Fires and gas leaks are always on the minds of homeowners who want to protect their property and keep their family safe. As technology improves, our fire and gas detection appliances get smarter all the time. When completing renovations or a new build, be sure to keep your clients up to date with the latest safety options.
According to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) survey, construction labor shortages are even more widespread than they were last year.
As rebuilding efforts commence in the wake of this summer’s storms, construction professionals seek ways to ensure that homes are safer and built to withstand major wind events. There are several techniques that will help to keep property and lives safe.
Construction professionals with experience may be finding the new home-building landscape challenging. Innovation and sustainability can be achieved with relatively little disruption to the way you build, using those tried and tested methods that you know work.
Using expansion joints allows your flooring and sub-flooring to expand without affecting the look and feel of your floors.
Taking time to clean your jobsite every day and investing in equipment to help you with that is one of the best investments you can make in your business.
Compressing fiberglass provides more R-value per inch, but reduces the overall R-value.
If you live in an area that is prone to wind events, you can build to mitigate damage to property and risk of injury.
Ever noticed the little black diamonds or triangles on your tape measure?
Discovering gaps in your knowledge is great as it helps you to improve and research areas that will make you a better builder and a better construction manager.
