Every construction project stems from a client’s need. But it is the details that set it apart, bring it to life, and, quite literally, make it all come together.

The Role of Steel Detailing
All in the DetailsEvery construction project stems from a client’s need. But it is the details that set it apart, bring it to life, and, quite literally, make it all come together.
Modular Building Institute
An Age-Old Construction Method Finds New PopularityThe Modular Building Institute (MBI), a global non-profit trade association based in Charlottesville, Virginia, represents several facets of the modular industry, a sector that has experienced soaring growth in recent years.
Falcon Structures
Redefining What’s PossibleMeeting as engineering students at the University of Texas at Austin, Stephen Shang and Brian Dieringer found success in their own careers upon graduation. Reconnecting years later, the duo became co-founders of Texas-based Falcon Structures, which repurposes steel shipping containers into modular work, living, and storage spaces.
Northgate Industries
The Rise of Modular in Canada’s NorthwestRecently, it was our pleasure to sit down with Cheryl Watt, President of Northgate Industries Ltd., to learn the inside story of how the trailer parts and service business, first launched in her parents’ garage in 1968 and incorporated in 1970, came to be.
Affinity Modular
Building a Better Home the Modular WayEnergy-efficient, climate-resilient, and economically viable, Affinity Modular homes are constructed using next-generation modular technology for a variety of structures including single-family and multi-family houses, hotels, and offices. A Vantem firm based in Lakeland, Georgia, Affinity’s buildings, in contrast to typical site-built construction, are assembled in a controlled atmosphere, meaning no materials utilized in their build are exposed to the elements.
Dvele
Healthy Homes for a Healthy PlanetFormed through a collaboration of knowledge, values, talent, and the desire to create healthy homes for healthy futures, Dvele’s innovative style and design disrupt decades of traditional home building in an effort to create the smartest, healthiest, most sustainable homes on the market.
FK Architecture
Through 60 Years of Milestones, Pioneering Modular Construction May Be the Biggest YetBack in 1963, the world was swept up in Beatlemania. In America, NASA was pushing the boundaries of space exploration with its Mercury capsule, and Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
EVstudio
Integrated Services from an Innovative FirmEVstudio offers integrated architectural, engineering, design, and planning services for residential and commercial construction projects. While headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the progressive, rapidly growing, full-service firm also has branches in Texas and Idaho and big plans to go national.
SFA Saniflo Canada
Improved Sanitary Comfort, Wherever Water FlowsWhen it comes to plumbing solutions, SFA Saniflo Canada is a global leader and the only manufacturer of its kind in Canada. Customers in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors have come to depend on the company’s diverse line of innovative, above-floor technology that promises reliability, affordability, and ease of use.
Cornerstone Detention Products
Looking To Cornerstone for What’s Best in CorrectionsBefore founding Cornerstone Detention Products Inc. in 1998, Charles ‘Mitch’ Claborn had already dedicated years of his life to honing his experience in the corrections industry.
Property Management Company (PMco)
Property Management on the RiseConstruction and Property Management Company (PMco) is a full-service real estate management business based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The company was launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and is the property management and small projects division of Doucet Developments, an Atlantic Canadian development firm.
PLAEX
A Huge Journey for a Young CompanyBecoming a parent changes people. In 2017, new father Dustin Bowers thought not only about the immediate needs of his child, but what the world would be like in the future.
Bishop Cabinets
Where Family, Faith, and Craftsmanship MeetFor 50 years, Bishop Cabinets has operated as a family-owned company that’s deeply rooted in both its relationships with others and in its faith, and has never faltered in its delivery of excellent service and cabinetry solutions at affordable prices.
Great Northern Cabinetry
Building Cabinets, Careers, and CommunitiesFor the team at Great Northern Cabinetry, it’s about the journey, not the destination, and the opportunity to help someone turn an ordinary house into an extraordinary home. With its reputation for producing high-end, handcrafted cabinets for kitchens, bathrooms, and any other room of the house, Great Northern Cabinetry aims to offer its customers products proudly made in the USA.
Craft-Maid Handmade Cabinetry
Decadent Design That LastsAt Craft-Maid Handmade Cabinetry in Reading, Pennsylvania, solid craftsmanship is precisely what this team of traditional artisans delivers. In a world filled with mass-produced, imported furniture, there is much to be said for time-honored, authentic artisanal cabinetry that weathers as well as it works.
Amcon Construction
A Team Approach to Every ProjectTo stay successful in the construction industry requires more than experience and on-time/on-budget delivery; it also takes flexibility, and few live by this credo more than Amcon.
Russell
40 Years of Construction ExcellenceRussell is a dynamic company known for leading-edge construction of custom industrial and commercial buildings, federal structures, athletic facilities, senior and affordable housing, schools, multi-family housing developments, and more. Helping to maintain its reputation for premium quality construction is a visionary team steeped in tradition—a team that values not only doing things differently, but better.
Renewal Constructions
Looking For Work… And Finding a PassionTo say Beni Cobaschi was an ambitious young man is an understatement. In 2001 he immigrated to Canada from Romania with his parents and within a few days he went to a community church to introduce himself and to express that he was looking for work.
Framaco International
Achieving the Impossible, Daily – A U.S. Leader in International Distribution and LogisticsFramaco International, Inc. has been trusted by the United States Federal Government contractors in around 80 countries to deliver highly engineered materials and architectural components and perform construction management, procurement, and logistics services—often in remote places and on challenging terrain. The result is a unique business contracting to a select few.
Brite Homes
Bringing Home the Net-Zero HomeBrite Homes is a new construction home builder with a boundary-breaking value proposition. The company is recognized for specializing in Net-Zero homes that are redefining the benchmarks of energy efficiency. Their homes are not just simply energy-efficient; they are energy-sufficient, meaning they can produce the energy needed to sustain an entire household through renewable energy and above and beyond energy-efficient features.
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How the Paint and Sealant Sectors Respond to Changing Times
The markets for paint and sealants have had a tumultuous time as of late, due to “the COVID-19 pandemic, raw material shortages and supply chain disruptions,” states the American Coatings Association (ACA). The ACA is a trade group for the paint and coating industry, but their words apply to the sealant sector as well.
AEC
Barbara O’Toole launched AEC in 1991 with a vision to bridge the gap between acoustics, construction, and design. “She started the company by taking her knowledge of acoustics and marrying that together with what she saw as a void in the industry,” says Executive Vice President Crystal Durham.
BOKA Powell
BOKA Powell is a design firm bringing spaces to life, with projects both inspired and inspiring. Their team takes architecture, interior design, and master-planning to the next level, creating experience-driven spaces that tell a story. From mixed-use and corporate workplaces to build-to-suit, BOKA Powell is not limited by the size or scope of any project, only by the program and budget of those who seek to make their design dreams a reality.
CarbonShack
Far from the cookie-cutter designs of modern homes with monotonous colors, styles, and accessories, Los Angeles-based Home Front Build strives to help homeowners embrace their own unique tastes by taking reclaimed items and repurposing them in either new builds or rebuilds, and making living spaces truly exceptional.
Eklund’s
Most of us have ridden in one at one time or another, but we rarely consider them—they simply help transport us from one floor to another, safely and without breaking a sweat. Elevator cabs—commonplace in many buildings today, from public schools to offices to universities and even private homes—generally tend to be generic in design, color, and adornments, but if you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary, Eklund’s is the company of choice.
DES
Multi-disciplinary design firm DES of Redwood City, California, marked its 50th anniversary this year, an achievement made possible by having a sterling body of work, a progressive spirit, and a client-centric focus. The company’s origins can be traced to an effort to please a customer who was employing separate firms for a project.