Land

Grid Block: How A Transformer Shortage Impacts Affordability

Grand Oak Builders president and CEO Dave Erickson lays out the domino effect of an acute shortage of distribution transformers needed to bring new homes and communities onto the grid.

Capability and Culture

Asahi Kasei Adds Vegas-Based Focus To Its Super-Supplier Stable

With the acquisition, operating unit Synergos Companies expands its footprint offering a multi-scoped array of construction supplier solutions, and parent company Asahi Kasei strengthens its foothold as a systems-based residential construction platform in North America.

Technology

Rewiring New Home Electricity For A Smart, Lower Energy Cost Future

China-based Lumen Cache proposes low-volt DC structured wiring solutions as currency shifts to microgrids and solar generated power.

Technology

Synergos — A Unit Of Japan's Asahi-Kasei — Buys AZ's Brewer Companies

A multi-scoped supersub array of contractor services under one roof, running on advanced digital-twin building technology, rises in Phoenix. Here's what it means.