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A man owned a small farm in Iowa. The Iowa Wage and Hour Dept. claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to

I've been afraid to write this story for one reason or another and have put it off years. The problem is as large as an elephant sitting in our living

When was the last time you saw a chimney on a house that was made of real brick, stone or masonry? It seems these days a lot of chimneys are

At the beginning of 2004, there appeared in this column a three-part series titled "LEED: Leading the Way." It took an in-depth look at the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership

The title of this column is from the intro of one of my beloved childhood shows, "The Six Million Dollar Man." Who amongst us of Gen-X age doesn't recall running

So, people hear you're a drywall contractor and assume you hang, tape, mud, sand and on to the next one. Certainly, this is drywalling in the most basic form. But

A revealing survey recently crossed my desk. It was from a human resources outsourcing organization that conducted it on behalf of a client trade association of plumbing contractors that do

Earlier this year, while announcing the Gypsum Association's 75th anniversary, readers were given a thumbnail sketch of how the association was established. Now that we're officially 75 and have had

We're surrounded by seemingly insignificant items that are taken for granted. Consider the lowly screw. I doubt you can pick up any manufactured object that isn't held together by these

Last month, we covered some repairs to two kitchen areas (what I would consider "minor" in nature). One had a hole that was repaired and then the whole ceiling resurfaced.