Sentences with phrase «cheap construction techniques»

The homebuyers ended up getting what they paid for, which was less quality than what buyers of higher priced, higher quality homes built by better builders received... plus they endured the emotional distress brought on by having to deal with reality that did not match expectations... not to mention the hassels brought on by problems of cheap construction techniques after the fact of moving in.

Now I'd love to get together and brainstorm with Engineers Without Borders, Brian Tucker of Geohazards International, Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado (who co-created the simple but illuminating posters to the right) and others to create a similar system for disseminating knowledge about safer, but cheap construction techniques in the world's crowding disaster hot spots.

Not exact matches

The resulting «designer nanotubes,» she adds, promise to be far cheaper to produce on a large scale than those created with so - called DNA origami, another innovative technique for using DNA as a nanoscale construction material.

Essentially, they use materials that can be found in the community to build «cheap» homes, coupled with rainwater catchment systems, solar panels and other construction techniques to develop a community with the lightest footprint possible.