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  • Jobless Construction Workers Fish for Food
    Roy Bennett is on the water again, his boat anchored over a deep channel in Coral Creek, Fla. as he waits to see if he will be lucky today. Bennett would rather be earning a living building homes, but fishing is about the only steady work that the Englewood, Fla. resident can drum up since the real estate market crashed. Making a few dollars and maybe catching dinner is better than sitting home as an unemployed construction worker.
  • NAHB to Highlight Green at IBS 2008
    The NAHB will be celebrating what they are calling Green Day on Thursday, Feb. 14, at the 2008 International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.
  • Green Affordable Builders Learn as They Go
    On five acres in Northeast Portland, Ore. school is in session. No classrooms. No desks. No textbooks. Just a building team that's figuring out how to create an affordable green housing project in an on-the-job learning lab.
  • Concrete Businesses in Turmoil
    John Sinclair, who's driven concrete trucks for several companies in California, remembers when ready-mix concrete was $52.50 per cubic yard in 2001. Since then, he's seen that number shoot up to almost $100 per cubic yard. Nowadays, that concrete price is going nowhere but down.
  • NAHB Names Custom Home Builder of the Year
    The NAHB recently announced the 2007-2008 Custom Home Builder of the Year. Take a look at who takes the honors and why.
  • Lowe's gets into 'Katrina Cottages'
    In an attempt to boost profits, Lowe's is offering 11 blueprints of "Katrina Cottages," the small homes originally created last year to replace Federal Emergency Management Agency housing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
  • Deck Check
    "A simple, annual inspection doesn't take long or require special tools, but it's a great investment of your time. It can help prevent unnecessary accidents and keep your deck a safe place for everyone to enjoy," said Mike Beaudry, executive vice president of the North American Deck & Railing Association.
  • Insurance Firm Mandates Shutters on Pricey Fla. Homes
    Homeowners whose dwellings are insured for $750,000 or more in Pinellas County, Fla. and other coastal areas will need hurricane shutters to get insured by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. beginning July 1, 2008.
  • Foam Helps Float Home of Future
    Link and Amy Cook are building their dream house out of plastic foam. It is, the Cooks say, the building wave of the future. One of the first houses in Onslow County, N.C. made from expanded polystyrene (EPS).
  • Manufacturer Tests Jobsite Scrap Collection Program
    A manufacturer of composite decking material has launched a pilot program to collect jobsite scrap. Since their composite decking is made from recycled materials, it can be recycled again.
  • Floating Houses May Be Coastal Living Solution
    Under a proposal by Louisiana State University engineering students, traditional shotgun houses would be attached to "buoyant foundations" - essentially big blocks of plastic foam - and "telescoped" pilings that grow longer as the water gets deeper. Once in wide-scale production, it would cost $20,000 to $30,000 to change an existing frame house into a floatable one.
  • University Researchers Test Home Structure Against Quake
    The University at Buffalo knows how to rock the house. Engineers performed landmark testing last week when they put a fully furnished, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house through a simulated earthquake inside a cavernous UB laboratory. Read how well the structure held up.
  • New Orleans Builder Uses Custom Modular Construction
    New Orleans modular housing company Lionheart Development is bringing custom modular house construction to the Gulf Coast region. Their business plan offers residents the opportunity to build using their own set of floor plans. This customization is changing the way that modular homes are viewed, enabling those who never considered this option to own a home that looks the way they want it to using systems-built technology.
  • Slump Cuts Price of Lumber
    The national slump in the housing market is pushing down tree and lumber prices throughout the country, forestry experts say. A forestry report also said hardwood prices were suffering from the downturn.
  • S.C. Home Sales Decline: Coastal Areas Take Big Hit
    Skyrocketing insurance costs are being blamed for the tanking coastal housing market that threatens to drag South Carolina home sales to their first year-to-year decline in six years.

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