Using an innovative construction process, B & B Steel Homes Inc. has reduced the labor cost of building a steel-framed home. "The labor cost for building a steel-framed home used to be four to five ...

Housing and construction projects outside urban markets are staring at a slowdown for a few months with dealers and buyers reporting a shortage of long steel products, such as rods, bars and wires.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. A custom, steel-fabricated FEMA Flood Zone and ...

Hurricanes and termites make homeowners cringe. But they’ve become selling points for businessmen promoting steel home components. Andrew Marshall, co-owner of an Arabi company that manufactures steel ...

`Superhouse,” the home of steel, is a concept that has yet to show its strength in the Chicago area. But one of the few local projects using steel is a demonstration house now being built by the ...

Thomas Rayner’s company is called Plumb Construction Co., and that’s not just a name, he says. His customers expect straight walls when they buy his homes in Baltimore and Harford counties. “My ...

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2025 / In the aftermath of January's wildfires that swept through 40,000 acres causing $250 billion in local economic damage, destroying more than 16,000 ...

Turkish prefabricated housing company Karmod on Wednesday said it started a steel construction housing project in Lisbon, Portugal, as part of its ongoing expansion across Europe. The housing project, ...

Government “Buy Canadian” policies favouring domestically produced material for public infrastructure would put B.C. projects ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled tariffs on imported steel and aluminium from 25% to 50%, in a move that is expected to increase construction costs and new-home prices—as builders expressed ...