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This Architect Designs Stunning Treehouses. Here’s How He Does It.

Forget the rickety backyard treehouses—these tree-based structures are lavishly designed and come packed with stunning structural and design features (from 2021)

Emily Beyda

3 Amazing Chicago Houses Not Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Elisa Silverman

construction contractor technology adoption

Why More Small Contractors Are Adopting Digital Collaboration Software

Scott Van Voorhis

Are Malls Dying? It’s Complicated

Domonic Diaz-Weston

Digital Twins in Construction: The Ideal Reality Mirror?

Rob Dunn

Batch Hyperlink Will Blow Your Mind

Troy DeGroot

Go Inside the Spectacular Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London

Women Played a Towering Role in Building This $1 Billion Chicago Skyscraper

Why Lumber Prices Are Sky High—Again

Videos

Innovation, Projects

Southbank by Beulah: Building the World’s First ‘Greenscraper’

People, Projects

5 Things Superintendent Chad Czerwinski Can’t Live Without

People, Projects

Does Construction Have a Noise Problem?

People

Meet Lashanna Lintamo, Welder-Turned-Social-Media-Mogul

Are Malls Dying? It’s Complicated

How To Keep Remote Construction Teams Motivated and Productive

Innovation, People
Tracie Sanim

COVID has made businesses adapt to remote work, creating challenges regarding workplace culture and performance. Understanding these and implementing ways to maintain and build collaboration, motivation and productivity can have lasting positive results

Meet the Builders-Turned-Influencers Growing Their Businesses Online

Innovation, People
Emily Beyda

Move over fashion and lifestyle influencers—these builders are also using social media to create online personas that expand their professional networks and grow their construction businesses

An Unlikely Carpenter Finds Her Way in Construction

People
Larry Bernstein

Beth Barton was struggling to find a stable career when construction came calling; ‘The trades saved my life’

Vehicle-to-Infrastructure: The Future of Transportation Construction

Innovation, Projects
Larry Bernstein

The next generation of intelligent transportation systems enables wireless exchange of information between smart vehicles and road infrastructure. Here’s what civil contractors need to know

Will Modular Building Go Mainstream? Not So Fast.

Projects
Larry Bernstein

The method, which features off-site, manufactured components transported to a jobsite, has grown in popularity of late, but must overcome several obstacles to reach mainstream viability