That’s about 5 percent more than what wood framing would have run, he estimates. Approximately 3,000 feet of radiant heat tubing snakes through the 1-inch concrete slab poured over the floor panels.

For example, a 2x4 propelled by a high wind can slip right through a standard wood-stud wall, a brick wall with wood frame wall construction behind it, and even a concrete block wall not core ...

When most Americans imagine a home, they picture a wood-framed house. But in an era of high housing costs and extreme weather events, precast concrete offers a mix of durability and efficiency.

When demand for CLT rises, it drives up the price of wood. Suddenly, trees are more valuable. This sends a powerful signal to ...

W e live in a world of concrete. After water, it’s the most widely used substance on our planet, and its usage around the world, ton for ton, is twice that of steel, wood, plastics and aluminium ...

Crews have poured more concrete and torn down more wallpaper in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort. Birdcage Bar ...

Consumers and builders chose them over frame-built houses because concrete-block houses were thought to be stronger, more resistant to termites and free from the rot problems that can affect wood.

The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad—plenty of hype, but only a few dozen completed projects globally. Concrete and steel still rule the world of ...

Foulger-Pratt, one of DC's largest developers, has several wood-frame apartments in its pipeline. It has plans for a 400-unit apartment building in Eckington, a 329-unit project on Capitol Hill ...

Another popular form is wood framing directly on a concrete slab. [Downtown residents return to salvage what the fire didn’t ruin] [Raleigh fire makes for memorable night for Canes’ Faulk] ...