Certain topics are of continuing concern to home builders, remodelers, and building-product manufacturers alike. These hot topics are covered regularly in Hanley Wood print publications and Web Sites -- and now, you can find them in one click.

Our Information Centers collect all Hanley Wood articles on a single topic, creating a virtual encyclopedia on the topic. New articles will be added to the current Information Centers as they appear online -- and new Information Centers on new hot topics will appear regularly.

Below you'll find descriptions and links to the Information Centers:

• Bathroom Design: The bath is one of the most important rooms in the house. It commands more in the way of design, craft, materials, and budget than just about any other areas of a home. Here is a resource to help you design your client's dream bath -- the latest trends, new products and tools of the trade, and construction tips. These articles will help make your bathroom design projects a success.
• Construction Insurance: Construction insurance -- finding it, affording it, and managing it -- is crucial to the continued financial health of building and remodeling companies. This collection of articles about construction insurance, drawn from Hanley Wood publications, will guide you through this complicated and ever-changing topic.
• Construction Safety: A serious injury happens in the blink of an eye – that instant that you thought you were going to "just" do something dangerous and get away with it. Think again. Develop an eye for construction safety on your site – and a team approach to looking out for each other. Make construction safety a team sport, because this is a game you play and need to win – every day.
• Customer Customer Satisfaction and Service: Customer satisfaction and service is the backbone of any successful business, and that goes for the construction industry as well. On this information page, you'll be pointed to the best practices of industry leaders and the innovations that are making customer satisfaction simpler and more effective.
• Green Building: With the public demand on the rise for sustainability and environmentally friendly construction, the building and construction industry is working to meet the demand. On this information page about green building, you'll be pointed to articles about the cutting-edge solutions and innovations that industry professionals are developing to surmount challenges in the environmental arena.
• Kitchen Design: If you are looking for design inspiration for kitchens, you've come to the right place. Hanley Wood has the information you are seeking for your next kitchen design project. Perhaps your client wants something special -- an outdoor kitchen or a "green" kitchen? Look here for the hottest design trends, innovative new products, tools of the trade, and construction tips that will make your kitchen design projects a success.
• Labor Acquisition and Training: Labor acquisition and training -- finding qualified workers and educating them in construction technique, safety standards, customer service and sales, and the like -- is one of the most pressing challenges facing the construction industry today. This collection of articles from Hanley Wood publications offers best practices to help you find and train the workers you need now and into the future.
• Mold and Mold Prevention: Mold is a type of fungus that spreads through the air in microscopic spores and is found everywhere that life can be supported – over 100,000 kinds exist in the world. While not all molds are harmful, growth of mold within a home is undesireable, and may produce serious side effects for the occupants. Designing and building homes that exclude mold spores completely is impossible. If conditions are right, mold will grow in a home. This collection of articles on mold and mold prevention will help you understand the issues mold has caused in the building industry, and provides ways to combat the problem.