August 2017

The median age of a construction worker is 47 in Vermont, 46 in Rhode Island, and 44 in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

Each variance purchase order is a failure, for everyone. It’s lose, lose, lose—for the builder, the supplier or trade, and for the customer

Modern homes have come a long way from the cold white boxes of the 1920s, and buyers are snapping them up

Products from Calculated Industries, Festool, and Lenox

Products from Electrolux, Insinkerator, Thermador, Viking, and Whirlpool

Not all Boomers are alike. Neither are Millennials

Products from Bosch, Mitsubishi Electric, Navien, Panasonic, and Rinnai

Products from Jeld-Wen, LaCantina Doors, Masonite, ODL, Velux, Western Window Systems, and Windsor Windows & Doors

Products from August, Bluebeam Software, Gastite, Honeywell, ICC, In-O-Vate Technologies, LiftMaster, Netatmo, Nest, and SoftPlan

 For builders, a great product builds a great reputation. Here are the products that received the most reader inquiries during the past 12 months