Products Prices Down in December for Residential Construction Materials The cost of materials inputs to residential construction decreased in December 2018, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor...
Best Practices Trend Alert: 5 Places to Install a Decorative Concrete Floor Sure, a concrete floor is typical for a basement or garage, but demand is growing for the use of this versatile, low-maintenance flooring...
The New American Home The How Behind the Wow of The New American Home 2019 Underneath its intriguing desert contemporary form and finishes, The New American Home 2019 is a model of performance-driven systems and solutions
Tools + Equipment A 'New Generation' of Building Materials Manufacturers are innovating building materials to address environmental challenges and to streamline the construction process; a new...
Quality Matters How to Install Leak-Free Manufactured Stone Think of manufactured stone like stucco, and treat it as such
Business Management New Year, New Paradigm A new report stresses that flexibility and openness to innovation are key traits for succeeding in real estate and home building when faced with increasing market complexity in 2019, leading up to housing's major inflection point, 2020
Builders How to Be a 21st Century Builder Massachusetts-based design build firm Polhemus Savery DaSilva recently offered their current business model as an example of how the single...
Builders 'Urban Dinosaurs,' 'Scamazon,' Green New Deal Among Chief Issues for U.S. Cities in 2019 In 2019, U.S. cities will continue to adapt to 10 major issues, including rising homelessness and unaffordability, climate change, and...
Innovation The Low-Down on Off-Site Construction A recent survey found that builders are speeding up their adoption of off-site construction technologies; a new study finds the most popular...
Construction Labor Drives Regional Variation in Construction Costs Recent analysis from BuildZoom found that between construction’s two major cost contributors, material and labor, material prices remain...
