A poor framing job can bring a whole mess of problems, so we asked a professional framing carpenter how to build basement ...

Cut and install spacers (optional) You could lay your sleepers directly on the concrete, but we bought a 1/2-in. thick PVC trim board and cut spacer blocks from it.

Ten glazed sections divided by board-marked concrete walls are lined up to form this long Mexican house, designed by architect Laurent Herbiet. Herbiet, who runs the Mexico City-based studio Hrbt ...

Concrete or fly ash can then be poured on top of the insulation board once it’s in place. “The steel joists are manufactured with holes to allow the concrete to flow and cure between the beams ...

Wood is relatively affordable and readily available, offering a cost-effective solution for homebuilding. Contractors are familiar with wood construction techniques. In addition, building codes and ...

Ellisdale Construction started out as a wood frame general contractor. But 15 years ago, Ash said, the company was contracted to build a six-story multifamily project, which at the time was too ...

Northern California’s wine-country fires, a series of conflagrations that swept the region in October 2017, were historic in the breadth of their destruction; of the Sonoma hillside structures that ...

Wray Emerson has resolved to give his wife Sandra and three kids a new house this new year. “My wife keeps asking me when it’s going to be ready,” he says, laughing. Sandra’… ...

Unlike low-rise concrete or masonry housing projects, construction of One Pacific Towers, at 27 stories tall, had to contend with the wind. When high winds reach around 30 mph, the tower crane can ...

This type of combination foam block and concrete house you mentioned is one of the strongest and most energy efficient. It is one of several construction methods often referred to as stay-in-place ...