With more inventive new ideas being suggested about how to build than there are new buildings, it seems that the only limit on novel building materials is the limit of our own imagination. So, what could the future of building be?

Modern Building Materials On The Rise
The New AlternativeWith more inventive new ideas being suggested about how to build than there are new buildings, it seems that the only limit on novel building materials is the limit of our own imagination. So, what could the future of building be?
Superior Buildings & Design
Where Everyone Is FamilyFamily-owned general contractor Superior Buildings & Design has been delivering comprehensive design-build solutions since 1995. Founder and President Blair Corbeil grew up in the industry, working with his father in Saskatchewan.
ABCO Systems
They’re Here for One Thing – to Get your Distribution Center SortedProviding turnkey solutions for clients like Walmart, Tesla, ThermoFisher Scientific, Bergen Logistics, DHL, and Colgate-Palmolive, ABCO Systems is one of America’s leading experts in warehousing and distribution center automation.
D.A. Building Systems Ltd.
Steel Structures Made to Work & Made to LastIn 1980, Doug Grenier and Del Allen founded D.A. Building Systems Ltd., and from the start the Alberta company was in demand from the oilfield sector. No one else was doing what they were doing: erecting steel structures, including compressor and electrical buildings.
CSM Group
“Delivering Your Vision Is Our Passion” – and Living by Those WordsWinner of two 2022 National Excellence Awards from Associated Builders & Contractors and listed by them as a top performer, CSM Group shows what can happen when you bring together an exceptional combination of people, processes, and experience.
Buildings by Design
Building Quality Projects One Relationship at a TimeIn 2017, Construction in Focus featured Buildings by Design (BBD) of Brush, Colorado with its full range of construction services, including pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) systems. Since then, the company’s commitment to going above and beyond for clients has worked wonders.
Reborn Home Solutions
A Strong Team Focused on Core ValuesNext year will mark forty years in business for Reborn Cabinets. The direct-to-consumer remodeling contractor specializes in providing kitchens, bathrooms, and replacement windows directly to homeowners. Reborn has offices in three western states: California, Nevada, and Arizona.
MRI Steel Framing
Leveraging New Products and Software to Remain at the TopAmerican building product manufacturer MRI Steel Framing was founded in 2004 by its two owners, Frank Eberwein and Bill Wilson. The two had been involved extensively in the steel slitting industry and were partners in a Midwest toll processing company. MRI Steel Framing started with one light-duty roll-former capable of producing only non-structural framing members at seventy feet per minute. Very quickly, MRI realized the need for more machinery and purchased the most advanced roll forming equipment on the market to facilitate a rapidly growing customer base.
Calhoun Super Structure
Flexible, Strong, ResilientA family-owned Canadian enterprise founded in 1992, Calhoun Super Structure has since grown into a leading, full-service manufacturing firm specializing in fabric building engineering, production, and project management for clients across North America and beyond. Proudly in its third generation, Calhoun provides peace of mind through its trusted and knowledgeable service to a variety of businesses, homes, public works professionals, and wholesalers, supplying solutions that help them meet their varied needs.
The Future of Wood in Construction
Tim-ber!In the midst of the post-war building boom in 1949, just when steel and concrete skyscrapers reached impossible heights, Egon Glesinger wrote The Coming Age of Wood, published by Simon & Schuster. In it he described the global importance of wood as a raw material and predicted an increased demand for it in the future. At the time, no one took notice. Now they are.
Sloan Security Group
A Family Business Taken to New HeightsSecurity solutions firm Sloan Security Group is based in Boise, Idaho and serves the greater United States and U.S. Embassies overseas. It began in 1991 as a family forestry construction business of four brothers, who worked together through high school with the guidance of their father Ed Sloan, a senior construction manager for CH2MHill.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, it caught our society flatfooted. Not one sector was left untouched or unscarred by the pandemic. And if you had to rank the impact among industries, you would be hard-pressed to find one more profoundly affected than health care.
Building Trades Recovery Week (BTEA Northeast)
In light of the numbers of annual opiate-related deaths of people working in construction, Building Trades Employers’ Association (BTEA) Northeast’s Executive Director Emeritus Thomas J. Gunning saw the need for the next generation to find solutions to the problem. That is how Recovery Week was conceived. Today, his son, Executive Director Thomas S. Gunning, and his team are helping to save and change lives and educate leaders and employees among the over 74,000 construction professionals the union building trades represent in Massachusetts—and their approach is working.
Homestar Inc.
Homestar Inc., a full-service construction company based in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, continues to push itself to “make it happen for our customers,” says owner and CEO Mark Hatfield.
G.R. Noto Electrical Construction, Inc.
Choosing an electrical contractor for any construction project can be risky. However, G.R. Noto Electrical Construction is steeped in generational knowledge with a reputation for excellence, and that is why its clients keep coming back. This unionized electrical contractor has over half a century’s industry expertise, spanning three generations.
Alpha Iron
Alpha Iron, part of the Alliance Industrial Group, Inc., specializes in steel erection, fabrication, steel painting, and coatings for a variety of industries including high-tech, commercial, marine, bulk handling, primary metals, energy, and chemical.
Danard Electric
Electrical services provider Danard Electric is based in Tacoma, Washington and has a diverse clientele across the state. The company was formed in 1947 when Ben Danard wanted to start a company for electric home heating; he didn’t like what he saw in the industry at the time, and knew he could provide better quality and customer service.