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Construction starts are still rising, according to Dodge, but they are set to peak in 2018

Cross-laminated timber structures remained intact under explosive loads well beyond their design capacity

It’s clear now that an organized plan for trade can never be expected to emerge from the Trump administration’s deal-oriented style.

A construction tech company that printed the walls of a 350-sq-ft “tiny house” in 48 hours in Austin, Texas, in March is now partnered with a nonprofit that aims to start printing walls for 800-sq-ft homes in El Salvador—in 24 hours for each—by the end of the year.

Group plans tests to create performance-based structural-fire-engineering guide for cutting-edge composite shear wall

But steel and aluminum tariffs and rising labor costs may put the squeeze on the bottom line

Modest increases in labor, steel and cement costs offset a spike in lumber prices

Trade war! What is it good for? Whether absolutely nothing or something else, construction will start to find out March 23 when a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum proposed on March 8 by President Donald Trump takes effect.

Tariffs on lumber and steel spur price spikes, while cement and wages see modest increase