While the moisture and infestation problems associated with exterior insulation and finishing systems (EIFS) are spotty, they are well-publicized and serious enough to prompt a burgeoning market for EIFS retrofit systems

The Labor Department’s construction materials composite price index rose by 0.5% between December 1999 and January of this year

Whether or not it has any effect on materials shortages in the fast-growing Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex remains to be seen, but the area will soon have another building materials distribution center, as supply rushes to meet burgeoning de-mand.

Luray is a rich slate pattern with an 8 module and the newest addition to the Natural Inspirations collection.

When Denver's Oakwood Homes won the 1995 National Housing Quality Award, the company was cited for partnering relationships with manufacturers and suppliers as well as trade contractors.

Builders and consumers can try out colors on a virtual deck at the Flood Co.’s web site, www.floodco.com.

Initially, home builders thought participants in the Health House effort for better indoor quality were crazy radicals, remembers Dianne Walsh Astry, one of the folks taking the brunt of that early negative reaction.

Can’t find enough material to build your houses, or are you paying much more today than you did last week? Either way, building materials shortages and price increases are cutting into builder profits around the country.