Items Tagged with 'multifamily housing'

Rasa Floors acquires Brothers Flooring to enhance Phoenix operations and establish a Tucson presence, strengthening service for Arizona’s multifamily housing market.

Whether you work in commercial, residential, or multifamily projects, thorough site evaluation remains critical to preventing costly installation failures, with evaluation processes varying between new construction and remodels with large-scale or high-end projects carrying higher stakes.

Confidence in the multifamily housing market showed tentative signs of improvement in the second quarter, with builder sentiment rising modestly year-over-year despite persistent challenges from high interest rates and construction costs, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders survey. 

U.S. housing starts fell sharply in May, dropping 9.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.26 million units, driven primarily by a steep decline in multifamily construction amid persistent economic headwinds.

Milwaukee's Ascent, the world's tallest mass timber building, faced a critical flooring challenge when carpet suppliers couldn't deliver. The solution? Custom-printed carpet tiles that not only matched design specifications but improved moisture control.

Construction spending rose 0.4% in October driven by residential gains, while many federal projects remain stalled due to regulatory reviews, according to a new Associated General Contractors of America analysis.

Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing showed mixed results year-over-year in the third quarter, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

From the Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring fall meeting, commercial flooring contractors report that diversified services and building and durable business models are helping them sustain growth into 2025.

Toronto-based Metropolitan Floors is challenging misleading acoustic rating requirements in condominiums, warning that increasingly demanding Impact Insulation Class (IIC) standards are often unattainable in real-world conditions. The company aims to educate industry stakeholders about the gap between laboratory test results and actual building performance.