Avoid Health Hazards for a Safer Remodel, Part 2: Organic Hazards

Home remodeling is a fairly complicated process, and it’s easy to forget that it can also be a hazardous one as well. In order to ensure the safety of yourself, your crew, and the homeowners who you’re working for, keep … Continue reading

Residential Building Boom Continues in Rogers County

In Rogers County, Oklahoma, residential construction is booming. The Rogers County planning and permit officials have issued over $68.6 million dollars in residential construction building permits over the last year. The Rogers County home building industry has grown 30 million … Continue reading

Boosting Your Subcontracting Business: Part 1

This multi-part series is dedicated to helping our subscribers better understand the hiring process so they can get onto the GC’s list of preferred subcontractors and start building up their business. HBW is proud of the work we do for our … Continue reading

Swimming Pool Filtration- Choosing the Best

It’s summer, which means the number of swimming pool permits has skyrocketed. In previous years, pools were simple, rounded-or rectangular-shaped concrete lagoons that graded from shallow to deep.  Nowadays, pool installers are building Sea World in people’s backyards. But with … Continue reading

Rise of the SIPs

Use of alternative building methods and materials is on the rise, especially in the residential construction industry. While stick-frame construction is still the norm in much of the U.S., many builders are embracing the use of Structural Insulated Panels, or … Continue reading

Avoid Health Hazards for a Safer Remodel, Part 1: Elementary Hazards

Home remodeling is a fairly complicated process, and it’s easy to forget that it can also be a hazardous one as well. In order to ensure the safety of yourself, your crew, and the homeowners who you’re working for, keep … Continue reading

Dave’s County Spotlight: Coweta and DeKalb Counties.

Hello All! Dave Taylor here, checking in with you today about the construction boom that’s been happening in the state of Georgia’s Coweta and DeKalb Counties for the first and second quarters of 2014.  HBW subscribers know that our Building … Continue reading

Design-Build Remodeling Strategy Gains Momentum

The process for residential remodeling has evolved significantly over the last decade. One major effect of this change has been the rise of the more cost-conscious design-build firms that are as involved in the actual construction as they are in … Continue reading

Brasfield and Gorrie: 50 Years Strong

It’s no overstatement to say that contemporary Birmingham was built by Brasfield & Gorrie. One can’t visit the city without noticing the incredible impression the firm has left during its 50-year history as the city’s most prestigious builder. Regions Harbert … Continue reading