December 2017

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the need for construction professionals to rebuild Texas’ devastated commercial and residential properties has created a skills-gap the size of, well, Texas. In response, Lone Star College has added three- to six-week courses in framing, drywalling, roofing and sheet-metal work to meet the critical demand…read more

To replace Florida Keys homes lost to future hurricanes, Monroe County commissioners may consider building a handful of tiny-home prototypes. Commissioners hold a special 10 a.m. Wednesday meeting at the Marathon Government Center to go over a number of issues arising after Hurricane Irma devastated hundreds of homes, including mobile homes, that provided the Keys