Maximizing Energy Efficiency: What New Windows Can Do For You
Aesthetics and look are always important features when shopping for new windows, but energy efficiency is your top priority. With energy-efficient windows, not only will you reduce your bills, but you will also save money in the long run and get a better return on...
Go Green with Trex Decking: A Sustainable Building Solution
As we’ve seen over the decades, what’s “in” or what’s popular is constantly changing. For the building and construction industry, it could be interior design, architecture trends, or which city is the new hot spot for building—regardless of the trend’s current...
Historic Home Renovation 101: 5 Tips for Mixing Modern with Historic
New England carries a unique charm that no other part of the country can compete with—the historic yet up-and-coming feel of Boston is what makes our great city special. These historical beauties are a crowd favorite for their timeless architecture and beauty....
5 Rules for Designing a Timeless Kitchen
It’s almost that time of year—home improvement time! Whether you are building a kitchen from scratch or renovating a fix and flip, it’s important to make sure the kitchen you build is timeless. Many popular home improvement shows love to display beautiful renovated...
Choosing the Right Decking for Your Home: 4 Benefits of Using Trex Decking
Are you thinking about building a deck? Adding or renovating your property’s deck is a great way to add value and beauty to your property— but like every building project, there are some things you need to know before you start. Depending on where you live, your...
2021 Condo Design Trends for Boston
Condos are a big part of the Boston lifestyle. In a city hemmed by the ocean on one side, with a shortage in available housing units, developers are building upwards instead of outwards—and that means apartment-style condos are rising in popularity. What does the...
Wellness Architecture: 11 Ways to Build a Healthy Home
We live in an era in which people are becoming more conscious of health. When considering how to live a healthy lifestyle, people tend to think of diets, exercise, and sleep. One aspect of health that often gets overlooked is the home. Having a healthy home is...
8 Top Fall Projects for Your Condo Renovation
If you are a condo owner in Boston, you may be thinking about renovations to make to your home. Fall is a great time to get some additions or remodeling done on your condo. As the days start getting shorter, you’ll want to make your condo as cozy and functional as...
Summer Deck Design Trends
Now that summer is in full swing, you’ll be spending a lot more time on your deck. Spend the summer in style by making sure your deck is up to date with the latest trends. If you’re looking to revamp your deck, here are some tips to help you make your deck the best it...
How Has COVID-19 Affected Lumber Prices?
A while ago, we featured information about soaring lumber prices in the United States. Back then, factors like Hurricane Harvey were affecting markets, and as of reporting, the National Association of Home Builders showed that prices had gone up by 30% between August...
How to Keep Construction Workers Safe Amid COVID-19 Virus Fears
It’s a real dilemma in the construction industry right now. Some projects must move forward despite COVID-19—but there are lots of challenges involved in keeping these projects running while also keeping workers safe. Construction is one industry where social...
How Construction Will Play an Important Part in Revitalizing the Economy
There’s no denying that COVID-19 is going to have massive impacts on the economy—locally, within regional economies, nationally, and the global economy, too. It’s a challenge that every sector will face, construction included. But it’s not all bad! The U.S. economy is...
How to Move Forward, Not Backward, as a Construction Contractor During COVID-19
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 is posing a major challenge around the world, not only to human health, but to business as well. How is the construction industry faring? We can expect to see some difficulties, of course, but construction is one of those trades that is...
Boston Construction Moratorium Impact, Response and Future Comeback
With the COVID-19 crisis, there’s lots of buzz flying around about how this affects the construction industry in Boston. Right now, there is an indefinite moratorium on construction within the city. But what exactly does that mean? Let’s take a look at who is impacted...
What is a Carbon Neutral Building?
Carbon neutral building has become a buzzword in the construction industry, and for two major reasons. Governments and the public at large are pressuring to address climate change, which means reducing carbon emissions—and carbon neutral building does exactly that....
5 Tips for Choosing the Right Tools
Nobody wants to invest money in tools only to have them break in short order, leaving you to invest a second time.
Solutions for Building More Housing Units in Boston
Industry within Boston is growing, which has new residents flocking to the city—but there aren’t enough housing units to go around, so as competition among buyers rises, housing costs escalate.
Would Rent Control Hurt or Help Boston Developers?
But on the bright side, rent control never was all that popular in Massachusetts, even when there were provisions for it.