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A hundred years ago, moving a house to make way for growth and development was a fairly common occurrence. I can recall two specific homes being...

In my distant days as a partner within Creative Business Strategies, I focused on raising money for entrepreneurs and developing new technical and...

While preparing to write January’s Velvet Crowbar, I decided to do some internet research. When I conducted a Google search on Design for...

Several years ago TRP made an invited foray into Chicago, establishing The ReUse People of Illinois. Within a few years that office became a leader...

Six months have passed since I wrote about the importance of commercial deconstruction and materials salvage, in an earlier e-letter. Since then,...

Earlier this month I was invited to the historic town of Victoria to give two workshops for a range of people tasked with implementing the city’s...

A fascinating Google alert recently landed in my in-box. When I read the title, “235-Year-Old Home Deconstruction,” the first thought that jumped...

My journey from finance and investment banking, to deconstruction and building-materials salvage necessitated that I examine the historic,...

When TRP launched some 30 years ago, I didn’t give a thought to commercial building materials. Eleven years later, after deconstructing elaborate...

It almost feels like spring. People are traveling, having picnics, crossing borders, eating out, staying in hotels, building things and even taking...