A Category 5 hurricane carries winds greater than 155 miles per hour. Royal Concrete Concepts says its homes are resistant up to 186 miles per hour. The 13-year-old company, which has about 150 ...

This roughly $130,000 to $135,000 prefabricated unit is bulletproof and weather resistant. The company has seen rising interest in the US and plans to deliver its first units by the summer.

Promotion: the Norman Foster Foundation has collaborated with building materials company Holcim to develop the Essential Homes Project, a concrete-wrapped modular housing concept for displaced people.

The U.S. Coast Guard's motto Semper Paratus, "Always Ready," held double meaning when Hurricane Ike swept through the Great Inagua Island of the Bahamas in September 2008. The Coast Guard personnel ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But wood construction isn't engineered ...

OF RAIN IN JUST 24 HOURS A HOME, SO DURABLE IT CAN STAND UP TO WINDS FROM A MAJOR HURRICANE. A FLORIDA HOME BUILDER SAYS IT’S ALL CONCRETE. HOMES CAN DO EXACTLY THAT, AND A SUBDIVISION WITH THAT ...

A community of hurricane-resistant concrete homes will soon rise in the storm-battered city of Gulfport, Miss., under a new contract acquired by Royal Concrete Concepts. The company, which builds its ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. But wood construction isn’t engineered for long-term durability, and it often underperforms, ...