Building materials

W.R. Meadows - Tue June 16, 2026

W.R. Meadows Launches Products On Ecomedes Platform to Streamline Sustainable Product Selection

W.R. Meadows Inc. and its subsidiary, Blue Ridge Fiberboard, are now featured on Ecomedes, a platform for accessing and evaluating sustainable building product data. With this launch, architects, designers, specifiers and contractors can find W.R....

Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed August 20, 2025

Tamping Down Supply-Chain Issues

Uncertainty about material prices and availability is nothing new to construction contractors. They know that neither the most detailed plan nor the best-crafted contract will help when delivery falls short....

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) News - Wed January 29, 2025

VIDEO: MIT Researchers Invent Low-Cost Method for Making Concrete Formworks Using Mud

Buildings cost a lot these days, but when concrete buildings are being constructed, there is another material that can make them less expensive: mud. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have developed a method to use lightly treated mud, including soil from a building site, as the "formwork" molds into which concrete is poured....

Cornerstone Building Brands - Thu September 07, 2023

Cornerstone Building Brands Unveils Hypersteel Cold-Formed Buildings

Hypersteel cold-formed buildings have arrived, and they're the fastest route to superior metal buildings. This exciting new product is designed to offer fast, affordable, durable and long-lasting solutions for a wide variety of metal building applications across the United States, according to the manufacturer....

Texas A&M - Tue July 12, 2022

Texas A&M Receives Grant for Hempcrete Material Study

A plan from Texas A&M University researchers to 3D print new resilient buildings using hempcrete has the potential to lower the environmental impact of traditional construction methods and make housing more affordable and available....