The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. The problems started four days before we moved in, when one of the window washers we’d hired to clean our new ...

Many buildings appear flawless at handover. Finishes are clean, services appear functional, and all approvals are in place. Yet, once occupants move in and daily use begins, defects start to ...

Residential building defects have emerged as a critical concern for the construction industry worldwide, impacting both economic outcomes and occupant well‐being. Contemporary research has underlined ...

On one thing, we'll bet most Hawaii homebuyers and would-be buyers, homebuilders, insurers, real estate agents and (maybe) even lawyers in the field agree: For median-income households, homes here ...

As the building boom continues, more cases of shoddy new construction are coming to light, some the result of unseasoned, inexperienced developers, according to The New York Times. The story dove into ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — Three years after nonprofit Community First Land Trust was launched with a goal of creating affordable housing, a $317,000 contract was signed for construction of its first two ...

It took less than a month for building issues to present themselves in Jeannie and Matthew Pleasant’s new home in San Luis Ranch — and now, the couple is taking developer Coastal Community Builders to ...

A shoddy construction project in Melbourne’s southeast with up to 500 defects has been lashed as “one of the worst cases of ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The Hawaii Contractor Repair Act (CRA) was supposed to ...