A couple of years ago the Cahners Residential Group, which includes Professional Builder, decided to do something about the lack of qualified labor available to the construction industry.

Tom Gillespie, a partner in Illinois-based Kennedy Homes, just wants good people. He’s not asking for much, is he?

With Catherine Tinker’s help and a glass of Alice’s magic potion, builders might never have to build model homes again.

Bedfellows do not get any stranger than when Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, takes the dais with Gary Garczynski, first vice president of the National Association of Home Builders, and the resulting “debate” is more than amicable.

The two-speed, ceiling-mount FV-11VQD2 ventilating fan offers 0.3- to 1.0-sone noise levels. High speed works for spot exhaust, while the lower speed is used for continuous whole-house ventilation. The fan motor features permanently lubricated metal be..

Having a house built can be stressful. But the move-in can be just as stressful if not more so for a family.

Comfortmaker SoftSound 1200+ split-system air conditioners feature full-service control panels and longer service valve stubs.

Recent census figures confirm that the nuclear family — that mom-dad-and-2.5-kid concoction traditionally called traditional — is on the decline.

On an 80-acre plot that used to be a family tree farm, a young New Urbanist town is emerging in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains near Longmont, Colo. But Prospect New Town isn’t your usual TND.