It was a leap of faith,” Botelho told Danbury's Zoning Board of Appeals about his decision to invest in First Congregational ...

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While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

On May 18, 2023, a five-alarm fire broke out at a construction site in SouthPark. Two men died as a result of the blaze. As investigators work to uncover the cause of last week’s deadly construction ...

Using only primitive tools, I built an A-frame hut with grass and mud as a large workspace for future projects! This structure was completed in just 3 days, from January 21 to January 23, 2018. Watch ...

Milwaukee's first building created with an unusual construction method, using high-grade timber instead of steel for its frame, will be completed next spring. Timber Lofts, a 60-unit apartment ...

John Heagy stepped out of a stairwell onto the third floor of a building known as T3 West Midtown in Atlantic Station. It was sunny and late morning, but there was a glow radiating off the wooden ...

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A downtown Milwaukee apartment high-rise that would use high-grade timber, not steel, for its frame has won Plan Commission approval. The 21-story, 205-unit development, named Ascent, would be one of ...

The building frame that collapsed Wednesday was the skeleton of an engineered steel building that was to become a new hangar for the Jackson Jet Center next to the Boise Airport. The collapse killed ...

Ever wish you could keep your garden going even when it gets chilly outside? A cold frame can help you do just that by giving your plants extra warmth and protection from frost. The best part is, you ...