Journals By Industry - Residential Construction

The new Centro de Educacion Tecnica Huascar Rodriguez Herrera is the country's first technical school for training workers in construction, reports Hoy (Dec. 21, 2011). The school, located at the Universidad ISA in...

The National Council for Sustainable Development on Jan. 4 said it put out to tender the construction of 400 low-cost houses in the Embera Wounaan district. Main activities include: construction of piles to...

Hackettstown, NJ - The National Kitchen & Bath Association has elected its 2012 Executive Committee, to be led by President Alan Zielinski, CKD, of Niles, IL, the association announced. The Hackettstown, NJ-based NKBA...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HILLSBOROUGH, CA - For many bathroom remodels, space seems to be an ever-present challenge. While it's usually a lack of the commodity that is most challenging, for designer lone Victoria, too much space...

Anaheim, CA - Kitchen and bath designers, architects, contractors, builders, residential remodelers and other trade professionals now can keep up-to-date on accessible bathware and the benefits of various hydrotherapy systems as the result...

While the housing market has a long, hard road ahead of it, signs abound that the market is finally in the throes of a genuine, sustainable recovery. Among the key statistics and forecasts...

Byline: Samuel S. Spencer Jr. As a community banker in New Mexico for more than three decades, I am compelled to respond to recent news articles and opinion pieces that overstate the level...

An apartment building spree downtown is getting fresh fuel with an $85 million development proposed for surface parking lots just south of the Cosmopolitan on the Canal. The plan--first reported on IBJ.com on...

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is ready to add the former Market Square Arena site to a growing list of downtown redevelopment projects. Unlike past attempts at transforming the vacant site, the city will...

Construction a cure for crisis, Kazakh president tells nation Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced some grandiose new industrial projects in his annual address to the nation on January 27. These projects, he said,...

Throughout most of the 1900s, building was welcomed on Long Island. With thousands moving east from the city, communities grew exponentially and construction boomed. Ambitious developers turned vacant fields into neighborhoods and small...

Proponents of a new town center in Old Mandeville say it will spur more commercial and residential development in the city's historic core. The Mandeville Planning Commission approved the project near the Tammany...

Public-nonprofit partnership to build homes for 60 vets Concern for Independent Living was awarded more than $12 million to develop 60 units of housing in Amityville for homeless veterans and their families. The...

Sumer Liebold, 28, moved to Colorado Springs from Gunnison to study business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She started a corporate housing business as soon as she finished school and...

If you go:What: International Interior Design Association rally for Capitol Day Where: Fletcher Farr Ayotte offices, 520 S.W. Yamhill St., suite 900, in Portland When: Tuesday, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Agenda: Overview...

It's right there on the Sewerage and Water Board website: The president of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board is the mayor of New Orleans. But recent developments point toward the need...

Building permits for new construction of single family homes rose to 624 last year from 549 in 2010, marking a second consecutive year of growth, albeit modest . Residential building permits had been...

Irongate Realty Partners, a newly-formed venture of GFI Capital Resources, has paid $24 million to take possession of a Manhattan-style gated apartment complex in Brooklyn. Michael Weiser, president of acquisitions, said his firm...