The technology could save lives—so long as it doesn’t fully replace humans that monitor safety. Last winter, during the construction of an affordable housing project on Martha’s Vineyard, ...

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Home building in May fell to its slowest pace in four years despite a supply shortage. That trend could put even greater strain on buyers. By Danielle Kaye Construction of new homes in the United ...

Three years ago, when a local developer hatched plans for a 352-unit apartment building in West Philadelphia, the project was a no-brainer. The city needed tens of thousands of affordable and ...

About 30 years ago, construction worker Song Aimin believed a lifetime of labor could earn him a spot among China's growing urban middle class. He left his village in the northern Hebei province and ...

The construction industry is facing a labor shortage of about 500,000 workers this year. The worker shortage is pushing up housing costs amid a national housing shortage. Industry experts say the US ...

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Construction loans pay for home building or renovations and are paid in full or converted to permanent mortgages when the work is completed. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site ...

Here’s something odd: We’re getting worse at construction. Think of the technology we have today that we didn’t in the 1970s. The new generations of power tools and computer modeling and ...