When you bring twenty-first century expectations to a building shaped by another era, you are really negotiating between two different ideas of safety, comfort, and value. Modern codes, energy rules, ...

As more technologies emerge in the construction industry, it can be a challenge to keep up with them. However, these new construction technologies hold great promise for companies, as they can improve ...

SAN DIEGO — CAL FIRE says studies show modern homes are burning faster than those built decades ago due to more flammable construction materials and home furnishings. Modern home construction that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Out with the old, in with the new — Irving R. Newhouse Building, that is. The former 25,084-square-foot Newhouse building that ...

Every year, in the middle of summer, hundreds of Hong Kong construction workers and engineers walk up some 200 steps to Ching Lin Terrace in the seaside neighborhood of Kennedy Town. There, in one of ...

In Oak Brook, Ill., about 15 miles west of downtown Chicago, McDonald’s former corporate headquarters has been transformed into a modern office building for its new tenant, Ace Hardware. Now for the ...

An interesting five-story red brick condo building is going up on a relatively low-slung Williamsburg block, standing out from its neighbors with a curved and textured facade. Surrounded by a green ...

Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom Bell can remember watching an informational film early in his training that emphasized the importance of escaping a fire in the first five minutes. Now, ...