New construction cost index data show growth in March to a 60.4 reading, up from 55.3 in February. A 60-point reading for labor and materials indicates widespread price increases.
Following the 2019 International Builders' Show, the team at John Burns Real Estate Consulting (JBREC) identified the top 5 product design trends for the year.
New LEED credit for timber traceability, ICC code releases for repurposed shipping containers, San Francisco clears ADU permit backlog, tech keys to affordable housing, and a 3D-printed 2,000 square-foot home
In February, prices paid for gypsum products decreased a seasonally adjusted 5.1 percent, continuing the downward trend of the past five months, per the latest BLS data.
Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.'s new "blockbuster" mixed-use project, The Main Las Olas, is being readied for occupancy by 2020, but its path to success was not straightforward.
Modular home building is a construction process that may prove to have a lasting solution for the current affordability crisis, as startups bring this manufacturing method to multifamily construction.
Silicon Valley startup and nonprofit New Story and Austin-based construction technology company Icon are taking on new-home construction and affordability by way of 3D printing.
The automotive sector has established a consistent blueprint for continuous efficiency. The time has come for the residential construction industry to do the same.
As climate change increases wildfire risk and intensity globally, researchers are working to make homes fire-resistant. In two of California's wildfires last year, nearly 14,000 homes were razed to the ground.
