Traditional wood joists are usually 2×8 ... windows and studs on them as a guide for building the walls. Standard construction includes a bottom plate, top plate and a second top plate ...

This model comes with metal expansion bolts, not plastic as commonly found in the cheap flexible trash, therefore, it can be installed into both wood joists and concrete ... We were impressed with the ...

Crews are investigating after a partial building collapse in Brookline on Sunday morning. The Brookline Fire Department responded to reports of the collapse at 50 Vernon Street around 10 a.m. Upon ...

WE’VE BEEN WATCHING AS THAT CRANE TORE DOWN EVEN MORE OF THE BUILDING. CREWS HAD CONCERNS. A WALL LEFT STANDING ON ITS OWN COULD TOPPLE AT ANY MOMENT. ONE NEIGHBOR TELLING US SHE WAS SHOVELING ...

Video captured the sudden fall of an apartment building in eastern Massachusetts, which reportedly left a handful of residents displaced and flattened a vehicle over the weekend. Brookline Police ...

Focusing on innovation, sustainability, and economic diversification, these recent construction contracts showcase the industry’s ongoing growth and set the stage for transformative projects in the ...

Dramatic surveillance video captured the moment a ton of bricks rained down on a quiet street in a Boston suburb when a building suddenly collapsed Sunday morning. “We woke up this morning at 9: ...

After two weeks of open voting in the 16th edition of the Building of the Year Awards, our readers have meticulously narrowed down a pool of almost 4,000 projects to a select group of 75 finalists ...

CAIRO (AP) — A three-story residential building in Egypt collapsed Monday morning, killing 10 people and injuring three others, officials said. The Health Ministry said that rescuers and ...

The president signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber and possibly lower housing and construction costs, according to senior administration officials who ...

“There was broken glass everywhere. [There] was a high wind factor blowing into the building,” recalled an FDNY lieutenant Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Chinese car makers are ramping up electric-vehicle production, posing a challenge to U.S. automakers. WSJ’s Yoko Kubota traveled to the city of Hangzhou to see the impact of China’s EV boom.