The key to Professor Jacobson’s new net-zero home is BONE Structure’s innovative and lightweight steel frame system laser cut in a factory and delivered for on-site assembly. “The steel frame system ...

After pumping millions into the promotion of steel framing for home building, steel producers see the higher prices hindering their efforts and pounding the profits of the buildings using their steel.

Most of the energy that goes into building U.S. homes is consumed – not by the power tools, welding and trucking during construction – but during the manufacture of the building materials, according ...

A veteran carpenter plans to halve the time it takes to build a home and cut construction costs by up to 30 percent with his introduction of steel frame housing to the island. Southside Carpentry ...