Blog Category: Construction

Tedd Benson, founder of Unity Homes, an off-site fabricator of high-performance homes based in Walpole, New Hampshire, is looking to change the traditional homebuilding equation. By improving longevity and delivering high-quality craftsmanship, Unity Homes is enhancing occupant’s overall quality of life in sustainable and beautiful, thoughtfully designed homes. Benson started Unity Homes to raise the […]

Today most aspects of a construction project can be managed remotely. Site plans, checklists, punch items and job photos are sent to cloud servers where all parties can view progress from any enabled device. The same is happening for training and education — the construction community is turning to the Web to share trade skills, […]

On-the-go construction workers in the field need to find relevant information quickly from project plans to emails, tasks and schedules – with, or without network coverage. harmon.ie is a digital workforce innovator looking to empower construction personnel with mobile and offline access to critical documents, checklists, emails and more by increasing collaboration capabilities and breaking down […]

Brookfield Residential’s PureBlue Home will be showcased on the cover of the upcoming Greenbuild Special Edition of US Builders Review. Since 1956, Brookfield Residential has delivered more than 30,000 homes across the country. Brookfield Residential spans the U.S. and Canada with divisions in Alberta, greater Washington, D.C., San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles, San Diego, Colorado, […]

If you’re wondering what homebuyers want in a new home, look no further than the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual Characteristics of New Housing Report. Released in June 2015, the report is a gold mine for residential contractors, developers and restoration specialists, offering detailed data on popular home features, home sales trends and multifamily data for […]

Builders, engineers and architects across the globe are embracing 3-D printing technology as a new way to design and construct buildings. With reduced labor and material costs, and the ability to construct buildings in a matter of days, rather than months or years, it’s a clear why construction professionals are looking to utilize the new […]

Wearable technology is a growing trend for gadget lovers. Over the 2014 holiday season, products such as fitness and wellness trackers, watches synced to smart phones and low-impact cameras were vastly popular. The wearable industry is worth more than $11 billion and is slated to grow over the next decade to upwards of $50 billion. […]

It’s been a rocky road to recovery, but the economic outlook was much more positive in 2014 and so far, the same holds true in 2015. According to ENR, construction in 2015 began with upbeat employment numbers –the industry added 39,000 jobs in January, pushing the unemployment rate down to 9.8 percent, well below the […]

For many, it’s been all too easy to write off video-gamers as wasting their time. How could the successful retrieval of the Sword of a Thousand Truths land a guy a job? Why would countless hours of Diablo II make for a promising new hire? Yet hand-eye coordination skills stand to benefit from gaming in […]

Hurricane Sandy, unofficially dubbed “Superstorm Sandy,” was the deadliest and most destructive category-three hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second most costly hurricane in U.S. history, just behind Hurricane Katrina. While most hurricanes go out to sea upon reaching the Mid-Atlantic, Sandy, however, set a course for devastation. From Oct. 22, […]