Proposing new homes in existing neighborhoods once amounted to political suicide for local officials. Today, politicians can’t get enough of accessory dwelling units (ADUs): small backyard and ...

The construction industry is looking to AI and AI agents to make project managers’ lives easier, and eventually address an exodus of retiring talent. Construction-software firms are selling AI-powered ...

Home Depot unveiled Material List Builder AI, a tool that uses artificial intelligence to automate and streamline material lists for contractors, aiming to improve efficiency as industry margins ...

Ordering a pair of glasses online used to be something you did as a last resort, a way to pick up a budget pair or try something new without breaking the bank. But with more fashion-forward brands ...

TAMPA, Fla. — If you’ve ever driven through Tampa, you know two things are unavoidable: orange cones and traffic. For years, residents and visitors alike have braced for delays caused by construction, ...

This story is part of Retail TouchPoints’ ongoing “Small Business, Big Ideas” series, focusing on smaller retail brands that have found big success and have even bigger ambitions. On the path to ...

Retractable tape measures are easy to use, accurate, and cheap — usually no more than $20. But a Boston startup called Reekon Tools has given this 200-year-old technology a brain transplant. Reekon’s ...

AI-driven robots may not be taking over construction sites anytime soon, but the technology is percolating into the administrative side of the industry. Alice Technologies, a company that has offered ...

This year’s AU 2025 was full of technology, innovation, and cloud-based workflows. However, one theme took the conference by storm: AI. Autodesk is betting on AI and the cloud to reshape how buildings ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Craftsman brand has a long and often convoluted history. Originating in 1927, it was exclusive to Sears for most of its existence, until ...

Use cases for deploying artificial intelligence to augment safety practices on jobsites took center stage at the Construction Industry Institute’s annual conference. Over the past year, a research ...

Homebuilding has long been one of the slowest industries to modernize, and commercial construction isn’t far behind. Its scale is enormous, and yet it remains one of the least digitized industries in ...