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Ever fight a traffic ticket? Delaware mason contractor Donald Goldsborough is taking his ticket to the state Supreme Court.
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Will summer's housing market be "blue flame" hot? Some say yes.
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An Ohio builder faces ten years in jail if convicted on charges he hired men to beat a neighbor who sued him over rights to a pleasant view.
Should building codes address tidal waves like the wave that devastated coastal Japan? Some engineers are working on it.
It’s early yet, but signs of a tight labor market are already starting to show.
New legislation to curb "storm chasers" could make life more difficult for legitimate roofing contractors
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A revised version of Subpart M could increase the maximum height at which workers can forego fall protection
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Call it a “snowbird feeder.” Hoping to attract buyers from among the thousands of travelers who visit sunny Phoenix, Arizona during the winter, area builder Fulton Homes has set up a showroom right in the airport.
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Builders have until March 15 to figure out OSHA’s new fall protection requirements, according to the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB).
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All “mountain man” Eustace Conway wanted was to continue living his traditional, anachronistic lifestyle in the backwoods of Watauga County unmolested, as he has for the last 26 years. But after receiving an anonymous tip about un-permitted structures, North Carolina building officials had other...
Along the battered Northeast coast, contractors assess the damage and get to work
Prescriptive ignition barriers aren’t the only route to compliance. Spray foam can also be protected with an intumescent coating.
The slate you can't see from the ground has been replaced by a sheet of underlayment
Single family housing starts at the highest level since April 2010
All three headline indices end Q2 with positive annual growth rates.
Bill Gates hosted the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle where 8 prototypes of a hygienic, waterless, energy-producing toilets of the future were showcased.
The art of using a diamond saw, coring bit, and tension rod to stabilize a 2,000-year-old marble statue.
Flexible Seal Roof Sealant fills cracks up to 1/4 inch wide and sticks firmly to steel, glass, aluminum, concrete, wood, brick, clay, tile, and asphalt - even in the rain, says the maker.
The key to the HitchClip Fall Arrest System is a 4.4-ounce anchoring clip that attaches to the roof framing with just four 16d (or equivalent) fasteners.
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Regulators consider new table-saw safety standard; repair guidelines for tainted drywall updated; New Jersey framer fined for fall-protection violations; more