Student Housing Project Sets Mass Timber Speed Record
The project, near Ohio State University in Columbus, was topped out 10 weeks ahead of schedule. Intro Columbus, a 13-story structure measuring out at 158 feet tall and 242,000 square feet, is the tallest mass timber student housing project in the country, DLR Group, the builder said. It will house 186 units when it opens […]
Use of Mass Timber Saved $2 Million on College Project
By using mass timber construction, the builder was able to achieve substantial savings in time and money according to a new case study. The new Kaiser Borsari Hall at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, saved $2 million in construction costs as well as build time when the school chose mass timber for the $55 […]
Retail Construction Remains Steady: CoStar
While activity still trails earlier results, construction ticked up for the second quarter.
Data Centers, Infrastructure Driving Building Right Now
The residential construction sector may be slow, but a new report says other categories are making up for it.
QXO Looking to Hit $50 Billion Mark in Next Few Years
After a big acquisition year, the giant distributor looks to grow through both new deals and internal expansion. Speaking recently at the Economic Club of New York, company founder Brad Jacobs said that QXO’s acquisition earlier this year of Beacon Roofing Supply was just the first step in his goal to take the company to […]
NAHB Reports Remodeling Gaining on New Construction
The new home building market remains stagnant but a new study reports home renovation is driving a larger share of the building market. The number of remodeling companies has nearly doubled over the past 25 years, the National Association of Home Builders discovered when analyzing census bureau data, growing from fewer than 69,000 companies to […]
Meta and Microsoft Latest Mass Timber Converts
The two giant tech companies better known for software than hard timber are using the material for new data centers. For massive technology companies like Meta (many of us still call it Facebook) and Microsoft, it’s usually all about bits and bytes but each of these two giants is now using mass timber construction technology […]
Lot Supplies Hit Five-Year High but Still Off Historical Levels
New data shows the supply of building lots in the second quarter of the year was up 20.6 percent over a year ago. Zonda’s New Home Lot Supply Index reported its fourth consecutive quarterly increase but the research firm said the market remains “significantly undersupplied,” a condition that has prevailed since 2017. The LSI tracks […]
Check Out Seattle’s Zoo for the Newest Use of Mass Plywood
A new 12,000-square-foot pavilion in the Woodland Park Zoo in Washington State is nearing completion. A new trailhead in the more-than-100-year-old zoo leading to the mass plywood pavilion is being finished up, the latest use of this new construction method using engineered wood. “Designed to be one of the most innovative mass plywood pavilions, the […]
Houzz Barometer Grows More Cautious
The uncertainties surrounding the national economy, especially in the home building sector, are turning pros more pessimistic. The new Q3 U.S. Houzz Renovation Barometer, a key metric for sizing up the overall state of mind of the professional building community, is out and it shows another decline in sentiment, the second consecutive quarter of such […]