Proven Ways to Improve Jobsite Productivity
Consider these solutions for reducing cycle time, hard costs, dry runs, rework, miscommunication, and overall inefficiencies on the jobsite
5 Ways to Silence Squeaky Floors
Take these tips to heart to deliver quiet floors and satisfied homeowners
Why Pay Attention to HVAC Faults? Energy Efficiency, for One Thing
HVAC faults usually go undetected, which is a problem, since they can severely compromise a home’s energy efficiency
How to Build Healthy Homes That Protect Homebuyers From Radon
Consider a relatively simple and inexpensive passive mitigation system to vent radon—a radioactive, odorless, invisible gas—and deliver a truly healthy home
One Surefire Way to Attract Talent and Improve Homebuyer Satisfaction
One of the most effective steps a home builder can take to establish and maintain a reputation of quality is to become the 'builder of choice' in the eyes of trades and suppliers
Getting Rainscreens Right to Help Ensure Walls Stay Dry
To rainscreen or not to rainscreen, that is the question … but it shouldn’t be
Cool roofs can save 15 percent on cooling costs in California’s climate
Cool-roof material choices have expanded from reflective paint to vinyl sheeting, light-colored gravel, and other roofing products designed to reflect 90 percent of sunlight.
Judge strikes down Helena's city fire code
A district judge has ruled invalid the fire ordinance of Helena, Mont., adopted in 2008 to restrict exposed wood building materials and require fire-resistance roofing materials on new or extensively repaired structures.
Cost is chief impediment to requirements for safe rooms in tornado-prone areas
The increased cost to build underground safe rooms is the major reason that codes in tornado-prone areas of the Midwest do not require them.
To get attention, B_R_E_A_K the pattern
Two teachers start their respective 8 am classes.
Both classes have talkative students.
Debate in the Northwest over how to apply lessons of net-zero construction in codes
Success in constructing net-zero homes in the Northwest has sparked debate over how green codes should be incorporated.
More consumers getting on board with net-zero homes
Whenever I come across an article in the Wall Street Journal touting some new-home trend, I see it as a sign of mass appeal. Take the…
NAHB: Home builders constructing houses young buyers want
During National Homeownership Month in June, the National Association of Home Builders is telling young people the time is right to buy a house, and that the nation's builders are building the homes they want.
Boston auctions off city land for net-zero housing development
The city has already awarded three vacant city-owned sites on streets lined with old-line two- and three-family homes in the Roxbury and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods to teams of developers and architects.
Why you should embrace the Hispanic conflict
Shawn Coyne is a writing partner to Steven Pressfield. Mr. Pressfield wrote…
JUST label aims to assess social justice on building material manufacturers
At Living Future's annual conference this month in Seattle, Jason McLennan and architecture firm BNIM founder Bob Berkebile launched the JUST label, an extension of the Declare label that addresses social justice and equity issues.
