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The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with resins containing no added urea formaldehyde, thus reducing emissions that can degrade indoor air quality. The proprietary process also helps the panel line...
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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 interest might stick. A perfect storm of factors has come together to keep solar solutions on the front burner, including record crude oil prices, federal tax...
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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 Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), this “concept” house is loaded with 60 of the best technologies and products home building has to offer and is seen as a model...
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Three students from the University of Maryland architecture program claimed the top three spots in the first-ever TCA/PCA Storm Housing 2007, a Tilt-Up Concrete Association- and Portland Cement Association- sponsored international competition that seeks conceptual designs for a storm-resistant...
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Hanley Wood's product editors pick standout new products from the 2007 IBS Show.
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Despite the fact that concrete is a common structural material in Florida, precast concrete walls and floor panels are less popular, especially in the residential realm. As with other aspects of its design and operation, The New American Home 2007 stretches the industry by building with this...
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Light is one of the most desirable features in a new home, because it creates the illusion of space and makes a house feel more livable. Traditional windows and patio doors bring in some light, but pivoting, or bifold, patio doors do this and so much more.
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Sometimes being fashionably late is cool—especially when you're an A-list celebrity—but there is something to be said for being early: Birds catch more worms; Black Friday shoppers get the best deals; and, because you are a BUILDER reader, you get the scoop on the cool stuff being introduced at...
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS STUMBLED on a system that could help build better homes: a carbon fiber–reinforced precast concrete panel.
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IRVING, TEXAS–BASED HANSON Pipe & Precast says it has developed a lightweight precast concrete wall system that could revolutionize the home building industry, particularly in coastal regions that are susceptible to strong winds and flooding.
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GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PULLED OFF an election-year coup late last summer by signing a new law that puts home builders at the forefront of developing solar power usage in the Golden State.
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IT'S NOW MUCH EASIER FOR builders and architects to specify SIPs for walls, thanks to a new set of prescriptive methods for the building system.
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This month's top shelf products includes roofing materials from Huber Engineered Woods, the innovative Fuego outdoor grill, and the Wrap 'N' Snap column covering from Royal Wood.
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FOR YEARS, NOBODY PAID MUCH attention to the aging Sears store that anchored a hill in Tenleytown, a Northwest Washington neighborhood just south of the Maryland-District line. When the concrete, curvilinear, Deco-inspired store opened in 1941 it made quite a splash, especially the two ramps that...
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In 2004, Canadian companies earned about $5.7 billion (U.S.) selling softwood into the United States. American consumers of framing lumber and wood siding spent about $7 billion to purchase that same lumber. The difference, approximately $1.3 billion, went into the pockets of the U.S. Customs...
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- Report finds that new homeowners more likely to switch Internet providers.
- Eaton Corp. revamps its structured wiring panels to accomodate digital technologies
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Generally speaking, market domination doesn't last for long: At some point, competition eats away share or growth simply slows. Unless you're a gypsum wallboard manufacturer, that is. Though the wall-board industry does not track usage in new homes, manufacturers estimate that between 85 percent...
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Noise control is the next big thing in achieving optimal indoor comfort, with new solutions that make it a worthwhile investment for single-family builders.
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The British government's push for increased housing production fuels interest in everything from SIPs to flat-pack houses.
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Most houses in Latin America are built out of concrete block, and with good reason. It's good quality—in most places—and it holds up well in earthquakes and hurricanes.