Building Matters

Managing Job-Site Conflict
Hard conversations are unavoidable, but they can be done well.
Reduce Embodied Carbon With Simple Forms
In addition to adding cost to a project, a complicated design is responsible for increased embodied carbon emissions.
Rethinking “Kids These Days”
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.
The End of Deep Energy Retrofits?
Learn why one design-build remodeling firm stopped doing these types of renovations in favor of other efficiency improvements and upgrades.
The Gift of Free Work
This carpenter's tribute to his late father-in-law describes the pleasure of helping someone else with a building project.
Practical Ways to Electrify an Old House
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.
Academics Don’t Define Real-World Abilities
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.
Are 2D Drawings Obsolete for Home Building?
Using 3D modeling software instead of 2D drawings to share all the details of a home's construction avoids misunderstandings.
Why I Love Carpentry
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.
Why I Stopped Giving Free Estimates
How one builder's preconstruction services changed estimating from an overhead burden to a source of earnings.

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