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. A TBD community capable of constant improvement is his passion.

Impresa Modular Intros Its Housing-As-A-Service To SE Market With New Plant

Building Tech & Products

Impresa Modular Intros Its Housing-As-A-Service To SE Market With New Plant

Impresa Modular CEO Ken Semler envisions 12 to 15 modular units per day rolling off its new Southeastern market facility's production lines at full-capacity.

Pandemic 'Rise Of The Rest' Gives Tertiary Markets A Mojo Boost

Land

Pandemic 'Rise Of The Rest' Gives Tertiary Markets A Mojo Boost

As secondary markets become the new primary markets, and tertiary markets become the new secondary markets, local, time-tested homebuilding operators become targets of opportunity.

How To Reinvent Zoning To Rid Housing Of Racial Inequity

Policy

How To Reinvent Zoning To Rid Housing Of Racial Inequity

Brookings fellow Lance Freeman proposes a model for public-and-private sector retooling of land-use practices to make them racially-equitable.

Adaptive Pre-Use: Curb Appeal Disrupts Construction Disruption

Marketing & Sales

Adaptive Pre-Use: Curb Appeal Disrupts Construction Disruption

Scaffolding and construction sheds emerge in a creative burst as part of developers' ever-more-clever approaches to omnichannel, seamless customer engagement and acquisition.

The Elon Musk Watch: An Austin 'Solar Neighborhood' By Design

Building Tech & Products

The Elon Musk Watch: An Austin 'Solar Neighborhood' By Design

Brookfield, Tesla, Dacra team up to launch a scale-able sustainable and attainable home and community development and construction model. Now comes the hard part. Doing it as promised.

Impresa Modular Intros Its Housing-As-A-Service To SE Market With New Plant

Building Tech & Products

Impresa Modular Intros Its Housing-As-A-Service To SE Market With New Plant

Impresa Modular CEO Ken Semler envisions 12 to 15 modular units per day rolling off its new Southeastern market facility's production lines at full-capacity.

Pandemic 'Rise Of The Rest' Gives Tertiary Markets A Mojo Boost

Land

Pandemic 'Rise Of The Rest' Gives Tertiary Markets A Mojo Boost

As secondary markets become the new primary markets, and tertiary markets become the new secondary markets, local, time-tested homebuilding operators become targets of opportunity.

How To Reinvent Zoning To Rid Housing Of Racial Inequity

Policy

How To Reinvent Zoning To Rid Housing Of Racial Inequity

Brookings fellow Lance Freeman proposes a model for public-and-private sector retooling of land-use practices to make them racially-equitable.

Adaptive Pre-Use: Curb Appeal Disrupts Construction Disruption

Marketing & Sales

Adaptive Pre-Use: Curb Appeal Disrupts Construction Disruption

Scaffolding and construction sheds emerge in a creative burst as part of developers' ever-more-clever approaches to omnichannel, seamless customer engagement and acquisition.

The Elon Musk Watch: An Austin 'Solar Neighborhood' By Design

Building Tech & Products

The Elon Musk Watch: An Austin 'Solar Neighborhood' By Design

Brookfield, Tesla, Dacra team up to launch a scale-able sustainable and attainable home and community development and construction model. Now comes the hard part. Doing it as promised.