A few weeks ago a visitor to my AsktheBuilder.com site wanted to know about brick foundations. Karen has an ambitious desire to build a small 900-square-foot house by herself. She is well aware of her ...

These two men are checking the diagonal measurement for the forms for a concrete slab. They want to make sure it’s square. (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter Recently, a 75-year-old man ...

When self builders start planning their projects, foundations are rarely the topic that gets them excited. The focus almost always shifts to floorplans, interior finishes, kitchen designs or the ...

For a decade, the Ford Foundation’s Building Institutions and Networks, or BUILD, was one of the biggest initiatives offering nonprofits flexible funding that could be put toward general operations.