U.S.-based builders build around 90% of new single-family homes with wood frames. But no building material is without its ...

Village community development director said she brought up the concrete block requirement to the developer at least a year ...

Smart building strategies—and the right materials— can help North Texas homes stand strong against fire, freeze, flood, and ...

It can go relatively quickly and form curved walls unlike concrete blocks. Modular homes built by Fading West are seen in Buena Vista, Colo., on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert ...

With its low embodied carbon, long lifespan and earthquake- and fire-resistant properties, concrete block is reemerging as a go-to material for building back better and greener. Low embodied ...

People evacuated from their homes after a severe case of "concrete cancer" was discovered in 15 properties have moved in to newly-built houses on the same site. After reports of damp in the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Maui company is creating a sustainable way to build homes by using ... called insulated concrete foam to incorporate the scraps into building blocks, called Surf ...

Built in 1961, it was one of 85 homes recognized nationally that year for their concrete construction ... “It’s solid block throughout the whole house plus there’s a block wall that ...

It can go relatively quickly and form curved walls unlike concrete blocks. Grant Hamel, CEO and co-founder of VeroTouch, stood inside one of the homes his company built, the wall behind him made ...