Women at WIRC Celebrate Women in Construction Week With the Women in Residential Construction Conference On-Demand The first live connected Women in Residential Construction Conference was held over three days, featuring informative and inspiring speakers...
Building Materials The Path to Today's Lumber Prices and the Future The path to today’s all-time high lumber prices began back during the Great Recession and prices are unlikely to see relief until 2022, says...
High-Performance Homes Can High Performance Be Cheaper Than Code? [VIDEO] Jim Nostedt, president or Seefar Building Analytics, lays out a formula that shows how total cost of ownership makes high-performance...
Resilient Construction Are Wildfires a Natural Problem or a Home Builder Problem? Prospective homebuyers rarely question whether a natural disaster will hit their homes, yet last year became the worst fire season in U.S....
Construction Residential Construction Increased 20% in Outlying Counties in 2020 Single-family construction boomed in the suburbs, exurbs, and rural communities in 2020—a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
Construction Recruiting the Next Generation of Skilled Construction Labor Senior Editor Mike Beirne talks to workforce development pros about how they overcome resistance from school guidance counselors and parents...
Quality Matters Solving Truss Uplift [VIDEO] Tim Kampert from IBACOS-PERFORM presents the causes of truss uplift, its impact on quality and customer satisfaction, and best practices to...
NAHB An Interview With NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke New NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke outlines the key issues facing the housing industry and how the association is working to address them. ...
Construction Record Share of Homes on the Market Have Yet to be Constructed According to the Census Bureau, 307,000 homes were listed for sale at the end of January, but only 13.7% of those homes are built. As record...
Building Materials Building Material Prices and Availability Top Builders’ List of Challenges Building material prices, availability, and time it takes to obtain building materials are the biggest problems builders faced last year,...