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An industrial crop that was heavily restricted for nearly a century is returning to the construction sector as an approved ...

A research team at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has come up with a new bio-derived material made from yeast.

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology just invented a building material that could make construction projects stronger and more sustainable—and it’s based on the skeleton of an ...

If you think of the primary building materials that are used in the construction of your home, what types come to mind? You’d probably agree that materials such as wood, steel, and concrete make up a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Rendering of a Lewisboro, N.Y. disaster-resilient home by ...

As the Q1 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the ...

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Spokane is now home to Washington’s first-ever office building constructed from a novel alternative to concrete and steel that proponents say has the potential to slow climate change. Wood. To be ...

Quanex Building Products Corporation is undervalued with solid cash flow, but margin pressure and Tyman deal leverage cloud ...