Housing & Construction

Webinar: These Regions Will See the Largest Housing Growth

March 9, 2021

Analysts from John Burns Real Estate Consulting shared their forecasts and analysis for the housing market and building products sales — including a review of hot spots in housing. 

Construction Labor Woes Persist Post-COVID Layoffs

March 9, 2021

Despite massive coronavirus-induced layoffs over the past 12 months, construction employees are becoming harder to find and more expensive, a new report found.

Study Reveals When Jobsite Workers Most Often to Be Hurt

March 9, 2021

By looking at the timing of injuries, the hope is that companies will be able to reduce their number which in the construction industry is especially high.

Infographic: The Factors Driving Lumber Costs

March 8, 2021

Lumber prices are at an all-time high, driven up by surging demand amid a supply chain coordination squeeze, production limitations, and a pesky beetle.

Charts: Residential Construction Spending Hits Record High

March 7, 2021

NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending rose 2.5% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $713 billion, reaching a record high.

Home Builder Analyzes His Love for Floor Trusses

March 7, 2021

I was recently downloading some photos from my fancy digital camera, and I stumbled across hundreds of forgotten pictures I shot while my daughter’s new home was being built on Mount Desert Island in Downeast Maine.

NFC Weighs in on COIVD-19 Workplace Standard

March 7, 2021

The SBCA’s National Framers Council (NFC) is a member of the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), which is made up of 30 trade associations from all sectors of the construction industry.

CDC Updates Mental Health Guidelines for Contractors

February 28, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its checklist for construction employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has asked contractors to consider the mental health and wellbeing of their workers.

Charts: Builders’ Top Challenges Change a Lot in 2021

February 24, 2021

Building materials prices topped the list of problems builders faced in 2020 and is expected to return to the number one spot in 2021, according to special questions on the December 2020 survey for the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

Demand Prompting Commercial GCs to Build Houses

February 19, 2021

Plaza Construction, a New York City-based construction management firm that has mostly focused on commercial construction in recent years, has re-launched its luxury Plaza Homes division to meet surging demand in the sector as other nonresidential contractors pile into the red-hot homebuilding space.