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 Number of unfilled construction jobs increasing.posted: April 7, 2016 | from: National Association of Home Builders With the national unemployment rate at low levels, the labor force participation rate becomes an ever more important gauge of labor market conditions. If the size of the U.S. workforce does not grow, then the number of open but unfilled jobs will continue to increase and hinder the growth prospects of several industries, particularly residential construction. Read more |
 BIM 101: 15 Terms to knowposted: April 28, 2016 | from: NWSC Co. Want to take a first-step toward building information modeling fluency? Start here |
| Realizing resilience through incentives. posted: April 11, 2016 | from: National Institute of Building Sciences Incentivizing pre-disaster resilience for buildings and communities, in response to declining federal and state funding for disaster mitigation, has emerged as a critical focus area. Read more |
| CMD forecasts 7.4 percent gain in 2016 nonresidential construction starts. posted: May 4, 2016 | from: ForConstructionPros.com The data company's prediction for the year is now higher than last quarter, as first-quarter starts were stronger than anticipated. Read more |
| Why Millennials can't qualify for home mortgages. posted: May 2, 2016 | from: CNBC As Millennials are making their move from downtowns to suburbs, Millennials still struggle to obtain the mortgages necessary for homeownership. Read more |
| How do high-R walls perform with moisture? posted: April 27, 2016 | from: Home Innovation Research Labs With ever-more-stringent energy code requirements, along with a growing consumer and industry interest in green and energy-efficient homes, it's important to understand how these very tight high-performance home systems deal with moisture. Home Innovation Research Labs is on a quest to understand moisture performance of high-R wall systems. Read more |
| Does the IRC regulate exterior stairs that are not part of the required exit? posted: April 20, 2016 | from: Code Officials of America We have a scenario where a spiral stairway extends from a second floor deck to the ground below. The stairway is only 20" in width. The deck exits back through the house. It appears in the 2015 IRC Section 311.1 limits the application of IRC Section 311 to a single required means of egress. Does that mean secondary stairways, doors, halls, etc., do not need to comply with IRC R311? Read more |
| 2016 AIA COTE top 10 green projects. posted: April 21, 2016 | from: EcoBuilding Pulse The AIA's Committee on the Environment awards honor the best in sustainable architecture and ecological design. These structures are beyond the typical "green building", are at the cutting edge of sustainable technology, and employ the most innovative design strategies and materials. Read more |
| FLASH rolls out #HurricaneStrong to save lives and homes posted: March 23, 2016 | from: Federal Alliance for Safe Homes The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) unveiled #HurricaneStrong, a new national hurricane resilience initiative to increase safety and reduce economic losses through collaboration with the most recognized public and private organizations in the disaster safety movement, including FEMA, and NOAA/National Weather Service. Read more |
| FourPlans: Stacking the decks and thinking inside the box. posted: April 4, 2016 | from: Builder Online There's no simpler building form than your basic box. Stacked-box designs are efficient and affordable to build, but that doesn’t mean they have to sacrifice style. Read more |