three Fronts, Private Builders Pare Back Staff

An operator's ability to achieve, improve, and sustain higher performance in today's market can mean more than reductions in force to harden and future-proof the business for uncertainty.

Together with

FTS