On Friday, this blogger had the chance to attend a forum at the Builders Association of the Twin Cities about women in the building industry. It was a fascinating topic about an underrepresented group. According to the National Association of Women in Construction, women make up only 10 percent of the industry. Amazing! So why [...]

By way of the Daily 5 Remodel newsletter, we learn of a report that finds “Substantive growth in remodeling spending, coming off a three-year decline, seems likely in 2011,” according to the latest quarterly Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity. The findings of that report are summarized in this release, which sums up the matter as [...]

Recent data reported by the U.S. Commerce Department shows that home remodeling was a bright spot in the troubled U.S. construction industry. Year-end figures from the Commerce Department show that spending on private, residential remodeling in 2009 totaled $125.6 billion — up 8.2 percent from 2008. Meanwhile, new residential construction spending came in at $134.8 [...]