Construction Planning

Lateral loading is often the main focus of designing a secure and stable structure. It is also the hardest to understand and the most commonly overlooked by architects, contractors and homeowners. Once the lateral load is determined the actual design of the elements are very similar, except in high seismic…

If you want to build a new building, you may ask: What should I use as the building material? What are my options? The three commonly used structural materials are wood, steel, and concrete. Each has its benefits and limitations, making each best for different cases, with a combination usually…

We all have our dream house well-visualized, but creating it can often bring mixed emotions as we seek to manifest each carefully planned part into a physical dwelling. What can be even harder is communicating that to others, such as architects, engineers, and contractors, as we look to build that…