Homeowners thinking outside the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

Contractors regularly look at the basic U.S. residential concrete foundation as being a three-day process. Excavation, footing forming and concrete placement on day one; wall forming and concrete ...

ClearCreek Siding has achieved a Class 1/A fire rating on its concrete log siding product. Every year brings more concerns about increasing wildfire damage and the destruction it can bring to ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to ...

Question: Last winter we installed several foundations for a builder in one development. He called this week asking us to provide inspection and support for a home owner claiming to have moisture ...

Q: I just bought my first house and am about to remodel my basement. The previous owners of the house glued 2-inch-thick foam insulation to the poured concrete walls. It’s got an aluminum foil face on ...

Why it matters: Establishing connectivity in commercial buildings has typically required drilling through thick walls, which is time-consuming and expensive. Wireless systems have not been able to ...