Union graft and needlessly stringent safety standards have inflated construction costs in the U.S. and Canada.

"Taking into account the substantial square footage taken up by elevators, stairs, walls, hallways and mechanicals, the remaining units will be small, and probably not encourage long-term tenancy ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A construction worker was rescued after being trapped in an elevator at a construction site in downtown Houston where a scaffolding collapsed, according to officials.

Other cardio machines can add variety to and enhance your training without the joint-pounding that comes with running—specifically, the stair climber machine. Available in many big-box gyms ...

If you want to look out over Birmingham from its most famous overlook, the Vulcan statue at Vulcan Park, be ready to climb the stairs. Visitors had been prohibited from going up the elevator or ...

the deliciously titled Elevator Operator. We could ask you to allow yourself to get lost in its brooding moods and gentle subtlety, but that would be asking you to participate in a lie.

That's when I decided to try stair climbing, a form of cardio I'd rarely given much thought. Little did I know, this change would give my fitness a total overhaul. Stair climbing quickly proved to be ...

A single-stair residential building. Image by Mark E. McClure/Sightline licensed under Creative Commons. As of January 2025, around seventeen single-stair bills have been filed or passed in state ...