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Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. But wood construction isn’t engineered for long-term durability, and it often underperforms, ...

Edmonton, AB-- Lafarge North America kicked off an innovative NetZero energy home (duplex) project by giving a private media tour at the Lafarge Precast Concrete Plant. The project is in partnership ...

MELROSE, Mass. — With all the recent advances in prefabricated home construction, it’s not too uncommon to see a house arrive on the back of a truck. What’s unusual is when the basement does, too. In ...

When Gene and Lynn Suwanski moved into their concrete house 20 years ago, it was a one-of-a-kind. The two-story home near Elmhurst, Ill., was a “concept” or idea home, so new the builder wasn’t sure ...

Residents from a dozen blocks away drove by to gawk at the soaring crane as it swung several-ton walls off a trailer bed to stand on a concrete slab, creating the skeleton of a house in mere hours. It ...

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