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Fed chair Jerome Powell testifying before Congress.
Finance

Jerome Powell says ‘the housing market is in a very challenging situation right now’ and interest rate cuts alone won’t solve a long-running inventory crisis

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March 8, 2024
Photo collage of Elon Musk near The Boring Company tunnel and a tesla with clippings from OSHA documents regarding reported injuries at the construction sites.
Tech

‘We have consistently flirted with death’: Elon Musk wanted the Boring Co. to build a tunnel system below Las Vegas. Former employees say they feared for their lives while working there

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February 27, 2024
Monumental co-founders Sebastiaan Visser and Salar al-Khafaji
Tech

Startup emerges from stealth with $25 million for robots that lay bricks as fast as humans—and fill the huge shortage of laborers

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February 15, 2024
Amid U.S. construction boom, world’s largest cement maker will spin off North American business, seek $30B valuation: ‘Two independent champions’
Finance

Amid U.S. construction boom, world’s largest cement maker will spin off North American business, seek $30B valuation: ‘Two independent champions’

By Allegra Catelli, Paula Doenecke, Eyk Henning and Bloomberg
January 28, 2024
Young couple in front of a home under construction look at floor plans
Finance

Even a burst in new home construction isn’t enough to solve the nation’s housing crisis

By Alena Botros and Sydney Lake
December 19, 2023
Employees using 3d-printed cement on a housing development in Kenya.
Environment

The construction industry has been a major climate-change offender. This Swiss company’s cement and concrete could help builders get greener

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November 8, 2023
Builders are offering major incentives for buyers otherwise locked out of the housing market.
Finance

While some homebuyers pay 8% mortgage rates, others are wrangling steep discounts—and it’s creating a surprising surge in new home sales

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October 27, 2023
The Holcim Global Innovation Hub in Lyon, France
Newsletters

How Holcim went from CO2 villain to hero

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September 7, 2023
Construction crane
Lifestyle

Flaming construction crane plummets to midtown Manhattan sidewalk, sending people running for their lives: ‘I never seen anything like that’

By Jake Offenhartz, Karen Matthews and The Associated Press
July 26, 2023
Incentives give builders a 2023 housing market advantage—here’s how much they are forking out on the deals
Finance

Incentives give builders a 2023 housing market advantage—here’s how much they are forking out on the deals

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July 3, 2023
Arizona is cutting housing construction near Phoenix because there’s no longer enough water
Environment

Arizona is cutting housing construction near Phoenix because there’s no longer enough water

By Jacques Billeaud, Suman Naishadham and The Associated Press
June 2, 2023
Two hands encompass a home model, showing how small it is.
Finance

The Big Squeeze: The housing market is so unaffordable that builders have no choice but to build smaller homes

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May 17, 2023
Johnson Controls CEO: ‘Humanity has 7 years to cut global emissions by half–but we can decarbonize buildings ahead of schedule’
Commentary

Johnson Controls CEO: ‘Humanity has 7 years to cut global emissions by half–but we can decarbonize buildings ahead of schedule’

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April 19, 2023
Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas tossed by federal appeals court
Environment

Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas tossed by federal appeals court

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April 18, 2023
Construction workers lay shingles on the roof of a house in Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S., on Thursday, May 7, 2020.
Finance

The $300,000 starter home is going extinct: ‘A renter society not because of choice but because of force’

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March 31, 2023

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