Residential Construction

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…

A knee brace is a diagonal structural component used in wood framing to enhance the stability and load-bearing capacity of a building. Typically, knee braces are short braces typically placed in corners and are almost always positioned at a 45-degree angle, rather than spanning the full height of the structure.…

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…