The building envelope. At its simplest definition, it’s the exterior or shell of a building that repels the elements. At its most complex definition, it’s an engineering system that meshes elements ...

Bedrock LLC is asking to reduce the scale of a proposed building by more than half on the former Wayne County Consolidated Jail site, another blow in the long saga surrounding the property widely ...

“Stacked Decks: Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality” published this month. (Images courtesy University of Chicago Press) This is your first of three free stories this month.

If you thought you wouldn’t have to get an inspection for your brand-new house, think again. This massive building inspection fail shows even a new home needs a good pair of eyes on it. Texas-based ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The Detroit Planning Commission has agreed to let Bedrock ...

The fierce storm that whipped through San Francisco Tuesday is now suspected of triggering failures of 20 or more windows at a Salesforce building, and at least one window at the nearby Millennium ...

Owners of large commercial buildings in Fort Collins are off the hook, at least for now, when it comes to meeting specific energy use targets.

Global Award-winning leadership coach and strategy advisor to executives and founders, Arthi Rabikrisson is Founder & MD of Prerna Advisory. Being an entrepreneur and businesswoman, I have experienced ...

Establishing your personal brand is a marathon, not a sprint, yet most entrepreneurs make mistakes on top of giving up too soon. Despite increasing interest in personal branding, many entrepreneurs ...

Many people fail to realize that businesses are brands at their core. Take Coca-Cola, for example. The company has done an amazing job making its consumers feel some sort of way, and this all comes ...