I’ve been wanting to write this column for years. The topic has been a burr under my saddle, but I needed to base the column on proof, not speculation. That proof arrived last week in a desperate ...

The regional winners of the Holcim Awards for sustainable construction were recently announced, automatically qualifying them for the global phase of the competition. In the Asia Pacific region, the ...

This project will consider the methods the U.S. Department of Energy uses to analyze the impact of the standards regulations it issues governing aspects of residential and commercial buildings . The ...

Non-destructive testing (NDT) investigates the material integrity of everything from machinery to industrial plant infrastructure to buildings but with the distinction of leaving no damage in doing so ...

My son and I recently visited the basement of an older house. We were looking at its overall structure, boiler and the foundation walls. He’s about to buy his first home, so he’s learning about ...