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A recent report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) indicates that residential remodeling activity remained sluggish during the second quarter of 2008. According to the NAHB’s Remodeling Market Index (RMI), the current market cond

In an effort to increase minority representation in the building professions, a unique high school opened in August to a select group of students in Washington, D.C.

The Natural Stone Council (NSC) conducted a comprehensive study of the natural stone industry. Forty-two North American companies responded to the survey, yielding data for a sum of 64 quarries and 45 processing facilities.

As reported this summer in the Triangle Business Journal, North Carolina’s General Assembly has instituted new energy conservation standards for new construction and major renovations of state-owned buildings, including the university system.

Missouri’s first LEED certified school opened in August for students in the North Kansas City School District. The $80-million Staley High School was designed by Hollis + Miller Architects, together with the school district and J.E. Dunn Constructi

In its latest report on U.S. cement consumption, the Portland Cement Association (PCA) forecasts a 12-percent decline for the year, followed by a predicted, additional 6-percent drop in 2009.

In 1835, when the Pemaquid Point lighthouse was built in Bristol, Maine, the American paint industry did not yet exist. Portland cement technology was still more than three decades away from reaching the United States, and prepackaged paint production wo

Although it may have taken three decades to complete – courtesy of construction delays and political wrangling – the British Library at St. Pancras (BL) is recognized and appreciated now for its sheer size and brick detailing. Built between 1

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the recipients of its 2008 Green Building Research Fund grants, a program created to spur research that will advance sustainable building practices. <

To some, a surprising result of putting masonry litigation in order of decreasing lawsuits is that the brick and mortar itself is low on the list. Several subjects that affect the masonry are much more likely to cause lawsuits, including the earlier arti

In early-September, a celebrated amusement park on Coney Island’s Boardwalk gave its last coaster rides and sold its last funnel cakes. Owners of Astroland, a fixture in that community since 1962, locked the park’s gates and began dismantling

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