Photo Credit: Modeco Construction A global, novel virus that keeps us contained is changing the way we interact in both our personal and professional daily lives. Some changes are presenting opportunities for business-minded entrepreneurs to develop and market new...
Image Credits: Metreau Apartments, Green Bay, WI; this multi-family structure features cold-formed steel (CFS) framing, which supports a variety of balcony options and inset terraces. COVID-19 has brought changes to everything, and single-family homes, apartments, and...
Across the globe, people are migrating to cities to live and work. The United Nations says 3.9 billion people — 54 percent of the world — live in metropolitan areas. By 2050, 66 percent of all people will be city dwellers, which means an extra 2.5 billion people will...
A standout apartment building lies in the busy 14th St. NW corridor of Washington, D.C. The area is being renewed through a District Department of Transportation beautification project. It’s the place to be for up-and-coming artists and professionals. Here, Ellisdale...
Jerry Baxter, an owner of the Holiday Inn Express in Hearne, Texas, attests to the benefits of cold-form steel framing. He’s saved money in the hotel’s construction, insurance costs and ongoing maintenance needs. “After building our first hotel using wood for...
Prefabrication and modular construction are among the most cited advanced construction technologies being used for hospital design and construction, show the findings from the 2020 Hospital Construction Survey conducted by Health Facilities Management, a publication...
It has now been approximately six months since the global coronavirus pandemic started wreaking havoc on the United States. While many raw materials have seen little fluctuation in price throughout the pandemic, the same cannot be said for the cost of wood. Not only...
Picture provided by buildsteel.org. According to the National Association of Home Builders’s (NAHB) standard estimates of lumber used to build the average home, the recent spike in softwood lumber prices has caused the price of an average new single-family home to...
Picture provided by buildsteel.org. Brief: The price of lumber for September delivery rose 3.1% to an all-time high of $641.60 per thousand board feet, the Wall Street Journal reported. The new high, a growth of $19 since last month, beats the previous high of $639,...