Concrete and Masonryrss

  • Superior Walls

    This video illustrates how Superior Walls are manufactured under roof, transported to the jobsite by trucks and installed on-site, usually...

     
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    Pour It On: Special How-To Feature

    WHEN TEMPERATURES dip toward freezing, building officials routinely shut down foundation work

     
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    Time To Tilt-Up

    IN COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION, THE USE OF SITE-POURED, TILT-UP concrete walls is growing at record speed. But residential builders, for the...

     

Framing and Lumberrss

  • Centex Executive Joins Pro-Build Holdings

    Paul Dodge, a long-time executive with Centex Homes, is joining Pro-Build Holdings, the largest pro dealer organization in the U.S., as its...

     

  • Steel This

    The Washington-based Steel Framing Alliance has released a new publication that offers guidance to builders who are interested in using...

     

  • Best Green Practices: A Systems Approach

    An advanced framing package is likely to include as much engineered lumber as possible, which not only reduces the amount of lumber...

     
 

Panelsrss

  • Air Apparent

    The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with...

  • Harness the Sun

    News Flash: The sun is hot. there's renewed and widespread attention being paid to it as a legitimate home energy source—and this time that...

  • Top It Off

    THERE IS A HOUSE IN OMAHA, NEB., that is unlike any other house in the state—perhaps the ountry. Built under HUD's Partnership for...