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.

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 ...

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

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.

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

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.

In a typical wood frame building, he notes, floors might be concrete but in reality are only a "thin membrane over top of wood." In a special "why buy concrete" addendum to the project website ...

Only 1% of concrete buildings are demolished due to fire, compared to 8% of wood frame buildings, the release reported. Related: Quebec 12-storey mass timber building guide criticized over fire ...

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 ...

Concrete New Study: Concrete Cheaper Than Wood in Building Insurance Costs in Edgewater, New Jersey Findings suggest differential to grow over the next few years, as concerns with fire in wood ...