When you walk into a store or some other commercial building and look up at the ceiling and see something that looks akin to a tic-tac-toe board, chances are you are looking at a suspended ceiling. It ...

Though suspended ceilings (above, right) remain the most popular ceiling system option, facility managers report that 17% of their total building square footage still features an open plenum ...

Democratic congressional leaders announced Monday they will include suspending the debt limit in a short-term government funding bill, as the United States barrels toward a potential government ...

President-elect Trump is right to want Congress to deal with the debt ceiling this week, before he takes office. Congressional Republicans should support Trump and pass a stopgap funding bill that ...

I’ve shared in past columns the wonderful time I’m having helping my son with projects around his house. For several weekends now we have spent hours of quality time together while finishing his ...

Suspended ceilings hang from joists, which decreases headroom by at least a few inches. But the loss in ceiling height has two payoffs. It provides room for extra insulation — to deaden sound ...