residential construction
Building private dwellings
Residential construction is the building of homes and apartment complexes, as distinguished from commercial, industrial, or infrastructure projects.
The term covers new builds, additions, and major renovations: He's worked in residential construction for twenty years.
The industry is sensitive to interest rates and housing demand.
- architectsBuilding design professionals
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
- concreteSolid building mixture
- civil engineersProfessionals designing public infrastructure
- electriciansTradespeople handling power systems
zoning laws · townhouse · mobile home · tract housing · housing development · spec home · timber · building codes · plumbers · villa · carpenters · insulation · recycled materials · green roofs · bungalow · fire safety standards · framing · load bearing walls
- constructionbuilding site, hammer, building, beam, beams
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
residential constructioncommercial construction
Erecting non-residential structures
commercial building · industrial building · commercial development · manufacturing facilities · public works
residential constructionbuilding demolition
razing · wrecking · deconstruction · demolition · teardown
residential constructionhistoric preservation
Protecting significant old structures
building conservation · adaptive reuse · renovation · rehabilitation
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