Home Building News

Architect Alastair Parvin and his team based in London have come up with an open-source construction kit that anyone can get off the net and use to build a home.

It is amazing what people united in a common goal can accomplish and never was it more evident than this weekend.

In Joplin, Missouri, site of an EF-5 tornado last year, officials studied the damage and adopted building code changes.

The City Council will revisit what to do about Benicia's largest piece of undeveloped land, despite deeply split views over the Seeno family's 530 acres.

The National Association of Home Builders on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 applauded Sens.

After an 83-year-old architecture professor was attacked at the Lilac Street building site of a Yale-designed house, the university plans to pull out the newly installed foundation - and has decided it's just too dangerous to build a home in Newhallville.

Building a home based business is a popular topic in the Internet. There are several things people have to learn when they want a solid business from home.

Construction on new homes posted a 16.5 percent drop in April after reaching a nearly five-year high the previous month, the Commerce Department reports.

Every time Mike Kozenieski works with any of the big, top 10 contractors, they always ask him the same question: How's the labor there? Kozenieski, president of Sea Breeze Electric of Port Charlotte, said there is an across-the-board shortage of skilled workers - carpenters, electricians, HVAC, masons, and plumbers - and it is going to take a long ... (more)

A company called Metrostudy says it spent three months driving across five Bay area counties checking out 2,100 subdivisions to find out the condition of the construction market.

As Congress debates comprehensive immigration reform, the National Association of Home Builders on Thursday, May 16, 2013 called on lawmakers to establish a fair and workable employer verification system for all businesses.

Housing bears and housing bulls each had something to boost their spirits in Thursday's report on new-home construction.

The home building industry has been fairly static for a long while, but now an enterprising company wants to do for self build what IKEA has done for wardrobes.

Construction of new U.S. homes dropped in April as far fewer apartments were put up, according to government data released Thursday that nonetheless signal rebounding activity in the building sector.

The Mayville Mid-County Habitat for Humanity will hold a community information meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at the Carlson Center at Mayville's Lakeside Park.

A new house provided by a federal grant to replace a vacant one on Longfellow Drive will adhere to the city's new "green" zoning code.

Professional Construction, Inc. recently relocated to Waukesha to keep up with its growing customer base in the residential and commercial construction industry Professional Construction, Inc., a trusted Wisconsin general contractor , recently upgraded to a larger facility in Waukesha to continue to meet the growing demands of its customer base ... (more)

Tax stimulus: Carpenters work at a new home construction site in Yokohama last July.

As promised, CTIA continues to announce partnerships in conjunction with its 2104 "Super Mobility Week." The Wireless Association today announced partnerships with the National Association of Home Builders 2014 "Design and Construction Week" and Parks Associates for its new show, which debuts September 9, 10 & 11 at the Las Vegas Sands Expo & ... (more)

Readers of this column may be aware that I've been critical of some of our foam-plastic insulation materials.