The steep slump in housing intensified at the end of last year, pushing home construction down by the biggest amount in nearly three decades.
Analysts forecast more bad news in the months ahead with the big question remaining whether the housing slump will be severe enough to push the country into a recession.
The Commerce Department reported [...]
OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr., as well as key construction stakeholders from organizations such as the National Association of Home Builders, the Associated Builders of America, the Construction Safety Council and many others, provided educational materials to working teens at the event, which was held at Thomas Edison High School in Silver Spring, Md. The [...]
The Green Company has become the first builder to win three of the home building industry’s most prestigious awards in one year. Fourth quarter of last year, The Green Company won the 2006 NRS Diamond Award from NRS Corporation and Professional Builder magazine, honoring it as North America’s top homebuilder in customer satisfaction and experience. [...]
Green building as a cause has united disparate parties from environmental groups to big business to policymakers, but one key industry has struggled to react to the change in public sentiment.
The major home builders, who account for 80 percent of all home-building activity in the nation, face a unique challenge in implementing green building on [...]
If you are Ed Skahan, it is more than easy being “green.â€
It is what he does when he goes to work – and when he goes home.
The Fox Valley architect has applied concepts of energy-efficient construction – called “green building†in the housing industry – to his own home. It is a four-level house he [...]
In the age of environmental awareness, greening your home is the next frontier. The question is how do you green your house and what are the benefits? The answer is, it is easier than you think. Greening your home is affordable, good for the environment, increases its value, lowers your utility bills and makes [...]
The Gulf and Atlantic Coasts dodged a bullet this year, with an El Niño event in the Pacific effectively canceling a potentially disastrous hurricane season.
In this city, still slowly recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the respite is allowing the government and home builders time to look for ways to minimize the effects [...]
The Building Systems Council of the National Association of Home Builders has long been the nexus for the best designs emerging from the housing industry. The Building Systems Council announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Marketing & Home Design Awards competition during last week’s Building Systems Council’s SHOWCASE event in Miami, FL.
Golden Eagle [...]
At 55, local architect James Robbins isn’t thinking about retiring anytime soon, but he recently made a lifestyle change with those golden years in mind.
Robbins, founder and director of design for San Diego-based Robbins Jorgensen Christopher, sold his home in Rancho Bernardo last year and purchased a two-bedroom, two-bath condominium in downtown’s luxury high-rise development [...]
Sutter Design, a full-service marketing and design agency specializing in graphic design, Web development and corporate communications, today announced it has changed its name to The Sutter Group. Under its new identity, The Sutter Group will expand its offerings to include advertising, marketing, public relations and branding services in addition to its established design services. [...]