Annual gains in homeowner spending for improvements and repairs are set to give out by the second half of next year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. 

Simpson Strong-Tie renewed its sponsorship of Habitat for Humanity’s yearly Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. 

Focal Point has been addressing needs beyond lighting with the company’s Acoustics Solutions program, intended to improve human comfort and resolve some of the challenges of today’s commercial environments.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), released a new report, LEED in Motion: Residential, showing the growing green trends in the homes market. 

Simpson Strong-Tie announced Vice President and General Manager of Connectors and Lateral Systems Sam Hensen has been appointed to the Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley board of directors.

The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation announced the addition of windows, doors and skylights to its online tool to help everyone from building professionals to consumers find energy-efficient housing products that are healthy and made locally.  

At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $708.1 billion, new construction starts in February slipped 3 percent from the previous month, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. 

KWK Architects Principal Paul Wuennenberg, along with Mike Schultz, director of university housing at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, were selected to serve as faculty for the 2018 Senior Housing Officer Institute on Jan. 29 - Feb. 1 by the Association of College and University Housing Officers - International.

The International Code Council and the ICC Evaluation Service facilitated new partnerships, strengthened existing relationships and brought together leaders from across the building industry at the fifth annual Design and Construction Week in Orlando, Florida.

The newly enacted tax law will create a more favorable tax climate for the business community, which should spur job and economic growth and keep single-family housing production on a gradual upward trajectory in 2018, according to economists speaking at the NAHB International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.