I hope your holiday is shaping up better than the economy, and in particular, the construction industry.

According to everyone I talk to, it’s slooooow out there. Lots of small construction and consulting companies are laying folks off, or worse, going …

  Dear Tim,…Well, the honeymoon is over: in many jurisdictions local building officials refuse to approve a plan without an engineer’s stamp, even though it’s been designed using the prescriptive tables in the IRC. From snow loads to soils to foundations, …

This article was originally published in the National Association of Homebuilders online magazine, NBN OnLine, in August, 2004. For more of Tim’s short, construction-related stories check out Cracks, Sags, and Dimwits - Lessons to Build On.

By T.K. Garrison
The Builder’s …

This article was originally published in the National Association of Homebuilders online magazine, NBN OnLine, in April, 2006. For more of Tim’s short, construction-related stories check out Cracks, Sags, and Dimwits - Lessons to Build On.

By T.K. Garrison
The Builder’s …

This article was originally published in the National Association of Homebuilders online magazine, NBN OnLine, in September, 2004. For more of Tim’s short, construction-related stories check out Cracks, Sags, and Dimwits - Lessons to Build On.

By T.K. Garrison
The Builder’s …

This article was originally published in the National Association of Homebuilders online magazine, NBN OnLine, in March, 2005. For more of Tim’s short, construction-related stories check out Cracks, Sags, and Dimwits - Lessons to Build On.

By T.K. Garrison
The Builder’s …