Hard conversations are unavoidable, but they can be done well.

In addition to adding cost to a project, a complicated design is responsible for increased embodied carbon emissions.

A carpenter and technical instructor who has worked closely with a lot of young people explains why this experience has given him a positive perspective on both his students and the trades as a whole.

Learn why one design-build remodeling firm stopped doing these types of renovations in favor of other efficiency improvements and upgrades.

This carpenter's tribute to his late father-in-law describes the pleasure of helping someone else with a building project.

A heat-pump and solar-PV system transformed this 100-plus-year-old home into an energy-efficient all-electric house on its way to net-zero.

Carpenter Dejah Leger talks about how grades in school aren't good indicators of building skills and how the job site made math make sense.

Using 3D modeling software instead of 2D drawings to share all the details of a home's construction avoids misunderstandings.

Former editor Kevin Ireton describes his passion for the craft and the joy he finds when working out complex projects and creating something both useful and helpful.

How one builder's preconstruction services changed estimating from an overhead burden to a source of earnings.