Residential

A former steel fabrication and manufacturing plant might not be the most obvious candidate for an adaptive-reuse project. But Grubb Ventures, which purchased the Peden Steel facility in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2017 following its previous redevelopment of Dock 1053 just across...

According to research from the National Association of Realtors, the United States is facing a shortage of 5.5 million homes. The gap continues to grow despite widespread efforts to meet rising demand, like a multi-family housing boom in 2023. While construction companies are fig...

On a sunny May morning in 2023, 10-year-old Sophia dug a ceremonial shovel into the backyard soil of her Kaukauna, Wisconsin, home. The groundbreaking event was organized by Consolidated Construction Co., which was building a playhouse for Sophia, free of charge, for a simple rea...

On Tuesday, Aug. 8, a wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui ravaged the town of Lahaina, killing nearly 100 people and stranding thousands of survivors, many of whom remain displaced today. The loss of life makes this the deadliest American wildfire on record, while the materia...

When architects, engineers, designers and building owners consider new construction or operational upgrades, effectively using natural daylight to reduce the need for artificial lighting can improve building aesthetics and function while reducing energy costs. For architects, let...

Sustainability initiatives in the built environment need not be limited to new construction or other large expenditures. Aging facilities have the potential to extend their years of service while also combating greenhouse gas emissions. But what is the best course of action? From...

The 1970s were not a golden age of energy efficiency. While public awareness of environmental issues grew throughout the decade—Earth Day and the Environmental Protection Agency debuted in 1970, Woodsy “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute” Owl in 1971, the United Nations Environment Progr...

After the clampdown on China, David Allen Company thought it had the global supply chain essentially figured out. The tile, terrazzo and marble contractor sourced much of its product from China until 2019, when the U.S. Department of Commerce determined that the country had dump...

RentCafe has ranked the most competitive apartment markets of 2022 so far (per Yardi proprietary data), and it turns out that today’s rental market is just as hot as the housing market was in summer 2020. As of June, an average of 14 renters compete for an available apartment. R...

In an industry of big jobs, megaprojects have always been the titans, so grand and soaring they seem to belong to another era. Think the Hoover Dam, or the Panama Canal, or the Transcontinental Railroad—captured in shadowy black-and-white photographs or grainy newsreel showing th...