Ben Boltons new method is a gamechanger for a lot of right-angle based hard surface: http://polycount.com/discussion/168610/proboolean-dynamesh-hardsurface-workflow-tutorial
I'm not much of a hardsurface guy, but it looks like a solid start even tho the concept is a bit dull in my opinion :) looking forward to what you'll make of this
There actually was a hard surface forum but it seems to have died :/ More info here: http://polycount.com/discussion/155032/what-ever-happened-to-next-gen-hardsurface