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By Nate Budde
 Mechanics liens are a great way to secure payment on a construction project. Rather than relying on contractual remedies, a mechanics lien allows a party to encumber a property until the debt has been paid. Lien law can be a load to handle by itself, but lienholders have even more to worry about when multiple secured creditors are involved. In these situations, priority can make or break a claim.
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WhaTech
MRS Research Group added new QY Research Report on "Global Curved door Market 2016 Market Share,Size,Trends and Forecast to 2022" to its database. The report is the detailed and thorough analysis of different factors surrounding and influencing curved door industries all around the world.
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New Atlas
A few months ago, we looked at the work of material scientists who had managed to make a block of linden wood see-through. The same scientists are now using their transparent wood as a window for a model home and finding that not only does it let in a similar amount of light to glass, but it is much better at keeping the interior cool.
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Jamsill Guard® is an adjustable sill pan flashing designed to prevent water damage from window and door leaks. Made from high impact ABS plastic, Jamsill Guard® will not deteriorate or corrode over time. Our multi-piece telescoping design allows on-site adjustability to fit all rough openings and features sloped weep areas to help evacuate moisture to the exterior of the structure. Jamsill Guard® is bonded together on site using PVC cement, creating a one-piece sill pan flashing beneath your door or window.
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Herald-Standard
New or replacement windows in vinyl or wood are being rated by home experts and business owners as a top return on investment for remodeling projects. An annual Cost vs. Value report by Remodeling Magazine shows vinyl windows can regain 73 percent in added home value and wood windows, 79 percent.
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University of Texas at Austin via Phys.org
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have invented a new flexible smart window material that, when incorporated into windows, sunroofs or even curved glass surfaces, will have the ability to control both heat and light from the sun. Their article about the new material will be published in the September issue of Nature Materials.
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The Straits Times
Researchers here have designed a new kind of window that could allow people to work better, sleep more soundly, breathe fresher air and save on electrical bills all at once. Meet the noisebusters, a team of seven led by Associate Professor Lee Heow Pueh from the National University of Singapore's Department of Mechanical Engineering, whose newly developed window can halve noise pollution even while open.
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Tech Crunch
Deaths in construction in the U.S. have sadly risen in recent years, according to the most recent available data from the U.S. Department of Labor, with 874 fatal occupational injuries in the field in 2014. A startup called SmartSite has released hardware and cloud-based software to help the construction industry track what their employees are exposed to and take measures to protect them from harm.
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Glass Magazine
That ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings proposed an ASTM International standard that will provide a visual assessment and sampling protocol to determine if a dust-lead hazard remains following clean-up of an activity that has or may have disturbed lead-based paint. The proposed standard is WK52690, Practice for Clearance Examinations Following Lead Hazard Reduction Activities in Single Family Dwellings, in Individual Units of Multi-Family Dwellings and in Other Child-Occupied Facilities.
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Investopedia
Retailers may be bracing for some purse-tightening on the part of their customers, but home-improvement-store operators Home Depot and Lowes Companies are expected to be the exception to the rule. As the housing-construction market continues its uneven recovery, owners of existing homes increasingly are making improvements, which bodes well for the two retailers that sell everything from lumber to flowers through their stores across the country.
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