You might have noticed that Makita tools are not available at home improvement retailer Menards. Well, there's a likely ...

Menards stores will be serving as a toy drive drop site from November 4 through December 15. Officials say they will have a drop box near the exit door to collect new ...

Experts at an IIT Bhubaneswar workshop emphasised the adoption of low-carbon building materials for a sustainable built environment in Odisha. They called for policies, research, and green ...

A Bournemouth builder has launched an app that promises to deliver building materials in as little as 30 minutes. Josh Torpey, a local tradesman with nearly 20 years in the construction industry, ...

Lowe’s, a national home improvement chain, has finalized an agreement to acquire the company Foundation Building Materials for about $8.8 billion, according to a Lowe’s statement. Since 2011, ...

Lowe’s has closed on its deal to acquire Foundation Building Materials. The acquisition was announced in late August, and the company at the time said it was valued at about $8.8 billion. Foundation ...

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) announced on Tuesday that it will partner with GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) to build a state-of-the-art waveguide fabrication facility at GlobalFoundries’ Singapore ...

A team at RMIT University has created a cement-free construction material using only cardboard, soil, and water. Strong enough for low-rise buildings, it reduces emissions, costs, and waste compared ...

Report warns plastics in construction harm health and climate. Minnesota tribe promote alternatives. McKnight Foundation eliminates vinyl in new LEED Gold HQ. Minnesota entities are at the forefront ...

In the dusty, extra-wide lumber aisle of Home Depot, a contractor taps the neatly piled boards as he walks, sizing up the wood that will soon become the backbone of his next project. He’s on contract ...

Ruben Mendoza, CEO of FBM in Santa Ana, tells the Business Journal how he rose from teen entrepreneur to founder of a company he sold to Lowe's for $8.8 billion. Ruben Mendoza’s rise from teen ...

Home Depot completed an acquisition of building material distributor GMS Inc. in a $5.5 billion deal, as the company continues to push for more business from professional contractors, it announced on ...