On the lookout for ever more energy-efficient building envelope solutions, a growing number of Building Teams are turning to insulating concrete forms as an alternative to light-gauge steel frame, ...

Wet concrete on skin can cause everything from mild redness to third-degree, permanently disfiguring chemical burns. You and your helpers should take these steps: Wear eye protection. Sandy concrete ...

Build With Strength (BWS), a coalition of the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA), has partnered with the Commonwealth of Kentucky–Office of Energy Policy to host three training events on ...

Q. Hello, Tim. I was doing research about house foundations and came across interlocking foam forms that stack on top of one another. They assemble much like children’s plastic blocks. Does a concrete ...

Kevin Parr has been a contractor for 40 years. His experience as a contractor led him and Jimmy Schau, a Union Laborer of Local 1149 to engineer and develop Green Key Telescoping forms. “Over the ...

A shabby stoop can crush a home’s overall curb appeal. And while building concrete steps is more complicated than pouring a ...

MADISON, Wis. — Habitat for Humanity of Dane County and several partner organizations gathered in Madison Thursday to showcase their work building an affordable house out of insulated concrete forms.

Diamanti combines structural design and material science to address one of the construction industry's biggest environmental issues – carbon emissions. Instead of pouring concrete into standard ...

INCREASING, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE. WHETHER IT’S COVID OR TARIFFS, CERTAINLY THE COST OF BUILDING SUPPLIES IS GOING UP AND I DON’T SEE IT COMING BACK DOWN. STARTING IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY ...