Academy of Self-Reliance

Construction

Wood and Climate Concerns

Would you believe how much wood can save in environmental damaging emissions? A Finnish research report claims buildings around us create one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions –about ten times more than air traffic worldwide. In Europe alone, about 190 million-sq.meters of housing space are built each year, mainly in the cities, and the amount …

Wood and Climate Concerns Read More »

Slow Pay, No Pay

The year is almost over, thankfully, but the COVID-9 pandemic is raging even harder than last March when things started to be shut down in response. Every industry was hit hard by the economic impact of lockdowns, remoting working mandates, and the effects of a deadly disease. Construction, although given essential business status, found its …

Slow Pay, No Pay Read More »

Technology Supplier Acquisition

As companies grow, their products mature and become well-known in their industries. Since 1989, Maestro Technologies of Canada has been a leading supplier of ERP (enterprise resource planning) software to the construction segment. Maestro’s technology solutions help contractors to optimize their project management and finance processes and provide the specialized accounting, job cost, estimating and …

Technology Supplier Acquisition Read More »

Getting in a Modular Mood

Modular buildings, to paraphrase, “are not your grandfather’s mobile home.” Well, some are, in fact, mobile, but the majority of modular construction projects are permanent, fixed, and profitable buildings. Modular, as a construction concept, dates back more than 150 years—according to the Modular Building Institute, perhaps as far back as the 1600s. The first wide …

Getting in a Modular Mood Read More »

Scroll to Top