The common assumption about modular construction is that it exists to serve one purpose: cheap housing for cost-constrained developments. That framing is outdated. Modular systems are increa...
A new home that costs 12 to 18 percent more than a conventional wood-framed house sounds like a hard sell. But Neil Prakash, an architect working in mass timber construction in British Colum...
In hurricane-prone parts of the US, the case for 3D-printed housing rests less on speed or novelty than on what the walls are made of. Concrete homes printed by robots carry specific resilie...
Canada’s housing shortage has generated no shortage of proposed solutions, and prefabricated mass timber construction is among the most frequently cited. The logic is appealing: use do...
Early claims that 3D-printed construction would be 100 percent cheaper and 200 percent faster than conventional building went undelivered, eroding investor confidence. Now, with roughly 150 ...
In much of coastal Florida, rising insurance costs and storm damage have slowed buyer activity and left damaged properties sitting unrepaired. In Sarasota County, something different is happ...
The narrative around alternative housing usually centers on affordability or aesthetics. But for a growing segment of buyers in Canada, remote islands, and rural areas worldwide, kit homes a...
The Houston metro area keeps expanding outward, with thousands of new homes rising in communities west, north, and south of the city center. That growth is creating a specific problem for ho...
Most homebuilders still run on spreadsheets, phone calls, and manual site inspections. That’s not for lack of trying; it’s a symptom of a broader gap between what AI can theoreti...
In the stretch of Central Florida running from Kissimmee through St. Cloud and Davenport, new construction is moving faster than existing homes, not because buyers prefer new finishes, but b...
The construction and real estate industries have spent a decade trying to digitalize existing buildings, with poor results. Several startups worldwide have attempted to automate the creation...
The construction industry has long treated small-scale site hazards – low steel pickets, exposed rebar ends, temporary fencing stakes – as problems you deal with after someone gets hurt....
Most small commercial tenants in Baltimore sign their leases before ever speaking to a contractor. By the time they learn what their buildout will actually cost, the terms are already locked...
Every year in the United States, roughly 700,000 commercial construction projects come out of the ground, representing $1.6 trillion in domestic activity. Behind each project sits a bidding ...
The appeal of building your own home from a kit is simple: skip the general contractor, save tens of thousands, and end up with a house you assembled with your own hands. Younger buyers pric...
