With green building technology entering the mainstream and eco-home concepts spreading their roots faster than ever, the need for designing high-performance building envelopes is repeatedly highlighted. 

Commercial and single family residential construction techniques have seen a change in recent years. Today, tightening the structures to prevent thermal leakage is a common practice. 

Fewer skilled tradesmen, less available energy, tighter build schedules, fewer quality checks and less concern with building envelope performance are off-set by the demand for more energy efficient designs, more resilient assemblies and more productivity. 

By packaging both aesthetics and acoustics in an undulating ceiling, Atlantic Packaging, a provider of packaging equipment and materials, has added visual impact and sound absorption to its newly remodeled Packaging Solution Center and Customer Experience Center while maintaining the look of the existing exposed structure.

If your job involves bidding, winning, and building, you may have a hard time imagining how work ever got done before mobile devices—back in the early 2000s. In the wake of the iPhone launch 12 years ago, mobile devices like smartphones and tablets have become as common as hardhats on the jobsite.

When we look at the modern building environment, one of the hottest topics on many people’s minds are weather barriers and moisture control.

As the near universal standard for covering wood-stud walls, drywall may seem like a straightforward project.

The most requested products of 2019 from Walls & Ceilings magazine.

Perhaps there’s more money in saving our resources than there is to burn them up recklessly for profit as we have done throughout time.

First, the good news: construction employment has remained steady in 2019—despite recession fears and stock market jitters.