One must have priorities. In Virginia, one of those priorities is to make sure that you never have to choose between school and amusement parks. The state’s academic calendar is, for the most part, determined by amusement parks. Here’s the backstory: The year is 1986....
Your local building codes prevent you from just going out and constructing something on your property. The overriding reason for this is safety. A lot of things can be set up to be DIY, but making sure a building meets local safety standards is not one of them. Why...
Quick. What’s the first thing that comes to mind about New Jersey? Most people know it’s called the “Garden State.” Give yourself a pat on the back if that’s what you said, too. But, do you know how the state got its nickname? That credit goes to a man named Abraham...
The first part of this looked at the mostly unknown side of steel as a green building material gave us insight into how the industry has worked to make it the most recycled substance on the planet. That alone might be enough reason to select steel as the material of...
You might want to think twice before leading with any size jokes about Rhode Island. Yes, it is the smallest state in the nation. It’s 48 miles long and 37 miles wide, covering an area of just 1,214 square miles. But dynamite, as they say, comes in small packages. It...
