5 Steps to Cracking the Code for a High-Performance Home
As a model of energy savings, water conservation, indoor comfort and health, and use of on-site renewable energy, The New American Home 2024 offers valuable lessons
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
What Does It Cost to Build a Single-Family Home?
A closer look at the itemized costs in each stage of construction for a single-family home
5 Ways to Silence Squeaky Floors
Take these tips to heart to deliver quiet floors and satisfied homeowners
Which States and Construction Trades Rely Most on Immigrant Workers?
California and Texas have higher concentrations of immigrants in their construction workforce, and certain skilled trades also rely more on foreign-born labor than others
Tips for Placing HVAC Ducts in Conditioned Space
See how putting HVAC ducts inside conditioned space in a home benefits both the builder and the homeowner
Tools + Equipment
These Are Not Your Father's Power Tools
Battery-powered tools are known to be convenient and fast, and now, new improvements in battery technology promise to continue boosting their market share and favor with contractors
Labor + Trade Relations
How to Hire Reentering Citizens
Many formerly incarcerated individuals have found both hope and stability in the construction sector thanks to contracting groups and employers…
Construction
Persistent Supply Chain Issues Hold Builders Back
Demand for new homes remains high as existing home inventory rests at record lows, but builders continue to hit roadblocks from building materials…
Building Materials
NAHB Survey Reveals How Builders are Handling High Lumber Prices
It’s a headline builders and consumers have read dozens of times since spring of 2020: lumber prices are skyrocketing. But how are other builders…
Construction
Home Building Accounts for Nearly 3% of U.S. Labor Force
More than 11 million Americans worked in the construction industry in 2019 with 4.4 million of those in the residential sector, according to the…
Coronavirus Resources and Information
NAHB to Kick Off COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week
The National Association of Home Builders and its construction industry partners are teaming up for COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week from April 19…
Building Materials
Reduce Lumber Use With a Lean Strategy
On this episode of The Weekly, TrueNorth Development President Scott Sedam lays out a six-week process for builders to significantly cut their…
Building Materials
Lumber Prices Expected to Surge Even Higher
Skyrocketing lumber prices have kept some builders away from purchasing in hopes costs would level out, but now lumber prices are expected to…
Construction
4 Signs the Housing Market Could Cool Down
Financial services company Jefferies says the current market is poised for a healthy and much-needed slowdown in the near future. Rising home…
Coronavirus Resources and Information
Survey Finds 46% of Construction Workers Will Forgo COVID-19 Vaccine
A recent survey conducted by Construction Dive found that nearly half of construction professionals have no plans to get a COVID-19 vaccination.…
