Podcasts

Too much of a good thing can kill you. Including sunny weather

Vented roofs are often called cold roofs because they are—(theoretically) cold from ventilation air

HOLY COW! If you blow hard enough, you can blow through OSB!

Choosing hail-resistant roofing is as simple as looking at a chart and choosing a color

PVC trim expands and contracts with temperature. But it never expands as much as it does that first time, so install it tight and fasten it right

A series of interviews surveying career options in the construction world

Consensus is the best route to change and change is the best route to better productivity

With 100 years of fuel on the floor and a hotter climate, wildfire resistance and resilience matters almost everywhere

A thermal bridge is an area of the building enclosure—whether it be the walls, roof, or foundation—that has significantly higher heat flow than intended.

Science explains the natural world with a disciplined method of repeatable—and verifiable—questions, experiments, and answers

Three mechanisms usually work together to move electrons from more to less. These three mechanisms can conspire to move heat AROUND your insulation.

Certification is good for you, your employer, the customer, and the industry because it ensures that you know what you're doing

Eleven episodes about how to improve your career planning, communication skills, project management, code understanding, productivity, and more.

Wind damage is not restricted to hurricane zones, so why does wind-resistant construction limit itself?

"When you know how hard it is to build a complicated roof, you tend to start designing roofs that look attractive but maybe aren't quite as complicated, so that the affordability aspect of the house is there. You're building in the value engineering in the beginning of the process instead of designing the house and having it valued engineered after it's done."

The little things, like flashing and weather-lapping, keep the big things standing. Durability is becoming a lost art

Two twenty-somethings with an amazing career trajectory in construction talk about their very different paths and their similar outlook for the future.

Building codes are not sharp knives inspectors use to chop off the heads of contractors, they are books full of options for constructing safe and efficient buildings

Protecting yourself and those around you shows respect and responsibility

Communicate with people as if they are intelligent adults, and look inward for your biases

Integrity is not like being tall or blonde. It’s a job that you try to do every day, nail by nail, relationship by relationship