A quiet revolution--save for the whine of screw guns--is underway at the corner of Culver Drive and Bryan Avenue in Irvine, where Lennar Homes is building 203 homes with steel-framed panels. The ...

Hurricanes and termites make homeowners cringe. But they’ve become selling points for businessmen promoting steel home components. Andrew Marshall, co-owner of an Arabi company that manufactures steel ...

Thomas Rayner’s company is called Plumb Construction Co., and that’s not just a name, he says. His customers expect straight walls when they buy his homes in Baltimore and Harford counties. “My ...

American homebuilders love lumber. Can they learn to love steel? Last year, 94% of all single-family homes built in the United States were “stick built,” according to industry data. Most of the ...

`Superhouse,” the home of steel, is a concept that has yet to show its strength in the Chicago area. But one of the few local projects using steel is a demonstration house now being built by the ...

Dear Jim: We are planning to build our dream home. It must be strong to resist severe storms and also be efficient. It seems as though most businesses and factories are built from steel. Would this ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — James Roberts got his start transforming recycled steel shipping containers into inexpensive environmentally-friendly living spaces. Now he's taking his company TANYR to a new ...

Antonio Matarranz is building a new house with a one-stall garage. But when it’s finished, the house will contain two cars. That’s about how much recycled steel — former autos turned into construction ...

Battered by volatile lumber prices for the past year, many Central Florida home builders increasingly have shifted to steel framing for interior walls. And as long as steel is competitive in pricing, ...