A combination of the green building groundswell and the new economy may bring OVE and advanced framing into common practice.
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Finding recyclers is the modular builder's biggest challenge.
Plus: Cement gets a run for its money from slag and ashes. / Green building reaches a tipping point.
Do you have any idea what's in your dumpsters? You should. All of that debris is costing you money.
Spring is always an important time for home builders, as nearly 40 percent of new-home sales take place between March and June. This year's spring season is more important than ever, as Wall Street, economists, and the industry at-large try to gauge whether the home building industry can bounce...
For more than a decade, architects have used CAD programs to draw and adjust home plans. But, for the most part, until recently, those files stayed stuck in their computers. When it came time to share the drawings and plans, the bulky pages were printed, rolled inside a tube, and then couriered–an...
When is the last time you walked a job site and looked at the materials that
WHEN A CINCINNATI NONPROFIT CALLED the Work Resource Center (WRC) set out last year to create a building material recycling center, it did its homework. Now, after less than a year in business, it is about to pay off the initial $500,000 investment and go into the black. The building materials...
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ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES to jobsite recycling has been finding the organizations that accept drywall, carpet, asphalt roof shingles, appliances, and other demolition byproducts. Now, by logging on to the Construction Waste Management Database Web site (www.wbdg.org/ccbref/cwm.php) you get a...
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Before he bought the recycling machines from Mableton, Ga.-based Packer Industries, Artistic Homes rented 22 Dumpsters a week to fill with construction debris.