Perhaps you noticed that housing in Garfield County made national news yet again in May. Comparing cost, competition, scarcity and economic stability, NBC reported how “homebuying has gone off the ...

When disaster strikes — a hurricane, an earthquake, a wildfire, a major storm surge — we see the impact: homes lost, critical infrastructure damaged, lives disrupted. What we often don’t see is the ...

Metal building system builders have an option to use straight columns or tapered columns to hold up the structure. In many metal building applications, straight columns may have more steel than they ...

Construction workers remove non-original parts of the Wedge Building, exposing columns that have been hidden for decades. The columns were covered up when a teller window was installed on the point of ...

On a cold February morning, a pair of construction workers were busy installing 10-inch PVC pipes, part of an elaborate storm drainage system for an elementary school in the heart of Pawtucket. The ...

What type of construction? You may be surprised. An important feature of a pre-incident plan is the classification of building construction. Classifying the type of building should be simple, quick ...

A new project today will almost unquestionably have solar panels in the future, so why not make it solar-ready now? The Energy Trust has a program to help. Solar panels on roofs have transformed from ...

Johnson County Public Library’s vision for Johnson County is a community of empowered learners and engaged citizens. Through JCPL’s Building Bridges programs, we bring the community together for ...

Close your eyes and ask yourself, “What does Harvard look like?” What do you see? Brick buildings, perhaps? Iron gates, Corinthian columns, sweeping façades? You’d be right if you conjured any of the ...