New Construction

Study results: Structural insulated panels win out over conventional framing  by Chris Ermides

Smart framing and layout make this job seem easy by Rick Arnold

Using a construction calculator during planning helps avoid wasting time, money, and materials by Rick Arnold

Five tradesmen weigh in on where to put solid blocking for stair skirts, grab-bar anchors, and everything else the code leaves out by Justin Fink

Go inside a floor-panel factory and outside at a job-site installation

Crane-hoisted panels get a floor in fast, flat, and cut for ducts and utilities by Fernando Pagés Ruiz

Site-built shear walls help a building with large openings to stand up to high winds by John Spier

A tour of a SIP manufacturing facility reveals that efficiency begins on the factory floor by John Ross

Flashing dormers using peel-and-stick bowties by Rick Arnold

Too much floor deflection can be troublesome by Mike Guertin, David Grandpré

Measure from the rafter's bottom edge for exact layout by John Carroll

Build them on the floor, lift them with specialized jacks, and eliminate extra footsteps wherever possible by Lynn S. Hayward

Still driving nails at 75, a veteran framer recalls the postwar housing boom of the 1950s and how it changed the way we build by Larry Haun

34 steps to building cut-stringer stairs by John Spier