The building materials industry has reached a watershed moment with the launch of the Building Materials Careers Association ...

This startup is betting with its tech platform, a new generation of workers can fix construction's labor crisis. Is ...

A new generation of apartments, factories, ... Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building material—straw has been a DIY solution for affordable, ...

Imagine a future where our buildings are literally grown from the ground up. 5 new building materials that could ...

In a nutshell Researchers discovered that the internal thread orientation of mushrooms, specifically hyphal filaments, can alter material strength without changing the material itself. Dimictic ...

Vessel Technologies, in collaboration with New York– and Los Angeles–based engineering firm Büro Ehring, has developed a flat-pack modular system that is being used across 13 mid-rise housing projects ...

Most new composite materials for residential construction are composites. The binder in these composites is some form of plastic, usually a high-density polyethylene, or HDPE .

It's the first sawmill on the East Coast for the company, which will create 125 jobs and produce sustainable Southern Yellow Pine lumber.

As the construction workforce diversifies, it opens doors for a new generation of workers, including women and minority groups, to increasingly pursue careers in the trades.

Holcim completed the spin-off of Amrize, now an independent, publicly traded building solutions supplier serving North ...

Companies building next-generation products and breakthrough technologies are often limited by the physical constraints of ...

Why We Need to Reuse Construction Materials Much is lost when homes are demolished in the name of speed. With careful disassembly, high-quality materials could be used to make something new.