Now, a new $4.5 million steel-frame construction program represents an entirely new direction for the commission, which aims to fill vacant lots with hardy homes throughout the parishes it serves. The ...

Dear Jim: We are planning to build our dream home. It must be strong to resist severe storms and be efficient. It seems as though most businesses and factories are built from steel. Will this also ...

Dear Jim: I would like to build a home with safe, strong steel framing instead of lumber and I know many companies produce them. Is living in a steel-framed home like being in a warehouse and are they ...

The framing system for Bone Structure homes is made of steel tubes manufactured in factories and designed to connect together on-site. Photo courtesy Bone Structure. It was the aspiration of ...

Q: We are planning to build our dream home. It must be strong to resist severe storms and be efficient. It seems as though most businesses and factories are built from steel. Will this also work for ...

American homebuilders love lumber. Can they learn to love steel? Last year, 94% of all single-family homes built in the United States were “stick built,” according to industry data. Most of the ...