Inland Homes® Converts to Lean-Design Practices With Blackpoint Builder Services, a 3D Lean-Design Services Company for Homebuilders

Simpad, a 3D Lean-Design services company for homebuilders, and purveyors of Blackpoint Builder Services today announced that the Inland Homes® Production Team is implementing Blackpoint Builder Services to convert to a “lean-design” model of homebuilding.

Inland Homes® Architects and Construction Professionals will use Blackpoint Builder Services to create Building Information Models that take account of the changes, including structural options, made to a home plan during the sales process, an area of the Inland Homes’ building process that has historically been a cost center. Blackpoint Builder Services will provide the Inland Homes Team with real-time, lot-specific, “as-sold” construction drawings, as well as quantity take-offs and estimates, all produced with the lean design approach to building. The company has historically used third-party architectural designers, but struggled with plan errors and had to rely on trades for detailed quantity take-offs.

Now, the Inland Homes Construction Professionals will have access to “as-sold” construction drawings on-demand, at a fraction of the cost of making changes manually to their master plan sets. Early case study results from Blackpoint Builder Services show that a builder can create as many as 500 lot-specific plans annually with just one employee.

“Inland Homes is already ramping back up to take advantage of the changing economy, and we wanted to get our plans into a system that could scale with us,” said Leslie Day, President of Inland Homebuilding Group, Inc. “Blackpoint Builder Services solves a costly problem that has plagued us: plan errors. It’s nothing short of remarkable what Blackpoint Builder Services has provided to ensure correctness in our processes. We are excited about finally having a tool that can provide accurate real-time take off information that will improve our knowledge of true cost as we negotiate with trade partners.”

About Inland Homes

Founded in 1989 in Tampa, Florida, the Inland Homes family of new home builders currently consists of five independent building companies operating under the Inland Homes trademark, through brand agreements with Inland Homebuilding Group, Inc. (IHG). IHG provides continual modifications and support to the system in efforts to protect and enhance the Inland Homes brand.

The Inland Homes brand has Operating Companies building in numerous counties across Florida including Hillsborough, Pasco, City of Tampa, Polk, Orange, Osceola, Manatee and soon with IH Texas, LLC will be expanding operations to Texas.

The Inland Homes builders have won numerous awards in the Parade of Homes for innovative floor plan designs and the 2-10 Diamond Performer Award for outstanding customer service in Warranty. Learn More: www.InlandHomes.com

About Simpad

Simpad is a 3D lean-design services company for homebuilders. With a principle focus on production homebuilders, Simpad’s products and services can model homes electronically before they are built, by transforming existing 2D CAD plans into 3D Building Information Models. Simpad has provided CAD and estimating services for production homebuilders since 1999, and its new service, Blackpoint Builder Services, will create an immediate ROI for builders in multiple ways. Builders will be able to reduce the staff hours required to detail lot-specific drawings, provide better information for the trades, and reduce construction and material costs by eliminating plan errors. To learn more, visit www.BlackpointBuilderServices.com. Simpad, the parent company, is a subsidiary of MiTek, a Berkshire Hathaway Company (NYSE: BRK-A).