Like many of his peers, Ross Friedman began his career as a carpenter.

A new Web site, www.smartsites.org, assesses the 'smartness' of a property.

A soaring cost of living is making schoolteachers an endangered species in Northern California.

On his way to delivering 80 single-family homes this year in Talega, the desirable south Orange County, Calif., master plan, Dave Goudie and his four assistants focus on processes, quality and communication.

New homes today must do more per square foot than they ever have before.

Paul Douglas, weatherman at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, is marketing a new application for cell phones that provides weather conditions and forecasts, along with Doppler radar images, for any specific site, including job sites.

Orestes Hernandez has a deep well of construction knowledge, business savvy and people skills.

If the adage 'the best time to ask for money is when you don’t need it' is true, then this is the perfect time for builders to fortify their credit lines.

Seven years ago, Hawthorne, N.Y., builder Martin Ginsburg made it his mission to improve customer satisfaction by multiplying contact points throughout his company with buyers.