Construction
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The World Is Facing a Sand Crisis
The impacts of extracting construction minerals such as sand and gravel to create roads and buildings have been overlooked
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Sand for Construction Is Vanishing
A boom in urban development has brought a run on the kind of sand that can be used in concrete, glass, and asphalt — and mining it comes at a very high cost
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Housing Is Back. Is It Better?
Here’s how the tough lessons of the collapse made us more-responsible builders
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Flash-and-Batt Insulation Method
insulation system is becoming more common
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How to Install Tile Over Concrete
An uncoupling membrane can prevent cracks in a slab from affecting tile or grout
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Housing Starts Drop To New Low
Lowest Figure In Recorded History WASHINGTON, DC — In January 2009, housing starts dropped to the lowest level since records began, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. New home construction…
