Construction on the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) involves hundreds of people and thousands of details, and Mark Williams keeps track of it all. Williams, RIT principal for ...

Construct your shed on a solid foundation that’s a minimum of two inches off the ground. If any part of the floor is in ground contact, it will rot, provide easy access to rodents, and probably won’t ...

Plotting out a remodel or a structural add-on can be a thrilling, if undoubtedly pricey, way to refresh your home's interior space. Upgrading your exterior space can be just as thrilling, especially ...

I'd like to build a wood shed to hold firewood. I'd like to build a raised structure supported on concrete blocks or some other kind of foundation, if possible. Traditionally, people either just throw ...

This isn’t some new promenade in a fancy urban park; it’s a sidewalk shed outside a building near my apartment that’s been up since at least 2021. I love a shed. Sure, they can block views or bring ...

Crashworthiness may be defined as a structure’s ability to provide controlled energy absorption and protect its occupants from excessive forces and peak accelerations in a crash. In general, the ...

A program that builds small energy-efficient houses in the backyards of Seattle residents is helping to address a persistent problem. By Jane Margolies This article is part of our Design special ...

Residents of a storied Harlem building got an early Christmas present, when a sidewalk construction shed that had been up for more than two decades was finally taken down Friday. Residents of 409 ...

In my two previous columns, I discussed the lower and intermediate levels of the building block approach for crashworthiness testing and analysis of composite structures. I focused on the commercial ...