construction Archives - The Handbuilt City

Rehabbed or Pre-Habbed? Two Approaches To Distressed Real Estate

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments house flipping, rental property, rehab, redevelopment, investment property, house flippers, affordable housing, home renovation, flipping, construction

Handbuilt’s approach to real estate development involves taking guesswork out of the equation at the beginning of a project by creating a set of construction schedules, scopes, scans, and images using a Matterport camera.

Adaptation & Resilience Climate Environment

Land Hurricanes, Resilient Design, And Other Stuff To Think About

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments wind resistance, wind, weather, storms, resilience, residential construction, panelized construction, midwest, iowa, ICF, grinnell, extreme weather, derecho, construction, climate resilience, climate change, climate

Extreme weather, like the recent derecho storm that ripped through Iowa, is exposing the fragility of the built environment. Fortunately, in thinking about how to protect ourselves, we have the ability to combine human technological ingenuity with the systems nature already built.