Whether you're into bite-sized DIY projects, like building your own backyard fire pit, or bigger endeavors, like coating your garage floor, it's valuable to know some basics about construction and ...

Concrete is no longer just a niche material in residential construction. As natural disasters become more frequent and severe, the shortcomings of traditional wood-framed homes are being laid bare.

The buzz of productivity permeates nearly every industry—finance, healthcare, manufacturing—except one major outlier: construction. While other sectors rapidly modernize, construction relies on the ...

The flatness and levelness of concrete floors has become a big deal. If you've ever sat at a restaurant table that rocked up and down, slopping wine out of your glass and causing you to launch a ...

A good construction manual is a must have for any architect’s library. The Modern Construction Handbook by Andrew Watts is in my opinion one of the best construction manuals these days, covering ...

Click here to download a PDF of High-Performance Reconstructed Buildings: The 99% Solution, the 9th in a Series of White Papers on the Green Building Movement A radical break from the architectural ...

Firefighters and officers are hurt and killed every year because of the way buildings are constructed. The building industry has changed drastically over the years, and new buildings are increasingly ...