Mould Resistant Basements

Five building strategies that combat musty basements and bad indoor air.

May 04, 2021

Managing Income, Expenses And Cash Flow

Here are some tips for contractors to review how they are managing their business’s finances.

May 04, 2021

Stone Renaissance: Manufactured Stone Revisited

By Steve Maxwell Advances in the quality and authenticity of manufactured stone are partially responsible for the explosion in popularity of stone for residential and light commercial projects today.

April 07, 2021

Hiring and Firing: Hunt Don't Fish

By Steve Maxwell For as long as I can remember I’ve been hearing the same heartfelt complaints from contractors. “We can’t find good people! No one wants to work these days. I can&r

April 07, 2021

Visible Timbers: Three practical ways to expose the beauty of structural wood in your next project

Canada probably grows more big trees than any other country in the world, but you’d never know it by looking at Canadian houses. Even though wood is always involved in construction, it’s typically sawn into boring, uniform 1-1/2” planks, spiked together with no thought for appearance, then hidden under drywall.

March 11, 2021