U.S.-based builders build around 90% of new single-family homes with wood frames. But no building material is without its ...

InventWood’s various shades. Photo: Courtesy company Wood is typically considered a more environmentally-friendly building material than steel or concrete. Steel accounts for as much as 9 ...

To the editor: Right now in Los Angeles, we are seeing what happens when we build homes with wood framing instead of tilt-up steel reinforced ... stupid to insist on building codes that are ...

Magnified images of (left) untreated wood ... where steel and concrete account for a massive carbon footprint, pollution, and economic bill. “We want to get to the bones of the building ...

Typically, when you want to build a high rise, you need iron, steel, cement ... is not like the others. The building is called the Ascent and it’s made of wood. Cross-laminated timber to ...

Trump's 25% steel ... in their framing and foundation and will likely be more impacted by the tariffs than single-family homes and other low-density construction, which tend to be wood-framed ...

Plus, some experts say that steel in particular is far more recyclable than wood, making it a more sustainable material over the lifetime of use. In other words, the future of home building needs ...

Fire risk, mold, water damage, termites, and other issues make wood an imperfect solution ... to reduce waste and install-ready steel framing. Still, challenges persist: Home builders have to deal ...