Traditional construction methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive, requiring the use of skilled tradespeople who are increasingly in short supply, said Jason Rhees, CEO of HercuTech, a ...

The first factory-made wood-panel home has just gone up in San Francisco on a hilly lot in Glen Park. Although it looks no different than any other made from standard wood-frame construction, this new ...

WINDSOR — As construction with factory-built wood and light-gauge steel panels gains popularity for reducing labor costs, project timetables and waste, a 5-year-old company is betting demand will grow ...

It is hard to know where modular housing ends and prefab building begins. Probably they, as well as the manufactured homes and the building kits we discussed earlier, can all be placed on a continuum ...

Panelized wood roofs have been in use for more than 40 years west of the Mississippi, where wood has always been plentiful, but the roofing system is new to regions east of the mighty river and in ...

Mary Tingerthal, former commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, is working with public, private and nonprofit groups to champion modular and other innovative construction methods to ...

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The fundamental way most homes are built in America — the labor-intensive process of constructing conventional wood framing on site — hasn’t changed much for more than a century, even though more ...

MEDINA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) announced today that the wall system fabrication segment (the Fabrication Business) of NOW Specialties, LLC (NOW) has been acquired by ...

The fundamental way most homes are built in America — the labor-intensive process of constructing conventional wood framing on site — hasn’t changed much for more than a century, even though more ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global dry construction market size is expected to grow by USD 22.73 billion during 2020-2024. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due ...