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| World's first 3D-printed office building | posted: June 10, 2016 | from: ARCHITECT Here's the latest in 3D printing: an office building constructed in 17 days in Dubai from fiber-reinforced concrete. The approximately 2,600-square-foot, single-story, multi-building campus was designed for the United Arab Emirates National Committee as the headquarters for the Dubai Future Foundation. Each building is made up of multiple concrete components, which were fabricated using a 20-foot-tall by 120-foot-long by 20-foot-wide 3D printer in Shanghai, and then shipped to Dubai and assembled. The use of 3D-printing fabrication technology, plus the subsequent assembly process, cut labor costs by 50-80 percent and overall construction waste by 30-60 percent. read more >> |
 A new generation of greener homesposted: July 26, 2016 | from: NAHBNow As the residential construction industry moves further into the 21st century, green building and sustainable practices continue to gain popularity among home builders. Nearly a third of home builders reported that more than 60 percent of their projects involved green building practices. These same builders project that by 2020, more than half of their projects will include varying aspects of green building. read more>> |
 Protecting your job-site assetsposted: June 22, 2016 | from: Metal Construction News If you have been in the business long enough, something on your job site has grown legs and walked off. It's not the change orders or charge backs that can ultimately cost us; it is theft from our job sites. In reality, security at your job site is probably something left to be desired; usually deadlines and safety take our attention. From tools to building supplies, sometimes the things we need to make a living disappear. read more >> |
 The fire sprinkler war, state by stateposted: June 22, 2016 | from: ProPublica From New York to Minnesota, how homebuilders headed off mandatory fire sprinklers with help from friendly legislators. read more >> |
| The Lacey Act and the building industry: sourcing legal wood posted: July 22, 2016 | from: Building Green Lumber Liquidators will pay millions for importing illegal wood products. Could architects or contractors be fined for buying them? read more >> |
| Downsizing boomers could cause flood of existing homes posted: July 11, 2016 | from: Seeing Alpha Many baby boomers' homes are their largest asset, and as they need to tap into that equity, we could see their homes hit the market. read more >> |
| Fundamental corrosion control strategies for fire sprinkler systems posted: June 20, 2016 | from: Fire Protection Engineering eXTRA There are multiple options available to remediate corrosion-related pipe failures in existing fire sprinkler systems, but there are also several approaches that can be implemented during the design or commissioning phase of a fire sprinkler system that significantly reduce corrosion activity and extend the useful life of the system. read more>> |
| Make building standards top priority for tackling climate change posted: June 1, 2016 | from: The Guardian Energy inefficient and substandard construction in developing countries locking the world into high greenhouse gas emissions for decades, warns Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency. read more >> |
| Mount Pleasant, S.C., rejects moratorium on new housing posted: July 12, 2016 | from: ABC News In response to exploding growth, Councilman Joe Bustos put forward a 120-day moratorium on any new housing, which the town council promptly rejected, citing concerns of ripple effects on the community's electricians, plumbers and other trades. read more >> |
| N.H. Home Builders Association taps new leaders posted: July 15, 2016 | from: UnionLeader.com Move follows recent departures of its long-time executive vice president, its board president and past president. read more >> |