Dear Jim: We are planning to build our dream home. It must be strong to resist severe storms and be efficient. It seems as though most businesses and factories are built from steel. Will this also ...

Brian Embery and Jessica Salazar Embery, a couple in their 30s, were looking to move from Seattle with their two kids to somewhere warmer. That's when they found a modern, minimalistic house in ...

Now, a new $4.5 million steel-frame construction program represents an entirely new direction for the commission, which aims to fill vacant lots with hardy homes throughout the parishes it serves. The ...

The framing system for Bone Structure homes is made of steel tubes manufactured in factories and designed to connect together on-site. Photo courtesy Bone Structure. It was the aspiration of ...

Using an innovative construction process, B & B Steel Homes Inc. has reduced the labor cost of building a steel-framed home. "The labor cost for building a steel-framed home used to be four to five ...

American homebuilders love lumber. Can they learn to love steel? Last year, 94% of all single-family homes built in the United States were "stick built," according to industry data. Most of the ...