The siding you choose for your home has to look good — that’s a given. But it also has to protect it from the elements, and those vary depending on your location and climate zone. Most siding ...

An alternative to standard concrete, rammed earth is a more sustainable construction method that's growing in popularity.

Materials prices for nonresidential projects in December were 3% below the price peak in July 2006. While the materials price index for nonresidential projects edged up 0.2% in December, this was ...

“It’s research you can live in,” says Sreekanta Das, professor of civil engineering at the University of Windsor (UWindsor) ...

As the Q2 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the home construction materials industry, including Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and its peers.

Increasingly, due to the warming climate, wildfires are becoming more common than in the recent past, posing a threat to towns and rural development. Part of the reason has to do with how wildfires ...

Construction materials prices increased at a slim 2.5% annual pace in the three months ending in February. This is the consequence of the small decline in overall construction spending since last May ...

Whether you’ve completed a major renovation of your home, or a smaller weekend project, chances are you have some leftover building materials. You may also have perfectly good tools or equipment that ...